Download or read book Taming the Taniwha written by Tim Tipene and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun book about a sticky problem. Tama is being bullied by a nasty taniwha who happens to inhabit his local classroom. At a loss for solutions, he goes to his family for ideas. The story follows Tama as he tries out the suggestions and faces the taniwha. A great way for kids to explore different ways of dealing with bullies and an effective tool to generate discussion.
Download or read book The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch written by Joy Cowley and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic reissue of one of Joy Cowley's most popular children's stories follows Josephine as she tries to discover exactly what a taniwha is. Dad tells her the taniwha is a terrible beast but Mum doesn't believe they are real. Mr Mackie thinks it's a slimy monster with a long neck and teeth like carving knives. Mr Chen thinks it's like a Chinese dragon while Mr Papadoupolos thinks it's like a Greek Gorgon. Everyone seems to have a different opinion so Josephine thinks the best solution is to catch a taniwha and find out for herself.
Download or read book Tane Steals the Show written by Lino Nelisi and published by . This book was released on 1997-05-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tane wants to participate in his uncle's marriage celebration, but everyone thinks he is too small to learn to dance and sing, but with much practice, he surprises them all and steals the show.
Download or read book Taming the Sun written by Gavin Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2008-11-14 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four classic Maori myths beautifully retold with stunning illustrations by award winner Gavin Bishop. Taming the Sun contains four stories, including two well-known legends (Maui And The Sun and Maui And The Big Fish) and two less well-known legends (Rona And The Moon and Kahu The Taniwha). Aimed at children with reading ages 3-7 years, these myths are simply and yet elegantly written. Gavin's characteristic sense of humour is evident in all of the stories; and while each story is exciting and often a little bit scary, they are resolved beautifully. Gavin allows the essence of the original myths to remain while also re-telling them for a new generation of children. The illustrations are stunning - the different colour palette for each story and the strong mix of techniques create bold and beautiful images that integrate with the words in a powerful and meaningful way. Taming the Sun is an imaginative, fresh and much-needed addition to the picture book genre, which takes traditional myths to a new level. Created by one of New Zealand's most talented and passionate children's book writers and illustrators. SHORT-LISTED FOR NZ POST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS 2005.
Download or read book Kura Toa written by Tim Tipene and published by Oratia Media Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring junior novel with special appeal to boys. High-school student Haki needs to find the pounamu that was stolen from him after a car crash. In his search he must confront his fears and find a way to answer the challenge to serve his people, his land, to fight a taniwha and to grow into a warrior.
Download or read book Huia Short Stories 10 written by Publishers Huia and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the best short stories and novel extracts from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2013 as judged by Sir Mason Durie, Hana O'Regan and Reina Whaitiri. The book contains the stories from the finalists for Best Short Story written in English, Best Short Story written in Māori and Best Novel Extract. For over ten years, the Māori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers have organised this biennial writing competition to promote Māori stories and writers. The awards and the publication of finalists' stories have become popular as they uncover little-known writers.
Download or read book Teaching Globally written by Kathy Short and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the world visibly present in students' lives through technology, mass and social medias, economic interdependency, and global mobility, it is more important than ever to develop curriculum that is intercultural. In Teaching Globally: Reading the World Through Literature, a community of educators show us how to use global children's literature to help students explore their own cultural identities. Edited by Kathy Short, Deanna Day, and Jean Schroder, this book explains why global curriculum is important and how you can make space for it within district and state school mandates. Teaching Globally is built around a curriculum framework developed by Short and can help teachers integrate a global focus into existing literacy and social studies curricula, evaluate global resources, guide students as they investigate cross-cultural issues, and create classroom activities with an intercultural perspective. Filled with vignettes from K-8 urban, suburban, and rural schools that describe successes and struggles, Teaching Globally aims to integrate global literature into classrooms and challenge students to understand and accept those different from themselves. The book also includes extensive lists of recommendations, websites, professional books, and an appendix of global text sets as mentioned by the authors. '
Download or read book The P rangi Boy written by Shilo Kino and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whānau, honour his grandfather and stand up to his childhood bully.
Download or read book Rona Moon written by Tim Tipene and published by Oratia Media Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-08T00:00:00 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book Haere written by Tim Tipene and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poetic and moving tale, we watch a year in the life of one whanau (family) through the eyes of a little girl. A death is mourned; a birth is celebrated; and life comes full circle. With stunningly evocative illustrations by artist Huhana Smith.
Download or read book Unsettling Narratives written by Clare Bradford and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s books seek to assist children to understand themselves and their world. Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature demonstrates how settler-society texts position child readers as citizens of postcolonial nations, how they represent the colonial past to modern readers, what they propose about race relations, and how they conceptualize systems of power and government. Clare Bradford focuses on texts produced since 1980 in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and includes picture books, novels, and films by Indigenous and non-Indigenous publishers and producers. From extensive readings, the author focuses on key works to produce a thorough analysis rather than a survey. Unsettling Narratives opens up an area of scholarship and discussion—the use of postcolonial theories—relatively new to the field of children’s literature and demonstrates that many texts recycle the colonial discourses naturalized within mainstream cultures.
Download or read book Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms written by Ellen McIntyre and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical, teacher-friendly book provides indispensable guidance for implementing research-based reading instruction that is responsive to students' diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Structured around the “big five” core topics of an effective reading program—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—the book explains tried-and-true teaching strategies for fostering all students' achievement. Key topics include engaging diverse students in classroom discussion, involving families in learning, and assessing and teaching new literacies. Numerous classroom examples demonstrate a wide range of easy-to-implement lesson ideas and activities for students at different grade levels, including struggling learners. Issues specific to English language learners are woven throughout the chapters.
Download or read book The Whale Rider written by Witi Ihimaera and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.
Download or read book A Summery Saturday Morning written by Margaret Mahy and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though their Saturday morning walk is not as peaceful as planned, a group of children and their dogs, with one brave adult, enjoy themselves.
Download or read book Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unusual tuna with a magic throat leaps out of his stream and visits a number of children in Champion Street. To each he gives an article of clothing for dancing, or a musical instrument. The children are all from different ethnic communities living in New Zealand. On Champion Street the children all come together and dance all day and all night. Age 4+ 32 pages
Download or read book The Kuia and the Spider written by Patricia Grace and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once there was a kuia who made mats and baskets. In the corner of her kitchen lived a spider who made webs. Since its publication in 1981, Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's The Kuia and the Spider has become a New Zealand classic.
Download or read book The House that Jack Built written by Gavin Bishop and published by Gecko. This book was released on 2012 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The familiar cumulative nursery rhyme is illustrated with scenes placing the characters in an Aotearoa, New Zealand, setting during the early 19th century.
