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Activities galore in book that extends the fun of the hit New Bum! series

I Need a New Bum! Activity Book Betsy Ochester and Dawn McMillan Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird The newest addition to the global phenomenon that is the New Bum! series aims to get young readers engaged and having fun. Responding to demand from families around the world, the I Need a New Bum! Activity Book offers amazing mazes, word games, bum puzzles, drawing challenges, code crackers, jokes and more. The cheeky young hero from the Bum books takes readers through an awesome bunch of activities to keep kids cracking up for hours. Open the pages to help him slide through a sand dune maze, blast into outer space in the best seat in the house, and figure out the punchlines to a load of bum jokes. There’s even a song to compose – ‘The Broken Bum Blues’!

2024-11-15T09:50:07+13:00November 15th, 2024|Children's books|
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What’s in a Name? / He aha tō te Ingoa?

Multicultural picture book with Kiwi Indian main character tells the importance of people's names What’s in a Name? He aha tō te Ingoa Renisa Viraj Maki Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te-Aho White Translated by Hona Black Kiwi-Indian author Renisa Viraj Maki’s newest book tells a gentle and beautiful story about the mana our names carry. In a school that reflects modern, multicultural Aotearoa New Zealand, pupils from diverse cultures have names that might seem difficult to say – a situation that many children encounter.  Priyanka definitely is worried when she is tasked with reading out the students’ names at the end-of-year assembly. Wanting to pronounce them correctly, she goes around the school yard to find her classmates and learn about their names.

2024-11-05T05:35:27+13:00November 5th, 2024|Children's books|
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Poutini: The Māori History of the West Coast

Poutini: landmark book documents the remarkable Māori history of the South Island West Coast Poutini: The Māori History of the West Coast Paul Madgwick ‘Māori have lived on Te Tai Poutini for at least as long as anywhere else on these islands called New Zealand, bound by ancient stories and a unique affinity to pounamu,’ says journalist, iwi historian and West Coaster Paul Madgwick. ‘So why is the Māori story so impoverished in a region so rich in storytelling?’  In his new 528-page book Poutini: The Māori History of the West Coast, Madgwick sets out to correct this by recording the Ngāi Tahu history of the West Coast, one of the most colourful of New Zealand regions.

2024-11-02T06:22:37+13:00November 2nd, 2024|Māori, NZ History|
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There’s a Crab in my Castle takes young readers to the rocky shore

There’s a Crab in my Castle / He Pāpaka kei taku Pā Dawn McMillan Illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson Translated by Stephanie Huriana Fong Fourth book in bilingual nature story series takes young readers to meet seaside creatures  Summer is coming and there’s plenty of action for young readers down at the seashore in the latest addition to the nature story series by bestselling author Dawn McMillan. When an inquisitive girl goes to the rocky shore she builds a sandcastle and soon gets many visitors: crab and sandhoppers, snapper, kina, manta ray and more. The fun ensemble of seaside creatures is brought to life across colourful pages with evocative pictures.

2024-10-15T08:58:58+13:00October 15th, 2024|Children's books|
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