TY - BOOK AU - Duder, Tessa, AU - Orman, Lorraine, AU - Potter, Bruce ED - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. ED - International Board on Books for Young People. TI - Out of the deep: and other stories from New Zealand and the Pacific SN - 9781869780159 U1 - 823 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - Reed KW - Pacific Island fiction (English) KW - Short stories KW - Collections KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - Short stories, New Zealand N1 - "Published in association with Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand, New Zealand Section: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)"--Title page verso; Out of the deep / David Hill -- Blackcurrant jam / Sarona Aiono-Iosefa -- Never to fly again / Katerina Mataira -- The ghost tree / Anthony Holcroft -- A perfect picnic / Tessa Duder -- The one that got away / Kingi McKinnon -- The white horse / Joy Cowley -- One and the blackbirders / Dan Taulapapa McMullin -- Mindy / William Taylor -- I dream morning / Tim Tipene -- Crosses / Lorraine Orman -- The brotherhood of stars / Carmen Scanlan-Toti -- Is the water closer? / Ken Catran -- A text in time / Tanya Batt -- Gold medal winners / Sereima Lumelume -- The world's highest tray cloth / Margaret Mahy N2 - This anthology of 16 stories marks the 2 April 2007 celebration of Children's Book Day, and also the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen. Fifteen writers were invited to submit works for the book, and the majority of the stories have been written specifically for this project. The authors are drawn from New Zealand and around the Pacific, and these are stories of adventure, myth, mystery, history and legend, stories that reflect the diverse range of lives and lifestyles that the Pacific encompasses ER -