DNW Friends

A list of past events and documentation

THESE ARE NOT CURRENT EVENTS

December 2020 Event

End of Year Celebration
Thursday 3 December 2020
5.30 pm for festive drinks and nibbles, 6.00 pm entertainment
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated, new members welcomed
We look forward to seeing you there

Our Next Event

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
invite you to a talk by
Nicola Daly
Meeting Worlds of Words:
a Fulbright experience in Arizona, U.S.A. Read the Flyer

Tuesday 11 August 2020

Nicola Daly

Storylines Notable Books ..here..
Storylines has made the decision to indefinitely postpone the 2020 Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day scheduled for 5 April. The awards will still be announced. The AGM will be an online meeting.

2019 NZ Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards winners announced

The full list of winners is:

Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award
The Bomb, Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers)

Picture Book Award
The Bomb

Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
The Dog Runner, Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)

Young Adult Fiction Award
Legacy, Whiti Hereaka (Huia Publishers)

Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
Art-tastic, Sarah Pepperle (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū)

Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Puffin the Architect, written and illustrated by Kimberly Andrews (Penguin Random House)

Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for te reo Māori
Te Haka a Tānerore, Reina Kahukiwa, illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa, translated by Kiwa Hammond (Mauri Tū)

Best First Book Award
Art-tastic, Sarah Pepperle (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū)

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDINGS TO THE PUBLIC

The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa has temporarily closed its buildings to the public from 1pm Saturday 21 March. This is to help efforts to reduce the risk of COVID-19.
We are looking to deliver some of our services that would have been delivered in person to schools and researchers in other ways, including online.
Our interloan services and lending services to schools are still available.
This is a temporary measure for fourteen days and applies to all National Library sites across Aotearoa.
Our staff are still working and you can use our online services. Please continue to send us queries through Ask a Librarian. More details of our continuing services will be added on our website. 
We continue to monitor the situation and follow the Ministry of Health guidelines.

Kia ora, kia kaha, stay well Aotearoa and let’s look after each other.

AGM 2020
This year’s AGM is a Zoom Meeting: Tuesday 16 June 2020
Between 6pm and 7pm. Please phone Corrina
Please return all nomination forms by Monday 8 th June to Corrina.gordon@dia.govt.nz

Recently in the display case ..here..

Recently in the display case ..here..

Next Meeting 9 March 2020

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection invite you to a talk by
Cheryl Paget Arthur Ransome:

Story-teller, journalist, sailor, fisherman and suspected spy Arthur Ransome (used with permission from the estate of Arthur Ransome) Cheryl will talk about Arthur Ransome the man, his children’s novels, and the rumour that he acted as a British spy during the Russian Revolution.
There was much more to Arthur Ransome than the Swallows and Amazons
novels alone. He wrote more than twenty-five other books, on a wide range of subjects, many related to his own life, experience and interests
which were wide ranging, exciting and deeply fascinating.
Cheryl has an MA in Literature for Children from Warwick University and she is the New Zealand Co-Ordinator for the Arthur Ransome Society.
Monday 9 March 2020
5.30 pm for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 pm talk
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated, new members welcomed
We look forward to seeing you there

Get the Flyer

Featured New Book – ‘FOUND’

This National Childrens Collection book is currently featuring on the new book display in the Reading Room:

Found
By Jeff Newman & Larry Day
Published Simon & Schuster Books, 2018

It is a sweet book which only features illustrations. It tells an emotional story of a little girl who finds a dog. The illustrations contain so many little details which provide more context to the st

WILD Imaginings Children’s Writers and Illustrators’ Hui Dunedin 8-10 Nov

We are aiming to attract not only established practitioners in the field of children’s writing and illustrating, but also those individuals who would like to learn how to write and/or illustrate for children and young adults.
Learn more at https://www.storylines.org.nz/Events+and+activities/Wild+Imaginings+-+National+Childrens+Writers+and+Illustrators+Hui+2019.html

See the registration form for Wild Imaginings ..here..

3 December 2019
Fleur Beale discussed being a writer to a groups of over 40 Friend

Jack Lasenby

We are terribly sad that children’s literature hero Jack Lasenby has died.

Reality vs Fiction in Children’s Literature

Eirlys Hunter will speak to the Friends
Tuesday 22 October 2019
5:30pm for drinks & nibbles, 6:00pm talk
Programme Rooms, Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, cnr Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon, Wellington.
Eirlys Hunter has published seven books for children, and her most recent book The Mapmaker’s Race was a finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. She teaches Writing for Children at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington

There is every sort of world to be found in Junior fiction, from Narnia to Hogwarts. Eirlys Hunter will look at some of the worlds of children’s literature and consider what these different settings and ways of being offer their young readers.
Read the Flyer

View our display of children’s book jackets 1920s to 1940s

https://dnwfriends.nzl.org/index.php/childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s/

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
Invite you to the 2019 AGM
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Programme rooms, Ground Floor
National Library of New Zealand (Molesworth Street Entrance) Wellington
Read the pdf
and read this National Library page

After the meeting Mary Skarott, Research Librarian Children’s Literature, will speak about some of the new acquisitions to the DNW and NCC Collections

Gecko Press invites you to meet French Illustrators

Gecko Press invites you to: their visiting French illustrators who are about to embark on a two-week tour around New Zealand. This is a rare and wonderful opportunity to hear from some world-class illustrators and celebrate the art of the picture book – and for children to get their fingers inky.

The illustrators are Clotilde Perrin, famed for lift-the-flap exploration of fairytale villains. Eric Veillé will be there with his new and very funny Encyclopedia of Grannies

There will be events for adults, where the two will discuss illustration and writing for children.

All the events are free, details on the tour programme here: https://geckopress.com/les-petits-kiwis-festival/ . They will be in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin between 2 and 11 May.

For Wellingtonians, the gala end-of-tour event will be at the Children’s Bookshop Kilbirnie on Sunday 12 May, joined by a band of Gecko Press illustrators celebrating picture books, grandmothers, villains, stories and more.

Anne of Green Gables

Wednesday 20 March 2019

5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talks
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)

In the Friends’ Display Case: National Library Wellington

I is for Ibis – Alphabet books from Dorothy Neal White CollectionAlbumsI is for Ibis – Alphabet books from Dorothy Neal White Collection
11 photos · Updated 9 days ago
Educational tools which introduce children to the letters of the alphabet and the basics of reading have been used for hundreds of years. Hornbooks, recognised as the earliest means of teaching the alphabet, were in use from the 16th to the 18th century. They were made of a flat piece of wood with a handle, and a printed sheet showing the alphabet was attached to the wood and covered with a protective layer of horn. The mid-18th century saw the introduction of the battledore, a small, folded card which showed the letters of the alphabet and was often illustrated with woodcuts. Some battledores also featured a syllabary (a table or list of syllables) or a short rhyme. In the early 19th century, alphabet books as we recognise them today began to be published more frequently. These generally took the form of short primers showing the alphabet, syllables and simple words, together with a Bible text or story with a moral message. With the development of colour printing technology in the later 19th century, alphabet books became more common, and the illustrations more detailed. Pictures were generally familiar objects from daily life and moral themes were much less prevalent. This era also marked the beginning of the trend which continues today, whereby the primary purpose of many alphabet books is not to teach the alphabet as such, but rather to amuse the reader who already knows their alphabet by combining the letters with illustrations and an accompanying text that may be single words, rhymes, or a story.
Mary Skarott, Children’s Literature Librarian

Pictures, left to right, top to bottom:

R: Lear, Edward. First publication of this Lear alphabet ABC. (New York : McGraw-Hill ; London : Constable Young Books) 1965
The first publication of a newly discovered nonsense alphabet manuscript by Edward Lear, in which the drawings and verses differ markedly from those in other Lear alphabets.
T: Field, Rachel. An alphabet for boys and girls. (New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co.) 1939
Q: Lear, Edward. First publication of this Lear alphabet ABC. (New York : McGraw-Hill ; London : Constable Young Books) 1965
The first publication of a newly discovered nonsense alphabet manuscript by Edward Lear, in which the drawings and verses differ markedly from those in other Lear alphabets.
P: Gág, Wanda. The ABC bunny. Hand lettered by Howard Gág. (London: Faber and Faber) 1962 Originally published: New York: Coward, McCann, 1933. Newbery Honor Book, 1934
J: Wildsmith, Brian. ABC. (London: Oxford University Press) 1962 Greenaway Medal, 1962
I: Falls, C.B. ‘The ABC book : designed and cut on wood’. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923
H: Falls, C.B. ‘The ABC book : designed and cut on wood’. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923
EFGH: Crane, Walter. An alphabet of old friends ; and, The absurd ABC. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson)
1981 Originally published: An alphabet of old friends. London : George Routledge and Sons, 1874. The absurd ABC. London : John Lane, Bodley Head, between 1895-98.
D: Barker, Cicely Mary. A flower fairy alphabet. (London : Blackie) 1934
Books:  These alphabet books from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and National Children’s Collection are on display outside the Turnbull Library Reading Rooms on Level 1 of the National Library building.
Whole Alphabet on a Page: Falls, C.B. ‘The ABC book : designed and cut on wood’. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection invite you to a talk by Kay Hancock
Of bush and birds: New Zealand as ‘fairyland’
Wednesday 21 November, 2018
5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance) ..more..

We are sorry to hear of the death of Derek Gordon, the storyteller Bringwonder, who entertained the Friends in August 2013 with his Celtic tales.

https://dnwfriends.nzl.org/index.php/2015/05/30/nba-48-december-2013/

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
invited you to a talk by Philippa Werry

Philippa Werry is a children’s writer whose non-fiction, stories, plays and poems have been widely published. Several of her books (including Enemy at the gate, Anzac Day and The New Zealand wars) have been shortlisted for awards. Philippa lives in Wellington; she maintains several blogs and participates in the Writers in Schools programme.

Writing from war to peace

Philippa will describe her current writing project, based on her visit to Antarctica in 2016 with Antarctica NZ’s community engagement programme (formerly Artists and Writers to Antarctica). She will be talking about some of the Antarctic children’s literature that she came across during her research, as well as the unexpected links and connections she found to her previous books about war.

Tuesday 18 September, 2018
5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance), Wellington
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated
We looked forward to seeing you there

We as the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White society, are hosting the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research on Saturday 14 July 2018. This is part of the ACLAR Biennial Conference 2018 which is being held at Victoria University. We warmly welcome the members of the Friends (DNW) to join us at this event. Chris Szekely, the ATL Chief Librarian will be introducing the event and welcoming people to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Mary will be preparing some choice samples of the DNW collection and there will be drinks and nibbles hosted by the FDNW.

Invitation to Talk and AGM2018

You are invited to the Annual General Meeting 2018 of the Society of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection which will be held on Tuesday 19 June. The AGM will be held in the Programme Rooms, Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, at 5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm talk, 6:30 AGM.

If you have items for the AGM agenda please reply, or post to PO Box 12-499, Thorndon, Wellington 6144.

Before the meeting the Research Librarian, Children’s Literature, at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Mary Skarott, will show some of the publications recently donated to the collection.

Attached is a flyer for the AGM that we would appreciate your displaying or distributing if you have the opportunity. We welcome members and non-members. A gold coin donation from non-members is appreciated.

We are pleased to say that all of our current committee members are happy to stay on. Committee members are responsible for helping to plan future events, taking minutes (a shared responsibility), promoting the DNW collection, being involved in the selection process for FDNW research scholars, contributing to the newsletter, and lending a hand with catering and set-up at our events. The usual commitment is about 8 meetings/events a year. This includes the AGM. If you would be interested in joining the committee, in any capacity, or would like to nominate someone (with their knowledge of course), please reply to friendsdnw@gmail.com or phone Corrina on 04 382 3548.

Read the Flyer

Corrina Gordon
President Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection

Happy 102nd Birthday Beverly Cleary

Beverly Atlee Cleary is an American writer of children’s and young adult fiction. One of America’s most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. [Wikipedia]
Born: 12 April 1916 (age 102 years), McMinnville, Oregon, United States

In the Friends’ Display Case: National Library Wellington

Ever since the ‘School journal’ began in 1907, poetry has been an integral part of its content. Individual issues regularly included at least one poem and, in the early years, a poem was often placed on the front cover. Occasional “verse” issues, devoted solely to poetry, have also been produced.

Poems by New Zealand writers have always featured in the ‘Journal’, but overseas poetry was dominant until the 1950s. From then on, New Zealand poets such as Denis Glover, Basil Dowling, Eileen Duggan and James K. Baxter appeared frequently. Poetry by Margaret Mahy first appeared in 1961, the beginning of a trend to include more works by poets who specialised in writing for children.

Poems written by New Zealand school children have also been included in the ‘Journal’. “Children’s numbers” published in the years following World War II included stories, artwork and poems by children and, in later years, children’s poems have sometimes appeared alongside regular content.

These items from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Library’s general lending collection will be on display in the 1st floor foyer of the National Library until the end of March.

Cowie, Wilson. “Rising tides”. School journal, part 2, number 2, 2007 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)..

Next Meeting of the Friends

The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection invite you to a talk by Kathryn Walls

Changing “The changeover”

Kathryn compares Margaret Mahy’s 1984 young adult classic with the recent movie adaptation

Thursday 5 April, 2018

5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk

Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated

Read the flyer

We look forward to seeing you there

Ursula K. Le Guin dies at age 88

Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning and best-selling science fiction writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, has died at 88.

A family statement posted Tuesday on Le Guin’s verified Twitter account says she passed away peacefully on Monday.

In addition to her fantasy and science fiction novels, Le Guin wrote short stories, poetry and literature for young adults.

She gained fame in 1969 with The Left Hand of Darkness, which involves a radical investigation of gender roles.

Her feminist-themed 1983 “Left-Handed Commencement Address” at Mills College was ranked one of the top 100 speeches of the 20th century by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University.

The Earthsea books have sold in the millions in 16 languages. In December, she published a collection of essays based on blog posts called No Time to Spare.

Congratulations children’s author Joy Cowley

Lots in Translation

A great event at the National Library next week, as we join hands with the New Zealand Festival’s Writers & Readers Week.
On Saturday morning 10 March 2018 between 10.30-1.30, its Lots in Translation, a morning of picture book readings by guest authors and members of Wellington’s diverse multicultural community. And a celebration of the growing wealth of children’s picture books in te reo Māori, Samoan, French, German, Swedish and Japanese with Gecko Press, Huia Publishers and The Sapling.

Nicola Daly at the International Youth Library here

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017
Documents relating to the AGM are at About Us > AGM and here

STORYLINES BETTY GILDERDALE AWARD 2017 went to Wellington’s Maureen Crisp
Wellington teacher, author and literary blogger Maureen Crisp has been announced as the winner
of the 2017 Storylines Betty Gilderdale award for outstanding service to children’s literature.
Annnouncement here

In the Friend’s Display Case: National Library Wellington

Whitcombe and Tombs was the dominant publisher in the New Zealand educational market in the late 19th and early 20th century. Estimated sales of their very popular ‘Whitcombe’s story books’ series, published between 1908 and 1962, were in excess of 12 million copies. Edith Howes wrote fifteen ‘Whitcombes story books’ in all, issued in numerous printings between 1921 and 1957. ‘Where bell-birds chime’ was part of the Dainty booklet series.

Howes’ publications, from the Dorothy Neal White Collection, will be on display outside the Turnbull Library reading rooms through the end of November. — at National Library of New Zealand.

The Singing Fish
Tup looked about. There certainly were anemones everywhere, brown anemones, little gold-and-silver anemones, anemones with blood-red centres and deceiving rims of broken shells and tiny stones, anemones of purple striped with green, of yellow striped with orange; higher up the rocks were dark red blobs that, when the tide came in, would open out into scarlet blossoms like cactus dahlias. And there was this great rose-and-lilac beauty before them, with her greedy arms. Tup looked at her again and realised how near he had been to a struggle for his life.

When completing research for this story, Edith spent months observing the plants and creatures of beaches and rock pools around Wellington and Stewart Island.

Howes, Edith. The singing fish. With illustrations by Florence Mary Anderson.
(London : Cassell & Co.)
1921 (1922 reprint) — at National Library of New Zealand.

The Cradle Ship
Twins Win and Twin are siblings to a new baby and want to know where it came from. They do not believe their grandmother’s tale that it was found under the gooseberry bush. Their parents are more forthcoming and turn a cradle into a ship, and the family sails to babyland to find the answer. Somewhat sentimental and naïve in style when read today, The cradle ship was nonetheless a groundbreaking attempt to introduce children to the facts of life. It was reprinted 18 times and translated into French, Italian and Danish.

Howes, Edith. ‘The cradle ship’. With illustrations by Florence Mary Anderson.
(London : Cassell & Co.)
1916 — at National Library of New Zealand.

The Sun’s Babies
A collection of short stories about plants, animals and fairies through the seasons. This was Edith’s first book, and was so well received that it led to her being made an honorary member of the New Zealand Institute (which later became the Royal Society).

Howes, Edith. ‘The sun’s babies’. With illustrations by Frank Watkins.
(London : Cassell & Co.)
1910 — at National Library of New Zealand.

November Meeting

Sarah and Thalia will be talking about the genesis of The Sapling, why they think it was needed and how they have chosen the voices that are represented each month. They will be looking at gender and racial diversity of those who are reviewed or interviewed, and highlighting some of their favourite pieces. Read the Flyer pdf and docx

Wednesday 29 November, 2017
5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated

We look forward to seeing you there

Children’s activities available to them in today’s digital age are quite different from those of 100 years ago.

This selection of books from the Dorothy Neal White Collection explores the pastimes and activities that were considered suitable for children with time on their hands in a world with no radio, television or internet. These included doing something useful (domestic skills, making things, gardening, playing an instrument), getting out in the healthy fresh air (outdoor games, nature study, camp cooking and survival skills) and entertaining friends and family at home with such diversions as parlour games, magic tricks, puppet shows and scientific experiments.

Many of the suggested activities are, of course, still popular alternatives to poring over a digital device, but not many children nowadays will spend hours making matchbox furniture or perfecting their ventriloquism skills.

-Mary Skarott, Children’s Literature Librarian

‘The linguistic landscape of English-Spanish Dual Language Picturebooks’
The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
invite you to a talk by
Dr Nicola Daly
Read the Flyer

Nicola is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato where she teaches children’s literature at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is a past recipient of the Dorothy Neal White Fellowship and the Marantz Picturebook Collection Fellowship at Kent State University.

How do you place text for two languages in a single bilingual children’s picturebook?
In this presentation over 200 English-Spanish dual language picturebooks, from the Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art, are analysed in terms of the relative status of the two languages and how this is communicated via relative print size and placement. The separation between languages in the picturebooks analysed is discussed in relation to bilingualism and translanguaging.

Thursday 21 September, 2017
5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk
Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand
(Use the Molesworth Street entrance), Wellington
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated

Research Seminar by Dr Mere Whaanga

Noted scholar and writer, Dr. Mere Whaanga, currently the Children’s Writer in Residence at the University of Otago, is giving a research seminar, sponsored by the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture, on Friday 28 July 2017. Her talk is titled: “From pepeha to picture book to tribal history: telling Māori stories in multiple genres”, and it will take place at the Hocken Library Seminar room, 90 Anzac Avenue, starting at 3.30.
All are welcome!

Death of John McIntyre, bookseller: John died 10 June 2017. John is sadly missed from the world of children’s books. Read his Facebook Page either from this page or at: https://www.facebook.com/thechildrensbookshop/

With great sadness we advise the death of our Patron Barbara Murison.

We will miss Barbara – (pictured), who died of cancer on 19 May 2017. She made a huge contribution to children’s literature and the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection. http://barbaramurison.blogspot.co.nz/ 

On a Happier Note, Nicola Daly, who was the FDNW research scholar in 2014 has her article online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/evj6tZuZdBVfjyRJE6gb/full

The article was published in the New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship and is titled: Pākehā-Māori: European-Native. Ethnic Labeling in the Dorothy Neal White Collection. Nicola has said she will be able to address the Friends about her visit to the Marantz Collection. This should be near August/September. More details soon.

Read about Barbara and Nicola in our newsletter.  Here

Nicola Daly’s article based on work on books in the Dorothy Neal White Collection has been published electronically. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13614541.2017.1280335

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017
Before the meeting: Mary Skarott, Research Librarian Children’s Literature,will talk about some of the new donations to the collection and Kay Hancock, research grant recipient, will introduce her research project
Tuesday 20th June 2017
5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk
Lilburn Room, Level 1
National Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated. Minutes for year ending 2016 here.

Death of Dick Bruna 23 August 1927 – Saturday 21 January 2017

REMINISCENCES – MARY HUTTON 11 APRIL 1926 – 5 AUGUST 2016

Mary Hutton was instrumental in the creation of the Dorothy Neal White Collection and of this Society, The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection. She was life-long advocate for children’s literature and active in the wider community as a driver for Meals on Wheels and weekly volunteer at the Mary Potter Hospice for many years. When she died suddenly but peacefully in August she was still regularly guiding visitors to the Wellington Botanic Gardens.

While most members of the Friends are likely to be aware of her role with this Society, many are unaware of her long and influential career as Co-ordinator of Book Selection for School Library Service. Mary began in this role in 1950 and retired from it in 1990. As well as co-ordinating and managing the budget for all genre, including non-fiction and adult titles of interest to teenagers, Mary selected all the children’s fiction for School Library Service. This includes the National Children’s Collection (NCC), which was initially the repository of headquarters review copies and is now a research collection supported by this Society.

Several of Mary’s colleagues have gathered together their reminiscences of Mary’s career. Also see our current newsletter.

The Sapling – a new online magazine all about children’s books – reached 73% of its target funding goal in a staggering five days. “We always knew there’d be a healthy level of support for the website, but we had no idea just how passionate or how numerous our supporters would be.”
Coming soon: http://www.thesapling.co.nz/

End of Year Function was held 7 December 2016

On Wednesday 7 December 2016 we enjoyed our End of Year Event followed by Chris Szekely who discussed his latest book, Rona, a chapter book for 7-9 year-olds, published by Huia Publishers – and getting excellent reviews.

The Current Display Cabinet

May Gibbs and Avis Acres: Flower Fairies in Australia and New Zealand

These can also be viewed at:
https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryNZ/photos/?tab=album&album_id=549037965288235

The New Zealand Book Council invites you to join us for the 2016 NZ Book Council Lecture:

Tala Tusi: The Teller is the Tale in 4 Tales. Delivered by Selina Tusitala Marsh.
Where: National Library of New Zealand, 70 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington
When: Friday 11 November, 6pm
RSVP: This is a free event, but spaces are limited. Please email rsvp@bookcouncil.org.nz to secure your seat
This event is brought to you in partnership with the National Library of New Zealand.

Next Meeting: Barbara Robertson discusses Clare Mallory

Wednesday 15 March 2017
5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk

Te Ahumairangi Ground Floor
National Library of NZ, Thorndon, Wellington

Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated

CHOCS

Collectors and Hoarders of Old Fashioned Children’s Stories
One Day Conference and Book Sale
Saturday 21 January 2017
Venue: Wainuiomata Gospel Church, Wellington
Cost $45 pp
Read the pdf

You are invited to the
Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection
End-of-the-year event 2016
Please join us for festive drinks and nibbles
followed by our special guest, Chris Szekely, who will discuss his latest book, Rona, a chapter book for 7-9 year-olds, published by Huia Publishers – and getting excellent reviews!

Wednesday 7 December 2016 at 5:30pm

New Room Venue

Due to the recent earthquake we have had a slight change of venue for our Christmas event on Wednesday December 7th.
It will now be held on the Ground floor of the National Library in the programme rooms to the right of the foyer as you come in the front doors (Molesworth Street entrance).
All other details remain the same. We look forward to seeing you.

Note that we will NOT be in: Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of NZ

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VUW CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE

At the October 2015 meeting of the Friends Dr Tatjana Schaefer of Victoria University’s English Programme gave a wonderfully lively and informative presentation on Alice “in and out of Wonderland”. If you would like to hear more from Tatjana there is the opportunity to attend a VUW Continuing Education short course from 31 October 2016. Over 5 weeks she will explore “Wolves in girls’ clothing: when girl characters enter fantasy worlds”. For further information about the course see

http://ce.victoria.ac.nz/courses/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds

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What Lies Beneath: 11 books by NZ Children’s authors about war

Authors Melinda Szymanik, Philippa Werry, Glyn Harper, Anna Mackenzie and Maria Gill, as well as illustrators Fifi Colston and Marco Ivancic are also giving a panel talk at Wellington Central Library on Tuesday 18th October from 6pm – 8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/1758363944380467/
http://whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz/

NEXT EVENT – “From Aeniad to Bromeliad: Terry Pratchett’s Nomes trilogy as comic epic”

Our next event will be a talk about Terry Pratchett’s Nomes trilogy given by Victoria University senior lecturer Geoff Miles.  By way of introduction Geoff says: “Terry Pratchett’s Nomes trilogy tells the story of a race of 4-inch high nomes who are driven out of their cosy existence under the floorboards of a big English department store and forced to search for a new home. The titles of the original three books (Truckers, 1989; Diggers and Wings, 1990) characterise them as adventurous comic romps, focusing on the nomes’ increasingly absurd feats in highjacking gigantic pieces of human technology, from a delivery van to a supersonic plane. But when the trilogy was assembled in a single volume Pratchett retitled it The Bromeliad – a title which suggests its status as a comic epic. I will argue that the story of The Bromeliad is in fact based on one of the greatest classical epics, Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’; and that, as well as exploiting the connection for effects of mock-epic humour, Pratchett is also responding quite seriously to some of Virgil’s serious epic themes.”

Members might remember that we included an obituary for Terry Pratchett in our June 2016 newsletter so we are particularly delighted to have Geoff come and share some of his insights into the writing of this fascinating author. Dr Geoff Miles is a Senior Lecturer at the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.  His current research focuses on the classical tradition in English literature and in particular on the uses of classical mythology. He the co-author (with Paul Millar and John Davidson) of ‘The snake-haired muse: James K Baxter and classical myth’ (VUP, 2011) and the editor of ‘Classical mythology in English literature: a critical anthology’ (Routledge, 1999).

We hope to see you at the National Library on Tuesday 27 September 2016 starting at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles.

Read the flyer about the event. If you have a place to put this on display that would be appreciated.

MARY HUTTON

As many of you will know one of our founding members Mary Hutton died on 5 August 2016. At the September meeting, our first meeting since her death, Lynne Jackett will pay tribute to an influential colleague and friend.

BARBARA ELSE

The Wellington Children’s Book Association is hosting a presentation by Margaret Mahy Award winner Barbara Else on Monday 19 September 2016. Barbara was named the 2016 winner of New Zealand’s top award for children’s writers and illustrators in March. The Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal is awarded annually for lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. As part of the award Barbara was invited to present a public lecture in Auckland in April.

John and Ruth McIntyre have organised for  Barbara to give her talk in Wellington at The Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie. Finger food and drinks provided. Meet from 6.30pm for a 7pm start. This is an open invitation – no charge but please RSVP to books@thechildrensbookshop.co.nz for catering numbers.  Barbara and Chris have recently moved to Dunedin so this will be a chance to catch up with Barbara  on her  flying visit back.

Nicola Daly was the FDNW research scholar 2014-2015 and there is a short piece about her going to Ohio in the last newsletter
http://www.dnwfriends.nzl.org/index.php/2016/07/16/newsletter-53-june-2016/
Nicola is is off to spend time in the Marantz Picturebook Collection at Kent State University, in Ohio, USA.
She’ll be there for two weeks collecting data about dual language picture books.
Her blog is  http://nicolainmarantz.blogspot.co.nz/

With Sadness we note the Death of long time member Mary Hutton

Mary Hutton talks to Peter Ireland after the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Friends.

Mary Hutton was a founding member, long-time committee member and inspiration for the establishment and continuation of the Dorothy Neal White Collection.

MARY HUTTON said of herself in 2006:

I have been involved with the Dorothy Neal White Collection since its inception. When School Library Service was based on Thorndon Quay organising librarians gathered up pre-1940 books from schools where they were not in use. This nucleus of the Collection was supplemented by the addition of a consignment of withdrawn books from the Dunedin Public Library, many of them selected by Dorothy Neal White. When the School Library Service, under Director Phyllis MacDonald, was relocated to Tawa a room was set aside for the collection of pre-1940 children’s books to be enlarged and developed. The Society of Friends was set up and I became their President from 1984 – 2000. Since then I have remained a committee member.

Most of my working life has been spent in the employment of the National Library, first in the acquisitions and reference sections of adult services, but predominantly in the Head Office of School Library Service where I worked as Co-ordinator of Book Selection, selecting and reviewing children’s and young adult books from around the world – work I thoroughly enjoyed. I was fortunate to be able to attend some overseas conferences about children’s books and reading, in Canada, Japan and Australia, meeting authors and other librarians in the field.

Since I retired in 2000 I have kept busy with voluntary work, walking, gardening, catching up on adult books and assessing an occasional manuscript for a local publisher. This has enabled me to keep my hand in with information about trends in children’s books and reading.

While I regret the relocation of the Dorothy Neal White Collection from its prime position on the top floor of the National Library, it is good to know that it is again accessible on the lower ground floor with a competent and enthusiastic children’s literature research librarian in charge of its promotion and development.

Mary Hutton

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Our Current Display at the Turnbull Library in the Dorothy Neal White display case

Celebrating Beatrix Potter’s 150th birthday

Beatrix Potter was born in London into a well-to-do family on 28 July, 1866. She was the elder of two children, her brother, Bertram, being six years her junior. She was educated at home by a governess, and opportunities to spend time with children other than her brother were very limited.

From an early age Beatrix showed considerable artistic talent. As a child she spent a lot of time drawing and painting, often making studies of the many animals that she and her brother kept as pets in their nursery. Among her favourite subjects were her rabbits, Peter and Benjamin Bouncer, and a selection of mice. She also developed a keen interest in plants and botanical illustration. Family holidays in the country, in particular the Lake District, provided further inspiration.A fiercely independent young woman who was keen to have an income of her own, she began to sell her drawings as illustrations for books and greetings cards. Then came the idea for a book, which was eventually accepted for publication by Frederick Warne & Co. ‘The tale of Peter Rabbit’ was published in 1902, the first in a series of 23 tales inspired by her love of animals and the countryside. Her last children’s book was ‘Little Pig Robinson’, published in 1930.A final, previously unpublished tale, ‘Kitty-in-Boots’, is due to be published later this year with illustrations by Quentin Blake.The books featured here come from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Children’s Collection.
See stamps marking Beatrix’s 150th http://www.independent.co.uk/ … 150th-anniversary

Mary Skarott, Children’s Literature Librarian

Annual General Meeting 2016 of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection,

Wednesday 22 June 2016 Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand
5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk, 6:30 AGM

National Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated

Before the meeting the Research Librarian, Children’s Literature, Mary Skarott, will give a presentation Special Prize for Gardening: school and Sunday school prizes in New Zealand during World War I: some examples from the Dorothy Neal White Collection

View the flyer for the AGM

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IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Biennial Congress was held in Auckland in August 2016. IBBY is an amazing organisation with sections in more than 70 countries, many of whom will send representatives to New Zealand for the congress.
The Congress will include the awarding of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the international final of the Kidsą Lit Quiz and Storylines Auckland Family Day. Along with these events is a concentrated, quality programme of speakers and other sessions.
Have a look at the website for the list of speakers announced so far, with more to come.
They are also calling for abstracts for presentations and posters which I hope some of you might be interested in submitting a proposal. Find info about themes etc here: http://www.ibbycongress2016.org/theme.html.
Thereąs a great website,  Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ibbycongress2016?fref=ts and Twitter
https://twitter.com/ibbycongress pages so you can follow as further speakers and events are announced.
I do hope many of you will be able to come and be part of this amazing international event with its whole focus on books for children and young people.

Christmas Meeting:

Tuesday Dec 8th 5.30 for a 6pm start.
Committee members read a favourite extract or book around the Christmas theme.
National Library, Wellington.

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A Sense of Wonder

Reading, Writing and Publishing Children’s Literature
Flyer
12–13 November 2015
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
The University of Otago Centre for the Book is delighted to announce its 2015 annual symposium

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The Friends recently published Notes-Books-Authors 12. The nineteen-forties: a turning point in writing for children by Trevor Mowbray is now available as a pdf on this site.

Notes-Books-Authors 12

‘She put a spade in her wheelbarrow and set off for Compost Hill’
Cover illustration from Poppa passes: adventures of the Vedgie people by A.W. Reed, illustrated by George Woods (Wellington: A H & A W Reed, 1943?)

Display of Children’s adventure books in the level 1 foyer, National Library of NZ

‘I do love the beginning of the summer holls,’ said Julian. ‘They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.’ They go so nice and slowly at first,’ said Anne, his little sister, ‘Then they start to gallop.’
[from Enid Blyton’s Five go off in a caravan]
Adventure stories for children became popular from the mid-nineteenth century and early examples, aimed at boys, often dealt with military and imperial subjects. However, after World War I and onward into the twentieth century, there developed a trend for smaller scale adventures, including both male and female characters, with an intended audience of boys and girls.

Many of these stories fell int into the genre of ‘holiday adventure’, with Arthur Ransome and Enid Blyton being the most notable contributors. Parental absence was contrived by various means, leaving the children free for summer holidays filled with exploring, camping, sailing, detective work and the occasional mishap.

Committee member Chantalle Smith looking at the display in the level 1 foyer, National Library of NZ

On display are:
Enid Blyton. Five go off in a caravan. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
(London: Hodder & Stoughton)
1946 (1952 reprint)

Enid Blyton. Five on a treasure island. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
(London: Hodder & Stoughton)
1942 (1954 reprint)

Arthur Ransome. Swallows and Amazons. Illustrated by the author with help from Miss Nancy Blackett.
(London: Jonathan Cape), 1931

Esther Glen. Uncles three at Kamahi. Illustrated by Percy Graves.
(Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs), 1926

Philippa Francklyn. The mystery of the swamp.
(London: Thomas Nelson and Sons), 1928

Janet S. Aldis. The campers.
(Oxford : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press), 1926

Little Books for Little People

Miniature Books from the Dorothy Neal White Collection

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Minature Books on Display

Miniature books first appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages. At that time they were usually prayer books, and their size allowed them to be easily carried and concealed.

During the 19^th and 20^th centuries, books on all manner of subjects were made as miniatures, including fiction, dictionaries, bibles, prayers books and works like fishing guides that could easily be taken on an outing. Prized by collectors, a true miniature book is generally one that is less than about 7.5cm in width or length.

The little children’s books on display here were commercially published in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, when publishers produced miniature libraries especially for children. While they are not all small enough to be true miniatures, they are perfect for small hands to hold.

Another popular development in children’s publishing at this time was the use of the die-cutting process to produce books in a variety of shapes such as animals, fairy tale characters, and even miniature countries.

Books on Show are:

 Marie de Bosguérard. Les amis de la maison ; Bons camarades ; Châteaux de sable ; Poussins petits.

(Paris: Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse)

188-?

Canada ; South Africa.

(London: Castell Brothers)

1892

Puss in the palace.

(London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton)

1912?

Betty Blue. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.

(London : Humphrey Milford)

1921?

The tale of a dog. Illustrated by W. Foster.

(London: Methuen)

1979.

Facsimile. Originally published: London: Ernest Nister, 1890.

Little and good ; A little love letter ; Merry legs: the story of a gee gee ; Quick march.

(London: Ernest Nister ; New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.)

189-?

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Dorothy Neal White (pictured right), born 22 December 1915

The Society remembers librarian, Dorothy Neal White, who was born 100 years ago on 22 December 1915. She died in 1995.

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Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children’s Literature, Alexander Turnbull Library

The Friends of The Dorothy Neal White Collection

invite you to a talk by

Kay Hancock

“Sliding and Flying: Growing up with Ready to Read”

Illustration by Ian Jackson from: Sliding and flying by Helen A. Cutten

The Ready to Read instructional reading series was introduced to New Zealand schools by the Department of Education in 1963. For the first time, New Zealand children were learning to read from materials that reflected their own Southern Hemisphere worlds. “where the sun shines from the north and Christmas Day is in summer, where the farm looms larger than the factory, whose flora and fauna are foreign to the European textbook writer …” (Clarence Beeby, 1957).

Kay will share what she has discovered about the depiction of New Zealand within these fondly remembered Ready to Read materials. In addition to her slide presentation, Kay will bring along copies of the books. Browsing and reminiscing will be strongly encouraged.

5.30 p.m for a 6.00 p.m. start

Tuesday 23 February 2016

Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand

(Aitken Street entrance), Wellington

All Welcome

Non-members, gold coin koha would be appreciated

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University of Otago symposium 2015
Storylines Awards deadline 31 October 2015

We are pleased to announce: Barbara Murison has accepted the role of Patron of the Friends.

Christmas Meeting:
Tuesday Dec 8^th 5.30 for a 6pm start.
Committee members read a favourite extract or book around the Christmas theme.
At the National Library, Wellington.
Click the flyer image at right for details. >>>

Wednesday 21 October 2015 – Alice in and out of Wonderland

Dr Tatjana Schaefer, English Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, will mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland with a talk to the Friends at the National Library of New Zealand.
Venue: Takiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington. (Use Aitken Street entrance)
Drinks and nibbles from 5.30pm. Talk at 6pm.
Free entry. Donations welcome.

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Storylines Free Family Day

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In the Dorothy Neal White display case

The fable is one of the oldest literary forms with the earliest known examples dating back to around 3000 B.C. The fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek slave, date from around 500 B.C.

Although originally intended for adults, Aesop’s fables have now established themselves firmly in the domain of children’s literature. They provide concise, entertaining stories with a moral lesson, and the presence of animals as the main protagonists in many of the tales adds to their enduring appeal.

On display here are some examples dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with pictures by some of the prominent illustrators of the day. Randolph Caldecott has chosen to include contemporary social comment in his work, while Walter Crane has rewritten each fable in the form of a five-line limerick surrounded by elaborate illustrations. Title pages by Charles Robinson and Arthur Rackham show typical Art-Nouveau elements.

Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children’s Literature

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The AGM will be held on Thursday 7 May 2015 at the National Library of NZ. Flyer

Date: Thursday 7 May 2015
Time: 5.30pm for drinks and nibbles
6.00pm Nicola Daly, FDNW scholar, speaks about her research project
6:40pm AGM
Venue: Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor
National Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington

If you have items for the agenda please send them as a reply to this message or directly to joan.mccracken@dia.govt.nz

We are delighted that our Research Scholar, Nicola Daly, will give a presentation Pakeha-Māori: European-Native. Ethnic labelling in the Dorothy Neal White Collection before the AGM.

We look forward to seeing you.

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A Child’s War

Words and pictures from World War I
Runs until 27 February 2015 | 10am – 5pm, Monday – Saturday | Level one

See the Alexander Turnbul Library site for more details.

2015

A Child’s War

Friends Event: Looking back

Events for A Child’s War, on at the Turnbull Gallery (below)

Date: 17 February, 2015
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm, talk begins at 6.00.
Cost: Free
Location: Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, corner Moleworth and Aitken Streets.
Contact Details: Email Mary.Skarott@dia.govt.nz for more information.

Mary Skarott (Research Librarian, Children’s Literature) will talk about some of the recently published children’s books about World War I that have been added to the National Children’s Collection.

A Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection event.

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2014

Awards Manager Amie Lightbourne – New Zealand Post Book Awards
Behind the Scenes

Wednesday 5 March
From 5.30 (drinks and nibbles for 6pm start)
Tiakiwai Conference Centre
Lower ground Floor (use Aitken Street entrance)
National Library of New Zealand

Late 2012 and 2013

Bringwonder the storyteller acknowledged Family History Month

On 22 August 2013 in the Tiakiwai Room of the National Library building, Bringwonder entertained with Celtic tales, mainly Scottish, to celebrate his family roots.
Bringwonder is New Zealand’s first professional storyteller with over 30 years of experience, both here and overseas, drawing inspiration from a wide range of cultures and topics.

 

Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection

The Annual General Meeting 2013
was Tuesday 21 May 2013
Following the meeting special guest
Chris Szekely Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library
talked of his award-winning book Rahui
and the just published
Swim: the Hinemoa and Tutanekai story (Huia)

Below: Chris Szekely discusses his books.

 

Death of Patron Margaret Mahy

We record with deep regret that children’s author and patron of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection, Margaret Mahy, died 23 July 2012. Obituary.

See a newsletter article on this site from 2006 when Margaret won the world’s premier prize for children’s writing, the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She was a strong supporter of other authors of children’s stories and a valued patron. article

Congratulations NZ Post Book Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the NZ Post Book Awards
Winners on the Booksellers Site

Copies of the full minutes of the 2012 AGM will be posted soon.
2011 minutes here

Following the 2012 AGM the award-winning local author Fleur Beale (right) addressed the meeting.

Fleur Beale has written over twenty novels for teenagers. She won the 2007 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for her first children’s novel, Slide the corner. She has been shortlisted several times in the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards (including this year), and in 2011 her novel Fierce September was the Young Adult Fiction Category Award Winner. Fleur Beale won the 2012 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal.

Photograph of Fleur Beale from the Random House website http://www.randomhouse.com.au/authors/fleur-beale.aspx

Children’s Literature Event

Mary Skarott Children’s Literature Specialist
Tuesday 26 February 2013, 5:30 for a 6pm start
National Library Wellington
Lower Ground Floor entrance Aitken Street

Annual General Meeting 2014

The Annual General Meeting 2014 of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection was held Thursday 26 June 2014 at 5.30pm
National Library of NZ
Wellington

Nicola Daly – guest speaker

Before the meeting our new Research Scholar, Nicola Daly, introduced her research project ‘Reflections of national identity in picture books available to New Zealand children in the century before 1940’

 

Frontispiece of Waihoura, the Maori girl, by W.H.G. Kingston

The current Committee roles are:
Patron: vacant
President: vacant
Treasurer: Janet Blake
Membership Secretary: Trevor Mowbray
Minutes Secretary: vacant
Newsletter: Joan McCracken
Research Librarian Children’s Literature: Mary Skarott
Committee: Audrey Cooper, Barbara Robertson, Corrina Gordon, Tania Connelly

We would welcome more committee members!

If you have any agenda items please contact Janet, or Joan joan.mccracken@dia.govt.nz

Copies of the full minutes of the 2014 AGM will be available on this website http://www.dnwfriends.nzl.org/ soon.

Late 2014 and 2015

Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection End of Year Event.

The Friends of Dorothy Neal White Collection have great pleasure in inviting you to our end of year event. Join the committee for festive drinks and nibbles and the opportunity to have a guided tour of the new exhibition in the Turnbull gallery ‘A Child’s war’ with exhibition curator, Mary Skarott.

Tours of ‘A Child’s war’ exhibition

Date: 4 December, 2013
Time: 5.30pm tours start at 5.45
Cost: Free.
Location: Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), Aitken Street entrance, National Library building.
Contact Details: Email Mary Skarott or phone 04 470 4488.

On Tuesday 28 October, 2014
At Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets
Jill Shefrin, (pictured)
spoke on the subject:
To excite their attention with images and pictures: printed pictures in the formal and informal education of children in the long eighteenth century

Jill is Senior Research Associate in Arts at Trinity College, University of Toronto talk about the history of children’s literature and book illustration in the 18th century.

Space is limited, so book your spot by emailing Mary.Skarott@dia.govt.nz.

Certificate of Registration:

THE Meeting that was
2011 AGM of the DNW Collection

Mary Skarott reads a rabbity piece to the DNW Friends Agm

Trevor Mowbray presenting his research
“Books from the 1940s read by children in NZ” to the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection at Archives NZ on 6 October 2011

Above:Trevor Mowbray presenting his research on “Books from the 1940s read by children in NZ” to the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection at Archives NZ on 6 October 2011

Below: Trevor and some of the 1940s books he discussed in his presentation