Maui Sun Catcher

Local Description

Kathleen's review - This is the legend of Maui slowing the sun brought into our modern life, and I love it. I really like the way that when Maui speaks it's in rhyming, while the rest of the text is prose, and they all sound just like our today kids. Also, the illustrations are excellent.

Description

The modern Maui is an intermediate-school boy who lives with his Mum and three older brothers in a city where the day is never long enough to get things done. Maui grasps the mantle: Mum, I'm gonna catch that Sun for you. That Sun who's always on the run. With their woven flax net, the brothers drive to the pit where the Sun lives, and make their play to slow the day. This bilingual book, in English and Maori, brings Maui into the 21st century in a fun and colourful retelling - the first in the international Indigenous Voices series.

Promotion info

Active promotion to media and bookstores nationwide, with a social media campaign targeting younger readers.