RNZ launch Storytime, a kiwi kids audiobook platform RNZ is making it super easy for kids to listen to their favourite New Zealand stories, with the launch of its new kids’ collection Storytime. The FREE online Storytime platform is a collection of over 100 read-out-loud stories. The tales are by New Zealand’s children’s authors, and read by New Zealand actors. Children or their parents can … [Read more...] about RNZ launch Storytime, a kiwi kids audiobook platform
Childrens Books
Five Little Ducks Went Off to School by Peter Millett
Peter Millett, an Auckland Dad and author of "Five Little Ducks Went Off to School" shares with us where the idea for his latest book came from. Five Little Ducks Went Off To School is the latest children’s book to emerge from my creative partnership with children’s singer and entertainer Jay Laga’aia. Our previous titles The Kiwi Go Marching One By One and My Old Man He Played Rugby were a … [Read more...] about Five Little Ducks Went Off to School by Peter Millett
Dare to Explore – Kia Māia te Whai is back for the Summer School holidays at Auckland Libraries
Dare to Explore - Kia Māia te Whai is back for the Summer School holidays at Auckland Libraries Wondering what to do with the kids these holidays? Auckland Libraries has got you sorted with a fun, free reading adventure. The Kia Māia te Whai Dare to Explore summer reading programme is an easy and fun way to keep your 5 to 12-year-olds busy over the holidays and helps to develop and … [Read more...] about Dare to Explore – Kia Māia te Whai is back for the Summer School holidays at Auckland Libraries
Kate Hursthouse’s new children’s book: A kaleidoscope of butterflies & other such collective nouns
Kiwi artist Kate Hursthouse's first children's book A kaleidoscope of butterlies & other such collective nouns beautifully illustrates 25 of our planet's groups of animals. Kate's drawings are stunning, my younger daughter's favourite was "a blessing of unicorns". This engaging book will appeal to all ages of children. Although it is more suited to younger children, my elder daughter found … [Read more...] about Kate Hursthouse’s new children’s book: A kaleidoscope of butterflies & other such collective nouns
The Book with a Hole
"The Book with a Hole" by Herve Tullet blasts a hole through the middle of the book itself. It's full of fun drawings and inventive ideas. Sometimes the Hole is an eye the reader can look through, sometimes it is a mouth and the reader's fingers make the teeth. The next minute it is a plate (with food drawn by the reader on a sheet of paper behind the book), an obstacle to jump across or a … [Read more...] about The Book with a Hole
Ten Little Kiwi Birds children’s song is released in Te Reo, English and bilingual versions
Ten Little Kiwi Birds is a fun Kiwi re-imagination of a popular children’s nursery rhyme and playtime song. Award winning children’s music group Itty Bitty Beats and an award winning children’s author Peter Millett have teamed up to create a new piece of music for kids to sing and dance to. The result of their collaboration was a song inspired by Peter Millett’s Ten Little Kiwi Birds rhyme that … [Read more...] about Ten Little Kiwi Birds children’s song is released in Te Reo, English and bilingual versions
