Fifteen-year-old Alex struggles to overcome personal trauma and hardship as she competes with her arch rival for a place on the New Zealand swimming team participating in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome...
In Rome to compete in the 1960 Olympics, Alex Archer takes in the sights in the Eternal City, begins a relationship with an expatriate New Zealander, and prepares for the biggest swim meet of her life....
This beautiful book includes lullabies by leading children's authors, poets and songwriters from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Award-winning New Zealand children's author Tessa Duder has compiled the collection, with stunning pai...
Is she still alive?: scintillating tales for women of a certain age. In 2003 tessa Duder spent six months in Europe as the recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. Internationally renowned for her superb childrens' and young adult no...
Ten short stories, and two longer historical ones, bring to life the thrills and challenges of sailing, paddling and travelling on the seas around New Zealand. Accompanied by Bruce Potter’s vivid illustrations, these are the work of a world-class c...
A collection of 12 short-stories for children, including a mix of tessa's previously published classics (9) and new stories (3). the title comes from a novella written during tessa's stay at Menton as the Kathryn Mansfield Scholar, and is an exciting...