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"Brooklyn and Māmā catch the bus heading for her new school, Te Kura o Manunui. However, soon noticing that they are going the wrong way, Brooklyn pushes the stop button and her and Māmā jump out to find themselves at the seaside of Mauao and not at school. Eager to get to school faster, Brooklyn has a grand idea to build a bridge.
Who will help her out?
Will it be Kiri the Kiwi, Mako the Mangōpare, Ani the Aihe, Toka and Toa the twin Tuatara or someone else?
Brooklyn builds a Bridge shows children that with imagination, they can find their inner awesomeness and share their great ideas, ask for help and never give up!
The book is set in Tauranga Moana, New Zealand."
Stacey Mareroa-Roberts, is a mother of three from Te Puna in Tauranga. She is a writer, poet, international speaker, and the creative director of Ignite Your Gift. Stacey is a passionate Wāhine Māori with the superpower of visionary storytelling to inspire, connect and empower other and share their gifts with others for success.
In her graduating year at the University of Waikato, where she conjoined Law and Social Science degrees with a Major in Iwi/Māori history, Stacey won the Huia Publishing Prize for Top Student in faculty and Excellence in History (2011) but she didn’t take it up at the time. Now, 18 years later, after a career in law and business development she has written and self-published her own piece of local “herstory.”
Stacey has whakapapa to Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Awa, Whakatohea and Te Rarawa.
https://brooklynbuildsabridge.com/
Date published: 2022
Author: Stacey Mareroa-Roberts
Illustrator: Travis Orams
subject area: Social Studies, Te Ao Māori, Technology
subject themes: Tauranga Moana, Mauao, Mount Maunganui, local stories
handling collection number: HC282
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