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Island Stories: The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour by Moira Wairama
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour by Moira Wairama. The Taniwha of Wellington Harbour (Penguin, 2011). My daughter who is almost six was captivated by the illustrations in this book. The two sea monsters look something like dinosaurs or even dragon...
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Island Stories: The Boy Who Was Afraid by Armstrong Sperry
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Thursday, September 23, 2010. The Boy Who Was Afraid by Armstrong Sperry. 65279; . 65279;. This is such a classic kid's story about coming of age and confronting your fears. It is a salute to the navigational prowess of the Polynesian people. The copy I have is ...When ...
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Island Stories: The Cay by Theodore Taylor
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Tuesday, March 15, 2011. The Cay by Theodore Taylor. The Cay (Penguin, 1969). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Boy Who Was Afraid by Armstrong Sperry. Pacific Poets #2 Konai Helu Thaman. Dr Konai Helu Thaman Poetry is one section of the PSSC English Exam which students ca...
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Island Stories: The Bone Tiki by David Hair
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. The Bone Tiki by David Hair. This book is amazing. It has Maori mythology, Kiwi history, suspense, humour and relentless pace. If you enjoy fantasy, thrillers or any supernatural themes, you will love this book. The story is basically a good versus ev...
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Island Stories: Wurramatyenna and the Magic Canoe by Lisa Kennedy
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Sunday, April 19, 2015. Wurramatyenna and the Magic Canoe by Lisa Kennedy. Path Books, 2014). I finally got my hands on this book only to realise it's the first in the series, whereas. Wurramatyenna and The Call Of The Sea. Wurramatyenna and the Magic Canoe. Has produced some en...
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Island Stories: The Sea Chest
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Friday, December 26, 2014. Meditation on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. The dead buccaneer's trunk. With salt-encrusted brass hinges. And heavy oak panelling. Held a shabby pouch with a few doubloons. A chart wrapped in oilskin. Showed a magnified dot in the Pacific.
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Island Stories: Study notes: The short story
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Celebrating literature from the Pacific Islands. Introducing world stories with mana. Reviewing stories related to all things "island", including village life, colonialism, sea-faring, myths and legends. View my complete profile. Sunday, April 10, 2011. Study notes: The short story. Paton's describes panting, out-of-breath men so well that you can literally hear them. The reader squirms as the man struggles to silence his ragged breath as he hides from his pursuers. The twist at the climax of the...Dr Ko...
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November | 2010 | American Culture Explained
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American culture, idioms, and idiosyncrasies. Archive for November, 2010. Laquo; Older Entries. November 30, 2010. I bet he would love to eat his cake and have it too, pic: Paul Moore Dreamstime.com. The meaning is pretty straightforward: if you eat your cake, you don’t have it anymore. Eating and having it are mutually exclusive. Hence this proverb is used to express the impossibility of having something both ways, if those two ways conflict. An example for the usage of this expression is here:. 8220;I ...
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