Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins. This week we are featuring three of the categories of the 2024 Book Award finalists - Picture Books, Junior Fiction and YA as there are just too many good ones to squish into one episode! Books mentioned in the episode: Thanks to The Sapling for the links to reviews. And click HERE for some wise words from The Sapling. At the Bach, written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Hilary Jean Tapper (Gecko Press) Dazzlehands, written by Sacha Cotter and illustrated by Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers) Hatch and Match, written and illustrated by Ruth Paul (Walker Books Australia) Lucy and the Dark, written by Melinda Szymanik and illustrated by Vasanti Unka (Penguin Random House) Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai, written by Michaela Keeble and illustrated by Tokerau Brown (Gecko Press) DoubleDippers! (Big Little Blue, Book #3), written and illustrated by Raymond McGrath (Scholastic NZ) Lopini the Legend, by Feana Tu‘akoi (Scholastic NZ) Nine Girls, by Stacy Gregg (Penguin Random House NZ) Take Me To Your Leader, by Leonie Agnew (Penguin Random House NZ) The Grimmelings, by Rachael King (Allen & Unwin) Catch a Falling Star, by Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House NZ) New Dawning, by A. M. Dixon (OneTree House) The Sparrow, by Tessa Duder (Penguin Random House NZ) Tonight, I Burn, by Katharine J Adams (Hachette Aotearoa NZ) Tsunami, by Ned Wenlock (Earth’s End Publishing) Click HERE for some Sapling words of wisdom about the Book Award books. Follow the KKBC on Facebook: @kiwikidsbookchat Follow our library (not exclusively kiwi kids literature): Twitter @southwellibrary Facebook @SouthwellLibrary Blog http://southwelllibrary.blogspot.com/
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