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A beautiful illustrated cookbook for children--and their families--that celebrates imagination and pleasure in cooking A fun and modern cookbook for families packed with recipes for meals, snacks, treats, and a whole lot of humour.Alexandra Tylee's lively inner ten-year-old knows... exactly what food appeals to children and how to talk to kids about food. She trusts them to choose flavours and handle equipment in this joyful book that will set them on a lifetime love of healthy cooking and eating.Giselle Clarkson's illustrations are salivatingly delicious and subversively playful.
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Tonight, Dad wants to show Ulf something very special: the universe. On the way, they learn that sometimes the most important things are right under your nose.
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9781927271827 |
| Published NZ |
1 Jul 2015 |
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Gecko Press |
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4-7 years |
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27 In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays
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Illustrated by Goes, Peter
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A visual history of the inventions, discoveries and technology that have shaped our world In his signature playful style, Peter Goes brings together breakthroughs in science, IT, entertainment, medicine and everyday life. He shows us the earliest flute alongside tools and weapons..., takes us from candle clocks to drones, from spectacles to genetic modification, from the toothpaste of Ancient Egypt to the clones of the future. These cross-sections of history highlight human ingenuity and hope, from the Stone Age to the world of tomorrow.
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Toucan can do lots of things. Toucan dances, Toucan sings. Toucan bangs a frying pan. Can YOU do what Toucan can?
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Illustrated by Watanabe, Issa
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A vital and powerful wordless picture book of courage, loss and hope-everything it takes to migrate to a new landThis book narrates, with extraordinarily powerful images, the journey of a group of animals that leaves behind a leafless forest. It is the story of a great and unique... migration, a journey where borders must be crossed, sacrifices made, loved ones left behind.With forceful simplicity, Migrants shows us the courage migration takes. Death looms throughout the journey. And arriving may mean burying a portion of the past.
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Illustrated by Fiske, Anna
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A funny, forthright non-fiction picture book book about how babies are made and different ways to be a family In How Do You Make a Baby? Anna Fiske answers the questions all children are curious about: How does a baby get into the mother's stomach? Who can make a baby, and how is... it actually done?With comic illustrations and a playful tone, this is a funny and factual book about an eternally relevant topic, giving parents and children a starting point for discussion.Informational, funny and warm, How Do You Make a Baby? is suitable for children aged 4 and up.
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This book asks 'what is a book?' It celebrates books and reading. Although 'told' from a child's view, it captures the value and magic of books felt by all voracious readers.
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9781877579929 |
| Published NZ |
1 Feb 2014 |
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Gecko Press |
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4-8 years |
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Illustrated by Melece, Anete
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An unexpected and original picture book about being stuck and finding a way to get freeFor years, the kiosk has been Olga's life. She spends her days inside reading travel magazines and dreaming of distant places. One day a chance occurrence turns her upside down-literally-and se...ts her off on an unexpected journey.The Kiosk is a warm and curious story about someone who is stuck finding a way to be free.The story was originally produced as a short animation which gained international recognition and was selected for over 100 festivals around the world.
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Mihi
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Illustrated by Bishop, Gavin
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This beautiful boardbook for every New Zealand baby introduces ideas of me and my whanau in the form of a simple mihi This beautiful boardbook for every New Zealand baby introduces ideas of me and my whanau within the form of a simple mihi or pepeha. A simple book to look at and ...share with babies, it can also be used as an introduction to a child's pepeha. Moves from waka, mountain, iwi, mama and papa to the reading baby. Ko toku ao tenei, this is my world.
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A beautiful, multi-layered picture book about loneliness, exclusion and belonging Frank feels lonely when everyone walks away. Tilly, Paul and Milan are having fun. Frank cries tears into a pan and then adds sugar, and cooks and stirs for hours. Frank has made jam, his very own r...ecipe. He will now invite the others for afternoon tea. "The people are so small on the large spreads, the surroundings are diffuse, the colours melancholic. Even the objects are on their own. Leaves drop like tears. A gate, a fence, a cul-de-sac; all become barriers, excluding. There's not a word, not a detail too many," August Prize jury.
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| ISBN |
9781776571864 |
| Published NZ |
1 Apr 2019 |
| Publisher |
Gecko Press |
| Interest Age |
2-6 years |
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