Tui’s Friends
TUI’S FRIENDS, based on the antics of a bossy tui in Jan’s native garden, is a delightful picture book for three to ten year-olds, illustrated by Ruth Reinsfield. It is best read aloud to enjoy the alliteration used throughout the story. Your children will learn about the character of seven of New Zealand’s native birds…
WRITTEN BY
Jan Pendergrast
About This Book
TUI’S FRIENDS, based on the antics of a bossy tui in Jan’s native garden, is a delightful picture book for three to ten year-olds, illustrated by Ruth Reinsfield. It is best read aloud to enjoy the alliteration used throughout the story. Your children will learn about the character of seven of New Zealand’s native birds and the native trees in which they live. It is published by Studio Seven Publishers in Inglewood, NZ. Tui’s Friends has been reprinted in a new format to make it more affordable. A4 size is $18 and A5 is $8.
Email: jan@roads-end.co.nz
Writer: Jan Pendergrast
About The Writer
Jan Pendergrast
JAN PENDERGRAST was the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of NZ Christian Writers for eight years, and has been a member for 18 years. Married to Hans, Jan writes stories based on experiences on their Bay of Plenty hill-country farm surrounded by native forest. Children from four to eight enjoy her picture books 'Tui’s Friends' and 'Pop’s Busy Blue Truck'. 'Dam Disaster' and 'Hut Hangout', Easy Reads for six to ten year-olds, are about the antics of two friends on the farm. 'Powerful Punctuation' is a ‘first-stop’ reference for your punctuation dilemmas. And 'Ruatara' is a novelette about the role Ruatara played in bringing Samuel Marsden to NZ. Jan, a school librarian, is a Board member for DayStar Books.
Photo: Jan Pendergrast
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