Maori Tales of Long Ago
Author(s): A. W. Reed
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a fresh facsimile edition of a classic collection of sixteen stories adapted from Maori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori 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 Maori 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.
General Information
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- : New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd.
- : White Cloud Books
- : 0.384
- : 01 April 2014
- : 248mm X 185mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Other Specifications
- : A. W. Reed
- : 398.208999442
- : A.S. Paterson
- : 136
- : 70+ b/w line drawings and 8 colour plates