The amazing Gavin Bishop brings us a monster-sized book about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa!
Award-winning weaver of stories Gavin Bishop retells a variety of tales about the taniwha of Aotearoa, from the guardians who accompanied waka voyages to present-day inhabitants of the whenua and moana.
Storylines Notable Non-fiction Book 2025
Taniwha are all around us.
They are good at hiding or changing their shape.
They can be very tricky.
If you want to meet one,
you have to know what to look for
and where to look.
Describing how the landscape was shaped, and exploring relations between Māori and the sometimes friendly, but more often terrifying, supernatural creatures, these traditional stories are taken to a new level of spooky visual splendour.
Categories: Activity books & early learning, Children’s and YA fiction, Mind, body, spirit, Young readers non-fiction.
Reading Age: 7 years to YA.
RRP: Hardback in 64 pages NZ$40.00.
Imprint & Published in NZ by Penguin Random House New Zealand.
