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Koro (Board book)

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Koro – Gavin Bishop

Koro is a warm and universal board book in te reo Māori about a day with grandad. The bond between grandfather and child is shown through big, beautiful images and simple Māori text.

The child and their koro explore the day—they go for a walk, collect food from the garden, eat, tell stories, and snuggle up for a rest to finish.

Format: This is a Board Book

Language: This book is written in te reo Māori.

Published: August 2021.

Other boards books in this series available are: Mihi and E hoa

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About the Author/Illustrator:

Gavin Bishop (Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Mahuta & Tainui descent) is a highly acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator of more than 70 books, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Māori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes.

Born in Invercargill, he spent his childhood in the remote railway settlement of Kingston on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Studying under Russell Clark and Rudi Gopas, Gavin graduated from the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts with an honours degree in painting. He taught art at Linwood High School and at Christ’s College in Christchurch. Gavin has won numerous awards both in New Zealand and overseas.

All board books available by Gavin Bishop include:

Mihi 

Koro

E hoa

Matariki

Titiro – Look

Other children’s books available by Gavin Bishop available at Poi Princess:

Maui and the Goddess of fire

Counting the stars: Four Māori myths

Taming the sun: Four Māori myths

Kiwi moon

Wildlife of Aotearoa

Aotearoa The NZ Story

Amazing Aotearoa Activity book

Atua: Māori Gods and heroes

Patu: The New Zealand wars

Taniwha

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