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 Electric City written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are short stories about ordinary folk leading seemingly ordinary lives. The power of community, extended family and culture are central to all. Thirteen stories in which the joys of discovery are tempered by the knowledge of a harder, colder world. Sunlight, childhood and nature set against conflict and misunderstanding, in the ever-present shadows of the spirit of the land.
Download or read book Wild Pork and Watercress written by Barry Crump and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rattling good yarn has now been made into a major movie: Hunt For the Wilderpeople, directed and written by Taika Waititi, and starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. When Social Welfare threatens to put Ricky into care, the overweight Maori boy and cantankerous Uncle Hec flee into the remote and rugged Ureweras. The impassable bush serves up perilous adventures, forcing the pair of misfits to use all their skills to survive hunger, wild pigs and the vagaries of the weather. Worse still are the authorities, determined to bring Ricky and Uncle Hec to justice. But despite the difficulties of life on the run, a bond of trust and love blossoms between the world-weary man and his withdrawn side-kick.
Download or read book Taniwha written by Robyn Kahukiwa and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A little boy has made friends with the taniwha in his river, but no-one believes him. The taniwha takes the boy on a journey through time and myth where he meets some amazing characters, gathering the earth's treasures as he goes"--Publisher information.
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 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 Shark God written by Rafe Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe Martin and David Shannon reunite in this folktale interpretation of a dramatic flood myth set amidst the unmatched beauty of the Hawaiian Islands. In a country whose ruler is cruel and whose people are hardened, two children remain warm-hearted and exuberant. One day after freeing a shark trapped in the shallows, the children are so excited that they touch the King's forbidden drum. They are thrown into prison, and no one will listen to their parents' pleas for mercy. So, at great risk, they go to the Shark God himself, and he takes retribution, causing a great flood that leaves only the good family behind, and clears the way for a better, kinder future.
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 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 Every Second Friday written by Kiri Lightfoot and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every second Friday Margi and her brother Totty go and stay at their Dad's house. Their Dad is a collector of bits and bobs and together they embark on a series of games and adventures.
Download or read book Small Holes in the Silence written by Patricia Grace and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fine new collection of short stories by the much-loved Patricia Grace, probably never more popular since the great commercial success of the novel Tu. The feast of stories is varied: urban, rural, New Zealand, overseas, tribal, contemporary. The thread that runs through all the stories, though, is Grace's huge sympathy for the underdog and the perspective of the outsider. The world she depicts is often a stark and unsentimental place, in which people struggle against ageing, rejection, violence and betrayal.
Download or read book Chappy written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning several decades and several continents and set against the backdrop of a changing New Zealand, Chappy is a compelling story of enduring love. Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather, the more intriguing – and elusive – Chappy becomes. In this touching portrayal of family life, acclaimed writer Patricia Grace explores racial intolerance, cross-cultural conflicts and the universal desire to belong. Also available as an eBook.
Download or read book Waiariki written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Grace's popular first collection – sensitive stories of Maori life which explore Maori spirituality and values and pursue relationships between people, family and races. Also available as an eBook
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 Old Hu Hu written by Kyle Mewburn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Hu-Hu is a thoughtful tale of young Hu-Hu-Tu's search for understanding of what has happened to his beloved Old Hu-Hu, who flew all the way to the moon (or so they said), then fell down dead. Sensitively written, this is a beautiful story of death and the celebration of life, with powerful, evocative illustrations by Rachel Driscoll
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 The House that Grew written by Jean Strathdee and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their country house becomes too small for comfort, Rachel's mother and her friend decide to build her a playhouse of her own.
