Little Pai and Cutie Pai go fishing with their Uncle Tutu but their trip turns out to be more exciting than they imagined! Suggested level: junior, primary.

Little Pai and Cutie Pai go fishing with their Uncle Tutu but their trip turns out to be more exciting than they imagined! Suggested level: junior, primary.

This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children’s literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an associate professor in the Division of Education of the University of Waikato, and her colleagues. The book is organised into two sections. The first section examines the use of Te Reo Māori and English in the text of New Zealand picturebooks, exploring the linguistic landscape of Māori-English bilingual picturebooks. The second section, The Pedagogical Potential of Picturebooks, explores how picturebooks featuring Māori, English, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), and Pacific languages reflect identity and support diversity in society. Research from several educational contexts, ranging from kindergarten to university, where picturebooks are used to support learning language and learning about language is also discussed. Themes of language, identity, and diversity are explored throughout the two sections and brought together in the concluding chapter’s discussion of the power of picturebooks. This book will be of interest to scholars in children’s literature and education; it may also be relevant to scholars in linguistics library and information studies, cultural studies, and media and communication studies.

Little Pai and Cutie Pai go in search of the rainbow's end and find a lot more than they expected. Suggested level: junior, primary.

A humorous version in rhyme of New Zealand's participation in the America's Cup yacht regatta. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Young reporters Scoop and Scribe search for the legendary lost waka of Aotearoa and a front-page story for their newspaper. Story includes Māori vocabulary and factual information about the theory of the great migration of Māori from Hawaiiki, Takitimu canoe, kuaka (godwit) and paikea (humpback whale). Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

"Introducing Kapai and his mates in the first of their adventures.Kapai is a Kiwi bird who wants to learn to fly and his adventures lead him to the beach where he 'flies' over a big albatross called Gooney who is lying on the beach after being battered by a big storm. Then Tamatea comes and takes them to his whare where they meet all his whanau."