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Fairies and the cloakmaker / text, Chris Gurney ; illustrations, John Bennett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiwi corkers great New Zealand yarnsPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Scholastic New Zealand, 2021Edition: Rejacketed paperback editionDescription: 1 volume of unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781775436546
  • 1775436543
Uniform titles:
  • Elves and the cloakmaker
  • Wichtelmänner. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • NZ823.3 23
Summary: "Tahi, rua, toru, wha, we bring feathers from afar. Our flying fingers weave a cloak, for we are special fairy folk. Christmas is approaching, and Kahu the cloakmaker has only enough materials left to make one cloak. But that night, as he and his wife sleep, they are visited by patupaiarehe (fairy folk), who make the finest cloak they have ever seen"--Publisher information.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's picture books Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's Children's picture books G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2209413
Children's picture books Stratford Children's Children's picture books G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00891502
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Picture story book for children.

A version of this Grimm brothers' tale with a Māori and Christmas theme.

"Tahi, rua, toru, wha, we bring feathers from afar. Our flying fingers weave a cloak, for we are special fairy folk. Christmas is approaching, and Kahu the cloakmaker has only enough materials left to make one cloak. But that night, as he and his wife sleep, they are visited by patupaiarehe (fairy folk), who make the finest cloak they have ever seen"--Publisher information.

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