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Welcome to anyone who's interested in children's literature - teachers,
librarians, parents, students, writers, booksellers, publishers, young
readers. When I first began this website in 2000 I was concentrating solely on
recommending top-quality children's books, both New Zealand and overseas.
However over the last few years I have had books of my own published, so
now the website also promotes my books.
In case you're confused: www.story-go-round.net.nz
is my domain name and
my preferred URL. However my host and provider, Ihug, also publishes a
mirror image of this website at their Homepages - with a different URL -
which some people still use for their links.
Time For A Change
This website has been in its present form for
eight years. I have decided to rebuild it in 2009, so
at the moment most pages are no longer being updated monthly.
However the information about my own books will still be kept
up-to-date.The email link below is current if you wish to email
me.
Lorraine Orman |
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My Latest Book
In March 2009 Walker Books Australia published my
latest book - in their
 Lightning Strikes series. It's a ghost
story/thriller called Haunted. Georgia and her little
brother Ned meet a strange, old-fashioned girl in a tumbledown homestead. Lily just wants to be friends - but only ghosts can be
friends forever... Georgia keeps telling herself there's an
ordinary explanation for all the weird things Lily says and does.
But when Ned is in mortal danger, Georgia realises she has to find
a way to escape from Lily's garden of fire. Visit the Walker
Books Australia website to find out more about their books and
the Lightning Strikes series.
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Lorraine's Books describes my background and
current activities
as a children's writer.
- My
Books introduces my published books to date.
- The
writing of Cross
Tides (winner of the 2005 Best First Book Award at the NZ
Post Book Awards)
- The writing of A Long Way From
Home: The Diary of Lillian
Glenmore, Warkworth, 1943
- The
writing of Hideout
- The
writing of Land of Promise: The Diary of William Donahue,
Gravesend to Wellington, 1839-40 (includes Selected Bibliography).
Reviews
Introduction introduces four pages containing short reviews of my
favourite recent children's books, organised into categories: Picture
Books, Junior
Fiction, Intermediate, Teenage.
Select Booklist: Books for Boys (supplied
by Wayne Mills; updated June 2008)
Top 100 New Zealand
Children's Books of the Twentieth Century - an annotated list.
 News & Views
contains comments about topical issues relating to children's books,
focusing particularly on the New Zealand scene.
Current contents:
Links
provides access to my favourite sites relating to children's books, with
annotations.
Story
Corner is for children (and adults who are young at heart) - you'll
find a short fantasy story, plus links to other online children's
stories.
So
You Want to be a Children's Author? Advice for aspiring New Zealand
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