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John's National Radio Review List
Holocaust Books 12-01-10 (play podcast)
Anne Frank Remembered, Miep Gies, Scribner
Hetty, Hetty Verolme, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Hana's Suitcase, Karen Levine, Allen & Unwin

Best Children's Books of 2009 29-01-10 (play podcast)
Gone, Michael Grant, Egmont
The Chicken Thief, Beatrice Rodriguez, Gecko Press
Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages, Oscar Wilde, ed. Stephen Fry, Harpercollins

Fiction 18-12-09 (play podcast)
Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan, R. A. Spratt, Random House
Running Wild, Michael Morpurgo, Harpercollins
The Billionaire's Curse, Richard Newsome, Text Publishing Company

Picture Books 4-12-09 (play podcast)
The Wonky Donkey, Craig Smith, ill. Katz Cowley, Scholastic
Piggy Pogget, Scott Tulloch, Harpercollins
Reflections of a Solitary Hamster, Astrid Desbordes, ill. Pauline Martin, Gecko Press

Controversial Picture Books 20-11-09 (play podcast)
And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson, Simon & Schuster
The Red Piano, Andre Leblanc, Wilkins Farago
When We Were Alone in the World, Ulf Nilsson, ill. Eva Eriksson, Gecko Press

NZ Picture Books 6-11-09 (play podcast)
The Word Witch: The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy, ed. Tessa Duder, ill. David Elliot, HarperCollins
Aunt Concertina and her Niece Evalina, Paula Green, ill. Michael Hight, Random House
The Sparrow and the Feather, Ben Brown, ill. Helen Taylor, Puffin Books

NZ Fiction 23-10-09 (play podcast)
Banquo's Son, Tania Roxborogh, Penguin Books
The Crossing, Mandy Hager, Random House
Copper Top, Coral Atkinson, Whitireia Publishing

Non-fiction 9-10-9 (play podcast)
Little Kitchen, Sabrina Parrini, Hardie Grant Books
Ben & Mark: Boys of the High Country, Christine Fernyhough and John Bougen, Random House
E3 Call Home, Janet Hunt, Random House

New Zealand Fiction 25-9-9 (play podcast)
Glory, Fifi Colston, Scholastic
Kyla, Frances Cherry, Scholastic
Under the Mountain, Maurice Gee, Puffin

Supernatural YA 11-9-9 (play podcast)
Plague of the Undead, Gary Cross, Puffin
City of Bones, Cassandra Clare, Walker Books
City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare, Walker Books
City of Glass, Cassandra Clare, Walker Books

John Burningham 28-8-9 (play podcast)
John Burningham, John Burningham, Jonathon Cape Books
It's a Secret!, John Burningham, Walker Books
Mr Gumpy's Outing, John Burningham, Red Fox

Middle Fiction 14-8-9 (play podcast)
The London Eye Mystery, Siobhan Dowd, Corgi
Grace, Morris Gleitzman, Penguin
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket, Margaret Mahy, HarperCollins

NZ Books 31-7-9 (play podcast)
Hairy Maclary, Shoo, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel
Fire On High, David Hill, Mallinson Rendel

NZ Senior Fiction 17-7-9 (play podcast)
Violence 101, Denis Wright, Penguin Books
With Lots of Love from Georgia, Brigid Lowry, Allen and Unwin

Junior Spies 4-7-09 (play podcast)
Jane Blonde: Spylets are Forever (seven in series), Jill Marshall, Macmillan
Zac Power: Mind Games (no. 3 of 20), H.I. Larry, Hardie Grant Egmont
Zac Power Test Drive: Zac's Moon Trip (no. 1 of 8), H.I. Larry, Hardie Grant Egmont

Feisty Girls 20-6-09 (play podcast)
Saffron, Victoria M Azaro, Mallinson Rendel
Lucy Willow, Sally Gardener, Orion
Judy Moody Goes to College, Megan McDonald, ill. Peter H Reynolds, Walker Books
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