Posts tagged with storytelling

A display of chapter books.

Chapter quest

June 24th, 2024. By Alan Dingley

Chapter books are a vital step in any reader's journey. Join me as I offer tailored recommendations.

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An exciting display of books recommended for boys.

Books for boys unleashed: Some tailored recommendations

March 27th, 2024. By Alan Dingley

I regularly get asked for book recommendations and one of the most requested are those for boys.

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A selection of books on display. Includes 'The Fix-It Man', 'The Bad Seed,' 'My Elephant is Blue', 'A Monster Call'.

Books as balm

February 23rd, 2024. By Alan Dingley

I have thought about titles I have come across in my librarianship that have served a purpose when words have failed in tough situations.

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Ben Brown, inaugural New Zealand Reading Ambassador, standing between shelving in a library.

Reading for life

June 16th, 2023. By Ben Brown

What an extraordinary two years as Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador.

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Ben Brown, the inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador, presenting his pānui at the National Library. Photo by Mark Beatty.

Ben Brown — Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero

February 20th, 2023.

Ben reflects on the power of stories and his time as the inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador.

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The Motueka River.

When I was a boy

September 8th, 2022.

The first in a series of posts about Ben's reading role models. Ben looks back on Joe Doyle, one of the reading role models that inspired him.

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Ben Brown at Waimana School on Whakatane visit.

Te Awhi Rito: The year that was – 2021–2022

August 25th, 2022. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

In his first year as Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador, Ben toured Aotearoa New Zealand sharing stories and highlighting connections between storytelling, reading aloud and reading.

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Ben Brown at the National Library in Auckland.

Stories are everything

August 9th, 2022. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

Ben Brown features in a short documentary championing the importance of stories and reading.

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Ben Brown and Elena De Roo on the Storylines Northland Story Tour.

Ben Brown on the Northland Story Tour

July 6th, 2022. By Anne Dickson

In June, Ben spent a week visiting schools on the Storylines Northland Story Tour.

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The Matariki star cluster in the night sky.

Once upon a time there was a story

June 23rd, 2022.

Ben muses on Matariki and the universality of origin stories.

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