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There's a Tui in our Teapot
Series: Dawn McMillan's Nature Stories
Brief Description
There's a Tui in our Teapot. He's looking out at me. A tui in the teapot? Yes ... he wants a cup of tea! A tui and his various friends including takahe, kea, korimako (bellbird), pukeko and hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) invade the family kitchen, getting up...
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Format: Hardback
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There's a Tui in our Teapot. He's looking out at me. A tui in the teapot? Yes ... he wants a cup of tea!
A tui and his various friends including takahe, kea, korimako (bellbird), pukeko and hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) invade the family kitchen, getting up to all kinds of high jinks and making a tremendous mess!
What will Nan say when she sees what the hilarious gang of mischievous birds have done to her kitchen?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780947506476
Publisher: Oratia Media
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 27 September 2018
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Oratia Books
Illustration: Colour illustrations throughout
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 270.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Dawn McMillan is an internationally recognised writer of children's books who lives north of Thames. Among her many popular works are I Need a New Bum!, Why do Dogs Sniff Bottoms and Colour the Stars. Nikki Slade-Robinson is an award-winning children's illustrator and author who lives in Opotiki, known for titles such as Muddle and Mo and The Seven Stars of Matariki. Translator Ngaere Roberts is a teacher and well-regarded speaker of Te Reo Maori.
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