Littlemoabooks

08/11/2023

🎉 Submissions are now open for one day only! 🎉

At Little Moa, we are accepting submissions for books that:

- Are about New Zealand children’s experience
- Are targeted at children from newborns to those finishing primary school
- Have less than 3000 words

Submit your manuscript: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wEhj7

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

08/11/2023

'In his classic cartoon and humorous style, Donovan introduces readers to some of New Zealand’s best-loved flora...making it accessible to both younger and older readers. It’s a lovely read and beautifully produced hardback', Linda Jane Keegan, The Sapling

Have you read Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator's RUSTLE! yet? How about SQUAWK!? Pick up these books to find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique 🐦🌿

Available where all good books are sold 📚

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Sapling editor and self-confessed nature nerd, Linda Jane Keegan, reviews an amazing selection of books about the world around us. Look up close at tiny creatures from land to sea, to far, far away into the night sky. These would...

01/11/2023

Send us your manuscript! 🤩

At Little Moa, we will be accepting submissions for one day only on Thursday 9th November. We will be looking for books that:

- Are about New Zealand children’s experience
- Are targeted at children from newborns to those finishing primary school
- Have less than 3000 words

🔗 If this sounds like something you be interested in, click here: https://brnw.ch/21wE4mq

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

20/10/2023

Have you picked up this berry-licious read yet? 🍓

Perfect inspiration for a long-weekend strawberry picking adventure? 👀 We think so!

Follow the inventive gnomes in THE GNOMES’ VERY BERRY CHRISTMAS as they grow strawberries for Christmas - and swipe across for a sneak peak inside! ☀️🧑‍🎄

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OUT NOW

09/10/2023

Happy publication day to  for THE SPORTY LOOKY BOOK! 🏏

Can you find all the silver ferns? What about spot the differences on the rugby team's tour bus? 🏉

You'll have a ball of a time diving into the crazy world of ! 🏀

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🔗 Out now - available where all good books are sold!

03/10/2023

If you’re looking for something fun to do these school holidays, you can’t go past baking! Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi and Edmonds: My First Cookbook are jam packed with delicious recipes that everyone will enjoy. 😋

Get your copy where all good books are sold. 🍰

Mēnā e rapu ana koe i ētahi mahi ngahau i ēnei hararei kura, kāore i tua atu i te tunu keke! Kī katoa a Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi i ngā tohutao mō ngā kai tino reka ka rawe ki te katoa. 😋

Hokona tō kape i ngā wāhi katoa e hokona ai te pukapuka pai. 🍰 ________

OUT NOW: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wDbhj

Edmonds Cooking Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

03/10/2023

Can't get enough of winner Sam Smith? 🥇 Well, neither can we!

Luckily for us, post-Traitors and between duties as an ambassador for Multiple Sclerosis Auckland, Sam is busy writing children's books.

Snake Brought Cake has been out for a while, but he has two more titles coming to shelves next year – Don't Scare The Dentist and the graphic novel Miles And Jones, so be sure to stay tuned!! 👀

Haven't read SNAKE BROUGHT CAKE yet?
Get your copy: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wD949

As he introduces his supportive family, the comedian explains how having MS and being legally blind helped him take out the Traitors prize money

25/09/2023

Happy publication day to Sarina Dickson and Miinrui Yang for THE GNOMES' VERY BERRY CHRISTMAS! 🍓

Get ready for a berry-licious Christmas with the gnomes as they compete in the annual Christmas Strawb-Galorb ✨

From the author that brought you The Fairies' Night Before Christmas and The Chaos Before Christmas, and the illustrator that won the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, comes a Christmas story of teamwork and triumph.
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OUT NOW - Get your copy: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wCVrr

24/09/2023

Whitcoulls announced their Kids' Top 50 List for 2023, as voted by New Zealanders! 🥳

We're so proud of our books that made the list: Edmonds: My First Cookbook by Edmonds Cooking , Squawk! by Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator, and The Magic Faraway Tree: The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton 🎉

How many have you read? To see the full list, click here: 🔗https://brnw.ch/21wCTmd

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Littlemoabooks

19/09/2023

Something berry-licious is coming this Christmas! 🍓

coming September 26th!

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16/09/2023

Join What Now's Stella and some very special guests as they test out a new recipe from Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi ✨🍪

Want to test out some more recipes? 🥣
Get your copy here: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wCDnl

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Littlemoabooks Edmonds Cooking Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

14/09/2023

Hurō! Kua eke a Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi ki te taumata o ngā puka mā ngā tamariki o Aotearoa e hokona ana i tēnei wiki! Kei a koe tō kape?

Woohoo! Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi is the #1 bestselling NZ children’s book this week! Have you got your copy yet?

Get your copy: https://brnw.ch/21wCAYt

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Edmonds Cooking Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

14/09/2023

A couple of reo Māori students pursue the classic whānau love language of cooking from their first Māori cookbook.

13/09/2023

E rapu ana rānei koe i tō pukapuka e whai ake nei? Looking for your next read? 📚

Why not pick up a copy of one of our fully te Reo Māori books for your tamariki?

🥣 Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi:
Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi is a brilliant fully illustrated cookbook with a glossary of te reo Maori words into English. Aimed at tamariki taking their first steps at independent cooking and a perfect learning tool for te reo Maori language learners. A must-have for everybody in Aotearoa.

🦁 He Raiona i roto i nga Otaota:
Te reo Maori edition of this much-loved classic, translated by Piripi Walker. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside.

🚚 Te Pāmu o Meketānara:
Old MacDonald had a farm ... E-I-E-I-O! Children will love to join in and sing along to this much-loved nursery rhyme, now in te reo Maori!

🚌 Ngā Wīra o te Pahi:
The wheels on the bus go round and round . . . Children will love to join in and sing along to this favourite nursery rhyme, now in te reo Maori!

12/09/2023

Tirohia ēnei whakakitenga a Edmonds nō ngā toa p**a noa i te motu! Kei a koe tō kape o Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi?

Check out these amazing Edmonds store displays from around the country! Have you got your copy of Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi yet?

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OUT NOW: https://brnw.ch/21wCtVt

11/09/2023

Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo i te taha o Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi. Mā te whai i ngā tohutao hou hei tunu i te Paraoa Parai, i ngā Pihikete Whetū me te Tapatui, ka taea e koe te tunu kai ka paingia e te katoa.

Celebrate te wiki o te reo Māori with Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi. With brand new recipes including Fried Bread, Star Biscuits
and Supa Suey you can make something everyone can enjoy.

Get your copy: https://brnw.ch/21wCrYB

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Edmonds Cooking Kotahi Rau Pukapuka

07/09/2023

Hurō! Kua eke a Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi ki te taumata o ngā puka mā ngā tamariki o Aotearoa e hokona ana i tēnei wiki! Kei a koe tō kape?

Woohoo! Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi is the #1 bestselling NZ children’s book this week! Have you got your copy yet?

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KUA REWA / OUT NOW 📚

Edmonds Cooking
Littlemoabooks
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

03/09/2023

Happy Father's Day! 💕

Today we celebrate a gizmo dad, a sweet dad, a moves to his own beat dad. An honest dad, a doggy dad, a 'why is that so soggy?' dad!

It's the perfect day for some well-earned relaxing, and what better way to do so, than with some reading?

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Get your copy: https://brnw.ch/21wCejx

🎨 Illustrations by from 's DADAPALOOZA

31/08/2023

Listen as te reo champion and Edmonds Cooking ambassador Stacey Morrison speaks to Jesse Mulligan RNZ Afternoons about how EDMONDS TAKU PUKA TOHUTAO TUATAHI helps to 'normalise' the language 🥣

Different iterations and editions of the Edmonds Cookery Book have helped New Zealanders navigate the kitchen for more than 110 years. Now, a new version of Edmonds My First Cookbook is aiming at helping young cooks boost their te reo Māori skills at the same time.

Get your copy: 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wC90h

Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Littlemoabooks Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

Every house hold in Aotearoa at some point was home to an Edmonds cook book. Now there's a new much more modern edition available for children to cook and learn te reo at the same time! Stacey Morrison speaks to Jesse.

28/08/2023

Ngā mihi o te rā whakap**a ki a: Edmonds Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi. 

Kia tū koe hei toa ki te tao panikeke, hei toki ki te tunu pōtaka tiakarete, hei rehe rānei ki te mahi pihapiha. 

KUA REWA - e wātea ana i ngā wāhi e hokona ana ngā pukapuka pai 📚
 
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Happy publication day to Edmonds: Taku Puka Tohutao Tuatahi! 

Kia tū koe hei toa ki te tao panikeke, hei toki ki te tunu pōtaka tiakarete, hei rehe rānei ki te mahi pihapiha. 

OUT NOW - available where all good books are sold 📚

21/08/2023

Little Moa has acquired two more picture books - BUZZ! Insects of Aotearoa and SPLASH! Sea Creatures of Aotearoa - from bestselling author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.

Are you excited to continue finding out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series?

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Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator
Littlemoabooks
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

17/08/2023

Lots of mouth-watering deliciousness to celebrate - we have two titles in the NZ Children's bestseller list! 🎉

🍴 EDMONDS MY FIRST COOKBOOK came in at Number 8

🍰 THE WITCH IN THE CHERRY TREE - with all new illustrations from the winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize 2022, - came in at Number 10

Congratulations to all involved!

16/08/2023

Kua rewa tonu! 🎉⤵️

10/08/2023

The talented stopped by to create a deliciously gorgeous window for the newly illustrated Margaret Mahy book, THE WITCH IN THE CHERRY TREE 🍰🌸

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OUT NOW: https://fal.cn/3AE60



Littlemoabooks

09/08/2023

🎉 Submissions are now open for one day only! 🎉

At Little Moa, we are accepting submissions for books that:
- Are about New Zealand children’s experience
- Are targeted at children from newborns to those finishing primary school
- Have less than 3000 words

🔗 Submit your manuscript here: https://fal.cn/3ABPf

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

08/08/2023

A mouth-watering tale of delicious cakes and wicked witches, THE WITCH IN THE CHERRY TREE, is out now! 🍰🌸

From celebrated children's writer Margaret Mahy and the winner of the 2022 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, Jessica Twohill, comes a magical story of imagination and discovery, published as a picture book for the very first time.
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OUT NOWhttps://www.moabooks.co.nz/book-moa/?id=the-witch-in-the-cherry-tree-9781869715359:



Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

04/08/2023

Send us your manuscript! 🤩

At Little Moa, we will be accepting submissions for books that:
- Are about New Zealand children’s experience
- Are targeted at children from newborns to those finishing primary school
- Have less than 3000 words

🔗 If this sounds like something you be interested in, click here: https://fal.cn/3ArYG

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

29/07/2023

“Donovan Bixley is one of our outstanding artists and writers for children . . . Several ticks from me!”

Listen to David Hill as he talks to Kathryn Ryan about Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator's RUSTLE! below ⤵️

Get your copy: https://fal.cn/3AhXD

Littlemoabooks
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

David Hill reviews Rustle! by Donovan Bixley published by Hachette NZ

24/07/2023

Happy publication day to Sarina Dickson and Ant Sang for DADAPALOOZA! 🎈

A gizmo dad, a sweet dad, a moves to this own beat dad. An honest dad, a doggy dad, a 'why is that so soggy?' dad.

What kind of Dad do you have? Celebrate them all in this colourful rhyming picture book from bestselling author Sarina Dickson, with humourous search-and-find style illustrations from award-winning artist Ant Sang.
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OUT NOW: https://fal.cn/3A9J0


Littlemoabooks

07/07/2023

Whitcoulls are looking for New Zealand’s favourite kid’s books! Vote for yours before 23rd July and you could WIN 1 of 10 $100 gift cards! 🔗 Vote here: https://fal.cn/3zGUb

If you can’t think if your favourites, we love:

- You Hung the Moon by Jess Urlichs &
- The Rainbow in My Heart by Jess Urlichs &
- My Superpowers by Jess Urlichs &
- Squawk! by Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator
- Rustle! by Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator
- Snake Brought Cake by &
- A Stick and A Stone by &
- Mumapalooza by &
- The Boy Who Made Things Up by &
- The Boy with Two Shadows by & Sarah Greig illustration + design
- There's a King in the Cupboard by &

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Littlemoabooks

05/07/2023

Donovan Bixley's RUSTLE! spotted in the wild in Te Awamutu, Taupō, and Whakatāne! 🔍

Spiky plants, spicy plants, iconic plants, indestructible plants, useful plants, and New Zealand's giants of the forest 🌱🌳🍃

Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.

Get your copy: https://fal.cn/3zEI5

03/07/2023

We’re delighted to announce that we are working with these awesome illustrators as part of our forward publishing plans.

Every artist showed us their talent by entering the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.

• Minrui Yang, Winner 2021
• Hilary Jean Tapper, Runner Up 2019
• Rehua Wilson, Runner Up 2020
• Cesar Lador, Runner Up 2020 & 2022
• Sarah Trolle, Runner Up 2021 & 2022
• Jessica Twohill, Winner 2022

We’ll be revealing more details about each book soon, so keep an eye out.

If you want to enter the Illustration Prize this year, there’s still time! Submissions close Thursday, 27th July.

For more info, click here: https://fal.cn/3zzHt

03/07/2023

Cozy up on this cold winter day and join Suzy Cato in Suzy's Book Corner as she reads Jess Urlichs and 's THE RAINBOW IN MY HEART 🌈

For children, experiencing new emotions and understanding them are two vastly different things, but poet Jessica Urlichs and illustrator Rebekah Ballagh have created an accessible and wondrous rhyming picture book about the rainbow of feelings that live in our heart that helps little ones to express their feelings.

Get your copy here: https://fal.cn/3zztT

Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

This wonderful book helps to explain all the emotions that we might feel, from time to time. The Rainbow in My Heart is the first in a series by Jessica Url...

26/06/2023

Happy publication day to Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator for RUSTLE! 🎉

Spiky plants, spicy plants, iconic plants, indestructible plants, useful plants, and New Zealand's giants of the forest! 🌱🌳🍃

Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.

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🔗 Out now: https://fal.cn/3zpVZ


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19/06/2023

One week to go until Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator's RUSTLE! is out 🌱🌳🍃

Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley.

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COMING 27 JUNE


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08/06/2023

Little Moa has acquired two more picture books and one more poetry gift book from global bestselling author Jessica Urlichs.

Are you as excited as we are for more coming from over the next few years?

01/06/2023

From infancy to childhood, through the teenage years and into adulthood, the love between a mother and child is a bond like no other.

YOU HUNG THE MOON is a heartwarming book of verse by bestselling author and poet Jess Urlichs is a celebration of this inimitable bond, gorgeously illustrated by 🌙

Get your copy: https://fal.cn/3yIiE

26/05/2023

Number one bestselling SQUAWK! is joined by RUSTLE! Native Plants of Aotearoa.

Spiky plants, spicy plants, iconic plants, indestructible plants, useful plants, and New Zealand's giants of the forest! 🍃

Find out what makes the flora and fauna of Aotearoa so unique in this charming series by award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley Author/Illustrator

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COMING SOON

19/05/2023

Looking or a weekend activity for the kids? Become a champion-pikelet-maker with EDMONDS MY FIRST COOKBOOK 🥞

With an illustrated, step-by-step layout, you'll find it super easy to learn to cook these classic New Zealand recipes. From breakfast through to dessert and all the meals and snacks in between, this collection of over 90 recipes will be the beginning of a life-long love of baking and cooking.

Get your copy: https://fal.cn/3ymQ4