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Reviews
NZ Booklovers ~ Children can count the players, trophies, balls and fans in this bilingual book that covers from one to ten. The book is officially licensed by the All Blacks and New Zealand Rugby. This gives the book far more scope and diversity than the first. In fact, the first thing my daughters noticed was the women on the cover.
This might seem like a small thing, but it’s important our children see themselves in books. By skipping over the women’s teams, there’s a whole generation of young rugby players wondering if there’s any future for them in the sport. It’s great to see Laing, and New Zealand Rugby, recognise that this time around.
Illustrator Wayne Bartlett does a great job creating caricatures of some of our stars, injecting humour – and a sneaky kiwi surprise on each page – into the pages. There’s also an autograph section, making this a great keepsake book.
About the Kiwi author
Justin Laing is the author of A-Z with the ABs and is based in Brisbane. Rugby fanatic and loyal All Blacks supporter. He hung up the boots in 2013, after 23 seasons of playing. His favourite AB’s memory growing up was his first live test match at Athletic Park in ’96 when the All Blacks beat the Wallabies 43-6 in the rain. Now with his own young family, Justin’s excited about sharing a little AB’s history at story time at home.
