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How Maui Slowed the Sun

By Peter Gossage
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Brief Description
A beloved Maori myth about how Maui outwitted Te Ra, as told by the iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage. Faced with too short days and long nights, Maui comes up with a plan to slow the sun's passage through the sky. With the help of... Read More
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How Maui Slowed the Sun

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A beloved Maori myth about how Maui outwitted Te Ra, as told by the iconic author and illustrator Peter Gossage.

Faced with too short days and long nights, Maui comes up with a plan to slow the sun's passage through the sky. With the help of his brothers, Maui sets out for the home of the sun to catch it and make it move more slowly.

How Maui Slowed the Sun is the winner of the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book.

Also available as a Maori-English text, Te Hopu a Maui i a te Ra/How Maui Slowed the Sun.

Read all the Maori myths by Peter Gossage!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143505181

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 November 2011

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Puffin

Edition: 3rd edition

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 295.0mm

Weight: 162g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Penguin Books Peter Gossage

About the Author

Peter Gossage is the storyteller and illustrator of many published works, including myths such as Hinemoa and Tutanekai and Pania of the Reef. His distinctive artistic style is loved by adults and children alike, and his retelling of old and interesting myths is done in such a way that they are easily accessible to readers of many ages. Peter lives in Auckland.

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