A Child's Book Tour of New Zealand

Description
A collection of the best juvenile picture books, fables and stories for younger readers, SET in New Zealand.
1
The Runaway Settlers
by Elsie Locke
82 members
5 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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2
The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
1,580 members
49 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh
3
Tangaroa's Gift: Te Koha ā Tangaroa
by Mere Whaanga
28 members
2 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh
4
Night Race to Kawau
by Tessa Duder
38 members
½ 3.6
3 Members
Aquila, casaloma, avatiakh
5
Old Drumble
by Jack Lasenby
19 members
1 review
4.8
2 Members
casaloma, avatiakh
6
A Summery Saturday Morning
by Margaret Mahy
425 members
14 reviews
3.9
2 Members
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7
The House That Jack Built
by Gavin Bishop
39 members
1 review
½ 3.7
2 Members
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9
The Kuia and the Spider
by Patricia Grace
110 members
½ 4.6
2 Members
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10
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
by Lynley Dodd
1,659 members
17 reviews
4.2
2 Members
casaloma, avatiakh
11
Remember that November
by Jennifer Beck
24 members
1 review
4
2 Members
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12
Crayfishing with grandmother
by Jillian Mary Mayer Bagnall
5 members
2 Members
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13
Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders
by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira
11 members
4
2 Members
Aquila, avatiakh
14
Taming the Sun: Four Māori Myths
by Gavin Bishop
19 members
4
2 Members
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15
How Maui Slowed the Sun
by Peter Gossage
32 members
½ 4.7
2 Members
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16
The Waka
by Jean Prior
21 members
1 review
4
2 Members
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17
Maui and the Sun
by Gavin Bishop
40 members
4 reviews
3.9
2 Members
casaloma, avatiakh
18
100 New Zealand poems for children
by Jo Noble
18 members
3.8
2 Members
casaloma, avatiakh
19
A Walk to the Beach
by Chris Gaskin
5 members
1 review
5
2 Members
casaloma, avatiakh
20
Rahui
by Chris Szekely
12 members
2 Members
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21
Dad's takeaways
by Melanie Drewery
5 members
2 Members
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22
A booming in the night
by Benjamin Brown
16 members
½ 4.5
2 Members
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23
The Champion
by Maurice Gee
50 members
½ 4.3
2 Members
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24
Wooden Arms
by Sarah Johnson
6 members
½ 4.5
2 Members
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25
Alex
by Tessa Duder
184 members
4 reviews
4
Member
Aquila
26
Paikea
by Robyn Kahukiwa
20 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
avatiakh
27
Froghopper
by Joy Cowley
10 members
1 review
½ 3.7
2 Members
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28
Under the Mountain
by Maurice Gee
232 members
6 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
29
Traveller
by Anne De Roo
11 members
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Aquila
30
I Am Not Esther
by Fleur Beale
344 members
17 reviews
4
Member
Aquila
31
The Mangrove Summer
by Jack Lasenby
11 members
½ 4.5
Member
avatiakh
32
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes
by Eve Sutton
361 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
Aquila
33
Terry and the gunrunners
by Bob Kerr
12 members
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Aquila
34
The Dolphin Boy
by Beverley Dunlop
13 members
3
Member
Aquila
35
Bow Down Shadrach
by Joy Cowley
63 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
avatiakh
36
Kimi and the Watermelon (Picture Puffins)
by Miriam Smith
27 members
2
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avatiakh
37
Hunter
by Joy Cowley
75 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
avatiakh
38
Koro's medicine
by Melanie Drewery
9 members
4
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avatiakh
39
Weaving earth and sky: Myths & legends of Aotearoa
by Robert Sullivan
20 members
3 reviews
4
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avatiakh
40
The guardian of the land
by Joanna Orwin
14 members
½ 4.5
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41
A New Song in the Land: The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c1840
by Fleur Beale
28 members
2 reviews
4
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avatiakh
42
My Maori Numbers
by Tracy Duncan
7 members
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43
Hinepau
by Gavin Bishop
16 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
44
Taniwha
by Robyn Kahukiwa
34 members
½ 4.7
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avatiakh
45
THE TERRIBLE TANIWHA OF TIMBERDITCH
by Joy Cowley
6 members
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46
The forest rangers
by G. K. Saunders
1 member
4
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47
Taming the Taniwha
by Tim Tipene
20 members
5
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avatiakh
48
Cry-Baby Moon
by Katerina Mataira
22 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
avatiakh
49
A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree
by Kingi Ihaka
61 members
½ 3.5
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50
The house on the cliffs
by Ruth Dallas
8 members
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51
Again the bugles blow
by Ronald Leonard Bacon
10 members
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52
Child of Aotearoa
by Anna Kenna
9 members
½ 4.5
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53
The Bone Tiki
by David Hair
60 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
54
One Lonely Kakapo
by Sandra Morris
19 members
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55
The Drovers Road Collection: Adventures in New Zealand
by Joyce West
63 members
5
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56
At the Beach
by Gwenda Turner
17 members
4
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57
Stonelight
by Gaelyn Gordon
10 members
3
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58
Haere: Farewell, Jack, Farewell
by Tim Tipene
13 members
3
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59
The House of the People
by Ronald Leonard Bacon
8 members
3
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60
Cry of the Taniwha
by Des Hunt
16 members
3 reviews
4
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avatiakh
61
Red Rocks
by Rachael King
30 members
2 reviews
4
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62
Kahukura and the Sea Fairies
by Pauline Cartwright
7 members
3.8
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avatiakh
63
Hemi and the whale
by Ronald Leonard Bacon
4 members
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64
Turi : the story of a little boy
by Lesley Cameron Powell
4 members
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65
Salt River
by Elizabeth Hegarty
12 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
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66
2MUCH4U
by Vince Ford
22 members
3.2
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avatiakh
67
Timo And the Kingfish
by Mokena Potae Reedy
5 members
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