WaiPRU Publications

Delve into the research publications of the Waikato Picturebook Research Unit (WaiPRU). Explore their work on the role in education, language development, and cultural understanding.

2024

  • Kelly-Ware, J., Daly, N., Teokotai, L., George, K. P, Marjoriebanks, D., & Sealey, E. (2024). Language learning together using Pacific picturebooks in an Aotearoa New Zealand kindergarten. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 49(3), pp. 264–277.  10.1177/18369391241260070
  • Daly, N., & Kelly-Ware, J. (2024) Using picturebooks to support student teachers to address complex social justice issues in early childhood education settings. Early Years: An International Journal, 1–14. 10.1080/09575146.2023.2284631

2023

  • Brouwer, J., & Daly, N. (2023). Reo Rua Pukapuka Pikitia:Whānau drawing on their community cultural wealth to create strategies for developing Te Reo Rangatira. Early Education Journal, 68, (Autumn), 4-11.
  • Fuimaono, A., Daly, N., & Kelly-Ware, J. (2023). Talanoa, vā and picturebook pedagogy to support Pacific identities in a kindergarten setting. Early Education Journal, 68, (Autumn), 12-19.

2022

  • Brouwer, J., & Daly, N. (2022). Te Puna Pukapuka Pikitia: Picturebooks as a medium for supporting development of Te Reo Rangatira with kindergarten whanau. Early Childhood Folio, 26(1), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.18296/ecf.1103 (opens in a new tab)
  • Daly, N., Kleker, D. & Short, K. (2022). Children as language inquirers: Developing working theories through acts of inquiry. Language and Education, 36(3), 226-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2021.2020810 (opens in a new tab)
  • Daly, N. & McKee, R. (2022). Putting NZSL on the page: Multilingual/multimodal picturebooks in New Zealand. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism25(9), 3475-3488. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2022.2063684 (opens in a new tab)
  • Foe, C., Kelly-Ware, J., & Daly, N. (2022). Supporting language, culture and identity using Pacific picturebooks. Early Childhood Folio, 26(1). 3-9. https://doi.org/10.18296/ecf.1102 (opens in a new tab)
  • Loft, P. & Daly, N. (2022). Rona and the Moon: Comparing versions of a pūrākau. Literacy Forum NZ. 37(1), 35-43.
  • Vanderschantz, N.Daly, N. & San, V. (2022). Typographic design in Māori-English bilingual picturebooks: Some educational implications. Children’s Literature in English Language Education10, 1, 14-40.

2021

  • Daly, N. (2021). Kittens, blankets and seaweed: Developing empathy in relation to language learning via children’s picturebooks. Children's Literature in Education, 5(2), 20-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-020-09400-1 (opens in a new tab)
  • Daly, N. (2021). Voices in the library: Curating New Zealand children’s literature. New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, 27(1)33-48. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13614541.2021.1972758 (opens in a new tab)
  • Daly, N., Kleker, D., & Short, K. (2021). Using dual language picturebooks with children in an after school club. The New Zealand Annual Review of Education, 26 (2020)https://doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v26.6895 (opens in a new tab)
  • Kelly-Ware, J., Foe, C., & Daly, N. (2021). Exploring Pacific picturebooks to support the language, culture and identity of Pasifika children. A summer scholar’s perspective. Literacy Forum NZ, 36(2), 29-39.
  • Kleker, D, Short, K. G, & Daly, N. (2021). Inquiring about language through dual language picture books: A case study.  WOW Stories, IX (1)

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