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Past events at the dorothy butler childrens bookshop. In 1965 dorothy butler established the bookshop that my sister helen and i now own. Bee trudgeon and her team of librarians encourage hundreds of children and families to love to read, especially through the long hot summer programme and the reading together programme for families. Dorothy butler bookshop, bookshops, in ponsonby, auckland city. Dorothy butler childrens bookshop, ponsonby urban list nz. With a huge collection of quality books as well as a range of educational toys, puzzles, games, music and audio books, it is a great place to take the sprogs and inspire them into the world of reading. Shopping online the dorothy butler childrens bookshop. Mary wadsworth owner dorothy butler childrens bookshop. She started her first bookshop in her familys house on the north. Events will be at the dorothy butler bookshop at 1 jervois road and the leys institute library on st mary s road. She has won many major awards for her work in england, japan, the united states and new zealand and was declared a distinguished alumna of auckland university. Many thanks to waitemata local board for their support of this event.
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The previous owners were not based in auckland and for various reasons there had not been much focus on keeping the dorothy butler brand at the forefront of childrens bookselling. For several years the shop was based in dorothys own house on aucklands north shore, and the shop has been in its present location in the central suburb of ponsonby since 1985. Well do two prizes one for a lucky child reader and one for a school. All this and a bookshop too is the sequel to the autobiography there was a time, by international childrens literacy expert and bestselling author dorothy butler. Before we purchased it the dorothy butler bookshop was in a bit of a holding pattern. Australia eastnew zealand the dorothy butler childrens. The childrens bookshop, christchurch would like publishers, fellow bookshop owners and their loyal customers to be the first to know that, regretfully, the dorothy butler childrens bookshop in ponsonby is for sale. She was an expert in childrens literature and reading and wrote many childrens books herself as well as bringing up eight children.
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