All farmer wants is for Pig to OINK, just like a good pig should.
But Pig has other ideas.
Outlandish, rhyming, dancing, grooving, totally DAZZLING ideas, to be precise.
And it’s driving Farmer round the bend!
Look out for the new Cotter & Morgan picture book, out now!
Published by HUIA in English and Māori - written by Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan, translated by Kawata Teepa.
Order your copy from HUIA today.
Awards & Recognition:
Storylines Notable Book Award Winner 2023
NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Finalist: Picture Book Award
NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2024 - Finalist: Russell Clark Award for Illustration
NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children’s Picture Book 2024
The Royal New Zealand Ballet are adapting Dazzlehands into a children’s ballet for July 2024
Reviews:
Listen to the RNZ review with Claire Mabey & Jesse Mulligan here
'“To say it is all about PIGS and HANDS and JOY and seeing things in fresh DAZZLE LIGHTS AND it is the BEST children’s picture book I have read all year and I am DANCING on my tip toes and humming DAZZLE songs and am hoping you get a copy of DAZZLEHANDS so you can DANCE on your tip toes and hum DAZZLE songs too!
It is utterly Glorious! Thank you for bringing this book DELIGHT into the world.”
“Pick any page in this book and you’re going to be hit with a feast for the eyes. Each page is either a riot of colour, with rainbow swirls and stars and sparkles, or contains a multitude of hilarious facial expressions from the main characters. The writing too has a shimmy and a shimmer. The refrain in this book is, “Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these dazzlehands!” and I just want to keep saying that over and over for the pure mellifluous joy of it.”
“A book bursting with riotous colour and energy. From the authors of the award-winning THE BOMB, another excellent and highly enjoyable story about diversity and individuality. Playful language and the best pig ever.”
“From the bright pink cover to the inside spreads with Pig doing ‘his thing’, this picture book is dazzling!”
This is the U.S edition of the multi-award winning picture book, The Bomb.
Published in hardback by Sourcebooks .
Available for purchase online including Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
"This distinctive story of summer fun and growth, set within a culture underrepresented on North American shelves, carries a universal message of listening to one's own heart and being oneself when the world tries to tell you how and who to be."
“Along with the expressive images, the story will resonate with those learning how to navigate the emotional minefield of turning a failure into a success.”
“Fans of Cornwall’s Jabari Jumps...will appreciate this Kiwi take on taking that first big character-defining leap.”
-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“A summer tale about family, overcoming fears, and the importance of being oneself, all in the pursuit of performing the perfect cannonball.”
“Josh Morgan's colorful, vibrant illustrations make the child's feelings jump off the page.”
“Beyond this book's inspiring message of individuality and persistence, there's a rhythm to the writing here that amplifies the message and makes the text more accessible to early readers”
Available now! Order your copy from HUIA today!
In this story about being true to oneself, a boy searches for the secret to doing the perfect dive bomb into the water. With training from Nan, an expert and former champion, and by listening to his own voice, he finds his unique style and pulls off a wonderful, acrobatic, truly awe-inspiring bomb.
-NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2019 - Margaret Mahy Book of the Year - Supreme Winner
-NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2019 - Winner Picture Book Award
-NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Finalist Russell Clark Award for Illustration
-PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 - Winner Scholastic NZ Award for Best Picture Book
-PANZ Book Design Awards 2019 - Finalist HarperCollins Award for Best Cover
-Storylines Notable Book Award 2019 - Picture Book
-New Zealand Listener: 50 Best Books of 2018
Fire up the stoves!
Wind up the cranks!
Open the hatch!
It´s marble-making time!
A child dreams of inventing a brand new marble and having the recipe appear in The Book of Marbles. In a chaotic lab, with an opera-loving sheep as an assistant and using ingredients as diverse as ‘teeth bling from a retired rapper’, ‘three pints of swooshy night air’ and ‘a snippet from a sheep’s fringe’, the child tries and tries, only to fail miserably. But with a little help from her woolly friend, who thankfully knows just when to say the right kind of ‘baa’, she gets up from the ingredient-strewn floor to try again. In a twinkling, twirling burst of energy, amidst wild ‘baa-woos’, she gives the marble-making her absolute all – but will it be enough to get her into The Book of Marbles?
Illustrated by Josh Morgan.
Available: The books are produced in English and Māori editions and are available directly from HUIA Publishers and in all good bookstores. Suitable for ages 4–7.
Finalist for Best Picture Book at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People 2015
Beautifully illustrated by Josh Morgan, Keys is a touching tale of the special bond between father and daughter and their imaginative bedtime stories.
In this picture book, as Dad tucks his daughter into bed, he tells her fantastic stories about the keys on his key ring and what they unlock - from a zippenburger that takes him to work, to a rocket to collect space noodles, a treasure chest in the jungle, a chocolate biscuit factory where he taste tests all the biscuits, and a paddock where he rides a woolly mammoth that only eats yellow food.
To purchase this book online please visit HUIA Publishers.
"The flights of imagination are wild enough to be a surprise but with realistic links that would make a small child wonder exactly what was true...the reader and child sharing this book will come up with their own zany stories after enjoying this terrific book."
Crissi Blair - Magpies NZ
¨This picture book builds a warm-fuzzy father-daughter relationship through dad´s tendency for tall stories, coupled with the girl´s adoration of her darling dad and her willingness to suspend disbelief, to make-believe together. Balanced with a distinctive collage-style illustration, this retains great child-appeal, yet never descends to the saccharine, and reaches into your heart. There are many darling dads and daughters out there, and this story celebrates them. One to cuddle up with.¨
Judges´ comments - New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People 2015
Ko te hiahia o te kaimahi pāmu, kia OIKA a Poaka, pērā ki ētahi atu poaka.
Engari anō a Poaka, he whakaaro atu anō ōna.
He kōioio, he huarite, he kanikani, he mīharo, he whakaaro kōreko te hāngai.
Pōrangi tonu atu te kaimahi pāmu!
Look out for the new Cotter & Morgan picture book, OUT NOW!
Published by HUIA in English and Māori - written by Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan, translated by Kawata Teepa.
Translated by Kawata Teepa.
In this story about being true to oneself, a boy searches for the secret to doing the perfect dive bomb into the water. With training from Nan, an expert and former champion, and by listening to his own voice, he finds his unique style and pulls off a wonderful, acrobatic, truly awe-inspiring bomb.
Order your copy from HUIA today!
-New Zealand Listener: 50 Best Books of 2018
Māori edition translated by the very talented Kawata Teepa.
Winner of the Te Kura Pounamu Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2017.
Tahuna te umu!
Takahuria ngā tukoki!
Huakina te kōpani!
Ko te wā hanga māpere tēnei!
Kawata Teepa (Tūhoe) is a writer, resource developer and translator. His translations of children’s books include Ngā Kī (winner Te Tohu Taurapa Award, LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2015, winner Māori Language Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015 and selected for the IBBY Honour List 2016), Maumahara ki tērā Nōema (selected for the IBBY Honour List 2014) and Ngarimu Te Tohu Toa (winner, Te Kura Pounamu Award, LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2011).
Available: The books are produced in English and Māori editions and are available directly from HUIA Publishers
Suitable for ages 4–7.
Ngā Kī is the award winning Māori translation of Keys, brilliantly translated by the talented Kawata Teepa.
Ngā Kī was the winner of the Māori Language Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015.
Ngā Kī was also a finalist for the LIANZA Te Kura Pounamu award in 2015.
Ngā Kī is on the IBBY 2016 Honour List for an outstanding translation from New Zealand.
To purchase this book online, please visit HUIA Publishers.
¨Kawata Teepa’s (Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Arawa) empathetic translation of Keys by first time author Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan and published by Huia Publishers, stole the show in the Māori language section of this year’s awards. Teepa authentically captures the child’s voice and clearly conveys the special father-daughter relationship throughout. He demonstrates his ability to draw from te ao Māori (traditional Māori world) and te ao hou (modern world) in his use of metaphor and descriptive language.
The illustrations reflect clever attention to detail and a Māori look and feel is clearly implicit throughout, eliminating the problem of illustrations not fitting translated texts. The book is warm, entertaining and plays with language in a way that children will enjoy and parents may indeed puzzle over!¨
Judges´ comments - New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young People 2015
