18 Mar 2025

Book Critic: beautiful books about beats for young people

From Afternoons, 2:10 pm on 18 March 2025
Book cover of The Horses by Janina Matthewson

Book cover of The Horses by Janina Matthewson Photo: Janina Matthewson

Catherine Ross, Director of Library at Auckland Grammar School has a list of books on the theme of animals.

For Ages: 10/11+ years: When Fishes Flew by Michael Morpurgo, published in 2021; Pax, by Sara Pennypacker, published in 2016; The Wolf Wilder, by Katherine Kundell, published in 2015.

For Ages 12+ years: Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater, published in 2011.

For Ages 14+ years: The Horses, by Jenina Matthewson, published in 2024

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