Family of Forest & Fungi – He Tukutuku Toiora
$24.00
Children’s book: Family of Forest & Fungi.
A children’s book exploring the kingdom of fungi, with activities including making a spore print, mushroom ink, and even growing your own. Spaces are provided to write responses to sensory activities, and also te reo vocabulary related to the natural world. With beautiful watercolour illustrations by well-loved children’s book illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White and translations by Hana Park. By Valetta Sówka.
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Children’s book:
Family of Forest & Fungi – He Tukutuku Toiora
By Valetta Sówka, with illustrations by Isobel Te Aho-White and translations by Hana Park
How did our Maori ancestors use mushrooms?
What are some of the astounding ways that fungi can help us?
Why do some mushrooms glow?
Discover the answers to these questions and more in this book for tamariki about the magical world of fungi.
Help your child build a natural connection to the taiao by journeying to the forests of Aotearoa and dscovering the amazing, hidden kingdom of fungi that dwells there!
Read a review of the book here by The Sapling, Children’s book review site.
Includes:
- te reo vocabulary related to te taiao, the natural world
- exercises for your child to complete to help them connect to te taiao and practise what they are learning about fungi
- practical activities with fungi such as making ink, spore prints and how to grow your own mushrooms at home
ISBN: Blue Hand Publications.
51 pages