The Little Kiwi Builder

Oh no, the little kiwi builder's house is falling down! His screws have all come loose - what can he do?

When the brickie, the plumber, the roofer, the sparky and the painter all come to help, it's looking good!

Until, that night ... uh-oh!

Perfect for:
- anyone who likes fun and silly rhyming stories
- reading aloud with little ones
- spotting the fun ideas in the illustrations that add to the story
- tradies!
- kiwis!
- archetypal kiwi stories

Tim Saunders farms sheep and beef near Palmerston North. He has written three children's picture books, The Tractor has a Wobbly Wheel, The Sheep that Stole the Farmer's Hat and The Little Kiwi Builder, and two adult non-fiction titles, This Farming Life and Under a Big Sky. He was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2021 for his story Carved; the only New Zealander to be shortlisted for this prestigious prize that year. He has had poetry and short stories published in Headland, Best Small Fictions, takahē, Landfall, Poetry NZ Yearbook, Broadsheet, RNZ and Flash Frontier. He won the 2018 MindFood Magazine Short Story Competition. He was joint winner of the Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize in 2023. He performs poetry around the Manawatu and beyond.

Minky Stapleton has been an award-winning Art Director and Creative Director, working in advertising agencies. She now works as an illustrator and creator of children's books, many of which are best-sellers and have won awards. She moved from Johannesburg to New Zealand, where she now lives.

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