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Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024 expands international reach for Oratia authors and illustrators
What an outstanding four days it has been at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024.
Oratia Books again joined colleagues from around Aotearoa on the New Zealand collective stand in Hall 25 of this major meeting ground for children’s books — alongside over 1500 other exhibitors from around the world. Read the full report by Peter Dowling, Publisher, on our blog.
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Award-winning bilingual picture book now in new paperback edition
Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna
Listen to your Ancestors
BILINGUAL
Darryn Joseph
Illustrated by Munro Te Whata
Back in an attractive paperback edition is the award-winning book that helped launch Darryn Joseph as a leading author and promoter of children’s literature.
Darryn had penned a score of readers for Māori immersion education, before Whakarongo ki ō Tūpuna / Listen to your Ancestors came as his first book for the general market, in 2019.
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New Bum! book continues ‘runaway success’ of the international series
My Dad’s Runaway Bum!
Dawn McMillan
Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
From the humble beginnings of a boy wondering why his bum has a crack, the 2012 book I Need a New Bum! has built a fan base of millions around the world, with six subsequent adventures published along with a number of bind-ups, sticker books and even a board game.
My Dad’s Runaway Bum extends this hit series in another crazy escapade. Our hero. red-pants boy, is off on another bum-venture, but this time it’s not him that causes the trouble!
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Uplifting story of gender fluidity and the power of poi
Rere Atu Taku Poi!/Let My Poi Fly!
By Tangaroa Paul
Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbs
Debut author pens inspiring picture book based on their own journey to performing the poi
Publishing this week as part Pride Month, Rere Atu Taku Poi!/Let My Poi Fly! is the story of a boy who learns that being different takes courage and makes us who we are.
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