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by Lana Lopesi and Grace Teuila Evelyn Iwashita-Taylor.
12 pages
colour illustrations.
Cover title. Teacher support material and audio are available at www.schooljournalstorylibrary.tki.org.nz Keeping Our Stories Alive has been carefully levelled. While the contexts and concepts link to English and Social sciences at level 3 of the curriculum, the text has a reading year level of year 4. Contents: Tyla Vaeau : storyteller / by Lana Lopesi -- How tatau came to Sāmoa / adapted with alofa by Grace Teuila Evelyn Iwashita-Taylor ; illustrations by Munro Te Whata.
Summary: This two-part book is about tatau. The first part is an interview with Tyla Vaeau, a Samoan and Pākehā tattooist based in Auckland. It covers how she became a tattooist, what the process is for getting a tattoo, and how she started practising traditional tatau. The second part is a comic retelling the legend of how tatau came to Sāmoa.
School journal story library.
New Zealand curriculum.
Level 3.