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The Golden Hour by @niki_smith. Manuel has PTSD after witnessing a school shooting, is very broken, takes photos as therapy, becomes part of a tightknit group of slightly odd friends raising animals. A meaty, feel-good amazing book. #MiddleGrade #LGBTQ #Anxiety #NatLibReads
I loved books like this growing up and they still appeal. A World Full of Nature Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends by Angela McAllister, illus @hannahbessross. Both classics and stories new to me, most only a couple of pages long so great for #ReadAloud #NatLibReads
#NZCYA #JuniorFiction finalist The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter, illus.Kirsten Slade, sequel to The Mapmakers’ Race @geckopress Another exciting adventure for the Santander children who need their #ProblemSolving skills & #Teamwork to succeed. #NatLibReads
#NZCYA #TeReo finalist Ki te Moe Aotearoa (The Great Kiwi Bedtime Book), by Donovan Bixley, translator Darryn Joseph @upstartpressnz. A fun rhyming #PictureBook crafted with care and entertaining illustrations, for little ones to enjoy before bed. #NatLibReads
A new group of young heroes, descendants of ancient gods, have banded together ready to take on the Seven Deadly Sins now unleashed onto the world. Great #GraphicNovel to learn more about #Mythology & teamwork through Vol 4 of The Mythics: Global Chaos. @PapercutzGN #NatLibReads
Noise is a slim #RealLife #GraphicNovel by Kathleen Raymundo with a big message. Introvert Cathryn finds the world way too noisy but an interaction with a chatty boy on the bus makes her realise she doesn’t have to be unkind and tries to make things right. #Kindness #NatLibReads
In @JoannaHoWrites' #PictureBook Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, a young girl notices her eyes are different to her friends' but like her mother's & amah's. Warm, sensitive story about #Family & #Identity. Vibrant illustrations by Dung Ho, rich with natural imagery. #NatLibReads
Told through the te ao Māori lens, comes The Story of Waihiko - the atua/god of #electricity by Ariki Creative. Presented in an attractive #Graphic #PictureBook it traces Waihiko’s whakapapa and how she is harnessed today for all to use. #NZBook #Atua #NatLibReads
Talking vegetables, witches and #Vampires feels like a strange mix but Garlic & the Vampire by @breebird33 is cute and a good fun story of how the smallest can be the bravest and appearances can be deceiving. #GraphicNovel for #Junior and #Intermediate readers. #NatLibReads
Stargazing by Jen Wang @alooghobi colour by @larkpien, is a feel-good, warm, cozy, culturally diverse #GraphicNovel about 2 kids who don’t really fit in. About being a little bit different & being friends. Lovely clean illustrations. #Primary #Intermediate #FittingIn #NatLibReads