Wednesday, 2 October 2024

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day Two

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: for ages 0 to 4 years. 

Titiro Look
Author / Illustrator: Gavin Bishop
Translator: Darryn Joseph
Publisher: Gecko Press, 2024. 



In the words of Betsy Bird, US librarian, reviewer, and author: 

YUSSS!!! Oh lord, people, why is something like this so rare? All I want is for accomplished picture book illustrators to hone their talents to the board book format and THEN be paired with those books that will be most useful to children. I’m talking accordion books/high contrast/lift-the-flaps/you name it. Gavin Bishop is of Maori descent (Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Mahuta, Tainui) and is a friggin’ New Zealand national treasure. He’s also been making books for kids for decades upon decades. LOOK is a particular delight with faces on one side of the accordion pull-out pages, and objects on the other. Meanwhile FRIEND goes through a range of different emotions with a little dog as your avatar. More of this please! 

Well, Titiro Look is definitely more! 


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