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Published date23 June 2022
Publication titleTe Puke Times
Row, Row, Row your Waka / Hoe, Hoe Hoea te waka

By Rebecca Larsen, Bateman Books, $21.99

This is a new edition with Māori translation by Justin Kereama and Tania Solomona and includes a CD with waiata sung by Paul Inia with music by Richard Larson (also included in the book).

It tells the tale of three friends who go on a journey in a waka. You can sing along and do the actions while you row, row, row your waka / hoe, hoe hoea te waka. Great book.— Linda Hall

Roo and Vladimir (An unlikely friendship)

By Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $19.99

Roo the dog is big, really big. So big he accidentally inhaled Mrs Dunkirk’s ham. All the other dogs are afraid of him which makes him sad. Then he finds a friend — Vladimir the Pekingese, who is as small as Roo is large. One day a storm comes and washes out...

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