Long ago when Maui was born, his mother thought her child was dead and sorrowfully cast him on the waves - but the great god Tama carried him away to learn magic. When Maui returned to his mother, his brothers mocked him because he was so small, and refused to take him fishing...How clever Maui caught the biggest fish in the ocean and earned the title "Maui of the Thousand Tricks" is vividly told in this Polynesian folk tale. Frane Lessac's sunsplashed artwork will delight young readers everywhere
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BARBARA KER WILSON received the Dromkeen medal for contributions to Australian children's literature in 2000. She has written more than 40 books for adults and children. Her Frances Lincoln books include The Turtle and the Island and Wishbones FRANE LESSAC's award winning books include The Chalk Doll by Charlotte Pomerantz, Caribbean Carnival, with songs by Irving Burgie, Wonderful Towers of Watts, written by Patricia Zelver, Not a Copper Penny, by Monica Gunning, and The Distant Talking Drum. The Turtle and the Island was her first book for Frances Lincoln, followed by Eric Maddern's The Fire Children, selected as one of Junior Education's Best Books of the Year in 1993 and as one of the Children's Books of the Year in 1994.
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Used this book as a part of our cultural curriculum. My students really enjoyed the story and illustrations.
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Long ago when the world was new, before any of the islands of the Pacific Ocean had been created, Maui was born. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Long ago when the world was new, before any of the islands of the Pacific Ocean had been created, Maui was born. Read the first page New!
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- The Fire Children: A West African Folk Tale by Eric Maddern in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Distant Talking Drum: Poems from Nigeria by Isaac Olaleye in Front Matter
- New Guinea (World's Wild Places) by Roy D. Mackay in Back Matter
- The Wonderful Towers of Watts (Reading Rainbow Books) by Patricia Zelver in Front Matter
- The Chalk Doll by Charlotte Pomerantz in Front Matter
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