Te Hipo Huna (That's Not A Hippopotamus) (Te Reo Māori Edition)

Local Description

PUBLICATION AUGUST 2021

Description

A te reo Maori edition of this deft and delightful tale, packed with word play and madcap energy!

A class trip to the zoo descends into a chaotic hunt for the missing hippopotamus. Teacher, zookeeper and all the children join the search. The noise and drama reach a pitch, and no one thinks to listen to quiet Kauri, who really might know where the hippo is hiding.

Me uaua ne, e Whae, te hipohipo ngaro ai! Mei kore matou ko aku hoa, nga aruaru hipo toa.

Awards

Shortlisted for the NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2022 - Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori

Author description

Juliette MacIver is a picture-book writer and mother of four, who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Her popular books are regularly shortlisted for awards.

Sarah Davis has illustrated more than 30 books. She has won and been shortlisted for numerous awards in Australia and New Zealand, including the 2009 Children's Book Council of Australia's Crichton Award for Best New Illustrator for her first picture book.

Karena Kelly is a pukenga in the reo Maori programme at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a licensed translator, has a PhD specialising in Maori linguistics, and is a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori. She translated Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Room on the Broom: He Wahi i te Puruma, and for Gecko Press, Poo Bum, by Stephanie Blake (Paraweta), and Who's Driving? by Leo Timmers (Ma Wai e Hautu?).