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There's a Moa in the Moonlight

He Moa Kei Rō Atarau
By Dawn McMillan
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There's a Moa in the Moonlight. He's in our garden plot. He's munching all our melons. He likes the seeds a lot. Moa and friends are invading the garden - Huia is hanging out in the hibiscus, Wren is darting around and Adzebill is hunting lizards!... Read More
Format: Hardback
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An effortless combination of rhyming text and funky illustrations extends Dawn McMillan’s nature-story series to bring extinct animals back to life. Featuring a spread of animal facts at the back.

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There's a Moa in the Moonlight. He's in our garden plot. He's munching all our melons. He likes the seeds a lot.

Moa and friends are invading the garden - Huia is hanging out in the hibiscus, Wren is darting around and Adzebill is hunting lizards! What will Mum say when she sees all these animals in her garden?

An effortless combination of rhyming text and funky illustrations extends Dawn McMillan's nature-story series to bring our extinct animals back to life. Featuring a spread of animal facts at the back.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780947506964

Publisher: Oratia Media

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 November 2021

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Oratia Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by Ngaere Roberts
  • Illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson
  • Illustrated by Nikki Slade-Robinson
  • Translated by Ngaere Roberts

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 267.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 341g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dawn McMillan Kids Māori Language Books New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published

About the Author

Dawn McMillan is an internationally recognised writer of children’s books who lives north of Thames, New Zealand. Among her many popular works are I Need a New Bum! and There’s a Weta on my Sweater.

Nikki Slade Robinson is an award-winning illustrator who lives in Ōpotiki.

Ngaere Roberts is a teacher and translator of te Reo Māori.

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