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A Guide To Rocks

By Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan
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Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It's like he's got a big rock that just won't go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book with a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don't talk... Read More
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Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It's like he's got a big rock that just won't go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book wit h a lot of tough rules.

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Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It's like he's got a big rock that just won't go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book with a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don't talk about rocks (feelings). But the rules make things worse - Charlie's 'rock' gets bigger, and everything feels dark and scary. They need some new rules - fast.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781775507192

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 March 2025

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Huia Publishers

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 44

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Huia Publishers Josh Morgan New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adult New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Picture Books for Father's Day Sacha Cotter

About the Author

Sacha and Josh have collaborated previously on four picture books: Keys/Nga Ki, The Marble Maker/Te Kaihanga Mapere, The Bomb/Te Pohu and Dazzlehands/Ringakoreko. Keys was a finalist in the picture book category and Nga Ki was winner of the Maori Language Award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015. Nga Ki also won Te Tohu Taurapa Award in the LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2015 and was selected for the IBBY Honour List in 2016. Te Kaihanga Mapere won Te Kura Pounamu award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017. The Bomb was the supreme winner, the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2019, where it also won the Picture Book Award. It won the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's Book, PANZ Book Design Awards, in 2019, and it won the Storylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2019.

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