New Zealand’s Backyard Birds By Ned Barraud Potton & Burton; RRP: $29.99 Hardback / $21.99 Paperback New Zealand’s Backyard Birds makes a great addition to your non-fiction library with this simple guide about 24 common birds we are likely to see and hear every day. Both natives such as the tuī, and pīwakawaka and introduced birds such as the backbird and thrush are captured through detailed illustrations, information about their evolution, anatomy, mating rituals, nesting habits and hatching. This book sits nicely to Barraud’s New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts and will be enjoyed by young bird lovers. What Colour is the Sky? By Laura Shallcrass Beatnik Publishing; RRP: $30.00 Hardback What Colour is the Sky? is a book about curiosity, the wonder of nature and listening and respecting others’ opinions. If you loved the author’s previous award-winning book, Hare & Ruru, you will enjoy this gentle story, with its similar colour palette, simple but evocative prose that also encourages the reader, like the main protagonist, to listen to others’ thoughts and ideas but it's also okay to come to your own conclusions. The book includes a notes section at the back about why the different animals featured see the sky differently. For tamariki 3+. Bumblebee Grumblebee By David Elliot Gecko Press; $16.99 Board book This word-loving nonsensical rhyming board book will engage our youngest readers with its encouragement of wordplay and nonsense as each page twists animal names into funny new words – alll which relate to the amusing illustrations. This delightful book is perfect for infants to pre-schoolers who will all enjoy the nonsense words alongside the mischievous ending. A great resource to encourage phonemic awareness. Thank you By Dana Winter Beatnik Publishing; RRP: $30.00 Hardback Thank you is a treasure of a book with its stunning illustrations and text that encourages tamariki to be imaginative, mindful, grateful, to daydream and to care for and celebrate nature and all that it offers us when we take notice. There are learning notes at the end of the book offering further ideas on being mindful, imaginative with positive actions to take. For tamariki 3 +. The Little Yellow Digger and the Big Ship Written by Peter Gilderdale Illustrated by Fifi Colston Scholastic; RRP: $19.99 Paperback Inspired by the true story of a giant container ship wedged in a tight spot and blocking one of the busiest waterways in the world comes an amusing tale of the Little Yellow Digger who saves the day – once again! With its signature rhythm and rhyme storytelling and detailed illustrations this story about succeeding against all odds (and other’s perceptions) will be enjoyed by tamariki 3+. March 2022 { 37 }
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NDc2Mzg=