Counting the stars : four Māori myths / Gavin Bishop.

By:

Bishop, Gavin, 1946- [author,, illustrator.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Random House, 2009.Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:

9781869790721
9781775530176

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Contents:

Mother earth and father sky -- The battle of the birds -- Kae and the whale -- Hinemoa and Tūtānekai.

Summary: This book contains four more Maori myths. They're exciting and scary but each story is nicely resolved. Gavin allows the essence of the original myths to remain while also re-telling them for a new generation of children.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Māoritanga	Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's	Māoritanga	398.209 BISH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	31/03/2023	I2080981
Junior Māoritanga	Eltham LibraryPlus Children's	Māoritanga	398.209 BISH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	In transit from Eltham LibraryPlus to Ōpunakē LibraryPlus since 27/03/2023		I2080979
Junior Māoritanga	Pātea LibraryPlus Children's	Māoritanga	398.209 BISH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		I2080980
Junior Non Fiction	Stratford Children's	Children's Non Fiction	398.2 BIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A00681611

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Sequel to: Taming the sun, and Riding the waves.

Mother earth and father sky -- The battle of the birds -- Kae and the whale -- Hinemoa and Tūtānekai.

This book contains four more Maori myths. They're exciting and scary but each story is nicely resolved. Gavin allows the essence of the original myths to remain while also re-telling them for a new generation of children.

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