New Picture Books in Te Reo Maori

NZ Writer and Photographer Sharon Holt, with photos by Sophie Holt Taku Mokai Te Reo Singalong Books Series  (with CD) Number #13 The Writing Bug Ltd 2016   $25.00pb 24pp

ISBN 978 0 9941 1714 4 Themes: Books in Te Reo Maori/ Disabled children/ Pets/ Series

Another book in the helpful Te Reo Singalong Series in the form of a story, song and happy photos of children looking after their pets. It follows the very successful format of the earlier books with extension ideas for adults and children/ simple sentence structure/ glossary/ English translations - all in a book that is a pleasure to look at.

Another book in the same series and published at the same time is:

Sharon Holt Kia Ora  Illustrated by Deborah Hinde ISBN 978 0 9941 1713 7

Preschool up/ Age 3 up

Congratulations to Sharon Holt - Te Reo Singalong books published by The Writing Bug

  

Teachers’ Choice: Best Resource in Te Reo Māori

in the

2015 CLNZ Education Award

This series impressed the judges as well as the Te Reo Tuatahi teaching  network who were consulting judges in this category. Matariki, a title in this series was also the favourite of teachers across New Zealand who voted in the Teachers’ Choice element of the awards. Matariki was voted Teachers’ Choice: Best Resource in Te Reo Māori for 2015. ‘Great and user-friendly’ commented one voting teacher.

Source: Booksellers NZ Website

Picture books in Te Reo Maori

NZ Writer and Illustrator√

Sharon Holt, illustrated by Deborah Hinde

He aha tēnei

The Te Reo Sing Along Books Series Number 7

The Writing Bug Ltd   2014  $24.99pb   24pp

Includes CD

ISBN 978 0 4732 8590 6

Themes:  Books in te reo Māori/ NZ insects/ te reo sentence structure

Māori names for 11 NZ insects are shown here with the instructions with each one to me tiaki…he taonga  (be gentle …it is very special). Another star in the firmament of the Te Reo Singalong Books with its full page and colourful illustrations/ a page of extension ideas that really work/ an English translation/ a page of guitar chords and a great CD which is playing as I type this.  He aha tēnei? A very special book which will be valued and loved by children and teachers!

Available in many bookshops but also try www.tereosingalong.co.nz

Preschool up/ Age 3 up

Picture Books in Te Reo

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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