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Nana's Veggie Garden - Te Mara Kai a Kui

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New Zealand has the world's best summers, and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Bella/Ngapera, Jacob/Hokpoa, and Lucas help Nana/Kui grow, harvest, and eat an amazing summer garden, while filling every day with te reo Māori learning, bunches... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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New Zealand has the world's best summers and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Bella/Ngapera, Jacob/ Hokpoa and Lucas help Nana/Kui grow, harvest and eat an amazing summer garden, while filling every day with heaps of fun, te reo Maori learning and bunches of awesome memories.

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New Zealand has the world's best summers, and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Bella/Ngapera, Jacob/Hokpoa, and Lucas help Nana/Kui grow, harvest, and eat an amazing summer garden, while filling every day with te reo Māori learning, bunches of awesome memories, and heaps of fun ticking off summer holiday bucket-list adventures:

  • Sleepover at Nana's
  • Go fishing
  • Grow vegetables
  • Learn te reo Māori
  • Collect seaweed and shells at the beach
  • Pick fruit
  • Eat hāngī food
  • Bake buns and make jam

Nana's Veggie Garden - Te Mara Kai a Kui delights with enchanting verses:

"Nana's garden, it grows and it grows
from the tiny wee seeds she plants in neat rows.
Kei te tupu haere te mara a Kui, kei te tupu, kei te tupu
he kākano iti i ruia mai, he rarangi, he momo, he rarangi, he momo."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780473544447

Publisher: Kelsey House Productions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2020

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Nana's Shed Books

Illustration: 19 colour illustrations

Contributors:

  • Translated by Piripi Walker
  • Illustrated by Rachel Doragh

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 3.0mm

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 142g

Pages: 28

About the Author

Marie Munro is a former primary school teacher who has been writing professionally for 30 years - as a journalist, desktop publisher, editor of community newspapers and, more recently, as a learning designer for the construction industry. She is passionate about motivating children to engage with, and thoroughly enjoy, books, so has chosen to fill her retirement days turning the invisible "Magic Story Book" of her classroom years into visible storybooks for the enjoyment of children and the people who share books with them.

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