Sina & Tinilau
By: story by Vilsoni Hereniko ; illustrations by Jasper Schreurs
Contributors: Schreurs, Jasper
Publisher: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific in association with the Fiji Writers' Association
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Suva, Fiji]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9789820201279
Subjects: Eels; Juvenile literature; Legends; Folklore
Description: A traditional story in which Sina, a beautiful princess, makes friends with an eel, not realising that he is a prince in disguise. Sina rejects a proposal of marriage from the eel, but eventually Tinilau's true identity is revealed and he and Sina are married. Suggested level: junior, primary.