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Hineniwha me te Kaitiora (The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate)
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Hineniwha me te Kaitiora (The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate) is a te reo Māori edition of a beloved New Zealand picture book. This timeless tale is an unconventional love story featuring a strong female lead and a pirate with a sensitive side, exploring...
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Hineniwha me te Kaitiora (The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate) is a te reo Māori edition of a beloved New Zealand picture book. This timeless tale is an unconventional love story featuring a strong female lead and a pirate with a sensitive side, exploring themes of independence and family.
The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool to sell to sailors who had got their feet wet. But when there were no ships at her jetty, she was quite alone.
One stormy day, a pirate came to the house on the jetty. He stood on his toes, starting a tap-tap-tapping on the window…
After a battle of words through the jetty trapdoor, these two windswept heroes discover they are suited after all, in a warm story of a carefree family.
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INFORMATION
Barcode: 9798765671702
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Lerner Publishing Group
Illustration: Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Miho Satake
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 276.0mm
Height: 227.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Joy Cowley is a celebrated New Zealand writer for children and adults, who has won many awards and honors. These include a New Zealand Arts Foundation Icon Award for lifetime achievement, the Prime Minister's Award for contribution to literature, and shortlisting for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Miho Satake is a highly regarded Japanese artist and illustrator known for illustrating the Japanese editions of classic children's books including Diana Wynne Jones and anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series.
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