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my daughter’s dog dances in our daisy patch
the tūī are singing like nana’s piano
the kererū soar swoop soar
I am eating watermelon sorbet

I got so much JOY


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Bb – Bobcat

In his lair upon the hill,
lives grouchy bobcat Buzz.
His whiskers are extremely long,
his ears have tufts of fuzz.
Buzz spends all day inside his lair
and rarely ventures out,
as people tend to laugh at him,
and stare and point and shout.
It’s not his whiskers or his ears
that the...


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Once Upon a Harbour
Fiona Farrell and David Elliot
Allen & Unwin, 2026
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William Pickering: Kiwi Rocket Man
Maria Gill, illus Alistair Hughes
Bateman Books, 2026
Bateman Book


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Fake News

Things that don’t sound real but are:
Sea biscuit
Onion jam
Easter Island
Vegan ham
Pancake Rocks
Jewel beetle
Snow hotel
Giraffe weevil
Toe wrestling
Cockatoo
Apple butter
Timbuktu
Paper road
Buffalo wings
Dream catcher
Tree rings

Things ...


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