In this edition of The Mouse and the Octopus Lisala’s reimagining of his Tongan grandmother’s story has also been translated into Tongan by Sitiveni Halapua.
This picture book tells an old Tongan fable about a mischievous mouse and an unwitting octopus. An origin story, its illustrations take the reader from a Tongan forest to the edge of a fringing reef. The story is a parable to teach fishing lure design and exemplifies the knowledge contained within island communities.
