Contents

COVER : I lost my mobile at the mall by Wendy Harmer [Teenager on the edge of technological breakdown];
CONTENTS THIS ISSUE :
Editor’s Comments;
Revisiting the life and times of Octavian Nothing and other musings [M.T. Anderson interviewed by Rayman Turton];
In which a reviewer gets hot and bothered [Kerry White reviews Return to the Hundred Acre Wood];
Know the Author / Illustrator [Robert Crowther by Christine Horsfield];
The Ranger’s Apprentice [Series overview by Jo Goodman];
Dr John Long [by Lynne Babbage];
Advocate for Children’s Literature [Lesley Reece by Mark Greenwood];
Cover Book Review [I Left My Mobile at the Mall by Wendy Harmer reviewed by Helen Purdie];
Reviews [Information Books; Poetry Books];
Where to buy;
Reviews [Before School, Beginner Readers, Independent readers, Extending Readers];
Index to books reviewed;
Magpies Collection;
NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT :
Putting the Uuumph! back into reading [Literature Circles at Myross Bush School by Justine Hughes];
The Word Witch [the magical world of Margaret Mahy reviewed by Bill Nagelkerke];
Reviews;