2025 Winner Bookhub Picture Book Award
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Judges Comment "This deceptively simple, beautifully produced board book is an absorbing exploration of reo Māori and reo Pākehā. A representatively diverse whānau member and a favourite toy gaze out from each spread, inviting the reader to interact, ask questions, point, talk and learn. A mix of both common and surprising kupu is repeated and built upon in various contexts, enabling a deeply powerful learning experience. The vivid colour palette and bold, uncluttered images are perfect for pēpē and highlight connection with the people and toys that fill their world. Titiro Look is a taonga of a board book from an acclaimed Aotearoa storyteller."
Titiro iho, pātai ake, kōrero mai me tēnei pukapuka kupu tuatahi kia tūhuratia ngātahitia - whānau, kanohi, tae me te... tākaro!
Look, ask and talk with this book of first words to explore together - family, faces, colours and... play!
A member of the extended family looks directly at the reader alongside a familiar toy.
Labels give the Māori and English words for what we see - colours, shapes, eyes, ears, nose, hair - and there are more connections to find in every illustration pair.
Words and images include the unexpected and imaginative alongside the familiar, making this more than just a first-words book.
This is a bilingual book to ask questions, point and talk, for adult reader and child to learn and explore together-or to enjoy quietly alone.
Gavin Bishop, Darryn Joseph
Board Book, 36 pages
H: 215mm W: 215mm