The first fish a New Zealand child will catch is likely to be a spotty. Thatโs a given. But did you know that all spotties are born female? And, at 3YO, only the largest turn into males?
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Snippet from one of 25 excellent #books of 2025 ๐
#pukapuka #AoNZbooks
www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/culture...
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ not gonna lie, I wanted to read this purely because of the cover art! Itโs been fairly popular at the library too. Here goesโฆ.
A double page spread fold out of a fort.
Dazzlehands spread of Pig in various costumes.
Granny McFlitter with a knitted hat of many layers.
Helen and the go-go ninjas.
Now, some NZers!
Gavin Bishop - Patu.
Josh Morgan - Dazzlehands.
Lael Chisolm - Granny McFlitter's Eggcelent Easter.
Ant Sang.
#KidsBooksFriday
#kidlit
#pukapuka
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ Stephen Kingโs son Joe Hill, graphic Novel. Some great artwork in here
What more needs to be said? Life's too short, and the shelves of human-generated books staking serious claims on my time and attention are too long.
#BookSky #pukapuka
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ โฆ Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Haunted house ๐๏ธโฆ itโs just waitiNg for you to come home!
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Hey #pukapuka is there a AoNZ #kikorangi Napowrimo?
Or should I start posting prompts tomorrow
Huzzah! This is my book!
Two separate stories, only a moment in time apart. Two pivotal episodes in one person's life. And two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT vibes.
๐ฑNurture๐ vs. ๐ฅDESTROY๐ฐ๏ธ
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#CurrentlyReading (via library ebook at max magnification) the new to me (and sadly OOP) collected stories and novellas of Agnes Owens. Thankfully, Birlinn is in train reprinting her wee but perfectly formed backlist to mark her centennial year.
birlinn.co.uk/contributor/...
#BookSky #Pukapuka
Screenshot from Auckland Libraries website, a catalogue entry for The Camp of the Saints.
Followers will know I'm an ride or die public library stan, so I'm saying this from a place of love.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK POSSESSED AUCKLAND LIBRARIES TO BUY TWO COPIES OF THIS RACIST, ANTI-IMMIGRANT SWILL AT THIS PRECISE MOMENT IN TIME?
#BookSky #Pukapuka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cam...
Children's book about insects
"This book is ideal for young readers and classrooms, combining culture, kindness, and environmental awareness."
Koro Wฤtฤ, reviewed and highly recommended by Georgia Tisdall, Teacher, Otatara School, Southland, for Read NZ
www.read-nz.org/school-libra...
#oratiabooks #Wฤtฤ #ReoMฤori #pukapuka
What if you had (newly-installed techno) super powers, but a head injury and subsequent brain fog made you forget you had them, and then you just accidentally started activating them without knowing how to control them?
Find out what THAT would be like! ๐ณ๐
#pukapuka
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A graphic from Kobo showing the cover of Peace In The Sky by Caye Marsh, with a truncated summary and the price in bold beside it.
NZ friends - my novella Peace In The Sky is on sale at Kobo right now for $4.99 NZD.
A wasteland to traverse, with a thriving biodome at its heart. Will our heroes reach it? Will they be allowed inside their erstwhile home?
#pukapuka
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Mฤori Place Name dictionary
Mฤori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins
by A.W. Reed, edited by Peter Dowling
also available as an e-book:
oratia.co.nz/product/maor...
#mฤori #Aotearoa #toponymy #NewZealand #place-names #pukapuka #geography #nzbooks @nzgeo.bsky.social @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social
I would never lament being compared to Susan Cooper, in The Horn Book no less. #kidlit #spookyMG #pukapuka #middlegrade
I have 3 pre-orders coming in April:
How to Fake It In Society by KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com
A Widow's Charm by Caitlyn Paxson
Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou @danaiwrites.bsky.social
April will be a good month for me!
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#pukapuka
book for children
Claire Cheeseman, Teacher, Laingholm Primary School, reviews and recommends the bilingual book
How Many Times? / Me Hia Rawa Ngฤ Wฤ?
for Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
www.read-nz.org/school-libra...
#oratiabooks #ReoMฤori #pukapuka @nzsa.bsky.social @lianza.bsky.social @abluebox.bsky.social #bilingual
Blanche on the Lam
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ I donโt often post audiobooks Iโm listening to but I wanted to amplify African-American female author. Blanche on the run from the law but finds herself in the middle of a situationโฆ
The Bewitching by S Moreno-Garcia
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ not too late in the day to start a new book. Low key disappointed in this cover art, I had expected the other one but heyโฆ itโs a library book.
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ light hearted graphic novelโฆ lol. Was inspired after listening to The Empire Podcast to read something from this author. What better way?!
Any audio book recommendations that I can try & find on Youtube? #MurderandMayhem #Fantasy #Pukapuka
#booksky #pukapuka ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ this book by @fondalee.bsky.social has been on my TBR for ages. The demand for this book at the library has been quite high but finally itโs my turn!
New this week graphic with nine book covers including "Look what you made me do" by John Lanchester, Cruelty free by Caroline Glenn and Look Closer: How to Get More Out of Reading by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
New books time!
See what's in the new fiction, new non-fiction and just ordered lists this week.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-titles/#... ^MT
#pukapukahou #pukapuka ^MT
Cover of Song of the Saltings
Oooooh! Song of the Saltings by local legend @rachaelking70.bsky.social is on order, and listed in our catalogue now. christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S3... It will be published by Allen & Unwin on 28 April. Find out more at: www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/... ^DR
#pukapuka #Booksky
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