In Science Fiction World, Gerard Woods wrote of The Loblolly Boy that Norcliffe вЂhas written that rare childrenвЂ™s book, as much a joy for adults to read as for childrenвЂ™. It won the 2010 NZ Post Junior Fiction Award, was shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction and the Sir Julius Vogel Science Fiction Award, and won a Storylines Notable Junior Fiction Book Award. The Loblolly Boy, published in 2009 in New Zealand, Australia and the United States, was described by acclaimed childrenвЂ™s writer Margaret Mahy as вЂa rich fantasy - alive with original twists surprises and mysteriesвЂ™. She concluded: вЂThough Norcliffe creates frightening worlds, grounds his story and characters in acceptable reality through using known languageвЂ™. It is clear that a master storyteller is at work from the first sentence.вЂ™ In New Zealand Books, Heather Murray identified NorcliffeвЂ™s вЂexperience as historian and poet to create a logical, believable and exciting story out of an alienating and threatening worldвЂ™. The result is a skilfully told story, with a dark mood and a sense of urgency. In the Christchurch Press, Trevor Agnew wrote that Norcliffe had avoided producing what could have been вЂjust another cardboard fantasy clichГ©вЂ™ and had вЂbreathed life into his characters and situations. His childrenвЂ™s fantasy novel The Assassin of Gleam won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for the best New Zealand fantasy novel of 2006, and was shortlisted for the 2007 LIANZA Esther Glen Medal. He won the Lilian Ida Smith Award in 1990, and the New Zealand Poetry SocietyвЂ™s international competition in 1992. Norcliffe has taught English in Christchurch, China and Brunei. In 2003, Norcliffe, with Bernadette Hall, received the inaugural Christchurch Press Literary Liaisons Honour Award for вЂlasting contribution to literature in the South IslandвЂ™. He was the 2018 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow, the 2012 University of Otago College of Education Writer in Residence, the 2006 Fellow at Iowa University and the 2000 Robert Burns Fellow at Otago University.

James Norcliffe is an award-winning poet, educator, editor and author of books for adults and children. This helps preserve the tradition that has been handed down generation after generation, and will create a bonding moment between parent and child throughout each otherвЂ™s lifetime. Now the event can be even more memorable and special by having the ability to preserve that point in time and commemorate it with something of significance. Most of us grew up getting a quarter under the pillow- and can remember how exciting that was. The tooth fairy loves collecting healthy teeth! It really gives kids the incentive to start forming proper dental hygiene habits that will lead to a healthier smile. But if for some reason the tooth fairy misses them that night the child can always recharge the magic on the website or send a text message to the tooth fairy and remind them to get put on their route of deliveries that night.Дentists love it because it is an excellent record of progress in the growth of a child and it instills the importance of good habits. And the bag has magic- at night before the child goes to sleep they place the tooth inside the bag and the magic helps the tooth fairy find the childвЂ™s tooth. Each bag has been selected and approved by the tooth fairy and has been stamped with the seal of approval. Kids love it because its personalized and each bag is unique to each child. Coin collection is a long standing tradition that has been handed down from parent to child and now it can be easily shared by both the expert collector or the вЂњnew to this thingвЂќ parent that just wants to share a special moment with their child and make it last. And finally it teaches kids to save money. Whether its sentimental value or that it is a rare coin worth more than its face value ( some quarters are worth thousands of dollars). It also can teach a child the value of money in all its different forms. Parents/Grandparents love it because it is a wonder piece of memorabilia that every child will encounter with their parents.

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