NZ
Writer and Illustrators
Adrienne
M. Frater, illustrated by children
Flying
Free
Atawhai
Press 2015 $24.95pb 215pp
ISBN
978 0 4733 1914 4
Themes:
Family stories/ Funny stories/ School stories/ Short stories
Adults
AND children mix in this energetic collection of short stories where every
‘happening’ is based on a real event whether it is an acrophobic father who
helps his son build a trolley and manages to watch the event in the out of
doors or the story of Magda, a Polish refugee who wants to have a birthday
party and play ‘Pin the tail on the donkey’.
All the stories are preceded by a few words from the author who explains
how the ideas came to her (great for budding writers) and all are just the
right length for reading aloud. Most of them have appeared either in School Journals,
on the air or in anthologies.
(If you
cannot find this book in your local bookshop order it from Amgk.frater@xtra.co.nz)
Year 3 up/
Age 7 up
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