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How Māui Found His Father And The Magic Jawbone
''How Māui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone'' is a 1975 New Zealand children’s book and the first published book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. The book is a retelling of one of the many stories about the mythical culture hero Māui. A new edition of this book was published and popularised in 2011 by Penguin Books New Zealand. This book is a prequel to many of Gossage's novels. Plot summary At this point in the storyline, Māui has found his mother, Taranga, and bought her home with him to his village but was still curious who his father was. Taranga snuck out each day in the early morning. Māui decided to follow her and watched her leave the pā and leap into a hole down the hill. He followed her, chanting a karakia to turn himself into a rupe as he fell, before landing in a tunnel. Creeping along, he ventured into a vast underground land and spotted his mother under a pūriri tree with a man. He flew into the tree and dropped berries onto the man to mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gossage
Peter Gossage (22 October 1946 – 30 July 2016) was a New Zealand author and illustrator. Known for his children's picture books based on Māori mythology, Gossage published over 20 books with deceptively simple storytelling popular inside and outside of classrooms. He is best known for his book '' How Māui Slowed the Sun''. He worked on travelling displays outside of his books and also worked in television as a graphic and scenic artist on the TV2 show ''Happen Inn''. RNZ called Gossage "An author and illustrator responsible for helping popularise Māori tales in schools and homes." Early childhood Peter Gossage was born in Remuera, Auckland, on 22 October 1946. As a child he was always interested in art, spent most of his leisure time building rafts down in Hobson Bay Hobson Bay is a bay in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the east of the Auckland City Centre, and is bisected by the Eastern Line (Auckland), Eastern Line and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |