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My Grandma and Me
‘My grandma always has something special when I visit, and something fun to do. We dress up together. We paint pictures and sing songs. Sometimes I help Grandma with the cooking.’ With excellent results!
This book celebrates the special love and fun that a grandma brings.
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Grandma Joins the All Blacks
Responding to a national emergency, Grandma delivers the spark the national rugby team are crying out for.
Another absurdly fast paced yarn about New Zealand’s most hectic Grandmother.
Others in this series include, Grandma’s Week Off, Grandma’s Kiwi Christmas, Grandma Meets the Queen.
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What Will Baby Do?
A deceptively simple approach breathes new life into the everyday…
Discarding the standard narrative, the text distils the key elements of a baby’s day – eating, an outing, playing, bathing and going to bed into a series of words and pictures…
Smith’s trademark glowing gouache and ink illustrations reflect the warmth and naturalness of the scenarios, and enhance the spare text with context and meaning.
…perfectly pitched at it’s audience…
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The Boy Who Built the Boat
Beautifully captures the big adventure childhood makes of the smallest things. Junior Bookseller and Publisher Mueller has captured the mood of this young boy beautifully, showing his curious and creative mind. The illustrations are delightful. Reading Time Ross Mueller finds poetry in the tools needed to put the boat together: hammer, saw, drill and drop sheet. Craig Smith’s detailed, character-driven illustrations, composed with film-like angles and perspectives, make the project look easy and fun. Weekend Australian -
Cat
Share a day with Cat and find out how exhausting and downright dangerous life can be. Also features Dog, Mouse and Bird. And much more! A simple, but highly animated, storyline - created as a book to be shared aloud. Unleash your inner Laurence Olivier! 2008 CBCA Book of the Year Early Childhood Honour Book.
