Thursday, April 10, 2014

Daniel’s Matariki Feast



by Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington, illustrated by Christine Ross

Daniel is nervous on his first day at school but through the class activities that mark the Matariki Festival he learns that it is a time of sharing and beginning new friendships. He learns the true importance of Māori New Year. Beautifully illustrated by one of our best-known and award-winning artists.

* A new title to coincide with the increasing interest in the meaning and significance of Matariki.
A heart-warming story of friendship during an anxious time in a young boy’s life.
* Illustrated by one of our best children’s book artists.
*In 2014 Matariki will be celebrated at the end of June.

The Authors
Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington are children’s librarians and are actively involved in the promotion of the celebration of Matariki Festival that each year marks Māori New Year.

The Illustrator
Christine Ross trained in Graphic Design at Wellington Design School and then worked as an art editor and illustrator for School Publications. She has illustrated many school readers as well as books for a variety of publishers and has received the Unesco Noma Concours Award, the Russell Clark Award and the Aim Children’s Book Award for Hemi’s Pet.

Publication May 2014
255 x 210mm, 32 pages, full colour
Hardback, 978-1-877378-90-4, RRP: $29.99
Paperback, ISBN 978-1-877378-91-1, RRP: $19.99
Publisher - Duck Creek Press - Distributed by David Bateman Ltd
Age 4+






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