Nana's Veggie Garden - Te Mara Kai a Kui

New Zealand has the world's best summers and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Bella/Ngapera, Jacob/ Hokpoa and Lucas help Nana/Kui grow, harvest and eat an amazing summer garden, while filling every day with te reo Maori learning, bunches of awesome memories and heaps of fun ticking off summer holiday bucket-list adventures:1. Sleepover at Nana's2. Go fishing3. Grow vegetables4. Learn te reo Maori5. Collect seaweed and shells at the beach6. Pick fruit7. Eat hangi food8. Bake buns and make jam."Nana's garden, it grows and it growsfrom the tiny wee seeds she plants in neat rows.Kei te tupu haere te mara a Kui, kei te tupu, kei te tupuhe kakano iti i ruia mai, he rarangi, he momo, he rarangi, he momo."

“Ifyou’re looking for stories that model inclusiveness, helpfulness, and theblessings of family, neighbours and friends, for young children, look nofurther than the Nana’s Shed Books’ bilingual collection. 

The fact that these books are bilingual makes them veryvaluable on so many levels. I really love the extra ways of making the Māoriwords accessible for readers of any age. The glossaries, questions and talkingpoints at the back are so well put together and so useful. 

The charming illustrations advance each story, with littleextras telling their own stories. I’m particularly thinking here of theanimals, and what they do. There is so much great detail to keep young readersgoing back and noticing new things each time they open the covers. All in all, theseare a collection of delightful and important books.” – Sallie Shippen – EpiscopalMinister, retired.

Marie Munro is a former primary school teacher who has been writing professionally for 30 years - as a journalist, desktop publisher, editor of community newspapers and, more recently, as a learning designer for the construction industry. She is passionate about motivating children to engage with, and thoroughly enjoy, books, so has chosen to fill her retirement days turning the invisible "Magic Story Book" of her classroom years into visible storybooks for the enjoyment of children and the people who share books with them.

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