The Chronicles of Paki – Junior series (Books 1-5)

Description

These books are designed for Junior readers but the same books + more in multiple series are available for older children.

About the team who created this series of books:

Dave Mann When he discovered that there were positive stories from the early bicultural years in Aotearoa, he was surprised. Despite some tertiary studies on things-Maori in the early 1990s, he’d never heard many of these stories. They were largely untold. In his words, “Every nation needs positive stories from its early years. They are essential as a basis for positive national identity. While our failures need open admission, it makes no sense that we don’t also know these positive stories; of those who tried to stop colonisation, as one example!” This awareness caused Dave to seek a team who could help to make some of these stories known — stories of some of our nation’s great early bicultural ancestors — whether Māori or Pākehā, male or female. In Dave’s view, this is an approach which gives rise to an attitude of hope in bicultural things.

Alison Condon is a trained primary school teacher and a part-time farmer. She is an internationally published author and has written both fiction and non-fiction works. She has enjoyed seeing over thirty children’s stories, short stories, articles and poems published. Alison has found ‘The Chronicles of Paki’ to be her most challenging and rewarding writing project to date.

The ‘Chronicles of Paki’ series is Gina Taggart’s first venture into published writing. Her interest in the relationship between Māori and the missionaries in the 1800s developed when she realised that many New Zealanders misunderstood the impact of the Gospel on New Zealand’s history. As a Christian, she felt this shortfall could be addressed by writing about the history at a level that children could comprehend, helping New Zealanders better understand their own fascinating story.

Tania Hassounia is a New Zealand illustrator and entrepreneur. The Chronicles of Paki are Tania’s first published set of books, combining her love of drawing with the theme of faith and encouragement.

Eddie Booth is a self taught artist, graphic designer who ran his own graphic design business and has been involved with many interesting illustration projects.

Each series available at Poi Princess:

The Chronicles of Paki – Junior series

The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 1

The Chronicles of – NZ’s untold story: Paki Series 2

The Chronicles of Paki – NZ’s untold story: Series 3 – The Treaty of Waitangi + He Whakaputanga