The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Sarah Ogilvie

What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the ...

Tawatawa 1st XV

Hannah Abrams

The dogs of the Tawatawa 1st XV rugby team are ready to play! The sprightly crew make their way down to the field with plenty of barking and wagging of tails. Into position, the whistle is blown, and they're off! After tackles and dodges, roly-polies and lineouts, and a cheeky dip in the creek at half-...

Can I Sit in the Middle?

Susanne Strasser

This read-together board book draws on toddler delay tactics in a snowballing narrative of animal chaos that culminates in story time under a blanket tent. Everyone's on the sofa to share a book: zebra, cat, child, lion. "Wait!" says zebra, "Stork isn't here yet!" Then cat needs a cushion, hamster's mi...