TY - BOOK AU - Bishop,Gavin TI - Counting the stars: four Māori myths SN - 9781869790721 PY - 2009/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Random House KW - Tales KW - New Zealand KW - Children's nonfiction KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Folklore KW - Mythology, Maori KW - Pūrākau KW - reo KW - Papatūānuku KW - Ranginui KW - Taiao N1 - 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; Ages 5+ N2 - 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. ER -