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Synopsis
What happens when you let a group of writers loose 'backstage' in a museum? Te Papa invited twenty-two of New Zealand's best children's authors to spend a day in the Museum's collections, and to chose one of the museum's taonga (treasures) as a starting point for an imaginative journey.
The result is a truly original compendium of stories and poems for 8-12 year olds, with whimsical illustrations from award-winning Sarah Laing. It's a unique collaboration between Te Papa Press and the Whitireia Creative Writing and Publishing Programmes.
About the Author
Adrienne Jansen is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She is the author of three novels, Floating the Fish on Bamboo, The Score, and Spirit Writing; a collection of poetry, a stone seat and a shadow tree; and the text for The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand. She has also written short stories for radio, and both fiction and nonfiction for children.