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Peter Gossage (22 October 1946 – 30 July 2016) was a New Zealand author and illustrator. Known for his children's picture books based on Māori mythology, Gossage published over 20 books with deceptively simple storytelling popular inside and outside of classrooms.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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).
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).
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art is a 2014 children's picture book written by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary GrandPré.It tells the story of Russian-born abstract artist Vasily Kandinsky, "who is known for his abstract paintings with colorful geometric shapes and bold strokes". [1]