Monday, 9 May 2011

NEW RESOURCES

All my friends are dead – By Avery Monsen & Jory John

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All my friends are dead is probably one of the funniest and saddest books you will read this year….for those of you with a sense of humour that is.  A simple book with amusing illustrations, it will make you smile at the turn of each page.  Definitely worth a read today!

 

 

 

Inside Stories – A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975     By Frances Walsh

Inside Stories

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A beautifully written and illustrated book that will be perfect on the coffee table or in your own kitchen.  A wonderful look back at the cooking, cleaning, decorating, sewing, mothering and of course playing the ‘perfect wife’, the tales of being a New Zealand housewife from 1890 thru 1975.  Inside Stories delves into the lives of housewives and will bring back memories of watching our mothers and grandmothers in their kitchens.