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Ari and Isabella play with trucks and diggers, making roads in a sandpit. Ari tells Isabella that his mother is a roadworker who works the Stop/Go sign and is called Queen of the Road. Isabella tries to work out why she is a queen.

Big, brightly-colored pictures engage young learners and are accompanied by clear illustrations, with the Maori word underneath. This encourages the direct association of the word with the object, making it easy to learn and reinforce meanings.

All is not going well on the farm where Whetu is looking after the magician the Mighty Mikaere's animals. The new ewes are protesting. Baked Beans, the robot dog, has bitten the bull.

Awatea and his brother Tai are staying with their nan and pop on the farm. It's summer, and they're free to explore.

On the way to school, Amorangi realises he forgot to bring an old object to school to talk about. Quickly, he and his sister, Millie, decide to travel back in time and find something. They've travelled back before, after all.

When Coach's whistle goes missing and the football team can't practise, Ollie and his new friend, Aria, lead the search. There are clues about where the whistle might be and who took it - missing shoelaces, a dropped leaf and twig, some mud and a chewed net.

There's a big surf competition coming up. Eight-year-old Lisa is determined to take part, but she's nervous. With encouragement from her coach, family and top paddler Maia, she trains hard.

The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!'As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to:'Train hands, rain hands,fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle,gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!'

Te Matatini (the many faces) is the world's largest celebration of contemporary Maori performing arts - the Olympics of kapa haka. This national kapa haka festival is held in Aotearoa New Zealand every two years. In 2022, Te Matatini celebrates its fiftieth year, and this book (alongside an album and web series) honours the festival.

Tiakina Te Pa Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledgeand Tamariki Wellbeingdiscusses thevalues and successfulpractices of Maori childrearing that have been maintained and encouraged within many whanau, hapuand iwi for generations.

Kai and Kindness is a book that sits equally well on the coffee table as in the kitchen. Brother and sister health advocate and artist Paul and food writer Jane have combined their skills to produce a book that nourishes the body and the mind.

Farah of Untwa joins a school for training fighters, strategic thinkers and military personnel. It means she escapes her domineering mother and the tedious duties that come with being from a Ngati in the upper echelons of society.