Ronda Armitage
Autore di The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
Sull'Autore
Children's writer Ronda Armitage was born in Kaikoura, New Zealand, on March 11, 1943. She was educated at Hamilton Teacher's College, the University of Auckland, and Massey University. She worked as a teacher and librarian. Her first novel The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch (1977) won the Esther Glen mostra altro Award from the Library and Information Association of New Zealand. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1945 (circa)
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- New Zealand
- Attività lavorative
- children's book author
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 37
- Utenti
- 1,194
- Popolarità
- #21,530
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 11
- ISBN
- 113
- Lingue
- 4
Originally published in 1980 as The Bossing of Josie, Ronda and David Armitage's witchy tale was also released in 1981 as The Birthday Spell. The story, in which Josie believes that she can use magic to resolve family tensions, reminded me a bit of David Adler's I Know I'm a Witch, in which the protagonist attempts to change her aunt's behavior through potion-making. In both cases, the young would-be witch discovers that magic tricks do little to fix non-magical problems. In the Armitages' book however, the story ends, not with a reiteration of the protagonist's witchy identity, but with the happy family gathered together for her birthday celebration. I discovered The Bossing of Josie through a list of witchy picture-books, which are an pet project of mine, and although it was not exactly what I was expecting, I did find it to be a engaging slice-of-life family story. Recommended to children who believe that they are witches or wizards, or who feel bossed around by their families.… (altro)