Go Girl

A storybook of epic NZ women
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A stunning illustrated storybook for the girls of New Zealand with a powerful can-do message! Go Girl is a collection of true stories about New Zealand women who have done extraordinary things. They strove for their goals. They weren't afraid to step up or speak out.... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Go Girl

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A stunning illustrated storybook for the girls of New Zealand with a powerful can-do message!

Go Girl is a collection of true stories about New Zealand women who have done extraordinary things.

They strove for their goals.

They weren't afraid to step up or speak out.

They blazed a trail for others to follow.

This book was written to show that YOU can join them!

Just some of the amazing women whose stories you will find in this book are Dame Whina Cooper, Janet Frame, Farah Palmer, Lucy Lawless, Kate Sheppard, Nancy Wake, Sophie Pascoe, Margaret Mahy, Lydia Ko, Merata Mita, Lorde, Rita Angus, Te Puea Herangi - and many more.

Their stories are accompanied by gorgeous portraits specially created for this book by a selection of New Zealand's best-known illustrators: Ali Teo, Fifi Colston, Helen Taylor, Phoebe Morris, Rebecca ter Borg, Sarah Laing, Sarah Wilkins, Sophie Watson and Vasanti Unka.

This is a book that should be on the bedside table of every Kiwi girl, from age seven to one hundred and seven.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143771609

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 April 2018

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 197.0mm

Height: 256.0mm

Weight: 922g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Barbara Else is a writer and editor, born in Invercargill. She has lived in Wellington, Auckland, Oamaru, Christchurch, Dunedin and San Diego. At school she became a bookworm, head always in a novel, a Superman comic or an encyclopaedia. She was very shy except when she wrote plays for her class to perform. Barbara wanted to be an actor or perhaps a radio journalist. At university she studied English Literature and History. She was surprised to begin writing her own stories but what fun it was! She's published many novels for adults and children, and has edited several story collections for children. She has won Fellowships and prizes and is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. She also has the Margaret Mahy Medal for children's literature. She can still be shy but gets a kick from a bit of stage fright.

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