The adventures of Tupaia.
By Courtney Sina Meredith and Mat Tait.
The incredible story of Tupaia, Tahitian priest navigator, who sailed on board the Endeavour with Captain Cook on his first voyage to Aotearoa.
Saturday, 18 September 2021
World Kid Lit Month 2021: OMAN
The turtle of Oman.
By Naomi Shihab Nye; illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt.
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Friday, 17 September 2021
World Kid Lit Month 2021: NORWAY
Doctor Proctor's fart powder.
By Jo Nesbo; illustrated by Mike Lowery.
Dr Proctor is an ageing inventor just waiting for
his big break. And when he teams up with his next-door neighbour Lise and her
peculiar friend Nilli in making the world's most powerful fart powder, it seems
his dream may be coming true! But the ruthless twins Truls and Trym are lurking
in the background, waiting to spoil their plans...
World Kid Lit Month 2021: NIGERIA
Baby goes to market.
By Atinuke & Angela Brooksbank.
When Baby and Mama go to market, baby is so adorable that the banana seller gives him six bananas. Baby eats one and puts five in the basket, but Mama doesn't notice. As Mama and Baby wend their way through the market stalls, cheeky Baby collects five juicy oranges, four sugary chin-chin biscuits, three roasted sweetcorn, two pieces of coconut... until Mama notices that her basket is getting very heavy. Poor Baby, she thinks — he must be very hungry by now!
World Kid Lit Month 2021: NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA
Charlie Tangaroa and the creature from the sea.
By T.K. Roxborogh; illustrations by Phoebe Morris.
On a beach clean-up, 13-year-old Charlie and his brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi, a mermaid, washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the Māori gods Tane and Tangaroa has flared up because a port being built in the bay is polluting the ocean and creatures are fleeing the sea.
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