NZ PACIFIC PICTURE BOOK COLLECTION
The 36 picture books in the New Zealand PPBC are listed below in alphabetical order of the author’s last name. You can click on the titles to be linked to more information about each book and the classroom activity for each book.
The New Zealand Pacific Picture Book Collection books are not available as a unit, but most will be found in school libraries or through the National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa.
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Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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| Upside-Down FaceUlu u I Lalo (Samoan) | Lemalu Ros. Afamasaga | Apia, Samoa: Nui Leaf Publications | 2003 | |
| The Pipi Swing | Sarona Aiono-Iosefa | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 2007 | |
| Two Cans of Corned Beef and a Manulele in a Mango Tree | Sarona Aiono-Iosefa | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 2004 | |
| Woven Flax Kete/Kete Harakeke | Angie Belcher | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 2003 | |
| Tulevai and the Sea | Joy Cowley | Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic Ltd | 1995 | |
| A Book of Pacific Lullabies | Tessa Duder (Ed) | Auckland, New Zealand: HarperCollins | 2001 | |
| Pania of the Reef | Peter Gossage | North Shore, New Zealand: Puffin Books | 2008 | |
| Watercress Tuna and the children of Champion Street | Patricia Grace | |||
| Fiapule | Catherine Hannken | Wellington, New Zealand: Mallinson Rendel | 2007 | |
| Selafina | Catherine Hannken | Wellington, New Zealand: Mallinson Rendel | 2003 | |
| Talia | Catherine Hannken | Wellington, New Zealand: Mallinson Rendel | 2009 | |
| Sina and Tinilau | Vilsoni Hereniko | Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific in association with the Fiji Writers’ Association | 1997 | |
| Legends of the Cook Islands | Shona Hopkins | Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin Books | 2010 | |
| Sole! goes to Rotorua | Fata and Paula Letoa | New Zealand: Paua Publishing | 2002 | |
| Sole! White Sunday | Fata and Paula Letoa | New Zealand: Paua Publishing | 2002 | |
| Night Fishing for my Birthday/Lama I le Pō (Samoan) | Tuala F. Tiresa Malietoa | Apia, Samoa: Nui Leaf Publications | 2003 | |
| The Shark God | Rafe Martin | New York, USA: Scholastic Press | 2001 | |
| Papa’s Donuts | Kate Moetaua | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 2006 | |
| Papa’s Jandals | Kate Moetaua | Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin Books | 2010 | |
| Fishing With Spider Webs | Lino Nelisi | Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic Ltd | 1994 | |
| Sione’s Talo (English) Ko e Talo ha Sione (Niuean)Te Taro a Sione (Maori)O Le Talo Sione (Samoan) | Lino Nelisi | Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic Ltd | 1993 | |
| Tane Steals the Show (English)Tane Te Whetū o te Ra (Maori) | Lino Nelisi | Auckland, New Zealand: Scholastic | 1997 | |
| Grandad | Janet Pereira | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 2006 | |
| O La’u Ā’oga ‘Āmata – My Preschool | Tolo Pereira | Porirua, New Zealand: Samoana Early Education Development Services Ltd (SEEDS) | 2010 | |
| O La’u ‘Ato Ā’oga – My School Bag | Tolo Pereira | Porirua, New Zealand: Samoana Early Education Development Services Ltd (SEEDS) | 2010 | |
| Pe’ā ‘ou alu I le Lotu – When I go to church | Tolo Pereira | Porirua, New Zealand: Samoana Early Education Development Services Ltd (SEEDS) | 2010 | |
| Pou and Miri Tackle Climate Change | Dom Sansom | Fiji: Secretariat of the Pacific Community | 2011 | |
| The Wooden Fish | Tim Tipene | Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Publishing Ltd | 1999 | |
| The Stuck There Forever Boat | Gillian Torckler | Auckland, New Zealand: Puffin Books | 2008 | |
| Maui and the Nose Flute – Ko Maui Mo e Fangufangú | Sione Tu’itahi | Auckland, New Zealand: PIERC Education | 1998 | |
| The Magic Seashell | Makerita Urale | Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Ltd for the Pacific Education Resources Trust | 1999 | |
| O Le Fa’aipoipoga | Emma Kruse Vaai | Apia, Samoa: Niu Leaf Publications | 2005 | |
| The Peace Bird | Eleitino Paddy Walker | 2011 | ||
| Tangaroa’s Gift – Te Koha ā Tangaroa | Mere Whaanga-Schollum | Auckland, New Zealand: Ashton Scholastic | 1990 | |
| Maui and the Big Fish | Barbara Ker Wilson | Great Britain: Frances Lincoln Ltd | 2003 | |
| Turtle Songs: A Tale for Mothers and Daughters | Margaret Olivia Wolfson | Oregon, USA: Beyond Words Publishing, Inc. | 1999 | |