How Maui Slowed The Sun

Author: Peter Gossage

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  • : $21.00 NZD
  • : 9780143505181
  • : Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
  • : Puffin
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  • : 0.166
  • : November 2011
  • : 297mm X 210mm
  • : New Zealand
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  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd edition
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  • : 398.20993
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Barcode 9780143505181
9780143505181

Description

Winner of the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved bookFaced 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.

Awards

The Gaelyn Gordon Award 2013.

Author description

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.