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Angela Oliver

Goodreads Author

Born

in New Zealand

June 23

Website

http://www.lemurkat.co.nz

Twitter

makilumi

Genre

Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

Richard Adams, Brian Jacques, Paul Kidd, Dick King-Smith, Enid Blyton, ...more

Member Since

June 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/lemurkat

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Angela Oliver, "LemurKat", is an author and illustrator. She loves cute and quirky, weird and wonderful, wildlife, and they often find a way to creep into her stories. Angela Oliver has a BSc in zoology and psychology, and enjoys adventuring around the world: visiting such places as Australia, Hawaii, and Madagascar. She resides in the garden city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Angela Oliver has two novels to her name: "Aroha's Grand Adventure", an animal adventure story set in New Zealand, and "Fellowship of the Ringtails", the first in the series described as "epic fantasy, with lemurs". She does not tend to write human characters, favoring the challenge of non-human protagonists.

Her miniature works of art can be found in private collection ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 69 ratings · 32 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Dogs of War by Fred Patten (Editor), Angela Oliver (Goodreads Author), Ken MacGregor (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fellowship of the Ringtails (Lemurs Saga, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aroha's Grand Adventure: A little bird on a big adventure 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wish Upon a Southern Star: A Collection of Retold Fairy Tales by Shelley Chappell (Editor), Mahoney Adair (Contributor), Goldie Alexander (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflections by Angela Oliver (Goodreads Author), Sam Bueno (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Kingston-Smith really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Midsummer Knight's Quest really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectra by Angela Oliver (Goodreads Author) (Editor and Contributor), Mia Andrews (Contributor), Matty Angel (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tiriki's Great Escape it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tail of Two Scions (Lemurs Saga, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aroha's Grand Adventure: A little bird on a big adventure [Paperback] [2012] (Author) Angela Oliver by Angela Oliver (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In memory of Sir Pterry

Today I am in mourning, for today one of my favourite authors stepped out of this world and into the next (if you believe in that kind of thing). That author is Sir Terry Pratchett. He had struggled for eight years with alzheimers and finally it got the better of him.

I first discovered the Discworld close to 30 years ago, when desperately seeking something new to read in our tiny local library. I Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 13, 2015 04:49 • Tags: obituary, terrypratchett

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I read this because it was mentioned in "this book made me think of you" and i realized it was one of the few Emily Henry book i hadnt read. I enjoyed it. Way less time spent on beaches then i expected. Also, did January's Dad own a boat? What happened ...more
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