Aia Karaki nikawai I-Tungaru. Myths and legends of the Gilbertese people

I. Te karaka mai Kiribati Meang -- Nareau ma te Bomatemaki -- Moani Karikari B'ai -- Karikan Otan Tai ma Namakaina -- Karikan Itoi -- Katiani Bwian te Bomatemaki -- Norani mwhin te makuri -- Moan rikini katein te maneaba -- Rongorongoia Tabakea ao Bakoa -- Rongorongoni Baireau Tungaru -- Kamaenakoaia kain te Bomatemaki -- Rongorongoia moan aomatan Tarawa -- King Kewe ma ana Rube -- Bungiakin Beiamatekai -- Nei Nimanoa ma m'anena -- Naubwebwe are ana kaunga Beiamatekai -- Aia mananga aintoa aika teniman -- Beiamatekai i Tabiteuea -- Ana mananga Tanentoa Maeao -- Nei Rakentai ma natina -- Ueani Butaritari ma Abaiang -- Aia buaka Kaitu ma Uakeia -- Te utu n uea i aon Tungaru Meang.

II. Te karaka mai Kiribati Maiaki -- Nareau II, Iangoan eutani karawa -- Karekean te ota ao reken taian tai ma bong -- Moan rikin aba ma oamata -- Rikia aomata i mwi'a -- Aroni mananga nako maiaki -- Moan aomata i aoni Beru -- Aroia I nanoni maneabaia -- Tanentoa ni Beru -- Rongorongo Nei Teweia -- Nei Teweia, ao Beia ma Tekaai -- Tetake ma tibuna -- Koroinakian te maneaba iroun Tanentoa ni Maeao -- Bue ma Rirongo -- Kaitu ma Uakeia -- Akau ma Teuribaba -- Uamumuri, Nanikain, Nei Nimanoa -- Taburitongoun, Taburimai, ao Riki -- Kain te Bomatemaki -- Uean Tarawa, Abaiang, Marakei -- Aia bakatibu uean Abemama -- Te kariki i Tabiteuea -- Kaintikuaba -- Tabuariki -- Nainginouati -- Taekan Tarawa -- Taekan Beru -- Takean Onotoa -- Takean Tabiteuea -- Takean Nonouti -- Takean Kuria -- Takean Aranuka -- Takean Abemama -- Takean Tamana -- Takean Maiana -- Takean Abaiang -- Takean Marakei -- Takean Butaritari -- Takean Makin -- Takean Nikumau -- Takean Arorae.

[Keywords: I-Tungaru; Kiribati; London Missionary Society--Missions; Rare books--20th century]

Anthology by respected Unim'ane (elders) of Kiribati in association with Tibwere and Pastor Bataeru and other elders. Edited by May Pateman. A collection of Kiribati stories concerning the history, traditions and customs of the Kiribati Islands. LMS missionaries established schools in Kiribati language at primary level. Miss Pateman demonstrated the methods of local adaptability implemented by the LMS in Samoa." -- Garrett, John. Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II. Illustrated with lino-cut maps and genealogical tables. I-Tungaru = Kiribati

"Emily May Pateman, born in Croydon, England on 26 March 1893. On 15 February 1922 she was dedicated as a missionary with the London Missionary Society and on 25 February sailed for the Gilbert Islands to work as a teaching missionary with Miss B.E. Simmons at Rongorongo, Beru."

"She was the founder and an active member of the Gilbert Islands Girl Guide movement. Through the Mission Press in Beru she published a number of works including The New School Reader, 1940; Aia Karaki ni Kawai I-Tungaru (Myths and Legends of the Gilbertese People), 1942; a Revised Gilbertese Grammar and Composition and a revised edition of Children of the World and Their Homes."--Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

Pastor Bataeru was a "Member of the teaching staff at Rongorongo since 1904. First ordained Southern Gilbertese pastor (1915). Died during the Japanese occupation, 1943." -- Kunz. (1959). An annotated bibliography of the languages of the Gilbert Islands, Ellice Islands and Nauru.