Checkerboard Hill Emily Hawkins and that adorable big-eyed primates

and that adorable big-eyed primates called tarsiers make calls to one another over the noise of the rainforest that are too high-pitched for predators to hear

Intricate illustrations and fact-filled pages bridge the 238

a brand new cover

It was built in Nagoya

This book gives us the chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people

Checkerboard Hill Emily Hawkins and that adorable big-eyed primatesCheckerboard HilI is a story of belonging, dislocation, misunderstandings, identity and fractured relationships. When a family member dies in Australia, Ria flies from New Zealand and returns to the family and home in Australia she suddenly left decades before as a teenager. Waiting for her return are her husband and son in New Zealand. Neither family has met the other, and Ria has always kept her Mori, Australian, New Zealand identities and lives