Nana's Veggie Garden - Te Mara Kai a Kui: 2020

Description

New Zealand has the world's best summers and the magic of being a kid is still alive in kiwi backyards. This summer, Bella/Ngapera, Jacob/ Hokpoa and Lucas help Nana/Kui grow, harvest and eat an amazing summer garden, while filling every day with te reo Maori learning, bunches of awesome memories and heaps of fun ticking off summer holiday bucket-list adventures: 1. Sleepover at Nana's 2. Go fishing 3. Grow vegetables 4. Learn te reo Maori 5. Collect seaweed and shells at the beach 6. Pick fruit 7. Eat hangi food 8. Bake buns and make jam. "Nana's garden, it grows and it grows from the tiny wee seeds she plants in neat rows. Kei te tupu haere te mara a Kui, kei te tupu, kei te tupu he kakano iti i ruia mai, he rarangi, he momo, he rarangi, he momo."

Marie Munro is a former primary school teacher who has been writing professionally for 30 years - as a journalist, desktop publisher, editor of community newspapers and, more recently, as a learning designer for the construction industry. She is passionate about motivating children to engage with, and thoroughly enjoy, books, so has chosen to fill her retirement days turning the invisible "Magic Story Book" of her classroom years into visible storybooks for the enjoyment of children and the people who share books with them.