Māori Tales of Long Ago | By A.W. Reed, Illustrated by A.S. Paterson
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Māori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic collection of sixteen stories adapted from Māori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Māori Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maoriland. Best-sellers of their time, they gave a generation of New Zealand children a lyrical introduction to the world of Māori mythology. In each story, a myth is narrated and brought to life by genial old Popo, the village storyteller and friend of the chief's son and daughter, Rata and Hine. Now in a new paperback edition, this book faithfully keeps the charming original line drawings by A.S. Paterson, including eight illustrated colour plates. It contains a foreword from David Simmons, a distinguished ethnologist, former assistant director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and author of several books on Maoritanga.
ISBN: 9781869664237
Size: 24.8 x 18.5 cm
Page: 136
Format: Softback
Weight: 384g
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