Tales of Fontania
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Anthologies for children that Barbara has edited.
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Every girl can have an awesome story. Reach high and Go, Girl! Find out about amazing New Zealand women in Go Girl, a stunning illustrated storybook with a powerful and positive message for Kiwi girls. These women strove for their goals. They weren’t afraid to step up or speak out. They blazed a trail for others to follow. With superb storytelling by award-winning children’s author Barbara Else, Go Girl introduces readers to successful New Zealand women who have achieved in a range of pursuits. Some are household names. Others will be wonderful discoveries for many people. Illustrated throughout with striking portraits by well-known New Zealand graphic artists, such as Fi Colston, Phoebe Morris, Vasanti Unka, Rebecca ter Borg and Ali Teo, this is a book for every Kiwi girl, from age seven to one hundred and seven. Every girl can be a Go Girl # Go Girl Penguin Random House 2018 |
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Rufkin's travels in four acts. A rollicking steampunk sea adventure in which a boy who suffers stage-fright is suddenly centre stage: the only one who can right an ancient wrong and save the kingdom.In The Knot Impossible, Rufkin must learn to try harder. He is sent to work in a salvage yard, where vicious cave lizards lurk in the mud, among rusting ship hulks saved for scrap. When he hears a small voice cry “Help!” from the riverbank mangroves, Rufkin and his reluctant new neighbour, Nissy, are caught up in a perilous sea adventure that threatens to bring the end-of-days. Rufkin, the boy who suffers stage-fright, is suddenly centre stage: the only one who can right an ancient wrong and save the kingdom. "A stand-alone fantasy adventure that will have children engrossed right from the beginning." Bookrapt. For children 8-12 years. Gecko Press 2015 |
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Dorrity's tale in five parts. 'Barbara Else’s storytelling skills have reached a new level of total and utter brilliance.' Booksellers, We Love Books (NZ) For children 8-12 years. Gecko Press 2014 |
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Hodie's journey in five parts, all about bad choices. 'Else makes the book into something that you just can't tear yourself away from.' ~The Guardian. Honour Award for Junior Fiction NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2012 Storylines Notable Book 2012 Short-listed for LIANZA Book Awards For children 8-12 years. Gecko Press 2012 |
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In the reign of Lady Gall, the word 'magic' is forbidden... 'This is one of the most enchanting books I've read for a long time. I loved it.' ~Kate de Goldi. New Zealand selection for the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Biennial Conference 2012. Honour Award for Junior Fiction NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2012 Esther Glen Medal in the LIANZA Book Awards 2012 White Raven Award 2012 Storylines Notable Book 2012 Starred Review in Kirkus Magazine For children 8-12 years. Gecko Press 2011 |
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A children's chapter book, 7-10 years. No problem is too large, too small or too diffcult for the redoubtable Ms Winsley who even manages to make the dull town of Greyvale into a colourful and exciting place. Random House (NZ) 1999 |
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A children's novel, 8-12 years. Lindsey's parents are having problems and she is sent to stay with her Auntie Jen. When she meets a mysterious, cat-like creature which has somehow got separated from its own, alien, world she begins to see that she is not alone in her difficulties and that adults do not always behave in a very grown-up way. Harper Collins 1997 |
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Thirty exciting, action-packed stories in which children meet challenges. Illustrated by Philip Webb. Random House (NZ) 2007 |
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Twenty stories for teenagers, including work by such popular writers as Carl Nixon, David Hill and Bridget Lowry. A Children's Literature Foundation Notable Book for 2006. Random House (NZ) 2005 |
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Thirty more stories, this time with a historical theme. Illustrated by Philip Webb. Random House (NZ) 2006 |
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Secrets, disasters and adventures: 30 stories in which hich children get up to all kinds of shenanigans. Illustrated by Philip Webb. Random House (NZ) 2005 |
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Claws or jaws, fins or feathers, fur or fangs. Thirty entertaining stories about animals of all shapes and sizes. Illustrated by Philip Webb. A Children's Literature Foundation Notable Book for 2005. Random House (NZ) 2004 |
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Thirty great stories on fantastical themes from the two-headed boy with the three-headed dad to a witch's phone book. Illustrated by Philip Webb. Random House (NZ) 2003 |
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Funny and sad, magical and touching. 30 beautifully written stories by New Zealand's top children's writers. Edited by Barbara and illustrated by David Elliot. Random House (NZ) 2002 |