Case 19
- Representations in Children's Literature, Shortland and Waiatarua
Joy Cowley (ed.). Maori Legends (Seven Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Philippa Stichbury. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
Ron Bacon began telling stories with a Māori theme in the 1960s but turned his hand to retelling myth and legend for children in the 1980s, with Maori Legends. In this series, Bacon worked with three different illustrators: Cliff Whiting, Philippa Stitchbury and Robert Jahnke. All the books in the series had striking covers, as shown here.
Joy Cowley (ed.). Maori Legends (Seven Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Philippa Stichbury. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
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----. Maori Legends (The Maui Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Cliff Whiting. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
----. Maori Legends (The Maui Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Cliff Whiting. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
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----. Maori Legends (The Creation Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Robert Jahnke. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
----. Maori Legends (The Creation Stories) Retold by Ron Bacon; Illustrated by Robert Jahnke. Auckland: Shortland Educational Publications, 1984.
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The Waiatarua Myths III Series: Hapopo and the Pōhutukawa; Haumia and his Kumara; Hine-moana and Kiwa; How Weaving Came; The Maero, the Very Fierce People; Matakauri the Giant Killer; Mohoao, the Fierce Fairy Person; Pania, the Woman from the Sea; Parata the Taniwha; The Woman whose Son was a Taniwha. Retold by Ron Bacon and Illustrated by Manu Smith; published in Waiatarua by Waiatarua Publishing, 2004.
The stories in the Waiatarua Myths series are also retold by Ron Bacon, but are illustrated by another artist, Manu Smith. The story on display is from the Lake Wakatipu area.
The Waiatarua Myths III Series: Hapopo and the Pōhutukawa; Haumia and his Kumara; Hine-moana and Kiwa; How Weaving Came; The Maero, the Very Fierce People; Matakauri the Giant Killer; Mohoao, the Fierce Fairy Person; Pania, the Woman from the Sea; Parata the Taniwha; The Woman whose Son was a Taniwha. Retold by Ron Bacon and Illustrated by Manu Smith; published in Waiatarua by Waiatarua Publishing, 2004.
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