‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading

‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading

David Hill responds to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s decision to deny funding support for New Zealand to be Guest of Honour at the 2027 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. *Names have been changed for privacy reasons. My Uncle X was a huntin’ and fishin’ man. Every so often, he’d arrive at our back door, hand my mum a feathered or scaled carcass, say Nah, he wouldn’t come in, thanks; had things to do, then drive off to kill something else. O…