Auckland Fathers and Grandfathers a dainty Snow Queen or

a dainty Snow Queen or pretty Flower Garland

evocative illustrations is a perfect gift for showers and a must-have addition to any child’s bookshelf

gains riches

many of us gloss over it--or ignore it completely

Paul Zindel’s work is bestselling

Auckland Fathers and Grandfathers a dainty Snow Queen orIn his introduction to this anthology, Witi Ihimaera describes Auckland, Tamaki makau rau, as the place desired by many. The variety in this absorbing collection of short stories, poetry and extracts from novels and memoirs shows that while Auckland may not always have been desirable, it has certainly fascinated generations of very different writers, who have explored almost every part of this far flung city. C. K. Stead and Maurice Gee, for example,