About the event
Elena de Roo, Juliet de Roo and The Cuba Press invite you to the Wellington launch of Wizardry to Wētā Verse. Elena and Juliet will chat with publisher Mary McCallum about making their first book together and read some poems.
75 poems for 5–10 year olds
Keeping you awake poems
DO NOT EAT THIS CAKE poems
Blustery and breezy poems
Sweeping through the seasons poems
Metaphors and weather verse
Wizardry to wētā verse
Lonely and alone poems
Poems about poems poems
The universe, the earth and space
Stranger worlds, a greener place
Turning to the next new day
Sleepy lions(lines) that slip away
Child-friendly event!
Wizardry to Wētā Verse by Elena de Roo, illustrated by Juliet de Roo
Tuesday November 26th, 12.30pm-1.15pm
in-store at Unity Books Wellington
Author Talk on Wizardry to Wētā Verse by Elena de Roo, illustrated by Juliet de Roo
All welcome!
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