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New Zealand ABC
Learn the alphabet with art and objects from Te Papa
Series: Te Papa Board Books
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The alphabet for 0–3 year olds, illustrated with authentically New Zealand artworks and objects from Te Papa's collections.
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The alphabet for 0–3 year olds, illustrated with authentically New Zealand artworks and objects from Te Papa's collections.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780987668882
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Format: Board book
Date Published: 07 November 2014
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Te Papa Press
Illustration: 26 Illustrations, color
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 433g
Pages: 38
About the Author
James Brown’s first book of poems Go Round Power Please won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award. His subsequent collections are Lemon, Favourite Monsters, The Year of the Bicycle, and Warm Auditorium (Victoria University Press). He is the author behind the useful, non-fiction booklet Instructions for Poetry Readings and, in 2005, edited The Nature of Things: Poems from the New Zealand Landscape. Brown has been a finalist in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards three times. He teaches the Poetry Workshop at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University, and is part of the Writing Team at Te Papa, New Zealand’s national museum.
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