Illustrator: Isobel Te Aho-White, Māori translation by Hona Black.
‘I’m worried about saying the names correctly,’ Priyanka says when she gets tasked with reading out student names at the end-of-year school assembly.
Determined to say them correctly, she goes on a chase to find her classmates and learn how to pronounce their names. She meets Arihia, Xinze, Somachandra, Sean and Tausa’afia, learns about their names and practises hard for the big day.
Renisa Maki tells a gentle and heart-warming story that crosses cultures and highlights the mana our names carry. Superbly illustrated by Isobel Te AhoWhite and translated into te reo Māori by Hona Black, What’s in a Name? is a book to read and reread at home or school.
Categories: Bilingual English-Māori, NZ Children’s books, Māori, Picture books, Te Reo Māori.
Reading Age: 6 to 8 years.
RRP: Paperback picture-book in 32 pages NZ$22.99.
Published in NZ by Oratia Books.
