{"id":2824,"date":"2012-08-08T16:40:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T04:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2012-08-08T16:40:14","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T04:40:14","slug":"library-new-zealand-mourns-beloved-childrens-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/library-new-zealand-mourns-beloved-childrens-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Library: New Zealand mourns beloved children\u2019s author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand is in mourning as one of New Zealand\u2019s most beloved children\u2019s authors <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Margaret_Mahy\">Margaret Mahy<\/a>died recently in Christchurch at age 76. Mahy wrote over 200 children\u2019s and young adult books during her career.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2663\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/mahy.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2663\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2663\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/mahy.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Mahy image from Fairfax NZ, provided by www.stuff.co.nz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Her books have been translated into a dozen languages and she has won many prestigious children\u2019s book awards, most notably being the only New Zealander to receive the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibby.org\/index.php?id=273\">Hans Christian Andersen Award<\/a> for her lasting contribution to children\u2019s literature.<\/p>\n<p>Mahy\u2019s books are eccentric and often have supernatural themes with wonderfully detailed illustrations. She was a regular visitor of schools where she would regale children with her stories, while wearing a wig and vibrant clothes. Particular favorites of her books are <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/A-Lion-Meadow-Picture-Puffin\/dp\/0140506306\">A Lion in the Meadow<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Seven-Chinese-Brothers-Blue-Ribbon\/dp\/0590420577\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1344400573&amp;sr=1-1\">The Seven Chinese Brothers<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Whose-Mother-Pirate-Puffin-Picture\/dp\/0140554300\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1344400594&amp;sr=1-1\">The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate<\/a><\/em>, which are considered New Zealand national classics. Mahy\u2019s writing and her vibrant personality will be sadly missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand is in mourning as one of New Zealand\u2019s most beloved children\u2019s authors Margaret Mahydied recently in Christchurch at age 76. Mahy wrote over 200 children\u2019s and young adult books during her career. Her books have been translated into a dozen languages and she has won many prestigious children\u2019s book awards, most notably being the only New Zealander to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","category-new-zealand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}