NZ Writer and Illustrator Malcolm
Paterson, illustrated by Hana Maihi The
Tunnel in our Backyard Oratia
Books, 2016 $21.99pb 32pp Sharing
Our Stories series Book 2 ISBN
978 0 9475 0604 9
Themes:
Community engagement/ Cultural diversity/ Matariki/ Mount Albert – Auckland –
History/ Moving house/ Waterview Connection Project/ Waterways - pollution.
Cousins,
Jennifer and Tui learn much about the history of the Mount Albert (Auckland)
area when they help their whanau move house. The story which is created to support
the facts does sometimes clunk along a bit but it will be a really useful
resource book - not just for those
living in the Auckland area – because of the way in which is supports, in many
ways, the NZ curriculum. There are helpful translations of Maori words and
phrases at the bottom of the page on which they occur in the text and the
colourful illustrations merge past and present very successfully. Visit:
https://www.oratia.co.nz/ for more information.
Year 3 up/ Age 7 up
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