Showing posts with label New Year - Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Year - Fiction. Show all posts

Monday, 21 September 2015

Daniel's Matariki Feast

New Zealand authors; New Zealand illustrator
Summary: Daniel is nervous on his first day at school but through the class activities that mark the Matariki Festival he learns that it is a time of remembering, of sharing and beginning new friendships. He learns the true importance of Maori New Year

Friday, 27 March 2015

Thursday, 6 October 2011

The Seven Stars of Matariki

Other Title: 7 stars of Matariki
Summary: When Mitai's seven handsome brothers are bewitched by seven beautiful women, Mitai seeks advice and learns that the women are patupaiarehe and must be cast far away. They are given to Urutengangana, the god of the stars, who places them in the far away heavens. Yet once a year, at winter solstice, he allows them to shine in the Eastern sky. A contemporary myth that celebrates Matariki. Includes brief factual information about Matariki
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Published simultaneously in Maori