Titiro / Look

A new format edition of the winner of Best Picture Book, NZCYA book awards 2025.

A member of the extended family looks directly at the reader alongside a familiar toy. Labels give the Māori and English words for what we see—colors, shapes, eyes, ears, nose, hair—and there are more connections to find in every illustration pair. Words and images are chosen to include the unexpected and imaginative alongside the obvious, making this more than just a first-words book. This is a bilingual book to ask questions, point and talk, for adult reader and child to learn and explore together—or to enjoy quietly alone.