Te Reo Book Winner - 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards

​​​​Shortlisted for the 2023 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Te Reo Māori, Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award

No te tau 2002 ka mahia mai ta Witi Ihimaera The Whale Rider (1987) hei kiriata, a, i mihia ki tawahi. Ka ngahau ano pea ki te taiohi te pakiroa nei, a Sky Dancer (2007), a Pounamu, Pounamu (1972) ranei, he kohinga pakipoto ma te rangatahi, a Navigating the Stars (2020) ke ranei. I whakamanawatia ana tuhinga whakahirahira o roto i nga tau i nga tohutoa o Matariki, 2021.

No Ngati Raukawa, no Ngati Porou a Hēni Jacob. Kei Otaki e noho ana, ko tana mahi matua he whakamaori korero.

Ko te ringa whakaahua, a Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, kei Te Whanganui-a-Tara e noho ana. Nana te pukapuka Santa's Worst Christmas (2019), i whakaputaina e Huia, i tautapatia i etahi wehenga e rima o nga Tohu Pukapuka NCYA. Tera ano a Whiti- Colossal Squid of the Deep (2020), na Victoria Cleal nga korero, na Isobel nga whakaahua, he mea whakaputa e Te Papa Press, a, i whakawhiwhia te pukapuka nei ki te tohutoa Whitley mo te pukapuka pai katoa ma te tamariki.