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Ihimaera, Witi, 1944-

The astromancer : the rising of Matariki / Witi Ihimaera ; illustrated by Isobel Joy Te-Aho White. - Auckland, New Zealand : Picture Puffin, 2022. - 64 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Picture story book for children.

"The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are dangerous times, and Ruatapu the Ravenous is about to threaten the safety of the whole tribe. Will Aria step up to save them?--Publisher information.

ISBN: 9780143776154 0143776150

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Girls--Juvenile fiction.
Boys--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Lunar calendars--New Zealand --Juvenile fiction.
Pleiades--Juvenile fiction.
Pakiwaitara.
Matariki (Tātai whetū)
Ākonga.
Maramataka.
Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki
Pukapuka whakaahua.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Deep space--Pleiades.
New Zealand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's stories, New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.2