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Ko Rama

Series: MAORI
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A moving story of friendship. Moving with his dad to live on Grandma's farm turns out to be great fun for Danny. He makes friends with a wee goat — also motherless, just like Danny — and they have many adventures together. Then Dad marries again,... Read More
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Rasmas the rascally goat was a bit on the wild side. Just like Danny, Rasmas didn’t have a mummy. Soon, the pair went everywhere together. Then, one day, Danny had to say goodbye... An uplifting and heartfelt story of friendship by award-winners Elizabeth Pulford and Jenny Cooper.

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A moving story of friendship.

Moving with his dad to live on Grandma's farm turns out to be great fun for Danny. He makes friends with a wee goat — also motherless, just like Danny — and they have many adventures together. Then Dad marries again, and they move to the city...will Danny ever see Rasmas again?

Ko Rama is a moving story of friendship between a boy and his goat. It deals naturally and sensitively with the issues of loss and parental re-marriage.

With heartwarming illustrations by Jenny Cooper, winner of 2015's NZ Children's Book Awards Book of the Year.

Te Reo Māori translated by Ngaere Roberts.

Series: MAORI

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781775433880

Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand Limited

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2019

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jenny Cooper
  • Illustrated by Jenny Cooper

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Elizabeth Pulford is the author of Scholastic's popular junior fiction series Bloodtree Chronicles and The Littlest Angel, as well as children's picture books Far, Far from Home, The Quest for the Rotten Egg, Can't Catch Me, On a Rabbit Hunt, Shut the Gate and Jelly-legs, among others.Elizabeth was born in Canada in 1943, raised and educated in Dunedin, and currently lives in Waikouaiti, Otago.

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