{"id":97,"date":"2015-05-19T02:14:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2020-12-05T06:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:24:06","slug":"archive-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/home\/archive\/archive-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive_Pre2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A list of past events and documentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>THESE ARE NOT CURRENT EVENTS<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 2020 Event<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/eoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2110\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/eoy\/\" class=\"wp-image-2110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/eoy.jpg 399w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/eoy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/eoy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/eoy-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>End of Year Celebration <\/strong><br>Thursday 3 December 2020<br> 5.30 pm for festive drinks and nibbles, 6.00 pm entertainment<br> <em>Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<\/em><br> <em>(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)<\/em><br> Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated, new members welcomed<br> <em><strong>We look forward to seeing you there<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Next Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<br>  invite you to a talk by<br>  Nicola Daly<br>  Meeting Worlds of Words:<br>  a Fulbright experience in Arizona, U.S.A. Read the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1FDNW-Flyer-11-Aug-2020-Nicola-Daly.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Flyer<\/a><br><br>Tuesday 11 August 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NicolaDaly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2067\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Nicola Daly<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storylines Notable Books<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"..here.. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.storylines.org.nz\/Awards\/Storylines+Notable+Books+Awards\/Storylines+Notable+Books+List+2020.html?fbclid=IwAR2ZW1W8W85BgMZVJ72Y3D8RIFpmsR2C4g0V33hOihWZcb9KvCL_6BmyclY\" target=\"_blank\">..here..<\/a><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019 NZ Children&#8217;s and Young Adult Book Awards winners announced<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The full list of winners is:<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p> Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award<br>The Bomb, Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-Bomb-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-Bomb-1.png 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-Bomb-1-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture Book Award<br>\nThe Bomb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction<br>\nThe Dog Runner, Bren MacDibble (Allen &amp; Unwin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young Adult Fiction Award<br>\nLegacy, Whiti Hereaka (Huia Publishers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction<br>\nArt-tastic, Sarah Pepperle (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet\u016b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Clark Award for Illustration<br>\nPuffin the Architect, written and illustrated by Kimberly Andrews (Penguin Random House)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for te reo M\u0101ori<br>\nTe Haka a T\u0101nerore, Reina Kahukiwa, illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa, translated by Kiwa Hammond (Mauri T\u016b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best First Book Award<br>\nArt-tastic, Sarah Pepperle (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet\u016b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDINGS TO THE PUBLIC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna M\u0101tauranga 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.<br>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.<br>Our interloan services and lending services to schools are still available.<br>This is a temporary measure for fourteen days and applies to all National Library sites across Aotearoa.<br>Our staff are still working and you can use our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnatlib.govt.nz%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnzrecords%40lists.vuw.ac.nz%7C63c1850eebc346c2d2aa08d7cc9a0189%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637202834186261457&amp;sdata=7zUAA5Mx%2FmbnKMgEhgeoImAbdh%2BU9m8Q%2FsUR174X8eg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"> online services<\/a>. Please continue to send us queries through <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnatlib.govt.nz%2Fquestions%2Fnew&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnzrecords%40lists.vuw.ac.nz%7C63c1850eebc346c2d2aa08d7cc9a0189%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637202834186271454&amp;sdata=FC3YsCvmKp2Gl55bAuHZy2XfwtT39wZSb0dhBBhVp8g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"> Ask a Librarian<\/a>. More details of our continuing services will be added on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnatlib.govt.nz%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnzrecords%40lists.vuw.ac.nz%7C63c1850eebc346c2d2aa08d7cc9a0189%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637202834186281447&amp;sdata=rmfqxcBPsEGxNMn%2FIt7uX0qzzlxIljMLb9tGkG%2BamOM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"> our website<\/a>.&nbsp;<br>We continue to monitor the situation and follow the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.health.govt.nz%2F%25E2%2580%25A6%2Fcovid-19-novel-coronavirus-hea%25E2%2580%25A6&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnzrecords%40lists.vuw.ac.nz%7C63c1850eebc346c2d2aa08d7cc9a0189%7Ccfe63e236951427e8683bb84dcf1d20c%7C0%7C0%7C637202834186281447&amp;sdata=zsAuyXZKTCnO36jyUar1dxbr8%2BNBC4v7nnRot4DLIeA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\"> Ministry of Health guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kia ora, kia kaha, stay well Aotearoa and let\u2019s look after each other.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AGM 2020<\/strong><br>This year&#8217;s AGM is a Zoom Meeting: Tuesday 16 June 2020<br>Between 6pm and 7pm. Please phone Corrina <br>Please return all nomination forms by Monday 8 th June to Corrina.gordon@dia.govt.nz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently in the display case <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"..here.. (opens in a new tab)\">..here..<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently in the display case <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/17\/the-display-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"..here.. (opens in a new tab)\">..here..<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Meeting 9 March 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection  invite you to a talk by<br> Cheryl Paget  Arthur Ransome:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ar-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" width=\"359\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ar-1.png 528w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ar-1-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption>Arthur Ransome (used with permission from the estate of Arthur Ransome)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br> 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\u2019s novels, and  the rumour that he acted as a British spy during the Russian Revolution.<br> There was much more to Arthur Ransome than the Swallows and Amazons<br> 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<br> which were wide ranging, exciting and deeply fascinating.<br> Cheryl has an MA in Literature for Children from Warwick University and  she is the New Zealand Co-Ordinator for the Arthur Ransome Society.<br> Monday 9 March 2020<br> 5.30 pm for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 pm talk<br> Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<br> (Use the Molesworth Street entrance)<br> Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated, new members welcomed<br> We look forward to seeing you there<br><br>Get the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/FDNW-flyer-9-March-2020-Cheryl-Paget.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Flyer (opens in a new tab)\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured New Book \u2013 \u2018FOUND\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fd3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fd3-1.jpg 918w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fd3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fd3-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/fd3-1-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This National Childrens Collection book is currently featuring on the new book display in the Reading Room:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Found<br>\nBy Jeff Newman &amp; Larry Day<br>\nPublished Simon &amp; Schuster Books, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a sweet book which only features illustrations. It tells an \nemotional story of a little girl who finds a dog. The illustrations \ncontain so many little details which provide more context to the st<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WILD Imaginings Children\u2019s Writers and Illustrators\u2019 Hui Dunedin 8-10 Nov<\/h4>\n<h4>\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\n<p>We are aiming to attract not only established practitioners in the field of children\u2019s writing and illustrating, but also those individuals who would like to learn how to write and\/or illustrate for children and young adults.<br \/>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storylines.org.nz\/Events+and+activities\/Wild+Imaginings+-+National+Childrens+Writers+and+Illustrators+Hui+2019.html\">https:\/\/www.storylines.org.nz\/Events+and+activities\/Wild+Imaginings+-+National+Childrens+Writers+and+Illustrators+Hui+2019.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\n<p>See the registration form for Wild Imaginings <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/WILD-Imaginings-Childrens-Writers-and-Illustrators-Hui-Dunedin-8-10-Nov.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"..here.. (opens in a new tab)\">..here..<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 December 2019<br>\nFleur Beale discussed being a writer to a groups of over 40 Friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jack Lasenby<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are terribly sad that children&#8217;s literature hero Jack Lasenby has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"476\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jack.jpg 476w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jack-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption>Jack Lasenby: read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesapling.co.nz\/single-post\/2017\/04\/28\/Meeting-MacGyver-a-conversation-with-Jack-Lasenby?fbclid=IwAR355c4ufmaZDicWv18ExfzcitbnNX0v8uEox2FGcF11S-2UMemMIww2OfQ\">The Sapling with Jack Lasenby<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reality vs Fiction in Children&#8217;s Literature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> Eirlys Hunter will speak to the Friends<br> Tuesday 22 October 2019 <br>5:30pm for drinks &amp; nibbles, 6:00pm talk <br> Programme Rooms, Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, cnr Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon, Wellington. <br>Eirlys Hunter has published seven books for children, and her most recent book <em>The Mapmaker\u2019s Race<\/em> was a finalist in the 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children &amp; Young Adults. She teaches Writing for Children at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington<br><br> 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\u2019s literature and consider what these different settings and ways of being offer their young readers.<br>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FDNW-flyer-22-Oct-2019-Eirlys-Hunter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Flyer (opens in a new tab)\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View our display of children&#8217;s book jackets 1920s to 1940s<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s\/\">https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/childrens-book-jackets-1920s-to-1940s\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<br>Invite you to the 2019 AGM<br>Tuesday 11 June 2019<br>Programme rooms, Ground Floor<\/strong><br>National Library of New Zealand (Molesworth Street Entrance) Wellington<br>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AGM-flyer-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"pdf (opens in a new tab)\">pdf<\/a><br>and read this <a href=\"https:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/events\/what-s-new-in-the-dorothy-neal-white-collection-june-11-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"National Library page (opens in a new tab)\">National Library page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/h4>\n<p>After the meeting Mary Skarott, Research Librarian Children\u2019s Literature, will speak about some of the new acquisitions to the DNW and NCC Collections <\/p>\n<h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gecko Press invites you to meet French Illustrators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\nGecko 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 \u2013 and for children to get their fingers inky.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThe illustrators are Clotilde Perrin, famed for lift-the-flap exploration of fairytale villains. Eric Veill\u00e9 will be there with his new and very funny Encyclopedia of Grannies\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\nThere will be events for adults, where the two will discuss illustration and writing for children.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\nAll the events are free, details on the tour programme here: <a href=\"https:\/\/geckopress.com\/les-petits-kiwis-festival\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/geckopress.com\/les-petits-kiwis-festival\/ <\/a>. They will be in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin between 2 and 11 May.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\nFor Wellingtonians, the gala end-of-tour event will be at the Children\u2019s Bookshop Kilbirnie on Sunday 12 May, joined by a band of Gecko Press illustrators celebrating picture books, grandmothers, villains, stories and more.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n<h4>Anne of Green Gables<\/h4>\n<p>Wednesday 20 March 2019<\/p>\n<p>5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talks<br>\nGround Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<br>\n(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)<\/p>\n<h4>In the Friends\u2019 Display Case: National Library Wellington<\/h4>\n<p>I is for Ibis &#8211; Alphabet books from Dorothy Neal White CollectionAlbumsI is for Ibis &#8211; Alphabet books from Dorothy Neal White Collection<br>\n11 photos \u00b7 Updated 9 days ago<br>\nEducational 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.<br>\n<em>Mary Skarott, Children&#8217;s Literature Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/aphpr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/aphpr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/aphpr.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/aphpr-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpht.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1721\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpht.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpht.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpht-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphq.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphq.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphq-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1719\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphp.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphp-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphj.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphj.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphj-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphi.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphh.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphh-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphf.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphf-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphd.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphb.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alphb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpha.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpha.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/alpha-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures, left to right, top to bottom:<\/p>\n<p>R: Lear, Edward. First publication of this Lear alphabet ABC. (New York : McGraw-Hill ; London : Constable Young Books) 1965<br>\nThe 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.<br>\nT:&nbsp;Field, Rachel. An alphabet for boys and girls. (New York : Doubleday, Doran &amp; Co.) 1939<br>\nQ:&nbsp;Lear, Edward. First publication of this Lear alphabet ABC. (New York : McGraw-Hill ; London : Constable Young Books) 1965<br>\nThe 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.<br>\nP:&nbsp;G\u00e1g, Wanda. The ABC bunny. Hand lettered by Howard G\u00e1g. (London: Faber and Faber) 1962 Originally published: New York: Coward, McCann, 1933. Newbery Honor Book, 1934<br>\nJ:&nbsp;Wildsmith, Brian. ABC. (London: Oxford University Press) 1962 Greenaway Medal, 1962<br>\nI: Falls, C.B. &#8216;The ABC book : designed and cut on wood&#8217;. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923<br>\nH:&nbsp;Falls, C.B. &#8216;The ABC book : designed and cut on wood&#8217;. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923<br>\nEFGH:&nbsp;Crane, Walter. An alphabet of old friends ; and, The absurd ABC. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Thames and Hudson)<br>\n1981 Originally published: An alphabet of old friends. London : George Routledge and Sons, 1874. The absurd ABC. London : John Lane, Bodley Head, between 1895-98.<br>\nD:&nbsp;Barker, Cicely Mary. A flower fairy alphabet. (London : Blackie) 1934<br>\nBooks:&nbsp; These alphabet books from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and National Children&#8217;s Collection are on display outside the Turnbull Library Reading Rooms on Level 1 of the National Library building.<br>\nWhole Alphabet on a Page: Falls, C.B. &#8216;The ABC book : designed and cut on wood&#8217;. (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday) 1923<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection invite you to a talk by Kay Hancock<br>\nOf bush and birds: New Zealand as &#8216;fairyland&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1761 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"261\"><\/a><br>\nWednesday 21 November, 2018<br>\n5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk<br>\nGround Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<br>\n(Use the Molesworth Street entrance) <a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FDNW-flyer-21-Nov-2018-2.pdf\">..more..<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-333 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"177\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are sorry to hear of the death of Derek Gordon<\/strong>, the storyteller Bringwonder, who entertained the Friends in August 2013 with his Celtic tales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/nba-48-december-2013\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/nba-48-december-2013\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1537843527467000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJqHLKhsclhEai5E_hhmWDj8FJBQ\">https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/nba-48-december-2013\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<br>\n<\/b>invited you to a talk by Philippa Werry<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Philippa Werry is a children\u2019s writer whose non-fiction, stories, plays and poems have been widely published. Several of her books (including&nbsp;<i>Enemy at the gate, Anzac Day&nbsp;<\/i>and<i>&nbsp;The New Zealand wars<\/i>) have been shortlisted for awards<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>Philippa lives in Wellington; she maintains several blogs and participates in the Writers in Schools programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>Writing from war to peace<\/b><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Philippa will describe her current writing project, based on her visit to Antarctica in 2016 with Antarctica NZ&#8217;s community engagement programme (formerly Artists and Writers to Antarctica). She will be talking about some of the Antarctic children&#8217;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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Tuesday 18 September, 2018<br>\n5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk<br>\n<i>Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand<br>\n<\/i><i>(Use the Molesworth Street entrance), Wellington<br>\n<\/i>Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated<br>\n<i>We looked forward to seeing you there<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We as the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White society, are hosting the Australasian Children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<h3>Invitation to Talk and AGM2018<\/h3>\n<p>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.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Josephinekeepshouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1729 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Josephinekeepshouse-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Josephinekeepshouse-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Josephinekeepshouse.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have items for the AGM agenda please reply, or post to PO Box 12-499, Thorndon, Wellington 6144.<\/p>\n<p>Before the meeting the Research Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature, at the Alexander Turnbull Library, Mary Skarott, will show some of the publications recently donated to the collection.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FDNW-AGM-2018-flyer.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Corrina Gordon<br>\nPresident Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"site content\">Happy 102nd Birthday Beverly Cleary<\/h3>\n<p>Beverly Atlee Cleary is an American writer of children&#8217;s and young adult fiction. One of America&#8217;s most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. [Wikipedia]<br>\nBorn: 12 April 1916 (age 102 years), McMinnville, Oregon, United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Friends&#8217; Display Case: National Library Wellington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since the \u2018School journal\u2019 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 \u201cverse\u201d issues, devoted solely to poetry, have also been produced.<\/p>\n<p>Poems by New Zealand writers have always featured in the \u2018Journal\u2019, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Poems written by New Zealand school children have also been included in the \u2018Journal\u2019. \u201cChildren\u2019s numbers\u201d published in the years following World War II included stories, artwork and poems by children and, in later years, children\u2019s poems have sometimes appeared alongside regular content.<\/p>\n<p>These items from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Library\u2019s general lending collection will be on display in the 1st floor foyer of the National Library until the end of March.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1539\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1539 size-medium\" title=\"\ufffcMahy, Margaret. \u201cAlone in the house\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 3, 1965 (Wellington: Ministry of Education) \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mahy, Margaret. \u201cAlone in the house\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 3, 1965 (Wellington: Ministry of Education) \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\ufffcMahy, Margaret. \u201cAlone in the house\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 3, 1965 (Wellington: Ministry of Education) \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1541 size-medium\" title=\"Children\u2019s number. New Zealand school journal, part II, volume 39, number 9, October 1945 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Children\u2019s number. New Zealand school journal, part II, volume 39, number 9, October 1945 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children\u2019s number. New Zealand school journal, part II, volume 39, number 9, October 1945 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1542 size-medium\" title=\"Cowie, Wilson. \u201cRising tides\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 2, 2007 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Cowie, Wilson. \u201cRising tides\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 2, 2007 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br>\nCowie, Wilson. \u201cRising tides\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 2, 2007 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)..<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1543\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1543 size-medium\" title=\"Glover, Denis. \u201cHark, hark the shark\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 1, 1975 (Wellington : Ministry of Education) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn5-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Glover, Denis. \u201cHark, hark the shark\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 1, 1975 (Wellington : Ministry of Education) \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn5.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glover, Denis. \u201cHark, hark the shark\u201d. School journal, part 2, number 1, 1975 (Wellington : Ministry of Education)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1545\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1545 size-medium\" title=\"Hunt, Sam. \u201cThe first bow-wow poem\u201d and \u201cThe second bow-wow poem\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 4, 1972 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn7-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hunt, Sam. \u201cThe first bow-wow poem\u201d and \u201cThe second bow-wow poem\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 4, 1972 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn7.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hunt, Sam. \u201cThe first bow-wow poem\u201d and \u201cThe second bow-wow poem\u201d. School journal, part 1, number 4, 1972 (Wellington: Ministry of Education)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1546\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1546 size-medium\" title=\"Verse issue. New Zealand school journal, part IV, volume 42, number 5, June 1948 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn8-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Verse issue. New Zealand school journal, part IV, volume 42, number 5, June 1948 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn8-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn8.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Verse issue. New Zealand school journal, part IV, volume 42, number 5, June 1948 (Wellington: New Zealand Education Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1540\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1540 size-medium\" title=\"These items from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Library\u2019s general lending collection will be on display in the 1st floor foyer of the National Library until the end of March.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"These items from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Library\u2019s general lending collection will be on display in the 1st floor foyer of the National Library until the end of March.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These items from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Library\u2019s general lending collection will be on display in the 1st floor foyer of the National Library until the end of March.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1544 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dn6.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reading.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1483 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reading-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reading-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/reading.png 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Next Meeting of the Friends<\/h3>\n<p>The Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection&nbsp;invite you to a talk by&nbsp;<b>Kathryn Walls<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Changing \u201cThe changeover\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1663\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1663 size-medium\" title=\"Advertising for the film. 'The Changeover'\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cc-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Advertising for the film. 'The Changeover'\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cc-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cc.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advertising for the film. &#8216;The Changeover&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kathryn compares Margaret Mahy\u2019s 1984 young adult classic&nbsp;with the recent movie adaptation<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 5 April, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> 5.30 p.m. for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk<\/p>\n<p><i>Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<br>\n<\/i><i>(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)<\/i><i><br>\n<\/i>Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FDNW-flyer-5-April-2018.docx\">flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><b>We look forward to seeing you there<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Ursula K. Le Guin dies at age 88<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1537\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ulg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1537 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ulg-300x217.png\" alt=\"Ursula K. Le Guin dies age 88. She wrote science fiction, women's affairs and young adult fiction amongst others things.\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ulg-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ulg.png 429w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ursula K. Le Guin dies age 88. She wrote science fiction, women&#8217;s affairs and young adult fiction amongst others things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning and best-selling science fiction writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her&nbsp;<em>Earthsea&nbsp;<\/em>books, has died at 88.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">A family statement posted Tuesday on Le Guin\u2019s verified Twitter account says she passed away peacefully on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">In addition to her fantasy and science fiction novels, Le Guin wrote short stories, poetry and literature for young adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">She gained fame in 1969 with&nbsp;<em>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em>,&nbsp;which involves a radical investigation of gender roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Her feminist-themed 1983 \u201cLeft-Handed Commencement Address\u201d 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&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The Earthsea books have sold in the millions in 16 languages. In December, she published a collection of essays based on blog posts called&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/books\/2017\/12\/27\/book-review-no-time-spare-ursula-k-le-guin-blog-posts-cats\/974424001\/\"><em>No Time to Spare<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Congratulations children&#8217;s author Joy Cowley<\/h3>\n<div class=\"site pre-content\">\n<div class=\"site__inner\">\n<div class=\"site__row\">\n<div class=\"region region-pre-content\">\n<div id=\"block-sector-blocks-sector-page-title\" class=\"block block-sector-blocks node__title clearfix\">\n<p id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\"><strong>New Year Honours 2018 &#8211; Citation for Member of the Order of New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"site content\">\n<div class=\"site__inner\">\n<div class=\"site__row\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site__content \" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\">\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-page view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body prose\">\n<p><em>To be a Member of the Order of New Zealand:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLES, Ms Cassia Joy (Joy Cowley), DCNZM, OBE<\/p>\n<p>For services to New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Ms Joy Cowley has been one of New Zealand\u2019s most prolific and successful writers since the 1960s and has made a strong contribution to both literature and literacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jc.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1534 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jc-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jc-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/jc.png 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>Ms Cowley began her career writing novels for adults and published several such novels during the 1970s, following her debut book \u2018Nest in a Falling Tree\u2019 (1967). She is best known for her children\u2019s fiction, which includes the books \u2018The Silent One\u2019 (1981), \u2018Bow Down Shadrach\u2019 (1991) and its sequel \u2018Gladly, Here I Come\u2019 (1994). She has written 41 children\u2019s picture books and has emphasised the need for children to see themselves in the books they read, particularly in their early years. She has been heavily involved in teaching early reading skills and helping those with reading difficulties. In this capacity she has written more than 1,000 reading books to assist in teaching reading and associated skills to schoolchildren. Her books are renowned internationally and are used in more than 70 percent of American schools. She is a patron and former Trustee of the Storylines Children\u2019s Literature Charitable Trust, which supports and promotes the development of children\u2019s and young adults\u2019 literature in New Zealand. She has been widely recognised with numerous national and international literary awards throughout her career, including the Prime Minister\u2019s Award for Literary Achievement in fiction in 2010 and the University of Alabama\u2019s Maryann Manning Award for Outstanding Literacy Scholar in 2011. Since being appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 she has continued to write for publication, the most recent book being \u2018Helper and Helper\u2019 in 2017. As Honorary President of the New Zealand Society of Authors Ms Cowley delivered the 2011 Janet Frame Lecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy&#8217;s other honours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen\u2019s Birthday 2005<br>\nOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, New Year 1992<br>\nNew Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993<br>\nNew Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal<br>\n[Thanks to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpmc.govt.nz\/publications\/new-year-honours-list-2018\">website<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Lots in Translation<\/h3>\n<p>A great event at the National Library next week, as we join hands with the New Zealand Festival\u2019s Writers &amp; Readers Week.<strong><br>\n<\/strong>On <strong>Saturday morning 10 March 2018 between 10.30-1.30<\/strong>, its&nbsp;Lots in Translation, a morning of picture book readings by guest authors and members of Wellington\u2019s diverse multicultural community. And a celebration of the growing wealth of children\u2019s picture books in te reo M\u0101ori, Samoan, French, German, Swedish and Japanese with Gecko Press, Huia Publishers and The Sapling.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola Daly at the <strong>International Youth Library<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolaiyl.blogspot.co.nz\/2017\/10\/welcome-to-this-blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017<\/strong><br>\nDocuments relating to the AGM are at About Us &gt; AGM and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/home\/agm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1518\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-from-2017-11-01-12-49-25.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1518 size-full\" title=\"Maureen Crisp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-from-2017-11-01-12-49-25.png\" alt=\"Maureen Crisp\" width=\"299\" height=\"227\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maureen Crisp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>STORYLINES BETTY GILDERDALE AWARD 2017<\/strong>&nbsp;went to Wellington\u2019s Maureen Crisp<br>\nWellington teacher, author and literary blogger Maureen Crisp has been announced as the winner<br>\nof the 2017 Storylines Betty Gilderdale award for outstanding service to children\u2019s literature.<br>\nAnnnouncement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storylines.org.nz\/site\/storylines\/files\/Betty%20Gilderdale%20Award\/Betty%20Gilderdale%20Award%202017%20press%20release.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Friend&#8217;s Display Case: National Library Wellington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8216;Whitcombe\u2019s story books&#8217; series, published between 1908 and 1962, were in excess of 12 million copies. Edith Howes wrote fifteen &#8216;Whitcombes story books&#8217; in all, issued in numerous printings between 1921 and 1957. &#8216;Where bell-birds chime&#8217; was part of the Dainty booklet series.<\/p>\n<p>Howes&#8217; publications, from the Dorothy Neal White Collection, will be on display outside the Turnbull Library reading rooms through the end of November. \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1496 \" title=\"The Singing Fish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Howes, Edith. The singing fish. With illustrations by Florence Mary Anderson. (London : Cassell &amp; Co.) 1921 (1922 reprint) \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.\" width=\"182\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Tup looked about. There certainly were anemones everywhere,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1497\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1497 size-medium\" title=\"DNW display\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The DNW display at the National Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/dnw1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whitcombe and Tombs was the dominant publisher in the New Zealand educational market in the late 19th and early 20th century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1495\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1495 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Howes, Edith. 'Out in the night'. (Auckland : Whitcombe &amp; Tombs) 1928 \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howes, Edith. &#8216;Out in the night&#8217;. (Auckland : Whitcombe &amp; Tombs) 1928<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1494\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1494 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d4-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Cradle Ship\" width=\"201\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d4-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d4.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twins Win and Twin are siblings to a new baby and want to know where it came from.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1493\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1493 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d5-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Sun's Babies; Edith Howes first book\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d5-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d5.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A collection of short stories about plants, animals and fairies through the seasons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Singing Fish<\/strong><br>\nTup 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.<\/p>\n<p>When completing research for this story, Edith spent months observing the plants and creatures of beaches and rock pools around Wellington and Stewart Island.<\/p>\n<p>Howes, Edith. The singing fish. With illustrations by Florence Mary Anderson.<br>\n(London : Cassell &amp; Co.)<br>\n1921 (1922 reprint) \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cradle Ship<\/strong><br>\nTwins Win and Twin are siblings to a new baby and want to know where it came from. They do not believe their grandmother\u2019s 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 na\u00efve 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.<\/p>\n<p>Howes, Edith. &#8216;The cradle ship&#8217;. With illustrations by Florence Mary Anderson.<br>\n(London : Cassell &amp; Co.)<br>\n1916 \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sun&#8217;s Babies<\/strong><br>\nA collection of short stories about plants, animals and fairies through the seasons. This was Edith\u2019s 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).<\/p>\n<p>Howes, Edith. &#8216;The sun\u2019s babies&#8217;. With illustrations by Frank Watkins.<br>\n(London : Cassell &amp; Co.)<br>\n1910 \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>November Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Sarah and Thalia will be talking about the genesis of <i>The Sapling<\/i>, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FDNW-flyer-29-Nov-2017-The-Sapling-with-Thalia.pdf\">pdf <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FDNW-flyer-29-Nov-2017-The-Sapling-with-Thalia.docx\">docx<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Wednesday 29 November, 2017<br>\n5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk<br>\n<i>Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington<br>\n<\/i><i>(Use the Molesworth Street entrance)<br>\n<\/i>Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i><b>We look forward to seeing you there<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Children&#8217;s activities available to them in today\u2019s digital age are quite different from those of 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>-Mary Skarott, Children&#8217;s Literature Librarian<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1444\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1444 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Display Case National Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/s.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selection of titles from the Dorothy Neal White Collection is on display for the next few months just outside the Turnbull Library reading rooms. \u2014 at National Library of New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1441 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The boy's own book of indoor games\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;The boy\u2019s own book of indoor games and recreations: an instruction manual of home amusements&#8217;. Edited by Morley Adams. (London : Boy\u2019s Own Paper Office) 1912<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1439 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The girl's own indoor book\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/g.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;The girl\u2019s own indoor book: containing practical help to girls on all matters relating to their material comfort and moral well-being&#8217;. Edited by Charles Peters. (London : Religious Tract Society) 1888?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1443\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1443 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Things for girls to do inside.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/p.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cYou take, no doubt, a great pride in the arrangement of your bedroom. One of the chief eyesores is the washstand, which, if it has not a tiled or marbled back, is apt to look shabby.\u201d \u2013 &#8216;100 things a girl can make: a bookful of attractive hints for girls of all ages&#8217;. (London : W. Foulsham &amp; Co.) 1924<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1440\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/h.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1440 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/h-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Home fun for boys\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/h-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/h.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bullivant, Cecil H. &#8216;Home fun&#8217;. (London : Thomas Nelson &amp; Sons) 1910<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1438\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1438 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boy's indoor games\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;The boy\u2019s own book of indoor games and recreations: an instruction manual of home amusements&#8217;. Edited by Morley Adams. (London : Boy\u2019s Own Paper Office) 1912<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1442\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1442 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Every boy's open-air book.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hopkins, R. Thurston. &#8216;Every boy\u2019s open-air book&#8217;. (London : Cecil Palmer) c1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>&#8216;<\/b><b>The linguistic landscape of English-Spanish Dual Language Picturebooks&#8217;<\/b><br>\nThe Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<br>\ninvite you to a talk by<br>\nDr Nicola Daly<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FDNW-flyer-2017-September-Nicola-Daly.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i>Nicola is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato where she teaches children&#8217;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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">How do you place text for two languages in a single bilingual children&#8217;s picturebook?<br>\n<i>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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Thursday 21 September, 2017<br>\n5.30 p.m for drinks and nibbles, 6.00 p.m. talk<br>\n<i>Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand<br>\n<\/i><i>(Use the Molesworth Street entrance), Wellington<br>\n<\/i>Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Research Seminar by Dr Mere Whaanga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noted scholar and writer, Dr. Mere Whaanga, currently the Children\u2019s 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: \u201cFrom pepeha to picture book to tribal history: telling M\u0101ori stories in multiple genres\u201d, and it will take place at the Hocken Library Seminar room, 90 Anzac Avenue, starting at 3.30.<br>\nAll are welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Death of John McIntyre, bookseller<\/strong>: John died 10 June 2017. John is sadly missed from the world of children\u2019s books. Read his Facebook Page either from this page or at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thechildrensbookshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thechildrensbookshop<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>With great sadness we advise the death of our Patron Barbara Murison.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barbaramurison.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1426 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barbaramurison-300x257.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barbaramurison-300x257.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barbaramurison.jpg 320w\" alt=\"barbaramurison\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\"><\/a><br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will miss Barbara \u2013 (pictured), who died of cancer on 19 May 2017. She made a huge contribution to children\u2019s literature and the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/barbaramurison.blogspot.co.nz\/\">http:\/\/barbaramurison.blogspot.co.nz\/&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>On a Happier Note, Nicola Daly,<\/strong>&nbsp;who was the FDNW research scholar in 2014 has her article online at:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/evj6tZuZdBVfjyRJE6gb\/full\">http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/evj6tZuZdBVfjyRJE6gb\/full<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The article was published in the&nbsp;<em>New Review of Children\u2019s Literature and Librarianship<\/em>&nbsp;and is titled: P\u0101keh\u0101-M\u0101ori: 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.<\/p>\n<p>Read about Barbara and Nicola in our newsletter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/13\/news-52\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Nicola Daly\u2019s article based on work on books in the Dorothy Neal White Collection has been published electronically.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13614541.2017.1280335\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13614541.2017.1280335&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1490912719782000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFIWaJCVz6-_DWlPzWPhQCC4b_dVQ\">http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13614541.2017.1280335<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017<br>\nBefore the meeting: Mary Skarott, Research Librarian Children\u2019s Literature,will talk about some of the new donations to the collection and Kay Hancock, research grant recipient, will introduce her research project<br>\nTuesday 20th June 2017<br>\n5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk<br>\nLilburn Room, Level 1<br>\nNational Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington<br>\nGold coin donation from non-members appreciated. Minutes for year ending 2016 here.<\/p>\n<h3>Death of Dick Bruna 23 August 1927 &#8211; Saturday 21 January 2017<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/db.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1403 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/db-227x300.png\" alt=\"db\" width=\"371\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/db-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/db.png 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>REMINISCENCES \u2013 MARY HUTTON 11 APRIL 1926 \u2013 5 AUGUST 2016<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s fiction for School Library Service. This includes the National Children\u2019s Collection (NCC), which was initially the repository of headquarters review copies and is now a research collection supported by this Society.<\/p>\n<p>Several of Mary\u2019s colleagues have gathered together their reminiscences of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NL_CIMS-591858-v1-FDNW_Mary_Hutton2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary\u2019s career<\/a>. Also see our current<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/NL_CIMS-590302-v1-FDNW_newsletter_54_December_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sapling<\/strong> &#8211; a new online magazine all about children\u2019s books &#8211; reached 73% of its target funding goal in a staggering five days. \u201cWe always knew there\u2019d be a healthy level of support for the website, but we had no idea just how passionate or how numerous our supporters would be.\u201d<br>\nComing soon: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesapling.co.nz\/\">http:\/\/www.thesapling.co.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1364 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"rona\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>End of Year Function was held 7 December 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">On Wednesday 7 December 2016 we enjoyed our End of Year Event followed by Chris Szekely who discussed his latest book, <em>Rona<\/em>, a chapter book for 7-9 year-olds, published by Huia Publishers &#8211; and getting excellent reviews.<\/p>\n<h3>The Current Display Cabinet<\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\" _50f5\">May Gibbs and Avis Acres: Flower Fairies in Australia and New Zealand<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"_3xgc\">\n<p><span class=\" _50f4\">Turnbull Librarian Mary Skarott has gathered together some fabulous works by May Gibbs and Avis Acres. These titles were taken from the Dorothy Neal White Collection and the National Children\u2019s Collection and can be viewed outside the Turnbull Library reading rooms. Mary writes&#8211; Cecilia May Gibbs, (1877-1969), is one of Australia\u2019s best loved authors and illustrators, famous for her fantasy stories featuring native plants and animals. She was born to English parents and her family emigrated to Australia in 1881, settling first in Adelaide and later moving to Perth. May became a proficient botanical artist while still a teenager, and later studied at several art schools in London. She settled in Sydney in 1913, where she worked on a range of illustrative assignments and developed her ideas for characters based on Australia\u2019s native flora. These appeared on bookmarks, greetings cards and in her wild-flower baby booklets, the first of which was \u2018The Gum-nut babies\u2019. Her first major book, \u2018Snugglepot and Cuddlepie\u2019, was published in 1918 to great success, and the rest of her career was devoted to writing and illustrating children\u2019s books. She also produced the long-running cartoon strip, \u2018Bib and Bub\u2019, which ran in the \u2018Sydney Sunday News\u2019 from 1924-1967. Avis Acres (1910-1994) was born in Wellington, but her family moved to Auckland before Avis started school. She was a student at St Cuthbert\u2019s College, and then worked in a variety of jobs which utilised her artistic talents, including drawing a cartoon, \u2018The Adventures of Twink and Wink, the Twinkle Twins\u2019, for the \u2018Auckland Star\u2019 children\u2019s page. She moved to Taupo in 1950, with her husband Bob, and shortly afterwards she was inspired by May Gibbs\u2019 book, \u2018The Gum-nut babies\u2019, to create Hutu and Kawa, two little pohutukawa fairies. Her \u2018Hutu and Kawa\u2019 cartoon strip ran in the \u2018New Zealand Herald\u2019 from 1950-1960. Between 1955 and 1957 three picture books featuring Hutu and Kawa and their friends were published by A.W. &amp; A.H. Reed. Like May Gibbs, Avis had a great love of the natural world, and her artwork is notable for its accurate depiction of New Zealand\u2019s plants, birds and animals. The Alexander Turnbull Library holds a number of original artworks by Avis Acres, and some personal papers. -Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3xgc\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/boo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/boo.jpg\" alt=\"boo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/boo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/boo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/d.jpg\" alt=\"d\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/d.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/d-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/e.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/e.jpg\" alt=\"e\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/e.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/e-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/f.jpg\" alt=\"f\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/f.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/f-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/g.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/g.jpg\" alt=\"g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/g.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/g-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kang.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kang.jpg\" alt=\"kang\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kang.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/kang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What Lies Beneath: 11 books by NZ Children\u2019s authors about war<\/h3>\n<p>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 \u2013 8pm<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1758363944380467\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1758363944380467\/<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz\/\">http:\/\/whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz\/<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1327 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016-216x300.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016.png 587w\" alt=\"bc2016\" width=\"265\" height=\"368\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The New Zealand Book Council invites you to join us for the 2016 NZ Book Council Lecture:<\/h3>\n<p><i>Tala Tusi: The Teller is the Tale in 4 Tales.&nbsp;<\/i>Delivered by Selina Tusitala Marsh.<br>\nWhere: National Library of New Zealand, 70 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington<br>\nWhen: Friday 11 November, 6pm<br>\nRSVP: This is a free event, but spaces are limited. Please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rsvp@bookcouncil.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rsvp@bookcouncil.org.nz<\/a>&nbsp;to secure your seat<br>\nThis event is brought to you in partnership with the National Library of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>VUW CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the October 2015 meeting of the Friends&nbsp;<b>Dr Tatjana Schaefer<\/b>&nbsp;of Victoria University\u2019s English Programme gave a wonderfully lively and informative presentation on Alice \u201cin and out of Wonderland\u201d. If you would like to hear more from Tatjana there is the opportunity to attend a VUW Continuing Education short course from&nbsp;<b>31 October 2016<\/b>. Over 5 weeks she will explore \u201cWolves in girls\u2019 clothing: when girl characters enter fantasy worlds\u201d. For further information about the course see<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1474129461377000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERxCYkV5pLHzMF1jc2FTrS-QgC-w\">http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/<wbr>courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-<wbr>clothing-when-girl-characters-<wbr>enter-fantasy-worlds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tua.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1360 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tua.jpg\" alt=\"tua\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tua.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tua-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These can also be viewed at:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryNZ\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=549037965288235\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalLibraryNZ\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=549037965288235<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1327 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016-216x300.png\" alt=\"bc2016\" width=\"265\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bc2016.png 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The New Zealand Book Council invites you to join us for the 2016 NZ Book Council Lecture:<\/h3>\n<p><i>Tala Tusi: The Teller is the Tale in 4 Tales. <\/i>Delivered by Selina Tusitala Marsh.<br>\nWhere: National Library of New Zealand, 70 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington<br>\nWhen: Friday 11 November, 6pm<br>\nRSVP: This is a free event, but spaces are limited. Please email <a href=\"mailto:rsvp@bookcouncil.org.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rsvp@bookcouncil.org.nz<\/a> to secure your seat<br>\nThis event is brought to you in partnership with the National Library of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Next Meeting:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dcm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1408 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dcm-207x300.png\" alt=\"dcm\" width=\"342\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dcm-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/dcm.png 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a> Barbara Robertson discusses Clare Mallory<\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wednesday 15 March 2017<br>\n5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk<\/span><br>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,serif;\">Te Ahumairangi Ground Floor<br>\nNational Library of NZ, Thorndon, Wellington<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,serif;\"><b>Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">CHOCS<\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Collectors and Hoarders of Old Fashioned Children&#8217;s Stories<br>\nOne Day Conference and Book Sale<br>\nSaturday 21 January 2017<br>\nVenue: Wainuiomata Gospel Church, Wellington<br>\nCost $45 pp<br>\nRead<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chocs-conference-Rev-8.pdf\"> the pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"singlecol\">\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1364 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"rona\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rona.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>You are invited to the<br>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><i><b>Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/b><\/i><\/span><br>\nEnd-of-the-year event 2016<br>\nPlease join us for festive drinks and nibbles<br>\nfollowed by our special guest, Chris Szekely, who will discuss his latest book, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><i>Rona<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">, a chapter book for 7-9 year-olds, published by Huia Publishers \u2013 and getting excellent reviews!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Wednesday 7 December 2016 at 5:30pm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" align=\"center\">New Room Venue<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Due to the recent earthquake we have had a slight change of venue for our Christmas event on Wednesday December 7th.<br>\nIt 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).<br>\nAll other details remain the same. We look forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Note that we will <strong>NOT<\/strong> be in: Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of NZ<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>VUW CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the October 2015 meeting of the Friends <b>Dr Tatjana Schaefer<\/b> of Victoria University\u2019s English Programme gave a wonderfully lively and informative presentation on Alice &#8220;in and out of Wonderland&#8221;. If you would like to hear more from Tatjana there is the opportunity to attend a VUW Continuing Education short course from <b>31 October 2016<\/b>. Over 5 weeks she will explore &#8220;Wolves in girls&#8217; clothing: when girl characters enter fantasy worlds\u201d. For further information about the course see<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1474129461377000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERxCYkV5pLHzMF1jc2FTrS-QgC-w\">http:\/\/ce.victoria.ac.nz\/courses\/492-wolves-in-girls-clothing-when-girl-characters-enter-fantasy-worlds<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>What Lies Beneath: 11 books by NZ Children&#8217;s authors about war<\/h3>\n<p>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 &#8211; 8pm<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1758363944380467\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1758363944380467\/<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz\/\">http:\/\/whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>NEXT EVENT \u2013 \u201cFrom <i>Aeniad<\/i> to <i>Bromeliad<\/i>: Terry Pratchett\u2019s Nomes trilogy as comic epic\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bromeliad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1302 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bromeliad-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"bromeliad\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bromeliad-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bromeliad.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a>Our next event will be a talk about Terry Pratchett\u2019s Nomes trilogy given by Victoria University senior lecturer Geoff Miles. &nbsp;By way of introduction Geoff says: \u201cTerry Pratchett\u2019s 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 boo<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aeneid.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1303 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aeneid-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"aeneid\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aeneid-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aeneid.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>ks (Truckers, 1989; Diggers and Wings, 1990) characterise them as adventurous comic romps, focusing on the nomes\u2019 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 \u2013 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\u2019s &#8216;Aeneid&#8217;; and that, as well as exploiting the connection for effects of mock-epic humour, Pratchett is also responding quite seriously to some of Virgil\u2019s serious epic themes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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. <b>Dr Geoff Miles<\/b> is a Senior Lecturer at the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies&nbsp;at Victoria University of Wellington.&nbsp; 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&nbsp;John Davidson) of &#8216;The snake-haired muse: James K Baxter and classical myth&#8217; (VUP, 2011) and the editor of &#8216;Classical mythology in English literature: a critical anthology&#8217; (Routledge, 1999).<\/p>\n<p><b>We hope to see you at the National Library on Tuesday 27 September 2016 starting at 5:30pm with drinks and nibbles.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/flyer2016Sept.pdf\">flyer about the event<\/a>. If you have a place to put this on display that would be appreciated.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>MARY HUTTON<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><b>BARBARA ELSE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Wellington Children&#8217;s Book Association is hosting a presentation by Margaret Mahy Award winner Barbara Else on <b>Monday 19 September 2016<\/b>. Barbara was named the 2016 winner of New Zealand\u2019s top award for children\u2019s writers and illustrators in March. The Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal is awarded annually for lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand children\u2019s literature. As part of the award Barbara was invited to present a public lecture in Auckland in April.<\/p>\n<p>John and Ruth McIntyre have organised for &nbsp;Barbara to give her talk in Wellington at <b>The Children&#8217;s Bookshop<\/b> in Kilbirnie. Finger food and drinks provided. Meet from 6.30pm for a 7pm start. This is an open invitation &#8211; no charge but please <b>RSVP<\/b> to <a href=\"mailto:books@thechildrensbookshop.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">books@thechildrensbookshop.co.nz<\/a> for catering numbers. &nbsp;Barbara and Chris have recently moved to Dunedin so this will be a chance to catch up with Barbara&nbsp; on her&nbsp; flying visit back.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola Daly was the FDNW research scholar 2014-2015 and there is a short piece about her going to Ohio in the last newsletter<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnwfriends.nzl.org%2Findex.php%2F2016%2F07%2F16%2Fnewsletter-53-june-2016%2F&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGl575oDdRcK99BXoLBMZt_cLoq7A\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dnwfriends.nzl.org%252Findex.php%252F2016%252F07%252F16%252Fnewsletter-53-june-2016%252F%26sa%3DD%26sntz%3D1%26usg%3DAFQjCNGl575oDdRcK99BXoLBMZt_cLoq7A&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1471913434177000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyX-2pdkNSaKVvoLq2iX0NtfnbZQ\">http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2016\/07\/16\/newsletter-53-june-2016\/ <\/a><br>\nNicola is is off to spend time in the Marantz Picturebook Collection at Kent State University, in Ohio, USA.<br>\nShe&#8217;ll be there for two weeks collecting data about dual language picture books.<br>\nHer blog is&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolainmarantz.blogspot.co.nz\/\">http:\/\/nicolainmarantz.blogspot.co.nz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>With Sadness we note the Death of long time member Mary Hutton<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1284\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/peterIrelandMaryHutton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1284 size-full\" title=\"Mary Hutton talks to Peter Ireland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/peterIrelandMaryHutton.jpg\" alt=\"peterIrelandMaryHutton\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Hutton talks to Peter Ireland after the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mary Hutton was a founding member, long-time committee member and inspiration for the establishment and continuation of the Dorothy Neal White Collection.<\/p>\n<h3>MARY HUTTON said of herself in 2006:<\/h3>\n<p>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\u2019s books to be enlarged and developed. The Society of Friends was set up and I became their President from 1984 \u2013 2000. Since then I have remained a committee member.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s and young adult books from around the world \u2013 work I thoroughly enjoyed. I was fortunate to be able to attend some overseas conferences about children\u2019s books and reading, in Canada, Japan and Australia, meeting authors and other librarians in the field.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s books and reading.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s literature research librarian in charge of its promotion and development.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Hutton<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Our Current Display at the Turnbull Library in the Dorothy Neal White display case<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fbPhotoAlbumTitle\">Celebrating Beatrix Potter\u2019s 150th birthday<\/h3>\n<p>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.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bp.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1277 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bp-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"bp\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bp-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bp.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br>\nFrom 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 &amp; Co. &#8216;The tale of Peter Rabbit&#8217; was published in 1902, the first in a series of 23 tales inspired by her love of animals and the countryside. Her last children\u2019s book was &#8216;Little Pig Robinson&#8217;, published in 1930.A final, previously unpublished tale, &#8216;Kitty-in-Boots&#8217;, 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\u2019s Collection.<br>\nSee stamps marking Beatrix&#8217;s 150th <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/news\/beatrix-potter-stamps-released-by-royal-mail-to-mark-authors-150th-anniversary-a7159536.html\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/ &#8230; 150th-anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Skarott, Children&#8217;s Literature Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Annual General Meeting 2016 of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection,<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 22 June 2016 Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand<\/strong><br>\n5.30pm for drinks and nibbles, 6:00pm Talk, 6:30 AGM<\/p>\n<p>National Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington<br>\nGold coin donation from non-members appreciated<\/p>\n<p>Before the meeting the Research Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature, Mary Skarott, will give a presentation <em>Special Prize for Gardening: school and Sunday school prizes in New <\/em><em>Zealand during World War I: some examples from the Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/em><\/p>\n<p>View the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FDNW-AGM-2016.docx\">flyer for the AGM<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>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.<br>\nThe Congress will include the awarding of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the international final of the Kids\u0105 Lit Quiz and Storylines Auckland Family Day. Along with these events is a concentrated, quality programme of speakers and other sessions.<br>\nHave a look at the website for the list of speakers announced so far, with more to come.<br>\nThey 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: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibbycongress2016.org\/theme.html.\">http:\/\/www.ibbycongress2016.org\/theme.html.<\/a><br>\nThere\u0105s a great website,&nbsp; Facebook<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibbycongress2016?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibbycongress2016?fref=ts<\/a> and Twitter<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fibbycongress&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFqi0sYrUiLqo80_ASS1LlHZaFR0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ibbycongress<\/a> pages so you can follow as further speakers and events are announced.<br>\nI 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.<\/p>\n<h2>Christmas Meeting:<\/h2>\n<p>Tuesday Dec 8th 5.30 for a 6pm start.<br>\nCommittee members read a favourite extract or book around the Christmas theme.<br>\nNational Library, Wellington.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Sense of Wonder<\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading, Writing and Publishing Children\u2019s Literature<\/b><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sf.pdf\">Flyer<\/a><br>\n12\u201313 November 2015<br>\nUniversity of Otago<br>\nDunedin, New Zealand<br>\nThe University of Otago Centre for the Book is delighted to announce its 2015 annual symposium<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The Friends recently published Notes-Books-Authors 12. <i>The nineteen-forties: a turning point in writing for children<\/i> by Trevor Mowbray is now available as a pdf on this site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/nba12.pdf\">Notes-Books-Authors 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vege.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vege-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vege-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/vege.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\u2018She put a spade in her wheelbarrow and set off for Compost Hill\u2019<br>\nCover illustration from <i>Poppa passes: adventures of the Vedgie people<\/i> by A.W. Reed, illustrated by George Woods (Wellington: A H &amp; A W Reed, 1943?)<\/p>\n<h3>Display of Children\u2019s adventure books in the level 1 foyer, National Library of NZ<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1170 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1-169x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1.jpg 400w\" alt=\"1\" width=\"448\" height=\"795\"><\/a>\u2018I do love the beginning of the summer holls,\u2019 said Julian. \u2018They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.\u2019 They go so nice and slowly at first,\u2019 said Anne, his little sister, \u2018Then they start to gallop.\u2019<br>\n[from Enid Blyton\u2019s Five go off in a caravan]<br>\nAdventure 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.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these stories fell int into the genre of \u2018holiday adventure\u2019, 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.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1169\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1169 size-medium\" title=\"Chantalle Smith looking at the display\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/3.jpg 400w\" alt=\"Chantalle Smith looking at the display\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee member Chantalle Smith looking at the display in the level 1 foyer, National Library of NZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1168 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2-300x169.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/2.jpg 400w\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">On display are:<br>\nEnid Blyton. <i>Five go off in a caravan. <\/i>Illustrated by Eileen Soper.<br>\n(London: Hodder &amp; Stoughton)<br>\n1946 (1952 reprint)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Enid Blyton. <i>Five on a treasure island<\/i>. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.<br>\n(London: Hodder &amp; Stoughton)<br>\n1942 (1954 reprint)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Arthur Ransome<i>. Swallows and Amazons. <\/i>Illustrated by the author with help from Miss Nancy Blackett.<br>\n(London: Jonathan Cape), 1931<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Esther Glen. <i>Uncles three at Kamahi<\/i>. Illustrated by Percy Graves.<br>\n(Auckland: Whitcombe &amp; Tombs), 1926<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Philippa Francklyn<i>. The mystery of the swamp.<\/i><br>\n(London: Thomas Nelson and Sons), 1928<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Janet S. Aldis. The campers.<br>\n(<span lang=\"en\">Oxford : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press)<\/span>, 1926<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-NZ\">Little Books for Little People<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><span lang=\"en-NZ\">Miniature Books from the Dorothy Neal White Collection <\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><span lang=\"en-NZ\"><b>Minature Books on Display<\/b><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mary9.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1198 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mary9.jpeg\" alt=\"mary9\" width=\"343\" height=\"193\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">During the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">The little children\u2019s books on display here were commercially published in the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> and early 20<sup>th<\/sup> 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Another popular development in children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bettyblue.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1197 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bettyblue.jpeg\" alt=\"bettyblue\" width=\"269\" height=\"296\"><\/a>Books on Show are:\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">&nbsp;Marie de Bosgu\u00e9rard<i>. Les amis de la maison ; Bons camarades ; Ch\u00e2teaux de sable ; Poussins petits.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(Paris: Nouvelle Librairie de la Jeunesse)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">188-?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><i>Canada ; South Africa.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(London: Castell Brothers)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">1892<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><i>Puss in the palace.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(London: Henry Frowde and Hodder &amp; Stoughton)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">1912?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><i>Betty Blue.<\/i> Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(<span lang=\"en\">London : Humphrey Milford)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">1921?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><i>The tale of a dog.<\/i> Illustrated by W. Foster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(London: Methuen)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">1979.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">Facsimile. Originally published: London: Ernest Nister, 1890.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\"><i>Little and good ; A little love letter ; Merry legs: the story of a gee gee ; Quick march.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">(London: Ernest Nister ; New York: E.P. Dutton &amp; Co.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-AU\">189-?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Dorothy Neal White (pictured right), born 22 December 1915<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1158\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dnwyellowstone.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1158 size-medium\" title=\"Dorothy Neal White pictured at Yellowstone Park, USA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dnwyellowstone-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dorothy Neal White pictured at Yellowstone Park, USA\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dnwyellowstone-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dnwyellowstone-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/dnwyellowstone.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy Neal White pictured at Yellowstone Park, USA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Society remembers librarian, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/home\/dnw_bio\/\">Dorothy Neal White<\/a>, who was born 100 years ago on 22 December 1915. She died in 1995.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"album_header_pagelet\" class=\"_5h60\" data-referrer=\"album_header_pagelet\">\n<div class=\"fbPhotoAlbumHeader fbPhotoAlbumHeaderLong fbPhotoAlbumOptionsPresent\">\n<h3 class=\"fbPhotoAlbumTitle\">Victorian Children\u2019s Annuals<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"fbPhotoCaption fbPhotoAlbumHeaderText\">In the display case, National Library, entrance, the Turnbull Library<\/h3>\n<div class=\"fbPhotoCaption fbPhotoAlbumHeaderText\">\n<p><span class=\"fbPhotoCaptionText\">Children\u2019s annuals were first published in the early nineteenth century and increased in popularity during the Victorian era. By the end of the nineteenth century most publishers produced an annual of some kind.<\/span>Annuals were produced at the end of the year, with the Christmas market in mind. Some were made up of a specially compiled selection of material, and others were bound volumes of weekly or monthly magazines that had been issued during the year. Examples of both types are on display here.Their tone ranged from moral and religious to more adventurous and secular, and content included stories, poems, informative articles, letters from readers, puzzles and quizzes.<\/p>\n<p>These examples, all from the Dorothy Neal White Collection, are on display outside the Turnbull Library through to the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>-Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children&#8217;s Literature, Alexander Turnbull Library<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bulk_tag_selector_container\" class=\"mts fbPhotoAlbumBulkTagger\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"album_pending_photos_pagelet\" class=\"_5h60\" data-referrer=\"album_pending_photos_pagelet\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"album_photos_pagelet\" class=\"_5h60\" data-referrer=\"album_photos_pagelet\">\n<div id=\"fbTimelinePhotosContent\" class=\"fbPhotosRedesignBorderOverlay\">\n<div id=\"u_0_24\" class=\"fbStarGrid\">\n<div id=\"u_0_z\" class=\"_53s fbPhotoCurationControlWrapper fbPhotoStarGridElement 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https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/9.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"278\" height=\"206\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"u_0_16\" class=\"_53s fbPhotoCurationControlWrapper fbPhotoStarGridElement fbPhotoStarGridNonStarred _53s fbPhotoCurationControlWrapper\" data-starred-src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xap1\/v\/t1.0-0\/p417x417\/11998877_404526043072762_1472491966690800621_n.jpg?oh=1c7d31730a9caba8703b639c4de3e01a&amp;oe=5665E26F&amp;__gda__=1450119217_1c29891f4d8934a69b6263b8ff53a772\" data-non-starred-src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-photos-f-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xap1\/v\/t1.0-0\/p206x206\/11998877_404526043072762_1472491966690800621_n.jpg?oh=ebfa9e7cbce48afb2a5205649c245e18&amp;oe=5675B20F&amp;__gda__=1450817617_bbf84b7237366b8ac50c7141420d1bbc\" data-reorderid=\"404526043072762\" data-fbid=\"404526043072762\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children&#8217;s Literature, Alexander Turnbull Library<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"singlecol\">\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">The Friends of The Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">invite you to a talk by<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><b>Kay Hancock<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Sliding and Flying: Growing up with Ready to Read<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/khrr.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/khrr-261x300.png\" alt=\"khrr\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/khrr-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/khrr.png 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Illustration by Ian Jackson from: <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Sliding and flying<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> by Helen A. Cutten<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span lang=\"en-US\">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. \u201cwhere 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 \u2026\u201d (Clarence Beeby, 1957).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"en-US\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">5.30 p.m for a 6.00 p.m. start<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\">Tuesday 23 February 2016<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i>Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library of New Zealand<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i>(Aitken Street entrance), Wellington<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i>All Welcome <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><i>Non-members, gold coin koha would be appreciated<\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>University of Otago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/31\/the-university-of-otago-centre-for-the-book-announces-2015-symposium\/\">symposium 2015<\/a><br>\nStorylines<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/21\/storylines-awards-deadline-october-2015\/\"> Awards<\/a> deadline 31 October 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are pleased to announce:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/barbaramurison.blogspot.co.nz\/p\/about-me.html\"> Barbara Murison <\/a> has accepted the role of Patron of the Friends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/xmas2015.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1108 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chmasflyer2015-213x300.png\" alt=\"chmasflyer2015\" width=\"392\" height=\"553\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Meeting:<\/strong><br>\nTuesday Dec 8<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span> 5.30 for a 6pm start.<br>\nCommittee members read a favourite extract or book around the Christmas theme.<br>\nAt the National Library, Wellington.<br>\nClick the flyer image at right for details. &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday 21 October 2015 &#8211; Alice in and out of Wonderland<br>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/aw1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1067 size-full\" title=\"John Tenniel illusration from Alice in Wonderland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/aw1.jpg\" alt=\"John Tenniel illusration from Alice in Wonderland\" width=\"215\" height=\"235\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Tenniel illusration from Alice in Wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr Tatjana Schaefer, English Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, will mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em> with a talk to the Friends at the National Library of New Zealand.<br>\nVenue: Takiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor, National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Wellington. (Use Aitken Street entrance)<br>\nDrinks and nibbles from 5.30pm. Talk at 6pm.<br>\nFree entry. Donations welcome.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Storylines<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/21\/storylines-free-family-day\/\"> Free Family Day<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>In the Dorothy Neal White display case<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-673 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/21-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/21-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/21.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>Although originally intended for adults, Aesop\u2019s fables have now established themselves firmly in the domain of children\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-674 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/3-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-676 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/5-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/5-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/5.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-675 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/4.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-672 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mary Skarott, Research Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b>The AGM will be held on Thursday 7 May 2015 at the National Library of NZ.<\/b> Flyer<\/p>\n<p>Date: Thursday 7 May 2015<br>\nTime: 5.30pm for drinks and nibbles<br>\n6.00pm Nicola Daly, FDNW scholar, speaks about her research project<br>\n6:40pm AGM<br>\nVenue: Tiakiwai Conference Centre, Lower Ground Floor<br>\nNational Library of NZ (Aitken Street Entrance) Wellington<\/p>\n<p>If you have items for the agenda please send them as a reply to this message or directly to joan.mccracken@dia.govt.nz<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted that our Research Scholar, Nicola Daly, will give a presentation <i>Pakeha-M\u0101ori: European-Native. Ethnic labelling in the Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/i> before the AGM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-300x174.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Child&#8217;s War<\/h3>\n<p><b>Words and pictures from World War I<\/b><br>\nRuns until 27 February 2015 | 10am \u2013 5pm, Monday \u2013 Saturday | Level one<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/childswar-bookcovers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-992\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/childswar-bookcovers-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"childswar-bookcovers\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/childswar-bookcovers-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/childswar-bookcovers.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the Alexander Turnbul Library site for more details.<\/p>\n<h4>2015<\/h4>\n<h3>A Child&#8217;s War<\/h3>\n<h3>Friends Event: Looking back<\/h3>\n<p><b>Events for A Child&#8217;s War, on at the Turnbull Gallery (below)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Date: 17 February, 2015<br>\nTime: 5.30pm \u2013 7.00pm, talk begins at 6.00.<br>\nCost: Free<br>\nLocation: Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, corner Moleworth and Aitken Streets.<br>\nContact Details: Email Mary.Skarott@dia.govt.nz for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Skarott (Research Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature) will talk about some of the recently published children\u2019s books about World War I that have been added to the National Children\u2019s Collection.<\/p>\n<p>A Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection event.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4>2014<\/h4>\n<h3>Awards Manager Amie Lightbourne &#8211; New Zealand Post Book Awards<br>\nBehind the Scenes<\/h3>\n<p>Wednesday 5 March<br>\nFrom 5.30 (drinks and nibbles for 6pm start)<br>\nTiakiwai Conference Centre<br>\nLower ground Floor (use Aitken Street entrance)<br>\nNational Library of New Zealand\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"picture\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ba.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ba-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"ba\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ba-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ba.jpg 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h4>Late 2012 and 2013<\/h4>\n<h3>Bringwonder the storyteller acknowledged Family History Month<\/h3>\n<p>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.<br>\nBringwonder is New Zealand&#8217;s first professional storyteller with over 30 years of experience, both here and overseas, drawing inspiration from a wide range of cultures and topics.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"picture\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw.gif\" alt=\"bw\" width=\"265\" height=\"177\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-994\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bw2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/bw2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"picture\"><\/div>\n<h3>Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/h3>\n<p>The Annual General Meeting 2013<br>\nwas Tuesday 21 May 2013<br>\nFollowing the meeting special guest<br>\n<b>Chris Szekely<\/b> Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library<br>\ntalked of his award-winning book <i><b>Rahui<\/b><\/i><br>\nand the just published <i><br>\n<b>Swim: the Hinemoa and Tutanekai story<\/b><\/i> (Huia)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swim-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"swim\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swim-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swim.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below: Chris Szekely discusses his books.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"widebuffer\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cs\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cs.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"pictureright\"><\/div>\n<h3>Death of Patron Margaret Mahy<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-700 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mm.jpg\" alt=\"mm\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We record with deep regret that children&#8217;s author and patron of the <i>Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/i>, Margaret Mahy, died 23 July 2012. Obituary.<\/p>\n<p>See a newsletter article on this site from 2006 when Margaret won the world&#8217;s premier prize for children&#8217;s writing, the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She was a strong supporter of other authors of children&#8217;s stories and a valued patron. article\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"widebuffer\"><\/div>\n<h3>Congratulations NZ Post Book Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p>Congratulations to the winners of the NZ Post Book Awards<br>\nWinners on the Booksellers Site\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"pictureright\"><\/div>\n<p>Copies of the full minutes of the 2012 AGM will be posted soon.<br>\n2011 minutes here<\/p>\n<p>Following the 2012 AGM the<b> award-winning local author Fleur Beale (right)<\/b> addressed the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fleurbeale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-405 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fleurbeale-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"fleurbeale\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fleurbeale-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fleurbeale.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fleur Beale has written over twenty novels for teenagers. She won the 2007 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for her first children\u2019s novel, Slide the corner. She has been shortlisted several times in the New Zealand Post Children&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Photograph of Fleur Beale from the Random House website http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com.au\/authors\/fleur-beale.aspx<\/p>\n<h2>Children&#8217;s Literature Event<\/h2>\n<p>Mary Skarott Children&#8217;s Literature Specialist<br>\nTuesday 26 February 2013, 5:30 for a 6pm start<br>\nNational Library Wellington<br>\nLower Ground Floor entrance Aitken Street<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/clposter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-997\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/clposter-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"clposter\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/clposter-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/clposter.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Annual General Meeting 2014<\/h3>\n<p>The Annual General Meeting 2014 of the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection was held Thursday 26 June 2014 at 5.30pm<br>\nNational Library of NZ<br>\nWellington<\/p>\n<h3>Nicola Daly &#8211; guest speaker<\/h3>\n<p>Before the meeting our new Research Scholar, Nicola Daly, introduced her research project &#8216;Reflections of national identity in picture books available to New Zealand children in the century before 1940&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"pictureright\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/13.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-312\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/13.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"161\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>Frontispiece of Waihoura, the Maori girl, by W.H.G. Kingston<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"widebuffer\"><\/div>\n<p><b>The current Committee roles are:<\/b><br>\nPatron: vacant<br>\nPresident: vacant<br>\nTreasurer: Janet Blake<br>\nMembership Secretary: Trevor Mowbray<br>\nMinutes Secretary: vacant<br>\nNewsletter: Joan McCracken<br>\nResearch Librarian Children&#8217;s Literature: Mary Skarott<br>\nCommittee: Audrey Cooper, Barbara Robertson, Corrina Gordon, Tania Connelly<\/p>\n<p>We would welcome more committee members!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any agenda items please contact Janet, or Joan joan.mccracken@dia.govt.nz<\/p>\n<p>Copies of the full minutes of the 2014 AGM will be available on this website http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/ soon.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Late 2014 and 2015<\/h3>\n<h4>Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection End of Year Event.<\/h4>\n<p>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 \u2018A Child\u2019s war\u2019 with exhibition curator, Mary Skarott.<\/p>\n<h4>Tours of \u2018A Child\u2019s war\u2019 exhibition<\/h4>\n<p><b>Date<\/b>: 4 December, 2013<br>\n<b>Time<\/b>: 5.30pm tours start at 5.45<br>\n<b>Cost<\/b>: Free.<br>\n<b>Location<\/b>: Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), Aitken Street entrance, National Library building.<br>\n<b>Contact Details<\/b>: Email Mary Skarott or phone 04 470 4488.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"picture\"><\/div>\n<hr>\n<div>We note with sadness the death of Friend of DNW, Carrick Lewis. Carrick was active in many community groups across many decades. His interests included Grey Power and the United Nations, as well as several arts and education groups. Carrick was valued for his supportive attitude to his fellow workers. He is sadly missed in Wellington circles.There was a memorial service for Carrick on Thursday 6 November, 2014 at LYCHGATE, Willis Street at 3.00 o&#8217;clock. A private cremation took place earlier in the week.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>On Tuesday 28 October, 2014<br>\nAt Tiakiwai (lower ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets<br>\nJill Shefrin, (pictured)<br>\nspoke on the subject:<br>\n<i>To excite their attention with images and pictures: printed pictures in the formal and informal education of children in the long eighteenth century<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"picture\"><\/div>\n<p>Jill is Senior Research Associate in Arts at Trinity College, University of Toronto talk about the history of children&#8217;s literature and book illustration in the 18th century.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, so book your spot by emailing Mary.Skarott@dia.govt.nz.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"leftcol\">\n<p><strong>Friends of Dorothy Neal White Collection<\/strong><br>\n<strong> Events late 2011, early 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fly201202.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fly201202-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"fly201202\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fly201202-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/fly201202.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/as.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/as-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"as\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/as-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/as.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Top: Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection research scholarship recipient, Anne Siebeck, addressing the Friends meeting on Wednesday 8 February 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Lower: Friends after Anne&#8217;s presentation discussing her research.<\/p>\n<p>Photos: David Retter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cas-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cas\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cas.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rightcol\">\n<h4>Certificate of Registration:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charitydnw.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charitydnw-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"charitydnw\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charitydnw-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/charitydnw.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>THE Meeting that was<br>\n2011 AGM of the DNW Collection<\/h3>\n<div class=\"picture\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/agm11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/agm11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"agm11\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/agm11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/agm11.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rabbit1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rabbit1-178x300.png\" alt=\"rabbit\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rabbit1-178x300.png 178w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rabbit1.png 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Mary Skarott reads a rabbity piece to the DNW Friends Agm<\/div>\n<p><b>Trevor Mowbray presenting his research<\/b><br>\n&#8220;Books from the 1940s read by children in NZ&#8221; to the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection at Archives NZ on 6 October 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tm\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above:Trevor Mowbray presenting his research on &#8220;Books from the 1940s read by children in NZ&#8221; to the Friends of the Dorothy Neal White Collection at Archives NZ on 6 October 2011<\/p>\n<p>Below: Trevor and some of the 1940s books he discussed in his presentation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tm1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/tm11.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of past events and documentation THESE ARE NOT CURRENT EVENTS December 2020 Event&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2118,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2126,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/2126"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}