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Paea Spies / 'Oku sio 'a Paea

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Paea Spies / 'Oku sio 'a Paea by Dahlia Malaeulu is a delightful bilingual book where Paea enjoys playing games with her friends, introducing readers to Tongan colours through a fun game of 'I spy'. It includes two stories in one book: Paea Spies offers scaffolded... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Paea enjoys playing games with her friends and teaches readers Tongan colours while playing a fun game of 'I spy'. Includes two stories in one book - Paea Spies provides scaffolded language supports while 'Oku sio 'a Paea is the Tongan translation of Paea Spies.

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Paea Spies / 'Oku sio 'a Paea by Dahlia Malaeulu is a delightful bilingual book where Paea enjoys playing games with her friends, introducing readers to Tongan colours through a fun game of 'I spy'. It includes two stories in one book: Paea Spies offers scaffolded language support while 'Oku sio 'a Paea presents the Tongan translation.

Based on the first Mila's My Gagana Series (2019), these dual language stories enable readers to explore the target language confidently, helping to develop understanding and cultural confidence. The Mila's My Pasifika Series stories are culturally rich picture books that provide safe language learning opportunities.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781738606146

Publisher: Dahlia Malaeulu

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Mila's Books

Edition: 2nd Multilingual edition

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Darcy Solia
  • Designed by Liz Tui Morris
  • Edited by Emeli Sione
  • Edited and translated by Mele Tonga Grant

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 300g

About the Author

Dahlia Malaeulu is an award-winning author and publisher of Mila's Books - Pasifika children's books that help tamaiti to be seen, heard and valued. A Samoan New Zealander with connections to the Samoan villages of Vaivase tai and Sinamoga, Dahlia is a passionate educator at heart driven by the power of Pasifika stories and enabling tamaiti to succeed as themselves. Dahlia also regularly presents at educational conferences, visits schools across Aotearoa, was the Pasifika Curator at the Auckland Writer's festival this year, the recipient of the Creative New Zealand Pasifika Emerging Pacific Artist Award (2022), the NZ Emerging Publisher Award (2023) and serves on the Te Pou Muramura Read New Zealand board.

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