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message 1: by Angie (new)

Sep 03, 2013 01:03PM

#24 - Read a book about native wildlife/an animal we can claim as 'distinctly NZ' (any genre).

List your nominations below. Please have these in by 15 September at which point a poll will be set up to vote for the group read.

Happy choosing!

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message 2: by Angie (new)

Sep 03, 2013 01:12PM

It might be pushing things a bit, but I never got around to reading Ripple by Tui Allen when it was our BOTM, and it seems like a long time ago. So, I'm going to nominate it!

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message 3: by Lesley (new)

Sep 03, 2013 04:22PM

I'd be with you on this one Angie. I always said it was a book I would read again.

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message 4: by Sweetp-1 (new)

Sep 04, 2013 03:54PM

Aroha's Grand Adventure: A Little Bird on a Big Adventure Aroha is a weka on an adventure.

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message 5: by Lesley (last edited Sep 10, 2013 08:00PM) (new)

Sep 10, 2013 07:58PM

This was awarded Winner of Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize 2013 and New Zealand Post Book Awards: Best First Book of Non-Fiction 2013.

Moa The story of New Zealand's strangest bird by Quinn Berentson

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message 6: by Sharlene (new)

Sep 11, 2013 05:34PM

Sharlene (sharlenehuriwai) | 595 comments

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I have just stumbled acrossDavid Hair who has some beautiful covers. Cant make comment on content as I haven't picked up physical copies but one is about a Taniwha (definitely fits the category!) NZ YA

The Taniwha's Tear (Aotearoa, #2) by David Hair

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Books mentioned in this topic

The Taniwha's Tear (other topics)
Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird (other topics)
Aroha's Grand Adventure: A little bird on a big adventure (other topics)
Ripple (other topics)

Authors mentioned in this topic

David Hair (other topics)
Tui Allen (other topics)