The Whale and the Snapper / Te Tohora Me Te Tamure

DescriptionPre-schoolers to Year 6 Primary School tamariki will enjoy the lovely illustrations, the rhymes and the messages.ReviewsReview by Christine Frayling on the Booksellers NZ blog ~ “Once upon a time, in the deep blue and dark blue sea, lived a tiny shiny snapper, and her sisters thirty-three.’ Quinn stopped me at this point, asking ‘has she got thirty-three sisters, Grandma’ – I had to explain that snappers lay a lot of eggs and, yes, they were all her sisters. Only having one sister, Quinn thought about that for a minute and said – “I don’t think I’d like to have thirty-three sisters”. I think she is right, one sister is plenty…” Read the full review. A reader review on Goodreads ~ “Richard Holt’s double spread full colour illustrations are vibrant and expressive, bringing to life this latest addition to the popular Kiwi Corkers series. Jo Van Dam’s use of Kiwi slang expressions and faultless rhythm and rhyme combine to make this a very NZ tale that youngsters will love.” Read the full review.Kiwi author Jo van DamFind out more about Auckland author and school librarian Jo van Dam on her author page.