Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins.

As we head into 2025, refreshed and ready to rock and roll, we have decided to change the podcast to a monthly affair, rather than fortnightly, as our school embarks on a number of big changes.

We are still committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon.

This week we celebrate the remarkable body of work by Ned Barraud - conservationist and lover of animals.

Books highlighted in the episode, in no particular order whatsoever:

Under the Ocean by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

In the Garden by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

In the Bush by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

Up the River by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

At the Beach by Ned Barraud & Gillian Candler

Where is it? by Ned Barraud

Where is it in town? by Ned Barraud

Tuatara by Katie Furze & Ned Barraud

Ruru Night Hunter by Katie Furze & Ned Barraud

Incredible Journeys by Ned Barraud

Backyard Birds by Ned Barraud

What Happened to the Moa by Ned Barraud

NZ's Backyard Beasts by Ned Barraud

Tohora by Ned Barraud

Wild Coasts by Ned Barraud

Animals of Aotearoa by Gillian Candler & Ned Barraud

Tasting with your Feet by Ned Barraud

Click HERE for the link to the NZ Life and Leisure article and interview with Ned Barraud.

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