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Belinda Hollyer (1945–2015)

Author of She's All That!

30+ Works 342 Members 14 Reviews

About the Author

Belinda Hollyer grew up in New Zealand. She was trained as a teacher, but when she moved to London she began working for a book publisher. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she held two senior management jobs--as managing director of Random House Children's Books and then as head of Philips show more Media's London office. In 2002, Hollyer's first novel for children, A Long Walk to Lavender Street, was published and several more followed, including River Song, "her most popular book"; along with poetry collections and history books for kids. Hollyer died in June 2015, she was 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Belinda Hollyer

Associated Works

The Great Plague in London (1924) — Editor, some editions — 223 copies
The Great Fire of London in 1666 (1920) — Editor — 177 copies
Slightly Foxed 25: A Date with Iris (2010) — Contributor — 31 copies
Slightly Foxed 44: My Grandfather and Mr. Standfast (2014) — Contributor — 17 copies

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Birthdate
1945
Date of death
2015
Gender
female
Nationality
New Zealand
UK
Occupations
children's author

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Cute poems that deal with the everyday situations of family life, teaches young readers that all families have their ups and downs, but with the ups and downs of family life, families always stick together no matter what, the lack of pictures might not be appealing to younger children, fun for parents to read together with their kids, for independent reading, this would best for older children
 
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rfunaro25 | 4 other reviews | Mar 14, 2023 |
Lovely collection of poems that reflect family values and modern family life. There are about 150 poems that cover topics such as belonging and togetherness. I would recommend these for students struggling at home or with family issues, these could be a great way to inspire family bonding or friendship bonding in school.
 
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RachelLeibiger | 4 other reviews | Apr 30, 2019 |
I really enjoyed reading this book of poems! Every poem I could almost relate to in some way. The one poem that I read in class was called Bertha's Wish, I chose that one because it made me laugh. Since the whole book was about girls I ended reading almost every poem. Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it!
 
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mtm294 | 3 other reviews | Sep 25, 2016 |
This book has a lot of poems and they are special for girls. The poems vary from funny, silly poems to sad, insecure poems.
 
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Taylor_skinner | 3 other reviews | Sep 1, 2016 |

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