Atua
maori gods and heroes
$32.80
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2021
Summary
Atua: Maori Gods and Legends
Gavin Bishop’s stunning compendium introduces readers to the pantheon of Maori gods, demigods, and heroes, and explores Aotearoa’s most exciting legends from the Creation to the Migration.
Meet the gods, demigods, and heroes of the Maori people of Aotearoa in this breathtaking, large-scale illustrated book for children.
Before the beginning there was nothing. No sound, no air, no colour – nothing. TE KORE, NOTHING. No one knows how long t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143775690 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143775693 |
| Author: | Gavin Bishop |
| Publisher: | Penguin NZ |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 986g |
| Dimensions: | 346mm x 287mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop is an award-winning children’s picture book writer and illustrator who lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. The author and illustrator of approximately 60 books to date, his work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes. Gavin has had a long-held interest in depicting New Zealand’s history through illustration, evidenced in his now classic picture book The House that Jack Built (1999) which won Book of the Year; and also through his junior novels Piano Rock (2012) and Teddy One-Eye (2014). His landmark illustrated non-fiction title Aotearoa- The New Zealand Story was published in October 2017 and was awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. A companion volume, Wildlife of Aotearoa was published in October 2019. It won a Storylines Notable Non-Fiction Award and the 2020 NZ Booklover Awards Best Children’s Book, and was a finalist for the 2020 Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
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