Author: Melanie Drewery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947506995
Category : Colors
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Nanny has a special plan for her grandchildren when they visit her in the holidays. Every day she asks them to collect objects of a different colour, and by the end of the week they have made a rainbow.
Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow
Author: Melanie Drewery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947506995
Category : Colors
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Nanny has a special plan for her grandchildren when they visit her in the holidays. Every day she asks them to collect objects of a different colour, and by the end of the week they have made a rainbow.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947506995
Category : Colors
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Nanny has a special plan for her grandchildren when they visit her in the holidays. Every day she asks them to collect objects of a different colour, and by the end of the week they have made a rainbow.
Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird
Author: Melanie Drewery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947506360
Category : Grandmothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every school holidays the kids go and stay with their nanny in her house by the sea. One morning (for some reason) Nanny Mihi gets the kids up early and they sit on the porch whistling a song until the sun comes up. Then they find out why - a bellbird appears and joins in the song. Whenever they come to stay after that, the bellbird is there to whistle the kids' song. But in spring, there is no bellbird! What has happened? Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird is a charming story about love for family and nature, released for school holidays - a special time for kids and grandparents (and for parents as well). Nanny Mihi is back!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780947506360
Category : Grandmothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Every school holidays the kids go and stay with their nanny in her house by the sea. One morning (for some reason) Nanny Mihi gets the kids up early and they sit on the porch whistling a song until the sun comes up. Then they find out why - a bellbird appears and joins in the song. Whenever they come to stay after that, the bellbird is there to whistle the kids' song. But in spring, there is no bellbird! What has happened? Nanny Mihi and the Bellbird is a charming story about love for family and nature, released for school holidays - a special time for kids and grandparents (and for parents as well). Nanny Mihi is back!
12 Huia Birds
Author: Julian Stokoe
Publisher: Oratia Books
ISBN: 9780947506124
Category : Counting
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
12 beautiful huia birds play and sing in the forest. But is that a canoe arriving? A rat sniffling? A ship on the horizon? One by one, the huia start to disappear - what will remain? 12 Huia Birds is a captivating and uplifting celebration of one of our loveliest birds by an exciting author-illustrator team. Through gentle rhyme and colourful imagery it subtly conveys an environmental message - and includes links to a 12 Huia Birds app, educational resources and games.
Publisher: Oratia Books
ISBN: 9780947506124
Category : Counting
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
12 beautiful huia birds play and sing in the forest. But is that a canoe arriving? A rat sniffling? A ship on the horizon? One by one, the huia start to disappear - what will remain? 12 Huia Birds is a captivating and uplifting celebration of one of our loveliest birds by an exciting author-illustrator team. Through gentle rhyme and colourful imagery it subtly conveys an environmental message - and includes links to a 12 Huia Birds app, educational resources and games.
Koro's Medicine
Author: Melanie Drewery
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 9781869691028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Koro seems to have an unappetising remedy for everything, from blisters to blocked noses. But could his enthusiasm for Māori rongoa (medicine) turn out to be contagious? Includes brief factual information on Māori herbal remedies. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Publisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 9781869691028
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Koro seems to have an unappetising remedy for everything, from blisters to blocked noses. But could his enthusiasm for Māori rongoa (medicine) turn out to be contagious? Includes brief factual information on Māori herbal remedies. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Rona Moon
Author: Tim Tipene
Publisher: Oratia Media Ltd
ISBN: 0947506853
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
"Rona Moon gets angry with everyone - her brother, her nana and papa, and then one night she calls the moon stupid! Next minute she finds herself up on the moon, meeting her ancestor Whaea Rona...This striking book brings the classic myth of Rona and the Moon to 21st century Aotearoa in English and te reo Māori."--Back cover.
Publisher: Oratia Media Ltd
ISBN: 0947506853
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
"Rona Moon gets angry with everyone - her brother, her nana and papa, and then one night she calls the moon stupid! Next minute she finds herself up on the moon, meeting her ancestor Whaea Rona...This striking book brings the classic myth of Rona and the Moon to 21st century Aotearoa in English and te reo Māori."--Back cover.
Nanny Mihi and the Rainbow
Author: Melanie Drewery
Publisher: Oratia
ISBN: 9780947506650
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nanny Mihi's mokopuna come to stay during the school holidays. Each day, she sends them out to collect objects of a different colour. They scour the local beach collecting shells, flowers, seaweed and beach detritus left by humans, all the time asking, `why?'. By the week's end they have a collection of coloured items for a beach rainbow. Tracy Duncan's revamped artwork and Melanie's enduring story ensure that once again children's imaginations will be captured. It is hard to resist Nanny's charm and patience with her mokopuna, who are keen to race to their outcome but upset to see it so quickly taken away by the sea. Nanny teaches the children patience, creativity, connection to nature, and that sometimes the best things are those things we cannot hold on to. The text includes te Reo Maori throughout, for which translations are provided.
Publisher: Oratia
ISBN: 9780947506650
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nanny Mihi's mokopuna come to stay during the school holidays. Each day, she sends them out to collect objects of a different colour. They scour the local beach collecting shells, flowers, seaweed and beach detritus left by humans, all the time asking, `why?'. By the week's end they have a collection of coloured items for a beach rainbow. Tracy Duncan's revamped artwork and Melanie's enduring story ensure that once again children's imaginations will be captured. It is hard to resist Nanny's charm and patience with her mokopuna, who are keen to race to their outcome but upset to see it so quickly taken away by the sea. Nanny teaches the children patience, creativity, connection to nature, and that sometimes the best things are those things we cannot hold on to. The text includes te Reo Maori throughout, for which translations are provided.
The Rainbow in My Heart
Author: Jessica Urlichs
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1869714598
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
*** #1 Bestselling title *** We all have lots of feelings, it's OK to let them show. They all live in our heart as our very own rainbow. What does your body do when you're sad or angry? How do you show someone you are proud? For children, experiencing new emotions and understanding them are two vastly different things, but poet Jessica Urlichs and illustrator Rebekah Ballagh have created an accessible and wonderous rhyming picture book about the rainbow of feelings that live in our heart that helps little ones to express their feelings. Also a qualified counsellor, Rebekah has provided notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book to help caregivers start conversations around understanding, identifying and navigating emotions.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1869714598
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
*** #1 Bestselling title *** We all have lots of feelings, it's OK to let them show. They all live in our heart as our very own rainbow. What does your body do when you're sad or angry? How do you show someone you are proud? For children, experiencing new emotions and understanding them are two vastly different things, but poet Jessica Urlichs and illustrator Rebekah Ballagh have created an accessible and wonderous rhyming picture book about the rainbow of feelings that live in our heart that helps little ones to express their feelings. Also a qualified counsellor, Rebekah has provided notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book to help caregivers start conversations around understanding, identifying and navigating emotions.
Mgombato
Author: Joseph Mwalonya
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783896457004
Category : Digo language
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783896457004
Category : Digo language
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Wilderness of Spring
Author: Edgar Pangborn
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775459969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The time is the early eighteenth century, and two young brothers are the sole survivors of a brutal attack perpetrated on their New England village by the French. They eventually are reunited with some members of their extended family, but will the two boys be able to make their way in the world without the loving guidance of their parents? This detailed historical novel is a gripping, emotionally engaging read.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775459969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The time is the early eighteenth century, and two young brothers are the sole survivors of a brutal attack perpetrated on their New England village by the French. They eventually are reunited with some members of their extended family, but will the two boys be able to make their way in the world without the loving guidance of their parents? This detailed historical novel is a gripping, emotionally engaging read.
Tuna and Hiriwa
Author: Ripeka Takotowai Goddard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775502272
Category : Eels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This picture book tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph that glows and dances along the riverbank of the Rangitīkei in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take the nymph's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight again. This legend-like story weaves a tale about why eels are seldom caught when the moon is full"--Publisher information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775502272
Category : Eels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This picture book tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river. Tuna is in awe of a nymph that glows and dances along the riverbank of the Rangitīkei in the moonlight. Night after night he meets the nymph and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take the nymph's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight again. This legend-like story weaves a tale about why eels are seldom caught when the moon is full"--Publisher information.