WINNER, Te Kura Pounamu Award,
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2017
This is the Te reo Māori Edition of The Marble Maker, translated by Kawata Teepa.
In a chaotic lab, with a sheep as an assistant, a girl mixes ingredients as diverse as ‘teeth bling from a retired rapper’, ‘three pints of swooshy night air’ and ‘a snippet from a sheep’s fringe’. The girl dreams of inventing a new marble and claiming a place in The Book of Marbles. So, she lights up the stoves, prepares the mix, waits for the reaction and, with a bang, marbles that have never been seen before fill the room.
Paperback
Written by Sacha Cotter, Illustrated by Josh Morgan
Translated by Kawata Teepa
32 pages
H: 270mm W: 210mm