Story: Children’s and young adult literature

Page 5. All images & media

From page 1 - The 19th century: Māori, settlers and adventures

<em>Stories about many things</em>, 1833

Stories about many things, 1833

'Captain Graham leaving the Pah'

'Drop that or I fire'

Edward Tregear

Doing and daring: a New Zealand story

From page 2 - Fairies, families and adventures, 1900s–1960s

The cradle ship, 1916

Party time with Hutu and Kawa

From page 3 - Fantasy and social realism, 1970s–2000s

Celebrated authors: Margaret Mahy

Celebrated authors: Joy Cowley

Woman seated on stage reading to audience parents and children

Celebrated authors: Lynley Dodd

Video: <em>Under the mountain</em> movie trailer

Under the mountain movie trailer

Alex

Classics: Hairy Maclary

Classics: <em>The kuia and the spider</em>

Classics: The kuia and the spider

Classics: <em>The house that Jack built</em>

Classics: The house that Jack built

Book of the year winners

How to cite this page

Kerryn Pollock, Children’s and young adult literature, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/229435/media (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 October 2014, updated 1 August 2016.