The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch

The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch

Author: Joy Cowley

Publisher: Puffin Books

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780143503880

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This classic reissue of one of Joy Cowley's most popular children's stories follows Josephine as she tries to discover exactly what a taniwha is. Dad tells her the taniwha is a terrible beast but Mum doesn't believe they are real. Mr Mackie thinks it's a slimy monster with a long neck and teeth like carving knives. Mr Chen thinks it's like a Chinese dragon while Mr Papadoupolos thinks it's like a Greek Gorgon. Everyone seems to have a different opinion so Josephine thinks the best solution is to catch a taniwha and find out for herself.


Taming the Taniwha

Taming the Taniwha

Author: Tim Tipene

Publisher: Huia Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781877266522

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A fun book about a sticky problem. Tama is being bullied by a nasty taniwha who happens to inhabit his local classroom. At a loss for solutions, he goes to his family for ideas. The story follows Tama as he tries out the suggestions and faces the taniwha. A great way for kids to explore different ways of dealing with bullies and an effective tool to generate discussion.


Teaching Globally

Teaching Globally

Author: Kathy Short

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 100384359X

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With the world visibly present in students' lives through technology, mass and social medias, economic interdependency, and global mobility, it is more important than ever to develop curriculum that is intercultural. In Teaching Globally: Reading the World Through Literature, a community of educators show us how to use global children's literature to help students explore their own cultural identities. Edited by Kathy Short, Deanna Day, and Jean Schroder, this book explains why global curriculum is important and how you can make space for it within district and state school mandates. Teaching Globally is built around a curriculum framework developed by Short and can help teachers integrate a global focus into existing literacy and social studies curricula, evaluate global resources, guide students as they investigate cross-cultural issues, and create classroom activities with an intercultural perspective. Filled with vignettes from K-8 urban, suburban, and rural schools that describe successes and struggles, Teaching Globally aims to integrate global literature into classrooms and challenge students to understand and accept those different from themselves. The book also includes extensive lists of recommendations, websites, professional books, and an appendix of global text sets as mentioned by the authors. '


Language, Identity and Diversity in Picturebooks

Language, Identity and Diversity in Picturebooks

Author: Nicola Daly

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-28

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1040185479

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This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity, and identity are reflected in New Zealand children’s literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly, an associate professor in the Division of Education of the University of Waikato, and her colleagues. The book is organised into two sections. The first section examines the use of Te Reo Māori and English in the text of New Zealand picturebooks, exploring the linguistic landscape of Māori-English bilingual picturebooks. The second section, The Pedagogical Potential of Picturebooks, explores how picturebooks featuring Māori, English, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), and Pacific languages reflect identity and support diversity in society. Research from several educational contexts, ranging from kindergarten to university, where picturebooks are used to support learning language and learning about language is also discussed. Themes of language, identity, and diversity are explored throughout the two sections and brought together in the concluding chapter’s discussion of the power of picturebooks. This book will be of interest to scholars in children’s literature and education; it may also be relevant to scholars in linguistics library and information studies, cultural studies, and media and communication studies.


Tane Steals the Show

Tane Steals the Show

Author: Lino Nelisi

Publisher:

Published: 1997-05-10

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781869433369

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Tane wants to participate in his uncle's marriage celebration, but everyone thinks he is too small to learn to dance and sing, but with much practice, he surprises them all and steals the show.


Historical Dictionary of New Zealand

Historical Dictionary of New Zealand

Author: Janine Hayward

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2025-01-07

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 1538184699

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The Historical Dictionary of New Zealand, Fourth Edition provides a broad introduction to New Zealand, as well as rich detail about the people, events, laws, concepts, and institutions that have shaped New Zealand history. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about New Zealand.


Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street

Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street

Author: Patricia Grace

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780140504927

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An unusual tuna with a magic throat leaps out of his stream and visits a number of children in Champion Street. To each he gives an article of clothing for dancing, or a musical instrument. The children are all from different ethnic communities living in New Zealand. On Champion Street the children all come together and dance all day and all night. Age 4+ 32 pages


Something about the Author

Something about the Author

Author: Kevin Hile

Publisher: Something about the Author

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780810399471

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Contains biographical information and critical essays concerning the works of over 100 authors and illustrators of children's works.


Women Together

Women Together

Author: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Historical Branch

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13:

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"132 short histories of organisations, grouped in thirteen sections"--Introduction.


A Summery Saturday Morning

A Summery Saturday Morning

Author: Margaret Mahy

Publisher: Puffin

Published: 2000-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780140567205

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Though their Saturday morning walk is not as peaceful as planned, a group of children and their dogs, with one brave adult, enjoy themselves.