Paea Spies / 'Oku sio 'a Paea
(Paperback, 2nd Multilingual edition)
Publishing Details
Paea Spies / 'Oku sio 'a Paea
By (Author) Dahlia Malaeulu
Edited by Emeli Sione
Illustrated by Darcy Solia
Designed by Liz Tui Morris
Edited and translated by Mele Tonga Grant
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Dahlia Malaeulu
Mila's Books
1st September 2023
2nd Multilingual edition
New Zealand
Classifications
Primary and Secondary Educational
Fiction
Language readers
Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages
Physical Properties
Paperback
Width 215mm, Height 225mm
Description
Paea enjoys playing games with her friends and teaches readers Tongan colours while playing a fun game of 'I spy'. Includes two stories in one book - Paea Spies provides scaffolded language supports while 'Oku sio 'a Paea is the Tongan translation of Paea Spies. Based on the first Mila's My Gagana Series (2019), these dual language stories allow readers to safely explore the target language, develop understanding and cultural confidence. The Mila's My Pasifika Series stories are culturally rich picture books that provide safe language learning opportunities.
Author Bio
Dahlia Malaeulu is an award-winning author and publisher of Mila's Books - Pasifika children's books that help tamaiti to be seen, heard and valued. A Samoan New Zealander with connections to the Samoan villages of Vaivase tai and Sinamoga, Dahlia is a passionate educator at heart driven by the power of Pasifika stories and enabling tamaiti to succeed as themselves. Dahlia also regularly presents at educational conferences, visits schools across Aotearoa, was the Pasifika Curator at the Auckland Writer's festival this year, the recipient of the Creative New Zealand Pasifika Emerging Pacific Artist Award (2022), the NZ Emerging Publisher Award (2023) and serves on the Te Pou Muramura Read New Zealand board.
