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The Big Book of Kiwi Nursery Rhymes

By Kimberly Andrews
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Chant and clap, play and sing along to this gorgeously illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes with a Kiwi twist by bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator, Kimberly Andrews. Rub-a-dub-dub,Three birds in a tubAnd who do you think they be?The tauhou, the tui, the korimako,Preening their wings,... Read More
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Chant and clap, play and sing along to this gorgeously illustrated collection of favourite nursery rhymes with a Kiwi twist by bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator, Kimberly Andrews.

Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three birds in a tub
And who do you think they be?
The tauhou, the tui, the korimako,
Preening their wings, all three!

Introduce your little ones to classic nursery rhymes with a Kiwi twist, beautifully illustrated with all your favourite New Zealand birds and animals, including the kakapo, the kiwi, tohora and whakahao.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761600913

Publisher: Walker Books Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 October 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Walker Books Australia

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Kimberly Andrews

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 64

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About the Author

Kimberly Andrews is the best selling, award-winning author and illustrator of the Puffin the Architect series.

Kimberly's picture book illustrations have been widely acclaimed. She was awarded Storylines Notable Book Awards for Tuna and Hiriwa by Ripeka Takotowai Goddard (2016) and Song of the River by Joy Cowley (2019). In 2019, the first story Kimberly wrote and illustrated, Puffin the Architect (2018), won the Russell Clark Award for Illustration and was a finalist for Best Picture Book in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. It also won a Storylines Notable Picture Book Award as well as the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children’s Book. It has been published in five languages, with rights sold to Romania, Russia, China and Taiwan.

Kimberly lives with her husband and two young daughters in a small shipping-container house near Wellington, where she illustrates and writes, and runs her business Tumbleweed Tees, screen-printed clothing featuring her illustrations of New Zealand plants and wildlife.

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