Lily is excited about seeing her cousins Tama and Olivia arrive from Australia. Watching a plane arrive, she hopes that .....
When Frankie’s Mama’s vase breaks, so it seems does her family. Dad left with his belongings and Nan came to .....
Isla loves looking through her mum’s treasures. There are shoes and hats and scarves. Letters, bags and beads. But the .....
Nanny Mihi’s mokopuna (grandchildren) stay with her every school holidays. She lives near the sea and has a large vegetable .....
Haeta te Kapua is watching her Nanny Rina make a net. She has a special room where she likes to .....
Families are made up in many different ways. There are mums, dads and children. There are children with just a .....
A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up .....
Rangi enjoys practising haka with the other boys in his class at school. They are preparing for their end of .....
Grandma tells great stories. Like when she set fire to her bra! It wasn’t because it didn’t fit anymore, but .....
Grandpa loves to cook. In fact he’s amazing in the kitchen. But he’s also a bit of a klutz and .....
The day is hot and Tama longs to wade into the cool waters of the lake along with his big .....
Annie and her cat Moon are the very best of friends. They have been through a lot together. Before they .....
There once were three friends who were also all Nanas. They hung out together all the time and didn’t follow .....
Mum and Dad have a secret to share! A baby brother or sister is on the way. Big Sis is .....
Sitting on the couch next to his Nan, Tom gives a giant yawn. “Well, you were up at sparrow .....
It’s the end of the day in Pikitea Street. Night has fallen and dinner is done, and now many children .....
When Grandma sees Grandpa’s slippers on his feet one morning, she realises how old they are. There are holes in .....
Grandpa might look like a quiet, settled gentleman as he sits with his cuppa in his favourite armchair. Don’t let .....
Siblings go to stay with their much loved grandmother, but as grandmother’s often do, she can see something isn’t quite .....
A young boy loves hanging out with his koro (grandfather). One Pipiri (June) morning, just before sunrise, Koro and his .....
A young girl knows that others have different shaped eyes to hers. Her friends at school have wide round eyes .....
Manu is in awe when his Poppa shows him a medal. He wants to know what it is, and why .....
Koro loves to laugh and joke with his grandchildren. He pushes their swing or swings them round on his clothes .....
Sarah has two Grandmothers. One has given her a copy of The Koran, and one has given her a copy .....
Sophia loves helping around her house even when she’s very young and then also helping others, alongside her beloved Abuelo. .....
The roles are reversed as a little girl is dropped off at her beloved Grandmas’ house by her mum and .....
Grandude has four grandchildren staying over one rainy day, and they’re all bored. He shows them a few postcards of .....
Nanna’s button tin holds a wealth of stories. While a little girl searches for a button for her teddy who .....
Grandma’s memory isn’t so good anymore and she now lives in a rest home where they can remember things for .....