19 Mar 2024

Book Critic: Catherine Ross

From Afternoons, 2:10 pm on 19 March 2024

Today Mt Roskill Grammar school library manager Catherine Ross talks to Jesse not just about her book recommendations but also shares her thoughts on the declining literacy rates in Aotearoa.

Catherine's passionate about getting young people to read as much as possible and shared her thoughts with Read NZ recently.

Today in addition to her views on how to improve our literacy rates Catherine reviews the following books:

For ages 10+

The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q.Rauf

Where the Wilderness Lives by Jess Butterworth

 

For ages 11+

Shadow by Michael Morgurgo

 

For ages 13+

Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

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