{"title":"Summer reading Collection","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are grateful to Booksellers Aotearoa NZ Assn for their support\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecreating a wonderful guide with a range of summer reading.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelection includes, International Fiction, International Biography,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8 pages dedicated to New Zealand Summer Reading,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInternational Children's \u0026amp; Young Adult, International Non Fiction, Lifestyle \u0026amp; Cooking...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023-24 Summer Reading Guide available instore\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-lighthouse-princess","title":"The Lighthouse Princess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Winner Best First Book NZSA Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Finalist Illustration Russell Clark Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nzbookawards.nz\/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adults\/2023-awards\/winners\/\" title=\"2023 Winners NZ Book Awards Children \u0026amp; Young Adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClick here to visit nzbookawards.nz 2023 Winners NZ Book Awards Children \u0026amp; Young Adults\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award-winning picture book is a delightful contemporary fairytale about an independent princess, who looks after a very special lighthouse lamp, fishes off the balcony and goes swimming with seals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vibrant modern fairytale about a lighthouse-keeper princess who rescues a boy in a storm - winner, Storylines Gavin Bishop Award 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\"Do you need rescuing from this tower?\" he asked her. \"No,\" she said, \"I like it here.\" The Lighthouse Princess is almost perfectly happy. 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