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Finding a new bum in hilarious new picture book

Easter Bunny Needs a New Bum! Dawn McMillan Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird Easter egg-citement awaits in seasonal addition to the hit New Bum! series As children are gearing up for Easter egg hunts and trying to spot the Easter Bunny, here comes the book to spark their egg-citement! And when Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird are in cahoots, you know there’ll be plenty of laughter (and probably some bums too)!  Easter Bunny needs a New Bum! is the newest addition to the hilarious hit series that cracks up readers around the world.  Early one morning, Red Pants Boy spots Easter Bunny in his garden – but something’s amiss: Easter Bunny is missing his tail! 

2025-03-13T08:19:38+13:00March 9th, 2025|Children's books|
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The Treaty of Waitangi — everything you need to know

The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi Ross Calman Highly topical addition to The NZ Series spans the past, present and future implications of the Treaty of Waitangi. With The Treaty of Waitangi headlining political news in recent months, understanding its meaning and history has never been more important.   In this engaging addition to The NZ Series, author and editor Ross Calman demystifies Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and unravels its complexities — offering a fresh, well-rounded perspective.  Opening by exploring the context for the treaty’s drafting, Calman tracks its signing around the country, and then delves deep into the text and translation that caused so much contention in the following years.

2025-01-19T18:22:39+13:00January 19th, 2025|Children's books, NZ History|
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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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