Tania McCartney – The Boomerang Books Blog https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 Farewell, so long . . . + introducing Dimity Powell https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/farewell-so-long-introducing-dimity-powell/2012/11 https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/farewell-so-long-introducing-dimity-powell/2012/11#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:00:35 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=12661 In case you hadn’t worked it out yet, one of my favourite things to do in the whole wide world, is read. And because I simply can’t help myself, I also love to talk to others about what I’m reading. This is why I review. I simply love to review . . . but I … Continue reading Farewell, so long . . . + introducing Dimity Powell

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]]> https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/farewell-so-long-introducing-dimity-powell/2012/11/feed 3 Five Very Bookish Questions with author Sheryl Gwyther https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-author-sheryl-gwyther/2012/11 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:00:40 +0000 http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/?p=4813 Today is my second-last day at Boomerang Books – tomorrow I shall introduce my sensational new replacement! – but until then, it feels very fitting to feature Sheryl Gwyther in my last Very Bookish Questions. Sheryl is a talented, beautiful writer with a deep passion for children’s literature and literacy. She is also a dear … Continue reading Five Very Bookish Questions with author Sheryl Gwyther

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]]> Review – My Big Photo Activity Book https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/review-my-big-photo-activity-book/2012/11 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:00:50 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11646 In the vein of Herve Tullet, this stunning, large-format activity book is stellar quality for kids who are serious about their art. And squiggles. Author/illustrator Pascale Estellon has created a stunner of a book that’s as much a coffee table tome as it is a magnificent stack of pages designed to send your child’s creativity … Continue reading Review – My Big Photo Activity Book

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]]> Review – Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/review-unbored-the-essential-field-guide-to-serious-fun/2012/11 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:00:26 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11667 Got bored kids? Unbelievable, right? I don’t remember being bored as a kid and that’s probably because I spent my childhood doing many of the fabulous, creative, imagination and soul/brain/heart/body fulfilling things in this book. Admittedly, most of them were less high-tech versions! but they were creative nonetheless. I’m not saying I wouldn’t have loved … Continue reading Review – Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun

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]]> New Release Picture Books https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/new-release-picture-books/2012/11 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:00:59 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11665 Looking for some new-release picture books to stash away for the Christmas stocking? This gorgeous selection will delight both kids and adults with a wide range of themes, striking illustrations and stories to touch the heart or tickle the funny bone. Enjoy! Tree: A little story about big things by Danny Parker and Matt Ottley … Continue reading New Release Picture Books

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]]> Five Very Bookish Questions with author Peter Taylor https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-author-peter-taylor/2012/11 https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-author-peter-taylor/2012/11#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:00:47 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11669 Which genre of childrens books do you like most and why? Picture books – because those for young children are written to be a true delight for an adult to read out loud as a performance. I miss sharing them with my son and daughter, now in their 20s, but I do love reading picture books to other … Continue reading Five Very Bookish Questions with author Peter Taylor

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]]> https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-author-peter-taylor/2012/11/feed 1 Review – The Man from the Land of Fandango https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/review-the-man-from-the-land-of-fandango/2012/11 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:00:52 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11661 The recent loss of legendary Kiwi author Margaret Mahy made me realise something. I had never, ever read any of her books. So remiss of me because this beautiful picture book is testament to a long and glorious authorship I’d completely miss out on – until now. The man from the land of Fandango is … Continue reading Review – The Man from the Land of Fandango

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]]> Five Very Bookish Questions with author/illustrator Katherine Battersby https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-authorillustrator-katherine-battersby/2012/10 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:00:11 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=12960 1.      Which genre of children’s books do you like most and why?  Trying to choose a favourite genre would be like asking me to choose a favourite dessert (I have a sweet tooth). When it comes to books I have a restless mind, so I read widely. I love so many different genres for different reasons. … Continue reading Five Very Bookish Questions with author/illustrator Katherine Battersby

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]]> Review – The Dreadful Fluff https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/review-the-dreadful-fluff/2012/10 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:00:30 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11657 Oh my. Watch out. Belly button fluff is not reserved for the hygienically-challenged, no no. Even pink and perfect peeps like Serenity Strainer find the odd thatch of fluff in said navel – and sometimes, just sometimes, that little thatch can be . . . queue dramatic music . . . Evil! That’s right. Meet … Continue reading Review – The Dreadful Fluff

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]]> Five Very Bookish Questions with author Oliver Phommavanh https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/five-very-bookish-questions-with-author-oliver-phommavanh/2012/10 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:00:11 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=11759 Which genre of children’s books do you like most and why?  I love humour because they’re wacky, weird and make kids laugh (which is very hard to do in books, hehe). Anything by Andy Griffiths is the perfect example, particularly the Just books. I based my first book Thai-riffic! on Andy’s formula of short stories … Continue reading Five Very Bookish Questions with author Oliver Phommavanh

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