Birdsong / He Korihi: 1 to 10 Counting Book

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Birdsong / He Korihi is a charming bilingual, bicultural1 to 10 counting book for 0-10 year olds. It is beautifullyillustrated with a mix of familiar native and introduced birdsand the rhyming couplets in Mori and English introduce arange of interesting words and bird behaviours forreaders and teachers.He pukapuka tatau i te 1 ki te 10 a Birdsong / He Korihi m te hunga tamariki atu i te 0 ki te 10 tau, otir, he rawerawe, hereorua, he kkano rua.

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Maris O'Rourke is a former Secretary for Education for New Zealand and Director of Education for The World Bank. This is her sixthchildren's book. She lives and works in Mt Eden, Auckland with her whnau. Stephanie Huriana Fong (Te Rarawa, Te Hikut, Te Aupuri) isa graduate of Te Kura Kaupapa Mori and Te Wharekura o Hoani Waititi Marae. She is a certified translator of te reo Mori who also worksin television and other media. She and her sister Jen Martin are co-directors of their Mori language consultancy, Pae T Limited.Stephanie lives in West Auckland with her husband and their two tamariki. Visual artist, painter, printmaker, film director Claudia PondEyley was born in Matamata and attended schools in Montreal and New York. She returned to New Zealand to attend the Elam school ofFine Arts at the University of Auckland and continues to practise from her studio in Mt Eden, Auckland.