Lucas's Car: Te Waka o Lucas

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Lucas's Car: Te Waka o Lucas
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marie Munro
Illustrated by Rachel Doragh
Translated by Piripi Walker
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:28
Dimensions(mm): Height 280,Width 210
ISBN/Barcode 9780473605377
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Illustrations 19 colour illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Kelsey House Productions
Imprint Nana's Shed Books
Publication Date 30 November 2021
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Follow thrill-seeking, speed king, Lucas, as he grapples with the temptation to drive his car down the stairs. This fun, child-centred storyline, with its easy-to-read English text and literal Maori translation, effortlessly integrates opportunities for conversations about relationships, diversity, keeping safe, colours and natural consequences in an authentic New Zealand context.

Author Biography

About the author Marie Munro is a former primary school teacher who has been writing professionally for nearly 40 years - as a journalist, desktop publisher, editor of community newspapers, learning designer for the construction industry and more recently, as the author/publisher of bilingual picture books She is passionate about getting 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.