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The Smelly Giant

$25.00 NZD

In The Smelly Giant, gentle, clever Toe Jam grows to be huge, and this causes a problem in his community because his feet smell. The bigger he gets the worse the smell. While Toe Jam helps others and wants to be part of his village, everybody teases him and avoids him, and Toe Jam becomes very lonely. Finally, the people make him leave and live far away. Toe Jam never loses his kind heart, and when there are floods, wild winds and droughts, he returns to help his people. But each time, the people take his help then send him away again. Until, one day, when Toe Jam saves the people from an eruption, they finally understand their behaviour and see Toe Jam’s goodness.

 

  • Written by Kurahau
  • Illustrated by Laya Mutton-Rogers
  • 40 pages
  • Paperback book
  • ISBN: 9781775503569

 

Kurahau has worked in education for a number of years. Having written many non-fiction publications, The Smelly Giant is Kurahau’s first fictional bilingual story for children. Kurahau enjoys food: growing it, gathering it, preparing it, sharing it with others and especially, of course, eating it. In between eats, Kurahau is a champion of te reo and tikanga Māori and embraces the ideal of a world that shows care towards people, animals and the environment.