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

In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon.

We do need to apologise (again!) for the quality of the sound recording... we were super keen to get another episode out into the world after a bit of a break, BUT we had some internet issues in our usual recording space so had to record in a larger room than usual... resulting in some echo!

This week we celebrate everything Maria Gill.

Books highlighted in the episode:

Anzac Animals by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic

Remarkable Animal Stories by Maria Gill

Call of the Kokako by Maria Gill and Heather Arnold

Toroa’s Journey by Maria Gill and Gavin Mouldey

NZ Endangered Dolphins by Maria Gill

Anzac Heroes by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic

Last of Maui's Dolphins by Maria Gill and Bruce Potter

Kate Sheppard by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic

King’s Medal by Maria Gill and Alistair Hughes

Ernest Rutherford by Maria Gill and Alistair Hughes

Abel Tasman by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic

Epic NZ Adventurers by Maria Gill

Ice Breaker! by Maria Gill and Alistair Hughes

NZ Disasters by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic

Earthquakes by Maria Gill

Volcanoes by Maria Gill

Eruption by Maria Gill

Rangitoto by Maria Gill

Maria Gill's website