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Will there be puffins? / by Gay Hay ; illustrated by Sarah Harmon.

Nā: Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextWhakaahuatanga: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations, maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780473362263
  • 0473362260
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: Summary: 6-year-old Angela travels to Shetland where she explores both the lands and her ancestry. Her grandmother Ruby had shared with her many stories about the places they had come from and the people they belonged to and Angela is excited to be experiencing this for herself. The idea for this story was launched from John and Gay's family returning to Shetland and their daughter feeling a strong sense of identity and heritage. Factual information about Shetland and puffins is included at the back of the book.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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"Many Shetland families were forced to leave their crofts and seek new lives in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Our family left Shetland to settle in New Zealand in 1922. They are the inspiration for this story"--Title page verso.

6-year-old Angela travels to Shetland where she explores both the lands and her ancestry. Her grandmother Ruby had shared with her many stories about the places they had come from and the people they belonged to and Angela is excited to be experiencing this for herself. The idea for this story was launched from John and Gay's family returning to Shetland and their daughter feeling a strong sense of identity and heritage. Factual information about Shetland and puffins is included at the back of the book.

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