{"title":"Award-winning children's books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"kua-wheturangitia-toku-koro","title":"Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1657070667\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"96\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1657070667\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_480x480.png?v=1657070667\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"105\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_480x480.png?v=1657070667\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award, 2023\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Storylines Te Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira Award, 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStorylines Notable Book List, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who have passed away so that they can become stars. Just before Matariki the following year, the boy's Koro suddenly dies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe gathers and prepares the food offering and asks each family member to come with him up the mountain when Matariki is due to rise, but they all make excuses, and he is disheartened. But when he tells them what Koro taught him, they all climb the mountain before sunrise, follow the rituals Koro carried out and call out Koro's name so that he can become a star.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is also available as an English language edition, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/how-my-koro-became-a-star?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=427cbe0f3\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow My Koro Became a Star.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brianne Te Paa","offers":[{"title":"Soft cover","offer_id":43034004291800,"sku":"KOROWHETU","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":43693747372248,"sku":"KOROWHETUHB","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Kua-Wheturangitia-a-Koro-Brianne-Te-Paa-07.jpg?v=1657063902"},{"product_id":"te-kaihanga-mapere","title":"Te Kaihanga Māpere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"86\" width=\"110\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1655939166\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1655939166\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Te Kura Pounamu Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a chaotic lab, with a sheep as an assistant, a girl mixes ingredients as diverse as ‘teeth bling from a retired rapper’, ‘three pints of swooshy night air’ and ‘a snippet from a sheep’s fringe’. The girl dreams of inventing a new marble and claiming a place in The Book of Marbles. So, she lights up the stoves, prepares the mix, waits for the reaction and, with a bang, marbles that have never been seen before fill the room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the Māori-language version of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/the-marble-maker?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=8a4590bd9\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Marble Maker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, translated by Kawata Teepa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacha Cotter, Josh Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43082226401496,"sku":"MAPERE","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Te-Kaihanga-Mapere-Sacha-Cotter-Josh-Morgan-02.jpg?v=1657064114"},{"product_id":"ngake-me-wha-taitai","title":"Ngake me Whātaitai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"101\" width=\"129\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a traditional story told in te reo Māori from the perspective of the Kāhui Maunga people about Ngake and Whātaitai. These two taniwha inhabited Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington Harbour, long before the ancestral migrations. The story tells how the shape and landscape of Wellington, its harbour and the Lower Hutt area came about because of the actions of Ngake and Whātaitai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong ago, Te Whanganui a Tara was an enclosed lake, but Ngake forced his way out into the sea by battering through the clenched teeth of the fish of Māui to allow the fish to breathe. Whātaitai was washed down the throat of the fish, causing it to cough, and Whātaitai and three morsels flew out. The morsels became islands in the harbour, but Whātaitai was stranded and grew weak and died, becoming part of the land around the harbour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Ngaia","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43034048200920,"sku":"NGAKEWHATAITAIM","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Ngake-me-Whataitai-Ben-Ngaia-02.jpg?v=1657064557"},{"product_id":"tio-tiamu","title":"Tio Tiamu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"88\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this picture book, gentle, clever Toe Jam grows to be huge, and this causes a problem in his community because his feet smell. The bigger he gets the worse the smell. While Toe Jam helps others and wants to be part of his village, everybody teases him and avoids him, and Toe Jam becomes very lonely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the people make him leave and live far away. Toe Jam never loses his kind heart, and when there are floods, wild winds and droughts, he returns to help his people. But each time, the people take his help then send him away again. Until, one day, when Toe Jam saves the people from an eruption, they finally understand their behaviour and see Toe Jam’s goodness. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the te reo Māori edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/the-smelly-giant?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=3667110ae\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Smelly Giant\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kurahau","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43034056655064,"sku":"TIOTIAMU","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Tio-Tiamu-Kurahau-Rewi-01.jpg?v=1657064625"},{"product_id":"the-bomb","title":"The Bomb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1655939166\" width=\"127\" height=\"99\"\u003e         \u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/2019-DA-LOGO_480x480.png?v=1655939087\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"103\"\u003e        \u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_480x480.png?v=1655940933\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"102\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUPREME WINNER, The Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2019\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWINNER, Picture Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER, Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book, PANZ Book Design Awards, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStorylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this story about being true to oneself, a boy searches for the secret to doing the perfect bomb into the water. With training from Nan, an expert and former champion, and by listening to his own voice, he finds his unique style and pulls off a wonderful, acrobatic, truly awe-inspiring bomb. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Māori-language edition is also available\u003cem\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/te-pohu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTe Pohū\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacha Cotter, Josh Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43081685926104,"sku":"BOMB","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/The-Bomb-Sacha-Cotter-Josh-Morgan-08.jpg?v=1657064687"},{"product_id":"rona","title":"Rona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_100x100.png?v=1656364481\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_100x100.png?v=1656364481\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStorylines Notable Books List, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRona is mischievous, curious, adventurous and inventive – just an everyday tomboy nine-year-old! Living in the country with her grandparents, she pretends to be a werewolf (and breaks her most precious possession), jumps off the wharf like a daredevil, and is alternately cross and friends with her cousin Jessie – in between finding ways to ambush Stewart Simpson, her sworn enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Szekely","offers":[{"title":"Soft cover","offer_id":43034061209816,"sku":"RONA","price":15.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Rona-Chris-Szekeley-01.jpg?v=1657064772"},{"product_id":"tuna-and-hiriwa","title":"Tuna and Hiriwa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta name=\"copied-from\" content=\"wysihtml5\"\u003eThis picture book tells the story of how the tuna got its silver belly but forever had to live in the dark depths of the river.Tuna is in awe of a nymph, Hiriwa, that glows and dances along the river bank in the moonlight. Night after night, Tuna meets Hiriwa and basks in the moonlight, hoping that he will also glow, but he remains the same. Disappointed, he hatches a plan to take Hiriwa's light. But the moon sees what Tuna does, and in her anger, she prevents Tuna from swimming in her moonlight ever again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the English-language version of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/tuna-ra-ua-ko-hiriwa?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=b4b4115af\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTuna rāua ko Hiriwa\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ripeka Takotowai Goddard, Kimberley Andrews","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43034062389464,"sku":"TUNAENG","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Tuna-and-Hiriwa-Ripeka-Takotowai-Goddard-01.jpg?v=1657064807"},{"product_id":"haka","title":"Haka","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"100\" width=\"129\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_480x480.png?v=1656364481\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/Storylines_Trust_colour_480x480.png?v=1656364481\"\u003e  \u003cimg height=\"99\" width=\"127\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/7068\/9005\/files\/logo_NZCYA_2x_feabc54a-2093-488a-bd5f-03e550df98cc_480x480.png?v=1656364511\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStorylines Notable Book, 2016 \u003cbr\u003eFinalist, Picture Book category, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the story of the great Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha and how he came to compose the haka 'Ka Mate, Ka Mate'. Te Rauparaha is pursued by his enemies, and he fears for his life. At Lake Rotoaira, he is hidden in a kūmara pit, and Te Rangikoaea, a woman of great power, sits in front of its entrance. As he hears his enemies approaching, Te Rauparaha whispers in the dark, ‘Will I die?’ Will I live?’ His enemies cannot find him, and he climbs back to the sunlight. As he recounts this adventure to his people, his words are repeated and the haka rings out, to be passed down from generation to generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis children's book tells the story behind the haka that is recognised the world over through New Zealand teams performing it at national and international sporting events. The book is also available as a Māori-language edition, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/whiti-te-ra?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=739a65ae9\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhiti te Rā!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia Grace","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":43034073694424,"sku":"HAKA","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Haka-Patricia-Grac-02.jpg?v=1657064964"},{"product_id":"remember-that-november","title":"Remember that November","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, Best Picture Book, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s almost Guy Fawkes Night, and at the school speech competition Andy talks about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. The children cheer excitedly, thinking Andy will win the contest. But then, Aroha gets up, wearing a white feather in her hair, and tells the story of another fifth of November – the invasion of Parihaka in 1881.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is a beautifully illustrated, poignant story that recounts a key event in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA Māori-language version is also available, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/products\/maumahara-ki-tera-noema?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=495cae11e\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaumahara ki tērā Nōema.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Beck, Lindy Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Soft cover","offer_id":43034081657048,"sku":"REMEMBER","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/6684\/3864\/products\/Remember-that-November-Jennifer-Beck-02.jpg?v=1657065167"}],"url":"https:\/\/huia.co.nz\/collections\/award-winning-childrens-books.oembed?page=2","provider":"HUIA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}