The Sapling

We've solved Christmas for you!
We asked the children's bookstores around the country what books you need this Christmas, and here's what they said:
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Gavin Bishop's latest book is a monster-sized tome about Aotearoa's mythical taniwha. Take a look inside:
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Kiwi Christmas Books is a fabulous charity making sure thousands of children have a book to open on Christmas morning. We spoke with founder Sonya Wilson about the initiative:
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'… what is becoming an adult if it isn’t working out to use your little piece of power, for the good of others, or yourself'
@forster81.bsky.social reviews the new YA novel from @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social:
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'King, like Violet, is rocking out'
Lucy Black reviews @rachaelking70.bsky.social's new Violet and the Velvets adventure:
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@allenandunwinnz.bsky.social

This Saturday is Bookshop Day!
Here's what your local children's bookstore has planned:
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Fishy business! Reviews for a guide to fishing from Al Brown, and books on coastal creatures and fish from Donovan Bixley and Gillian and Daryl Torckler:
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'If illustration were a sport, then, in my opinion, children’s books are the ultramarathon!'
Illustrator Hope McConnell on a day in her working life:
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Here's short story to start your weekend, 'The Olive Twig' from Sonya McArthur's Tales of Curiosity:
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Sorry! We've had to shut the site down to traffic outside of NZ/Australia – we hope to restore it soon and will update it when we can!

Ruby Jones on her collaboration with @jacindaardern.bsky.social:
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Ngā mihi ki a koutou e whakamaioha ana ki ēnei pukapuka i te wiki nei.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Toitū te reo!

Nā Elizabeth Gray rāua ko Rehua Wilson tēnei taonga, ā, kua toa tēnei pukapuka i te whakamānawa hou mō ngā pukapuka e pūhia ana i te reo Māori (ki te rōpū Te Kura Pounamu) ki ngā New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults i tēnei tau.

Ko te pukapuka whakamutunga o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori ko Hineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro.
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Congratulations Vida Kelly (A LOT OF SILLY), Sophie Hooper and Te Kani Price (THE DREAM FACTORY) on your joint win this evening!

Thursday’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori book is Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika—a moving biography of one of the most remarkable figures in Aotearoa’s history.
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The PANZ Book Design Awards are announced tonight!
We asked the finalists for the children's category to quiz each other on their work
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Mō te Rāpare nei, te rā tuawhā o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, e whakanui ana mātou i tētahi rangatira nui whakaharahara: pānuihia tēnei Whakatauira nō Te Whaea o te Motu: Whina Cooper me Te Hīkoi Roa mō Te Manatika.
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Wednesday’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori book is He Taonga Te Toka by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata). This is a beautiful exploration of feelings and what to do with them by this dynamic duo.
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Tuesday’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori book is How Many Times? / Me Hia Rawa Ngā Wā? Tim Tipene’s newest picture book is bilingual, making it a great text for reo Māori learners to have a go with. It also shares a message that parents will appreciate (listen to your mum!).
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First up is The Lost Words by Kimberley Ngareta Kearney (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tuhoe) and Taylor Terewai Tiave (Ngāpuhi). We love the narrator’s statement: ‘These words are our words. And they will never be lost again’.
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Ko He Taonga Te Toka te pukapuka mō te Rāapa o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Nā Sacha Cotter rāua ko Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) tēnei taonga i hanga—koinei tētahi kōrero ātaahua e tūhura ana i te mahamaha, i te mōhio.
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He aha te pukapuka mō te Rātū o Te Wiki o te Reo Māori? How Many Times?/Me Hia Rawa Ngā Wā?, nā Tim Tīpene rāua ko Nicoletta Benella! Ko pukapuka reorua tēnei, heoi anō, e whai take ana tēnei mō ngā ākonga reo. He ngahau te karere o te pukapuka mō ngā mātua–(whakarongo ki tō māmā!)
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Nā Kimberley Ngareta Kearney (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tuhoe) rāua ko Taylor Terewai Tiave (Ngāpuhi) The Lost Words, te pukapuka tuatahi. E whakamihatia ana ngā kupu o te kaikōrero e mātou: ‘These words are our words. And they will never be lost again':
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Hei whakanui i Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, ka tukua e rima ngā Whakatauira nā ētahi pukapuka pikitia mīharo.

'When you step into a New Zealand forest, the world changes. The light shifts, the air is damp with earth ... You feel small, but also connected to something that has been here far longer than you.'
Ned Barraud on his stunning new book:
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'… there is a stripping away of the support systems that build blossoming literacy landscapes which form the backbone of any good education'
Samantha Mongtomerie examines NZ's literacy crisis:
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Hear hear!

Cult of safety – Elizabeth Heritage reviews a new YA novel from Helen Vivienne Fletcher:
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This was such a fun kōrero and Josh Morgan continues to be a top tier human and artist.