Ko Maraea me ngā toroa /
Grace, Patricia, 1937-
Ko Maraea me ngā toroa / Patricia Grace ; nā Brian Gunson ngā whakaahua ; ko te huri ki te reo Maori nā Waiariki Grace. - North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin Books, 2008. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Picture story book for children. Published simultaneously in English.
The story of Maraea, an elderly Maori woman who lives in a coastal community, next to an albatross colony. The rest of the people move to the cities, and soon only Maraea is left on the clifftop, looking out to sea to welcome the birds. Maraea passes away, and only a rock remains on the cliffs where she used to sit - but in spring, the rock transforms into a bird. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Translation of: Maraea and the albatrosses.
9780143502678 9780143502678 0143502670
Older women--Children's picture books.
Albatrosses--Children's picture books.
Kuia
Toroa ingoingo
Human-animal relationships--Children's picture books.
Birds--Children's picture books.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Children's picture books.
Pukapuka whakaahua
Tikanga
Pakiwaitara
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
Children's stories, Māori.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Picture books for children.
899.442
Ko Maraea me ngā toroa / Patricia Grace ; nā Brian Gunson ngā whakaahua ; ko te huri ki te reo Maori nā Waiariki Grace. - North Shore, N.Z. : Puffin Books, 2008. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Picture story book for children. Published simultaneously in English.
The story of Maraea, an elderly Maori woman who lives in a coastal community, next to an albatross colony. The rest of the people move to the cities, and soon only Maraea is left on the clifftop, looking out to sea to welcome the birds. Maraea passes away, and only a rock remains on the cliffs where she used to sit - but in spring, the rock transforms into a bird. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Translation of: Maraea and the albatrosses.
9780143502678 9780143502678 0143502670
Older women--Children's picture books.
Albatrosses--Children's picture books.
Kuia
Toroa ingoingo
Human-animal relationships--Children's picture books.
Birds--Children's picture books.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Children's picture books.
Pukapuka whakaahua
Tikanga
Pakiwaitara
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
Children's stories, Māori.
Children's stories, New Zealand.
Picture books for children.
899.442