The classic
children's picture books 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen and 'The
Very Hungry Caterpillar'by Eric Carle have now both been released in te reo
Māori by Huia Publishers.
Both books contain the same original illustrations while the text
has been translated into fun, rhythmical te reo Māori. 'We're Going on a Bear
Hunt' is now titled 'Te Haere ki te Rapu Pea' and 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
is now titled 'Te Anuhe Tino Hiakai'.
'There has been a demand for us to produce some of the more
popular children's books in te reo Māori for a while' said Huia's Managing
Director Robyn Bargh, 'so we began a conversation with the respective
publishers and authors of these books and they were very interested. The Very
Hungry Caterpillar has been translated into over 40 languages.' We're hoping the familiarity and popularity of the books will help attract more children to learning te reo Māori' said Robyn. 'We've also made these books available to Books in Homes to help them in their effort to engage more children in reading, and especially reading te reo Māori.'
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'Finally we've included read-along versions to help people with
pronunciation. We printed a QR code on the back of the book which takes readers
to a free audio download on our website of a fun translation read by one of our
staff, Riria Hotere' said Robyn.
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