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In the Beginning is a 2001 New Zealand children's book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. The book is a retelling of the Māori creation story and is sculpted around Māori mythology . Gossage writes about the struggle of Ranginui and Papatūānuku's children who are tired of living in the dark and trying to part their parents to allow ...
How Māui Slowed the Sun is a 1982 New Zealand children’s book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. [1] The book is a retelling one of the many stories about the mythical culture hero, Māui . The book follows Māui as he proposes the idea to catch the sun and slow it down because daylight time is not long enough causing working and eating ...
Huia Publishers is a New Zealand publishing company based in Wellington, established in 1991. [1] Huia publishes material in Māori and English for adults and children, including graphic novels, picture books, chapter books, novels and resources for kura kaupapa Māori (Māori language schools).
3. Everywhere Beauty is Harlem by Gary Golio; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. The best picture books demonstrate words and pictures working in perfect harmony. But sometimes the sheer gorgeousness of ...
In 1979 Mataira was awarded a Choysa Bursary for Children's Writers. With this she completed four Māori legend picture books. [5] In 1996 the University of Waikato in 1996 gave her an Honorary Doctorate. [5] In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mataira was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the Māori ...
The popular English children's author G. A. Henty wrote Maori and Settler: A Tale of the New Zealand Wars (1890). Lady Barker wrote two books about life in New Zealand; Station Life in New Zealand (1870) and Station Amusements in New Zealand (1873), and her husband Frederick Broome wrote Poems from New Zealand (1868).
In 2006 a picture book version illustrated by Bruce Potter was listed as one of the Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List. [9] [10] In 2022, The Whale Rider was included on the Big Jubilee Read, a list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors produced to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. [11] [12]
Her children's book The Kuia and the Spider / Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere (1981) won the Children's Picture Book of the Year Award at the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards, [1] and The Trolley received the Russell Clark Award for children's book illustration in 1994. [30] Baby No-Eyes (1988) was shortlisted for the Tasmania Pacific ...