Te Pamu O Koro Meketanara (Old Macdonald's Farm Maori Edition)


Book Description

I a Koro Meketanara tetahi pamu - TI-HAI-TI-HAI-HAU . . . E mohio whanuitia ana tenei waiata. Engari, inaianei to Koro Meketanara he pamu ataahua kei Aotearoa tonu - a, kei taua pamu etahi kararehe whakaharahara - kei te aha ano ratou inaianei? He parekareka tenei pukapuka pikitia ma te kohungahunga na Donovan Bixley, koia nei tetahi o nga kaita pikitia e tino kaingakautia ana ki Aotearoa nei, ko etahi o ana pukapuka atu, ko NGA WIRA O TE PAHI [THE WHEELS ON THE BUS] me te LOOKY BOOK, he mea tino hokohoko atu i Aotearoa nei. With the same vibrant illustrations as the original book, the te reo Maori translation retains the cheeky humour and energy of the classic English-language edition. Translated by Ross Calman.




Old MacDonald's Farm


Book Description

The nursery rhyme Old MacDonald is given a New Zealand twist with Old MacDonald in a Swanndri, and animals in the New Zealand landscape.




Blimming Koro


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"Kotuku notices her grandfather is becoming forgetful. He hides things around the house. He has trouble walking and talking. Why is Koro sick? Step by step Kotuku and her whānau learn about dementia and help Koro and each other to adjust to the changes in his life"--Back cover.




Who's Hiding?


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The reader is asked a question about each page of animal pictures.




The Looky Book


Book Description

The Looky Book is a puzzle book mostly for young children with 11 different puzzles all with colourful New Zealand landscapes, birds and animals. Find the numbers with the crazy All Black lambs, spot the difference: the mischievous keas have changed around somebody s campervan, find the animals hidden deep in the bush, match the farmers to their animals. Plus spot what s wrong in the weird and wonderful scenes: Should a kiwi be flying? Could a sheep round up the dogs? And why is there a penguin at the top of that tree?




The Wheels on the Bus


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"An adaptation of the traditional children's song, but this time the bus is off around New Zealand with native animal passengers: kiwi, penguin, tuatara, fantail and many more"--Publisher information.




The Weather Machine


Book Description

Once upon a time, in a world not so different to ours, a little blue man decides to create a machine to control the weather. It all goes terribly wrong. With humour, subtlety and a sense of adventure, Donovan Bixley's engaging illustrations capture both the hopefulness and naivety of human industry in this wordless book.




The Good Old Looky Book


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How good are your counting skills? Could you find the moa hiding from the giant eagles? Can you pay better attention than the children in the wartime classroom? We need help finding all the letters in the alphabet. The Looky Book series continues with a hilarious 24-page puzzle book that takes a look through the history of New Zealand. Its hours of quality fun for children aged five and up, with loads of extra details added in for adults. From bestselling New Zealand illustrator Donovan Bixley. 'An engaging puzzle book bursting with colourful illustrations of New Zealand landscape, birds and animals in true Kiwiana style' - The Australian Women's Weekly on The Looky Book their Children's Book of the Month.




Te Aka Tatou


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A Queer Existence


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Queer Existence is a major documentary project that uses photographic portraitureand oral history to record the life experiences of a group of 27 gay men bornsince the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986. In New Zealand,discrimination in work was outlawed in 1993, same-sex relationships were grantedlegal recognition in 2005, and marriage equality followed in 2013. In 2018 Parliamentapologised to those whose lives had been blighted by criminal prosecution forexpressing their sexuality.