Title Tales from the South Pacific Islands / told by Anne Gittins ; illustrated by Frank Rocca ; jacket design by Tom Kealiinohomoku.

Publication Info.

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA 398.2099 Gittin Tal 1977	Available	---		Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.

Edition	1st ed.
Description	v, 89 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Note	"A Barbara Holdridge book."
Summary	Folk tales collected from Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Samoa, the New Hebrides, and other South Pacific islands.
Contents	How the mosquitoes came to Oneata -- The Firewalkers -- Tui Liku and the demons -- The Drum that lost its voice -- A Fijian fable -- Why the moon has shadows on her face -- The Red prawns of Vatu-Lele -- The Guardians of the Islands -- Koroika and the serpent -- Wisehead the giant -- The Two-headed giant of Rotuma -- Maui the fisherman -- How fire came to Tonga -- A True love story of Tonga -- The Story of the sun-child -- Rata's canoe -- The Coconut tree -- How Ina tattooed the fish -- Lasa and the three friendly spirits -- The Rat and the squid -- How the yam came to the New Hebrides -- How the Masi dived for a sunbeam.
Provenance	Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject	Tales -- Oceania.
	Tales.
	Oceania.
Genre/Form	Fiction.
	Fiction.
Added Author	Rocca, Frank.
ISBN	091614402X
	9780916144029