Books Reviewed in this Issue

March 2026

Aaron, Huw p.38

Abdel-Magied, Yassmin p.40

Adventure Awaits: The Beginners Guide to the Great Outdoors p.30

Aho-White, Isobel Joy Te ill. NZp.6

Alice and the Strange Bird NZp.5

All About Antarctica: A Fact Book About the Southernmost Continent p.28

Allan, David ill. p.38

Alvarez, Beattie p.38

Anjani, Triandhika ill. p.39

Another Year Around the Sun p.36

Aska ill. p.29

Awoor, Baraa ill. p.39

Bandit the Bush Turkey: On the Farm p.39

Behind the Screens p.29

Bibo, Debbie and Yvette Ghione (Translated by) p.28

Big Aussie Tales of Wombog and Vishvash, The: Cattle Dogs in Canberra p.39

Bilston, Brian and Joe Berger p.29

Bishop, Gavin NZp.7

Black, Hona and Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell NZp.8

Bored p.32

Boy and the Dog Tree, The p.40

Brill, Sarah p.44

Bruce, Emilie and Victoria NZp.6

Bunting, Philip p.37

Byrne, Pat p.39

Calum the Chameleon NZp.3

Camp, Joaquin p.32

Castle Crashing p.36

Cat Nap p.34

Catch p.44

Cats and Us: A Ten-Thousand- Year Fascination p.28

Cheng, Christopher p.33

Cheong, Peter ill. p.40

Children from The Gardens School, Manurewa with Elders from Elmwood Retirement Village NZp.6

Chokshi, Roshani p.43

Christopher, Justin NZp.4

Colston, Fifi ill. NZp.3

Colvin, Danielle p.32

Colvin, Danielle p.32

Dangers of Being Brave and True NZp.5

Davidhizar, Megan p.45

Day of Now p.43

De Toit, Isaac NZp.5

Desamours, Chanelle p.45

Dodd, Lily Berlin p.44

Dodd, Seetha p.40

Dropbear p.37

Drought Kangaroo, The p.32

Dubosarsky, Ursula p.42

Duck’s New Words NZp.3

Edmeades, Linley NZp.4

Emery, Kate p.44

Emilie Walks NZp.6

Erasmus, Karen ill. p.34

Escape from Sherwood p.38

Falkner, Brian NZp.5

Fishmonger and the Pastry Chef, The p.37

Frances Bloom p.38

French, Jackie p.32

Furneaux, Ky p.30

Gaslit, p.45

Germein, Katrina p.36

Gilderdale, Peter NZp.3

Gilmore, Jane p.30

Gilroy, Scotia (Translated by) p.34

Going for Pippies p.35

Going Home p.33

Gold, Hannah p.39

Goldie, J.M. NZp.5

Good Young Men p.43

Great Shark Egg Hunt, The p.32

Greener, Ilara ill. p.39

Haddad, Sara p.39

Hathorn, Libby and Jude Fell (Edited by) p.30

Heasman, Evan ill. NZp.3

Henderson, Robert p.32

Herba, Gosia ill. p.34

Hill, David NZp.5

Horror Writers Association, The p.42

Howe, Simon p.33

I Am You, Papatuanuku NZp.4

I Believe in You p.32

I’m Very Busy: A (Recently Forgotten) Birthday Book p.35

It Takes a Village to Teach Your Children About Consent p.30

Jeffers, Oliver p.35

Jonsberg, Barry p.38

Keeper of the Octopus, The p.41

Kirifi, Jack NZp.8

Kurtz, Devin Elle ill. p.36

Laguna, Ingrid p.41

Lal, Niraj p.29

Last Ember, The p.44

Laurie, Wilaarn p.35

Liars, Cheats and Copycats: Trickery and Deception in Nature p.28

Lies, Brian p.34

Life and Breath: Stories p.42

Lindstrom, Alice ill. p.36

Little Yellow Digger, 1,2,3 The NZp.3

Lone Husky, The p.39

Lonesborough, Gary p.43

MacIver, Juliette NZp.3

Martell, Carla ill. NZp.3

Martell, Carla ill. NZp.3

Martin, Marc p.28

Masson, Sophie p.37

Matata-Sipu, Qiane NZp.6

McArthur, Sonya NZp.4

McGrath, Raymond ill. NZp.4

McMullin, Neridah p.41

Mission Moon: An Illustrated Guide to Space Exploration p.28

Monster in the Lake, The p.36

Mordey, Tori-Jay ill. p.35

Morris, Sylvia p.32

Muhlebach, Sarah p.28

Murder is Going Down, A p.44

My Brother Otto p.41

My Dog Ate the Bathroom NZp.4

My First Ikura: A Story for Growing Girls and Their Whanau NZp.7

Myra in the Middle p.40

Nagelkerke, Bill (Translated by) p.36

Nannestad, Katrina p.28

Nannestad, Katrina p.38

Needy Little Things p.45

Nerds vs Aliens p.38

Nga Hapa Reo: Common Maori Language Errors NZp.8

No One is Home p.34

O’Hanlon, James p.28

Once I Was a Giant p.34

Orsini, Cheryl ill. p.28

Orsini, Cheryl ill. p.37

Pa, Mikolaj p.34

Pantaleo, Marta p.28

Parker, Kate NZp.4

Phillips, Bryan p.39

Pinfold, Levi ill. p.39

Plozza, Shivaun p.39

Poem for Every Question, A p.29

Powerful Like a Dragon p.33

Pukapuka NZp.3

Pulford, Elizabeth NZp.4

Racklyeft, Jess p.30

Rae, Danni NZp.3

Reason, Miranda p.43

Reconnect. Tokelau Ta Tatau NZp.8

Reese, Jenn p.36

Returnus, The p.32

Riley, David NZp.6

Romeo v Juliet p.44

Rowe, Andrea p.36

Run Away with Me p.42

Running in Circles p.39

Sala, Felicita p.32

Saunders, Tim NZp.3

Scaring and Daring- A Horror Writers Anthology p.42

Scarlet Morning p.40

Selznick, Brian p.42

Seven Ways Through the Woods p.36

Sheep That Stole the Farmer’s Hat, The NZp.3

Silent Witness: Elders Share Stories of Treasured Objects NZp.6

Silverbrook: Yunma and the Golden Horse p.40

Smith, Bevan ill. NZp.4

Snell, Danny ill. p.32

Somerville, Hannah ill. p.36

Spider Games NZp.5

Spratt, R.A. p.44

Stepping Up NZp.5

Stevenson, N.D. p.40

Story Writer’s Handbook, The p.28

Sunbird, The p.39

Sutherland, Krystal and Martin Seneviratne p.42

Suwannakit, Tull Ill. p.30

Svoboda, Tomas Smot p.28

Swan’s Daughter, The: A Possibly Doomed Love Story p.43

Sworder, Zeno p.34

Tales of Curiosity NZp.4

Tam, Jacqueline ill. p.33

Taniwha NZp.7

This is Us: essential Australian Poems for Young People p.30

Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop p.42

Timmers, Leo p.36

Unfairies p.38

Unka, Vasanti NZp.3

Up, Up and Away: The History of Flight p.28

Very Stinky Fly Hunt, The p.34

W mo / is for Wahine Toa NZp.6

Werry, Phillippa NZp.7

Whale Child, The NZp.4

Whenau. Maori Purakau of Aotearoa NZp.7

Whitelaw, Kasey p.32

Who Might You Be? A Tale in Tangrams p.32

Wild Life. An Animal History of Aotearoa NZp.7

Wild, Andrea p.34

Wood, Fiona p.40

World of Colour p.30

Yarborough, Marshall ill. p.28

You’ll Be Right: The Damian McKenzie Story NZp.6

Zephyr Follows the Star NZp.4

Zlatanova, Marina ill. p.38