He Taonga Te Toka
by Sacha Cotter
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Lately, things have been getting Charlie down. It's like he's got a big rock that just won't go away. He talks to Dad about it, and Dad brings out a dusty old book wit h a lot of tough rules. The first rule is you don't talk about rocks (feelings). But the rules make things worse - Charlie's 'rock' gets bigger, and everything feels dark and scary. They need some new rules - fast.
Author: Sacha Cotter
ISBN: 9781775508359
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Published: 31/03/2025
Format: Paperback / softback
About the Author
Sacha and Josh have collaborated previously on four picture books: Keys/Ngā Ki, The Marble Maker/Te Kaihanga Mapere, The Bomb/Te Pohu and Dazzlehands/Ringakōreko. Keys was a finalist in the picture book category and Ngā Ki was winner of the Māori Language Award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015. Ngā Ki also won Te Tohu Taurapa Award in the LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2015 and was selected for the IBBY Honour List in 2016. Te Kaihanga Māpere won Te Kura Pounamu award of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017. The Bomb was the supreme winner, the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2019, where it also won the Picture Book Award. It won the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's Book, PANZ Book Design Awards, in 2019, and it won the Storylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2019.