Margaret Mahy

Norvin is a very good actor, but rather plain. Norvin looks very like a shark, and more than anything, he loves to shoot through the water like a silver arrow. But his cunning plan to clear the water at Caramel Cove badly misfires. Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) worked as a librarian in her native New Zealand before becoming a full-time writer in 1980. Beloved by generations of readers, she wrote over 150 books for children and young adults, and in...

Mabel blows a bubble that captures Baby and wafts him away, resulting in a wild chase that involves the whole neighborhood.

Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities.

1. Who's in Rabbit's house?: Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can't get into her house because the Long One, who "eats trees and tramples on elephants", is hiding inside, this is presented as a play performed by Masai actors wearing animal masks. 2. The Beast of Monsieur Racine: A suspicious pear-thieving beast becomes fast friends with a lonely man who proudly presents him to the prestigious Academy of Sciences. 3. The Story of...

A delightful cookbook-cum-memoir that explores, decade by decade and era by era, what New Zealanders eat and how that food defined a country. "The preparation of food, the smells and tastes and textures, have accompanied me throughout the journeys of my life. In fact, looking back the food memories have become the marker posts-defining boundaries in the years, demarcating the challenges and the changes. In times of joy, food has enhanced the celebration;...