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"Equips your whanau with the first words you need to speak te reo at home together. With lively pictures labelled in Mori and English, each page introduces the concepts and words children use as they first begin to talk, get to know people and explore the world around them ... Sc...enes include: Taku Tinana/My Body, Taku Whanau/My Family, Taku Whare/My House, Wahi Takaro/At the Park, Tatahi/At the Beach, Te Marae/The Marae and much more!"--Publisher information.
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"Melu has always been different. While the other mules stubbornly clip-clop around the sun-baked hills, Melu dreams of swimming in the glittering green sea below. But it will take more than stubborness for Melu to reach the glittering green sea."--Back cover. Suggested level: jun...ior, primary.
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"Chick waits. Chick pushes. The farm animals help. Where is that egg? Could Chick be sick? A crack-up companion to the popular Duck's stuck!"--back cover.
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"Three woodland friends (a hedgehog, a goose and a rabbit) puzzle over the identity of a very strange creature asleep in the hollow of a tree. It has orange rubbery feet like a goose, long ears like a rabbit, and a thick woolly coat like a lamb "--Publisher information.
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Melu decides to follow his dream, instead of the herd The mules had been clip-clopping around the sun-baked hills for generations. They always clip-clopped in the same direction: west towards the setting sun. And they never ventured down to the glittering green sea. But Melu was ...different. He was always out of step. When the herd clipped, Melu clopped. When the others clopped, Melu clipped. And one day, he decided he wanted to go down to the glittering green sea Selling Points A story that celebrates difference and determination Award-winning author/illustrator duo of Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! and Ducks Stuck fame Simple, evocative text supported by simple, quirky illustrations that will delight
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Amazing Tales of Aotearoa is a retelling of the old Maori myths in a fresh, contemporary voice for today's children. One of the stories is told in rap; one is in comic-strip format. The stories are narrated by characters who live in a village called 'That-place', which somehow cl...osely resembles the village of Te Tii, in the Bay of Islands, where the author Glenn Colquhoun lived. The book is illustrated throughout in similarly humorous, funky style by Ali Teo. Irresistible!
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The mules had been clip-clopping around the sun-baked hills for generations. They always clip-clopped in the same direction: west towards the setting sun. And they never ventured down to the glittering green sea. But Melu was different. He was always out of step. When the herd cl...ipped, Melu clopped. When the others clopped, Melu clipped. And one day, he decided he wanted to go down to the glittering green sea ...
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Told in a simple, staccato-style of text, this is the tale of a greedy duck who sticks his head where he shouldn't. It takes the cunning of a rat to solve Duck's problem. Featuring an award-winning author/illustrator combination, Duck's Stuck is great fun to read aloud.
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A boy and his mother go for a walk along the seashore and find all sorts of shapes. There's a starfish shaped like a star, a pebble that's an oval and a jellyfish that's a circle. A combination of fascinating photos and delightful artwork show the variety of shapes that can be fo...und.
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Barnaby Bennett is a strong-willed boy who has an epiphany one morning and decides that he will only wear red from that day on. Every member of his family tries to get him to change his mind, but the boy declares, 'I'm Barnaby Bennett, I only wear red.' This tale shows a whimsica...l boy determinedly dressing himself up in the colour of his life.
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