Reviews & more
The School Library is our new publication produced especially for our school members, featuring reviews from leading children’s book reviewer Crissi Blair, editor of New Zealand Children's Books in Print. Inside The School Library you will find book reviews for children of all ages plus Writers in Schools writer interviews, and news and commentaries from the children's book world here in New Zealand.
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Over 1000 Children's Book Reviews
Looking for a good read for children or young adults?
Search our collection of hundreds of reviews published in The School Library or its predecessor BRAT since 2000. Originally written for our quarterly children's book guide The School Library (formerly known as BRAT), the reviews cover picture books to teen fiction to non-fiction and poetry. You can search by book category, age group or author.
The School Library Archive
- Issue Thirteen, February 2012
- Issue Twelve, October 2011
- Issue Eleven, August 2011
- Issue Ten, June 2011
- Issue Nine, April 2011
- Issue Eight, November 2010
- Issue Seven, August 2010
- Issue Six, May 2010
- Issue Five, February 2010
- Issue Four, November 2009
- Issue Three, September 2009
- Issue Two, May 2009
- Issue One, March 2009









