Diwali

The River in our Backyard Te Awa e Pātata Rawa Ana    by Malcolm Paterson Illustrated by Martin Bailey You don’t need an overseas trip to encounter centuries of history and unique environments, as the Sharing Our Stories books reveal. The River in our Backyard /Te Awa e Pātata Rawa Ana is the fourth in the series and the first to be fully bilingual in English and te reo, both written by Malcolm Paterson. It also includes Tamil language, and publishes just ahead of the Diwali festival.