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Peter’s making it? I better hurry up
Mortal Engines, Philip ReeveBecause a certain Little Librarian is such a fan of The Hungry City Chronicles, I’ve had this series on my TR list for a while (ever since she read it). Then when it was announced a film adaptation of the same w… Continue reading
Holy Scientific Content, Batman
The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)So I have a friend who raved about this book. I bumped it up my reading list because of the raving. What I forgot was that this friend is a smart scientist, and his raving was kinda d… Continue reading
I voluntarily read another book in the Twilight world
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, Stephenie MeyerI’m not above reading some Meyer. Life and Death is an interesting experiment. I liked the idea of re-reading a story after a musical chairs of gender roles has taken place (not only… Continue reading
Red Riding Hood Retelling
Red Riding Hood, Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie JohnsonA friend of mine saw this book sitting in a little library trade-station in his suburb and thought of me. He was right to — I gobble up re-tellings, and have read multiple Red retell… Continue reading
Book Review: Archangel’s Heart
Archangel’s Heart – Nalini Singh Published by Hachette New Zealand Archangel’s Heart is the ninth novel in Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series, and the first that I have read. To say I’m keen to go back and read the first … Continue reading → Continue reading
Celebrating
Hiya dear ones,Some time ago I met a new blogger and a new transplant to NZ. She was in the mama phase, dipping her toe into the water of making, trying sewing out, making new friends, living in a new country, being brave …As she taught herself to se… Continue reading
One less High School Book for you to read
You can skip this one. The premise of the story has promise, but the only thing that kept me reading was wanting to see the mystery solved. The writing is mediocre, the high school set-up and entire character ensemble read as one giant cliché. But to Barnes’ credit: it is a huge accomplishment she completed this manuscript and had it published at such a young age (19!), and I really appreciate that choices relating to sensuality, violence and language were all appropriate for young adult audiences. For that, I tip my digital hat. Sorry I didn’t enjoy your book.
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Holes
Holes, Louis SacharFantastic. 5/5. Magical realism exemplar. It’ll only take a couple life hours to be with you for life. Continue reading
A Distant Post-Apocalyptic Future, with angels
Ferren and the Angel, Richard HarlandI’ve read a fair share of post-apocalyptic angel-books. I’m gonna let that sentence steep for a moment. Now where were we? This post-apocalyptic angel-book is different from all of them, and has it… Continue reading
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Empire of Storms
Empire of Storms, Sarah J. MaasI delayed reading this one. I’d been warned that it had some content I would prefer it didn’t. I wanted to learn what had happened to these characters though. Especially Manon (whom I wasn’t crazy about… Continue reading
Throwback Read: The Raging Quiet
The Raging Quiet, Sherryl JordanThis book meant a great deal to some of the dearest people in my world during their younger years. I already have an affinity for Jordan. So when I obtained a copy of this book some time ago, I saved it to re… Continue reading
The Innkeeper Chronicles
My dad has been on me to read this free online serial for a long time. Whenever we would catch up and talk about Mercy (in terms that sounded like she was a friend of ours instead of a book character we both enjoyed), he would be back on it; “You… Continue reading
The Parihaka Woman – absolute must read
Kia ora e hoa,It’s been so long since I’ve chatted books but I’m really challenging myself to do more reading and less TV watching (unless I have a project in my hands) of late. Recently The Atlas and I got away for 4 days due to the very generous hear… Continue reading
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Alpha and Omega: Delving into Another Briggs’ Series
Alpha and Omega and Cry Wolf, Patricia BriggsOhmygoodness. I loved Mercy so much, I found it hard to believe I could really get into a werewolf novel that saw her sidelined. My fears were unfounded. The novella included within the Cry… Continue reading
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Book Review :: Angel Star
“Angel Star written by Chris Sanders symbolises a new era of Children’s storybook writing using adult contemporary music inter-twined with simple beautiful lyrics that will resonate in the heart of every child.Modern day nursery rhymes that all the family will enjoy singing and reading today and for generations to come.”
We were recently sent a copy of Angel Star, a book and CD combo written by kiwi based author and singer-songwriter, Chris Sanders, with beautiful illustrations by Kat Merewether.
Essentially a song, Angel Star just also happens to have a book form. Pretty fun for the little guys! The story follows a small child who chooses a star to become her new sibling, then bringing it on a sweet little journey home to it’s new family. Such a lovely imagining for young children preparing for a new addition (as my two are).
Both Eleanor and Garland were swept away by the story and immediately memorized the lyrics to the song. I’ll admit I wasn’t quite up to repeat plays, but listening to them sing their hearts out is always pretty adorable. Safe to say the song and story definitely reach their target audience!
The illustrations are soft and very appealing, drawn in a nightscape that sets the tone for bedtime. Merewether is the award-winning author and illustrator behind the Kuwi the Kiwi series, so this one is worth checking out for all Kuwi fans!
It’s always so lovely to add NZ originals to our book collection! Even cooler, proceeds from the presales of this book were donated to Child Matters, a charitable trust working towards the prevention of child abuse. Tautoko!
Angel Star is available for purchase now, just check out their website.
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