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Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742539718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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These are short stories about ordinary folk leading seemingly ordinary lives. The power of community, extended family and culture are central to all. Thirteen stories in which the joys of discovery are tempered by the knowledge of a harder, colder world. Sunlight, childhood and nature set against conflict and misunderstanding, in the ever-present shadows of the spirit of the land.

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742288162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309

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There is conflict in the whanau. The young man Te Rua holds a secret for life, the one to die with . But he realises that if he is to acknowledge and claim his daughter, the secret will have to be told. The Sisters are threatening to drag the whanau through the courts. But why? What is really going on? Meanwhile, wider events are encroaching. Visitors will arrive in numbers to this East Coast site, wanting to be among the first in the world to see the new millennium. There are plans to be put into action, there's money to be made, and there's high drama as the millennium turns . . . Like Potiki before it, Dogside Story is set in a rural Maori coastal community. The power of the land and the strength of the whanau are life-preserving forces. This rich and vivid novel, threaded with humour, presents a powerful picture of Maori in modern times. Also available as an eBook

Author: Eve Sutton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141366265
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Lots of cats all around the world do exciting things like fly aeroplanes or play the violin - but my cat, an ordinary round-the-house cat, likes to hide in boxes. Children will love joining in with this fun rhyming story that is just right for beginner readers.

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 145962467X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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This is a fine new collection of short stories by the much-loved Patricia Grace, probably never more popular since the great commercial success of the novel Tu. The feast of stories is varied: urban, rural, New Zealand, overseas, tribal, contemporary. The thread that runs through all the stories, though, is Grace's huge sympathy for the underdog and the perspective of the outsider. The world she depicts is often a stark and unsentimental place, in which people struggle against ageing, rejection, violence and betrayal.

Author: Robyn Kahukiwa
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 0143779478
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : mi
Pages : 36

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"A little boy has made friends with the taniwha in his river, but no-one believes him. The taniwha takes the boy on a journey through time and myth where he meets some amazing characters, gathering the earth's treasures as he goes"--Publisher information.

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 174253970X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Patricia Grace's popular first collection – sensitive stories of Maori life which explore Maori spirituality and values and pursue relationships between people, family and races. Also available as an eBook

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1742539726
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117

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Stunning and insightful stories of family life in the country and the city, of the contrasts between young and old, of relationships between people who know what it means to be Maori in a society whose predominant values are alien.

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140504927
Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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An unusual tuna with a magic throat leaps out of his stream and visits a number of children in Champion Street. To each he gives an article of clothing for dancing, or a musical instrument. The children are all from different ethnic communities living in New Zealand. On Champion Street the children all come together and dance all day and all night. Age 4+ 32 pages

Author: Patricia Grace
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN: 1743486871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Spanning several decades and several continents and set against the backdrop of a changing New Zealand, Chappy is a compelling story of enduring love. Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, twenty-one-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather, the more intriguing – and elusive – Chappy becomes. In this touching portrayal of family life, acclaimed writer Patricia Grace explores racial intolerance, cross-cultural conflicts and the universal desire to belong. Also available as an eBook.

Author: Jill Murphy
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0230752004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Jill Murphy's bestselling classic Peace at Last has delighted young children for almost forty years, and is equally beloved by tired parents who are all too familiar with the plight of poor Mr Bear. With a snoring Mrs Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and ticking, peace is hard to come by – will Mr Bear ever get a decent night's sleep? The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make Jill Murphy's delightful Peace at Last an all-time favourite bedtime story with children and adults everywhere.