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    Margaret Mahy ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. Many of her story plots have strong supernatural...
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    172°38′27″E / 43.52833°S 172.64083°E / -43.52833; 172.64083 The Margaret Mahy Playground – Tākaro ā Poi is a playground in the Christchurch Central...
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  • The Margaret Mahy Award, officially the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award, is a New Zealand literary prize presented to a person who has...
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  • McKenzie, it is based on the 1984 young adult novel of the same name by Margaret Mahy. Starring Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine...
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    Margaret Mahy of New Zealand wrote more than 100 picture books, 40 novels and 20 short story collections, among other works. Variant titles are given...
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  • The Changeover (category Books by Margaret Mahy)
    young adults by Margaret Mahy, published in 1984 by J. M. Dent in the U.K. It is set in Christchurch in the author's native New Zealand. Mahy and The Changeover...
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  • Mahy may refer to: Barry Mahy (1942–2020), soccer player Margaret Mahy (1936–2012), New Zealand children's author Nathalie Mahy (1995 – c. 2006), child...
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  • sold over five million copies worldwide. In 1999, Dodd received the Margaret Mahy Award. She was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand...
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    hosting this literary quiz. In 2008 Wayne Mills was given the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award to recognize his achievement in establishing...
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  • the foulest possible language among Ozzie Dickinson's azaleas". In Margaret Mahy's Memory (1987), the confused adolescent hero decides "to abandon himself...
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    Home the Whale which won both the Young Adult fiction category and the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young...
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  • Margaret Mahy of New Zealand and published in 1982, including a U.K. edition by J. M. Dent. Atheneum published the first U.S. edition in 1983. Mahy won...
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    Adcock, Selina Tusitala Marsh and Hone Tuwhare, children's authors Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley, historians Michael King and Judith Binney, and playwright...
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    Centennial Medal. In 1993, Cowley became the third recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award, whose winners present and publish a lecture concerning children's...
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  • Scarecrows Chatto & Windus 1982 Margaret Mahy The Haunting J. M. Dent 1983 Jan Mark Handles Kestrel 1984 Margaret Mahy The Changeover J. M. Dent 1985 Kevin...
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  • illustrated by James Marshall; Panama by Janosch; The Three-Legged Cat by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jonathan Allen; The Bear and the Fly by Paula Winter)...
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  • Award: Rosemary Sutcliff, 1985, 2010 Peter Dickinson, 2001, 2008 Margaret Mahy, 2005, 2007 Mahy of New Zealand was also a runner up in 2006. Several of the...
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    Between 1972 and 1976, he illustrated four books by children's author Margaret Mahy and Are All the Giants Dead? by Mary Norton. In 1976, Froud was featured...
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  • Zealand, and intended for a young adult audience. It was awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year prize and also won the top prize in the Young Adult...
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  • The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale (category Books by Margaret Mahy)
    White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale is a 1989 picture book by Margaret Mahy and illustrated by Jonathan Allen. It was adapted into an award-winning...
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    books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre...
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  • in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan....
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  • J'ess 5 episodes 2017 The Changeover Laura Chant Film based on the 1984 Margaret Mahy novel The Changeover 2017 Southland's Home Nell Main role (short film)...
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  • a 2001 video game by PopCap Games Alchemy (novel), a 2004 novel by Margaret Mahy Doctor Alchemy, a DC Comics super-villain Alchemy (film), 2005 film...
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  • Greenaway Medal The Dragon of an Ordinary Family (Heinemann, 1969), by Margaret Mahy —joint winner of the Greenaway Medal Letters of Thanks (Collins, 1969)...
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    Lightly. In 2012, Beale became the last recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award during Margaret Mahy's lifetime. In the 2015 New Year Honours, Beale was appointed...
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    children's books". The Telegraph. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021. "Mahy wins "Little Nobel."". New Zealand Books. 16: 2. June 2006. ISSN 1170-9103...
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    Elizabeth Knox, Lloyd Jones and Eleanor Catton. Children's authors Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley have made a significant contribution to New Zealand children's...
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    the category awards are awarded NZ$7,500, with the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner receiving an additional $7,500. The Picture...
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  • The Witch in the Cherry Tree (category Books by Margaret Mahy)
    Cherry Tree is a children's book written by the New Zealand author Margaret Mahy. "The Witch In the Cherry Tree | Penguin Books New Zealand". www.penguin...
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