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Jack Lasenby (1931–2019)

Autor de Charlie the cheeky kea

36 Obras 258 Miembros 9 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Jack Lasenby is an editor and writer of children's books. He is from New Zealand. From 1969 to 1975, Lasenby edited the School Journal, which had previously been edited by the poets James K. Baxter, Alistair Campbell, and Louis Johnson. His work with School Journal brought him into close contact mostrar más with leading authors and illustrators of children's books. Lasenby has been honored many times, receiving the Esther Glen Award for distinguished contribution to New Zealand literature for children and young adults in 1987 for Mangrove Summer. He also received the 1993 AIM Children's Book Award Honour Award in Senior Fiction for The Conjuror. In 1996, his book, The Waterfall, received the AIM Children's Book Award for Senior Fiction. Lasenby also received the New Zealand Post Children's Book Award in 1997, 1998, and 1997 for The Battle of Pook Island, Because We Were the Travelers, and Tour, respectively. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Incluye los nombres: Jack Lasenby, Jack Lazenby

Series

Obras de Jack Lasenby

Charlie the cheeky kea (1974) 28 copias
Taur (1998) 18 copias
Calling the Gods (2011) 16 copias
Old Drumble (2008) 15 copias
Kalik (Travellers) (2001) 12 copias
The Waterfall (1995) 9 copias
The Lake (1988) 9 copias
The battle of Pook Island (1996) 8 copias
The Mangrove Summer (1989) 8 copias
Billy and Old Smoko (2007) 7 copias
Aunt Effie's Ark (2003) 7 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1931
Fecha de fallecimiento
2019-09-27
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Aotearoa / New Zealand
New Zealand
Lugar de nacimiento
Waharaoa, New Zealand
Lugares de residencia
Wellington, New Zealand
Educación
University of Auckland
Ocupaciones
lecturer
writer
editor
children's book author
Premios y honores
Victoria University Writers' Fellow (1993)
Margaret Mahy Medal (2003)
Biografía breve
Jack worked as a deer culler, possum trapper, fisherman, primary school teacher, editor of the School Journal, and lecturer in English at the Wellington Teachers’ College, before becoming a full-time writer —  ‘the lowliest paid of them all,’ he admits, ‘short of being a dunny-cleaner for galley-slaves on the bottom deck of an ancient Roman quinquereme’. He lives in Wellington.

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I was captivated by this futuristic novel of survival. I enjoyed the descriptive language employed.
 
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HelenBaker | 2 reseñas más. | Dec 27, 2017 |
A typical story written by Lasenby that tells of rural New Zealand life in the early days. As a mature reader i enjoyed this book because i coudl relate to some of the stories, their characters and the events that were going on. However, this has not been a popular book in our school library and that is because the children (townies) cannot understand the deeper features of the book and what they in fact mean where you have the Uncle telling fanatastical stories and how the mother is always moaning about him (her brother) being in her kitchen always eating her baking. Because it is set in the 1930's our children find it hard to relate to concepts such as preserving, neigbours being on your doorstep, Country Women's Institute etc. There is a glossary in the back and we had a quick quiz to see what words the children knew the meaning of, they knew very little and i was shocked that many of them didn't know what a sheila was and none of them knew what a cocky was. It's the 1930s. Our storyteller is crook in bed trying to get over a long sickness and wanting to go back to school, when Uncle Trev arrives to let Mum go out and do the shopping. Uncle Trev tells one story after another about the animals out on his farm, and about his neighbour Gotta Henry. He also goes through Mum's cupboards and helps himself to all her gingernut biscuits and Louise cake. If you think Mum should be grateful to get out of the house, she's not. When she comes home, she chases Uncle Trev and his dog, Old Tip, with her broom and threatens what she'll do to 'that man' next time he comes in.… (más)
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rata | otra reseña | Jun 10, 2013 |
I was disappointed with this book, i had previously read the Quartet series and enjoyed them. This book 'Calling the Gods' was a Postbook Awards Finalist so i suppose my expectations were predetermined. I found the start too long winded in descriptive writing about Selene how she mastered sailing the boat after her banishment, there was a lot of boat terminology that i skipped. The middle chapters began to develop a plot about poisonings and feuds and the need to procreate to form a new village. The end right back to the start of hatred, banishment and the need to start a new village. A cyclic book that really gained little momentum for me.… (más)
 
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rata | 2 reseñas más. | Apr 2, 2013 |
About a boy in New Zealand in the 1930s who has to spend a long time in bed with some illness. His rascally Uncle Trev sneaks in when his mother is out to eat her biscuits and tell the boy tall stories about his farm. Very good, for any age of reader, and unostentatiously charming.
 
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annesadleir | otra reseña | Jun 18, 2012 |

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Obras
36
Miembros
258
Popularidad
#88,950
Valoración
3.9
Reseñas
9
ISBNs
60
Idiomas
1

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