Boomer . A Memoir by Robert Docherty. Pub Penguin Publishers 2025.
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6d ago
Hard back and Paper Back editions available from Amazon 17th February Available at present only on Amazon as an ebook for kindles but will be available later as a paperback and hard cover. A personal travel story of the authors upbringing in the Boomer world and how this enabled him to travel through 5 continents ..read more
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BatKiwi and the big Wet by Melinda Szymanik, Illus. Joy Te Aho-White. Pub. Scholastic 2025.
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2w ago
When a truck drops a shell shaped paddling pool of the back and into the forest it upsets Kiwi, Bat and a host of animals but they leave it alone. After a very dry hot summer in which nothing thrives all the animals are struggling. Then the rain comes in a big storm. The ground ..read more
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Paul Simon. The Life. by Robert Hilburn. Pub. Simon & Schuster, 2018
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by bobsbooksnz
3w ago
“In the clearing stands a boxer ad a fighter by his trade..” Paul Simon wrote these words when he was 27 in the first person because it is about him but in the final verse he gives the song a universality by shifting to the third person. This is the story of this biography about ..read more
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Blues from Laurel Canyon. My Life as a Bluesman by John Mayall with Joel McIver. Pub.Omnibus Press, 2019.
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by bobsbooksnz
3w ago
When i was growing up in the 1960s I discovered the Blues when I started to go to a club called the Stage Door in Christchurch. It changed my life and one of the reasons was John Mayall. Mayall is the godfather of British Blues and like the Rolling Stones he interpreted and played the ..read more
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Tails of Tangleby Gardens 3 by Sue Heazlewood, Illus. Jane Smith. Pub. Aukram Publishing, 2024.
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by bobsbooksnz
2M ago
This is the third delightful edition about the Tangleby Garden community and doubles as a children’s story for primary children and as a cook book with recipes and delicious culinary treats. Rather than repeat some of the information about this book I refer you to my earlier review on this blog at https://bobsbooksnz.wordpress.com/?s=tangleby This episode ..read more
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Wizardry to Weta Verse by Elena de Roo, illus. Juliet de Roo. Pub. Cuba Press 2024
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by bobsbooksnz
2M ago
I have not reviewed many books of poetry for children on this site but this one is worth mentioning. Poetry shows children the power and imagery of language and helps then express ideas, feelings and images in a way unlike no other. Take this for example “ I dance across the daisies, do cartwheels in ..read more
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Kiwis and Koalas: A Bridge to Anywhere by Sarah Milne, Illus. Laura Bee. Pub. Beatnik Publishing 2024.
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by bobsbooksnz
3M ago
Lily and her best friend Woof have a magical bridge at the end of their garden that can take you to anywhere in the world where you have friends or relatives that you miss. This is a What If, Imagination story. When cousins Tama and Olivia arrive from Australia Lily and Woof show them the ..read more
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The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery The Mysterious Bird of Mystery by Antony Elworthy. Pub. Walker Books, 2024
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by bobsbooksnz
3M ago
This novel for junior and intermediate readers is a real hoot. Some would call it a tall story or a shaggy dog story but I call it a cautionary tale for children who are told stories by grandfathers in jest. I know I am such a grandfather and the Gramps in this novel is as ..read more
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Outside the Cage by Carly Waddleton. Pub.UK Book Publishing, 2024
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by bobsbooksnz
3M ago
Spenser, Ella and Sean live on a farm outside of the caged town of Fern Flats but they go to school within the caged town and are bullied by the town kids because they look after dinosaurs and are different. Fern Flats is covered by a cage to prevent attacks from dinosaurs especially the meat ..read more
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The Mess of Our Lives by Mary-Anne Scott. Pub. One Tree House,2024
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3M ago
Seventeen year old Jordan is a talented lad musically but his life is in turmoil. He lives with his mother Susan and his eleven year old sister Tabitha. Unfortunately his mother is a hoarder and their house is so full of trash that she has kept that it is a health risk because of mice ..read more
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