Read an Extract from Squawk!
Join award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley to discover and learn about the fascinating and fabulous forest birds of Aotearoa - including moa, tui, kakapo, whio and so many more!
Books out now
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My Kiwi Christmas
It's Christmas time! Let's create some Christmas cheer with Donovan Bixley's My Kiwi Christmas. Learn and practice in both English and te reo Māori with this vibrant board book from award-winning author/illustrator Donovan Bixley. -
My First Board Book: My Body
When you look in the mirror what do you see? Eyes (ngā whatu), ears (taringa), nose (ihu), mouth (waha) and more. Learn the words for parts of your body and practice in both English and te reo Māori with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley. -
My First Board Book: Under the Sea
What can you see Under the Sea? Learn and practice in both English and te reo Māori with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley. -
My First Board Book: A Day at the Beach
Name all the things you can see down by the sea in English and te reo Māori with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley. -
My First Board Book: A Day at the Zoo
Learning animal names in English and te reo Māori is fun and interactive with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley. -
The Christmas Looky Book
A 24-page puzzle book that builds on the success of Donovan Bixley's bestselling Looky Book with a Christmas theme! Hours of quality fun for readers aged five and up. -
My First Board Book: Shapes
Learning shapes in English and te reo Māori is fun and interactive with this vibrant book. -
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Old MacDonald's Farm
The softcover edition was published to great success in 2011, now it s available as a board book! -
Looky Book
Hours of fun for the kids and the adults! -
My First Board Book: Colours
Mā is white, whero is red.' Learning colours is fun and interactive with this classic Kiwi tune with Māori vocabulary. -
My First Board Book: Animals
Learning animal names in English and te reo Māori is fun and interactive with this vibrant book featuring species native to New Zealand.
Have fun with these Donovan Bixley activity sheets!
- Colour in some of our favourite beach items!
- Help friends find their hats and sunscreen so they can play outside on this activity sheet.
- Help the tiger find his friends!
- Make your own Zoo animal finger puppets!
- Make your own Donovan Bixley Christmas Card!
- We are surrounded by shapes - can you see all the shapes in these pictures?
- Vroom Vroom, Things that Go can be very noisy! Put this puzzle together and then make the sounds of each machine.
- Have a really keen eye? Try to spot the difference!
- Do you know a budding artist? See how they do at drawing a dog.
- Road trips are fun! How about designing a caravan to go on adventures in?
- Cheet cheet cheet! Pīwakawakas are fun to watch, but how about colouring one of your own?
About Author & Illustrator
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Donovan Bixley
Donovan Bixley ONZM has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books in 31 countries and 18 languages, including Te Reo Māori. He has won awards for both his illustrating and writing and won the Children's Choice award in 2013. In 2021 he became an Officer of the Order of New Zealand. With over 100 books published, his unique style of illustration brings delight and joy to readers both young and old. He lives on the crater's edge of the greatest volcanic eruption in human history (also known as Lake Taupo, in New Zealand).
Music fills his spare time alongside his wife and three daughters.
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From award-winning author and illustrator Donovan Bixley comes SQUAWK!, the first in a brand new series of books celebrating Aotearoa's stunning wildlife.
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