Myths and legends of the Pacific
By: retold by A.W. Reed ; illustrated by Stewart Irwin.
Contributors: Irwin, Stewart.
Publisher: Reed Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Legends -- Oceania; Tales -- Oceania
Notes: Previously published as: Fairy tales from the Pacific Islands. 1969
Table of contents: title: The mouse who was hungry (Caroline Islands); title: The sea monster (Chatham Islands); title: The gift of the eel god (Cook Islands); title: The giant bird ; The spirit-that-changes-people (Fiji); title: The little people of Hawaii ; The goddess of the volcano (Hawaii); title: The first sail (Marshall Islands); title: Young spider in the sky (Nauru); title: The wise brother and the foolish brother (New Britain); title: How the turtle got its shell ; The snake and the cockatoo (New Guinea); title: The Sky Father and the Earth Mother ; The sea fairies ; Hinemoa and Tutanekai (New Zealand); title: The woman who was swallowed by a whale (Niue); title: The boy who came from the sun egg (Palau Islands); title: - The sandpiper and the crab (Samoa); title: The foolish canoe paddlers ; Why the moon has a dirty face (Solomon Islands); title: The children who became stars (Tahiti); title: How Maui brought fire to Tonga (Tonga); title: Six men who tried to catch a sunbeam (Vanuatu).