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Summary: When Marama is playing on the beach she makes a figure in the sand, but she is sad and lonely because he cannot speak to her. Then Ranginui, the sky, brings the sandman to life and Marama has a new friend to play with. Suggested level: junior, primary.


Finalist 1998 NZ Post Children’s Book Festival.
Marama was delighted with her new friend. They shared their tales of the land and the sea. They climbed the hightest pohutukawa where they could see the distant lighthouse, and wished that they could visit there...