Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
‘Orani: My Father’s Village’
By CLAIRE A. NIVOLA
Reviewed by TOMIE dePAOLA in The New York Times.
Left - From “Orani”
ORANI -My Father’s Village Written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola32 pp. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 4 to 8)
This picture book documents an American girl’s adventures in her father’s native Sardinia.
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