The Little Kowhai Tree

by Witi Ihimaera, Henry Campbell (Illustrator)

A lonely little kowhai tree longs for a baby brother to keep her company. When her wish is granted, she is left to protect him in a forest crowded with fairy tale creatures, nosy weak, inconsiderate pigs and chainsaw-weilding woodcutters. Will he survive?

Much-loved author Witi Ihimaera and internationally honored illustrator Henry Campbell have joined forces to produce a great book filled with fun rhymes and rich illustrations that will keep children entertained for hours.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2002

About the author

Witi Ihimaera is a novelist and short story writer from New Zealand, perhaps the best-known Māori writer today. He is internationally famous for The Whale Rider.

Ihimaera lives in New Zealand and is of Māori descent and Anglo-Saxon descent through his father, Tom. He attended Church College of New Zealand in Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand. He was the first Māori writer to publish both a novel and a book of short stories. He began to work as a diplomat at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973, and served at various diplomatic posts in Canberra, New York, and Washington, D.C. Ihimaera remained at the Ministry until 1989, although his time there was broken by several fellowships at the University of Otago in 1975 and Victoria University of Wellington in 1982 (where he graduated with a BA).[1] In 1990, he took up a position at the University of Auckland, where he became Professor, and Distinguished Creative Fellow in Māori Literature. He retired from this position in 2010.

In 2004, his nephew Gary Christie Lewis married Lady Davina Windsor, becoming the first Māori to marry into the British Royal Family.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ka nui taku aroha ki te rākau kōwhai 💛