A Friend for Mateo (yellow)
This Ready to Read Colour Wheel (yellow) book is a narrative story about Mateo who has just moved to New Zealand from Samoa.
About this resource
Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel
Colour wheel level: Yellow
Category: Fiction
A Friend for Mateo
Words by Dot Meharry
Illustrations by Leilani Isara
Mateo has just moved to New Zealand from Samoa. At the park, while Mateo watches the children riding their scooters, a boy (Zane) stops to say “hello” and offer Mateo a turn on his scooter. Afterwards, Mateo invites Zane to lunch with him and his mum.
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