Author(s): Donald S. Stokes; Barbara Ker Wilson; Tony Oliver

Pacific Islands | Secondhand

Secondhand. First published in 1978. The is a copy of 1985 Reprint.

The book tells the folk tale of how the great sea-turtle builds the island of Papua New Guinea and brings the first man and the first woman to its lush shores. A beautifully told creation myth with glowing, naive-style paintings.

Collected by Donald S Stokes, retold by Barbara Ker Wilson, and illustrated by Tony Oliver.

VG.