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Books from<br />
Contact: Frances Plumpton<br />
frances@francesplumpton.com<br />
New Zealand<br />
New Zealand has a small children’s publishing industry with approximately<br />
130 trade books published each year, ranging from picture books through to<br />
young adult titles published each year. For this selection, curated by Frances<br />
Plumpton, chair of IBBY New Zealand, children’s librarians from public libraries<br />
in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and from National Library Services<br />
to Schools, contributed their favourite titles, which were then whittled<br />
down to the final ten. This was quite a challenge, as there was a core of titles<br />
on everyone’s list, and the final selection was chosen to represent our very<br />
unique perspective which we hope will be enjoyed by children internationally.<br />
1<br />
Lynley Dodd<br />
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy<br />
Penguin NZ, 2010 (Originally Mallinson Rendel, 1983) • ISBN 9780143306153<br />
It was just over 30 years ago that this beloved<br />
dog stepped jauntily into the lives of New<br />
Zealand children. After Hairy Maclary slips out<br />
his front gate seeking adventure at the far end<br />
of town, he is joined one by one, by his doggy<br />
mates, when suddenly they are confronted by<br />
Scarface Claw, the toughest Tom in town, whose<br />
confronting “yeowl” sends the pack scurrying<br />
back home to safety. Lynley Dodd’s effortless<br />
rhyme and rhythm is matched by her skillful<br />
illustrations capturing the personality of each<br />
dog and the drama of the event perfectly. She<br />
has written and illustrated over 20 further titles,<br />
many starring Hairy Maclary and his friends,<br />
as well as a series relating the adventures<br />
of a devious cat, Slinky Malinky.<br />
2<br />
Margaret Mahy • Selina Young, ill.<br />
A Summery Saturday Morning<br />
Penguin NZ , 2010 (Originally Hamish Hamilton, 1998) • ISBN 9780143504528<br />
A family’s walk with their dogs, down the<br />
grassy slopes to the beach below, turns into<br />
a glorious romp when the dogs, thrilled with<br />
chasing cats and a boy on a rattly bike, turn<br />
their attention on a goose and her goslings who<br />
immediately retaliate. Margaret Mahy’s cheerful<br />
verse and inventive vocabulary are irresistible<br />
and Selina Young’s landscape is redolent of the<br />
hills surrounding Lyttlelton harbour where they<br />
both lived, and captures the chaos deliciously.<br />
A Summery Saturday Morning was awarded the<br />
New Zealand Book of the Year, 1999.<br />
the <strong>world</strong> through picture books • 120
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