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• Gavin Bishop

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  Gavin Bishop is an award winning children’s picture book writer and illustrator from New Zealand.

• Miro

  I Look

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "A brightly illustrated Spanish/English board book showing friendly faces, familiar toys, and more. On each spread of this delightful board book, vibrant illustrations of faces, animals, toys, and more gaze back at the reader. Labels give the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Titiro Look

  Look

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "A member of the extended family looks directly at the reader alongside a familiar toy. Labels give the Māori and English words for what we see—colors, shapes, eyes, ears, nose, hair—and there are more connections to find in every illustration pair.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Matariki

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "When the Matariki cluster rises, each of the nine stars represent the promise of the year ahead. This stunning board book will guide our youngest tamariki through each star’s meaning, with simple, evocative words in te reo Māori and English, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Look

  a Tummy Time Book

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "Babies will love tummy time or learning to sit up surrounded by this two metre fold-out, wordless board book illustrating faces and toys in bright colors. A safe and sturdy concertina book with illustrations of the things babies love. Friendly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friend

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "My dog - silly, happy, shy; my best friend. Talks of feelings through a friendship between a child and their dog." Also available in Te Reo Māori.

• Pops

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "A day with grandad showing ... the bond between grandfather and child: a small hand in a big one, big gumboots and little, some food, stories and a snooze to finish." Also available in Te Reo Māori.

• There Was An Old Woman

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  Board Book. "Gavin Bishop illustrates an old English rhyme in a vertical board book for very young children. The illustrations bring housekeeping into the rhyme, with the washerwoman in her basket sweeping cobwebs from the sky. "

• The Gavin Bishop Treasury

  10 Favourite Fairy Stories & Original Tales

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "Comprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork, children will be spellbound by this beautiful hardback gift treasury of ten favourite fairy tales and original stories by the acclaimed Gavin Bishop." Includes 'Mrs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rats!

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "Polly Piper's house is infested with rats - they are everywhere. She calls in an exterminator who leads them all away. When they go, Polly finds her life is empty and boring. Miserable, the rats plead to come back - so of course Polly agrees."

• Quaky Cat

  Noonan, Diana, 1960-

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  "Tiger the cat flees for his life during the Canterbury earthquake that destroys his home. Frightened and in despair he wanders the city of Christchurch, searching for his caregiver Emma. As the city rocks and buildings tumble around him, he sniffs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Quaky Cat Helps Out

  Noonan, Diana, 1960-

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  "Quaky Cat returns to help rebuild the city of Christchurch by helping his homeless cat-friends and taking them in."

• Bruiser

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "Bruiser is a machine on a mission, ploughing up hillsides, trampling down paddocks and crushing rocks. Until, one day, a little chick and a nest fall right in front of him. What will Bruiser do?"

• Mister Whistler

  Mahy, Margaret, 1936-2012

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  "Absentminded Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. In a rush to catch the train, he is so distracted he loses his ticket. Is it in the bottom pockets of his big coat or the top pockets of his jacket? Perhaps he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cowshed Christmas

  Cowley, Joy, 1936-

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  "The three Gruff brothers will not make it through the winter if they don’t get nice and fat by eating the rich green grass in the meadows higher up the mountainside. The smallest billy goat sets off first because he is the slowest.His path takes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Te waka

  Prior, Jean

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  "Based on the traditional counting rhyme of the animals boarding Noah's ark, this version offers a New Zealand perspective, with some of the native animals of Aotearoa being called aboard the waka, a large Maori canoe." Also available in Te Reo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tom Thumb

  the True History of Sir Thomas Thumb

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "He is swallowed by a cow, a fish and a giant. He flies on the back of a raven and a butterfly and gets a lift on a dandelion. Tom is adopted by the King’s Court and enjoys a fine life until the day he meets a giant spider.This story is a reworking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hinepau

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  "Hinepau is cast out by her tribe because they fear her difference, thinking she is a witch. But she is the one, with her upside down weaving, who is able to heal the land after it is destroyed by volcanic ash." Also available in Te Reo Māori.

• Patu

  the New Zealand Wars

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  Non-Fiction. "Discover the key people, perspectives and battles of the New Zealand Wars in this visual history. Auē! Te mamae! Navigate the defining moments of the wars, visit the battle sites and explore the sweeping change that took place in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildlife of Aotearoa

  Bishop, Gavin, 1946-

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  Non-Fiction. "Long before waka touched Aotearoa's shores, the land of the long white cloud was home to an array of creatures uniquely adapted to its environments and protected by its isolation. Encounter New Zealand's incredible wildlife in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation