Tevitas Room / Loki o Tevita: Milas My Pasifika Series (Tongan)

(Paperback, Multilingual edition)

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Tevita teaches us how to count in Tongan while taking us on his journey of cleaning up his bedroom. Includes two stories in one book - Tevitas Room provides scaffolded language learning supports while Loki o Tevita is the Tongan translation of Tevita's Room. 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 Milas 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 Milas 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.