Still going strong two decades on, our small company has changed and grown, while remaining grounded in the ngahere (forest) near the upper end of West Coast Road, Oratia, in the mighty Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland.
Oratia Books is proud to be among the sponsors of the Auckland edition of Figure per Gianni Rodari – Illustrators for Gianni Rodari, a prestigious and colourful exhibition of Italian children’s book illustrators.
Bestselling author Dawn McMillan, illustrator Ross Kinnaird, editor Carolyn Lagahetau, publisher Peter Dowling and their respective partners had a great outing on Tuesday at Waiomu Bay north of Thames.
Originally published in Italian by Dalcò Edizioni and bought to New Zealand in a gorgeous English-language edition Space Maps draws on the latest discoveries of astronomy to take children to the farthest reaches of the universe.
