Ngā Manu Tukutuku e Whitu o Matariki

I loved this book as it puts a new spin on how the stars appear (whakapapa) of Matariki. This could be used as a contrast pūrākau (legend) of how the stars of Matariki came to be. The sentence structures are complex therefore more suited to the senior end of school.

This would be a great resource to teach in science for “planet earth & beyond” to look at how Māori made sense of how stars were created.

Title: Ngā Manu Tukutuku e Whitu o Matariki

Author: Calico McClintock

Illustrator: Dominique Ford

Translator: Ngaere Roberts

Publisher: Scholastic

ISBN: 978 1 77543 305 7

RRP: $19

Format: paperback

Date of Publication: 2016

Ages: The sentence structures are complex, so this is for confident te reo readers

Reviewer’s name, job title, school name & region: Leon Dunn, Head of Māori, Southland Boys’High School

How highly are you recommending this book? Highly recommended