NZ Writer and Illustrator
Sharon Holt, illustrated by Deborah Hinde
Matariki
The Writing Bug
2014 $24.99pb 24pp
Includes CD
ISBN 978 0 4732 7423 8
Themes:
Maori New Year/ Matariki/ Related activities/ Te Reo/ Te Reo Singalong series
Published at just the right time for the celebration
of Matariki in late May /early June comes this latest title in the award
winning Te Reo Singalong series. There is a wonderfully warm feeling about this
publication from the comfortable winter clothes for the children and adults to
everyone’s enthusiasm for the celebration. We share the enthusiasm as we watch
the early rising of a family as they go outside to see the Matariki stars just
before dawn, the feasting, the remembrance of people now dead and the planning
for next year’s harvest. The simple Matariki song is reproduced on the CD and
is easy for children to learn and follow in the book. Deborah Hinde has
captured something essentially New Zealand in the illustrations – we simply
couldn’t be anywhere else down to the iconic plastic chairs and the salt and
pepper shakers on the bench. Go to www.tereosingalong.co.nz
for details of other titles in the series.
Preschool up/ Age 3 up
.
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