Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! is a beautifully illustrated book that models a kind and caring attitude to welcoming new children into their play and learning environment taught by their teacher Miss Riggs. Ruby goes from feeling like an outsider, to feeling like she belongs to her new kindergarten family. These pre-school kids have learnt a smile is easy to do and costs nothing to share and their kind actions have a transforming effect. Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! can be read with other language `hello¿ greetings found in the back, such as; ¿Hello! Talofa! Welcome new friend!¿. A simple way to include the cultures of our New Zealand children.
The book critically explores the concept of belonging and how it can respond to contemporary problems in not only the traditional domains of citizenship and migration, but also in detention practices, queer and feminist politics, Australian ...
Gobbolino is a witch's cat who would rather be a kitchen cat.
After you meet Mutt Dog, youll want him to belong to you too. Based on the true story of the authors own beloved dog, Muttley, this is a warm tale of love and belonging.
May this book be a refuge to marvel at the nuance and complexity that makes you remarkably human."--Back cover.
The editors brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study"--
The peer-reviewed essays in this interdisciplinary volume explore the facets of migration and the consequences of displacement on the lives of those individuals who undertake the experience.
Originally published in Horsham, West Sussex by Maverick Arts Publishing Ltd. in 2015.
Warm, realistic illustrations illuminate the text, showing children eating, playing, making music, and working together with family and friends. "Belonging feels so good!
"A sea born creature, who never quite belongs, discovers who she really is"--Back cover.
"Digby always felt like he didn't belong--like he was just a little different from everyone else.