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The Turtle and the Island: A Folk Tale From Papua New Guinea

The Turtle and the Island: A Folk Tale From Papua New Guinea

by Barbara Ker Wilson (Author), Frané Lessac (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 2012

    $99.21
Synopsis

The story of how the great sea turtle builds the island of Papua New Guinea. Wishing for a place to rest in the sun, he piles up the sand and rocks until they emerge from the sea into a beautiful, fertile island. In doing so, he finds a wife and a home for the lonely man in the dark cave, far beneath the waves. A beautifully-told creation myth with stunning illustrations.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 32
 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 01 Mar 2012
ISBN 10: 1847803865
ISBN 13: 9781847803863

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Long, long ago, in the days when turtles had teeth, there lived a great sea turtle, the mother of all sea turtles, who spent her time swimming about the wide sea that now people call the Pacific Ocean. . . . She swam from one side of the sea to the other, to and fro between the lands that bordered that vast ocean.
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Author Bio
Barbara Ker Wilson is a well-known reviewer, writer and publisher, with a long-standing interest in folklore. She now lives in Australia.

Frane Lessac is an internationally known American artist who has exhibited her paintings in London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles. From film school in California she went on to study Caribbean culture on the island of Monserrat. She has worked on many children's projects to date.