Young or old, professional illustrator or child artist, everyone can contribute. have to say about how to get involved ..read more

Porirua Library workshop, poetry writing and ruru outline to download  too. Ruru are a bird that really grab children’s imagination. Maybe it’s the fact that they are nocturnal or maybe it’s their wonderful haunting calls.  ..read more

This was first published on my nature blog , perhaps there will be more words there that they can use ..read more

5. Now glue the image into the card.6. Add a greeting and decorate the outside. Popular greetings included: “I’m a fan!” “You’re fantastic ..read more

series of books for children. , look for topics and concepts such as ‘animal behaviour’ and ’adaptation’. Many New Zealand animals are also included in my the ..read more

This article was first published on The Sapling website on 10 May 2017. I am grateful to the editors of The Sapling for commissioning this opinion piece. in accessible and creative ways. At least this is what I hope my books do. In “Whose Beak is This?” illustrated by Fraser Williamson, the concept of animal adaptation is conveyed through a guessing game; while my ‘explore and discover’ series introduces the idea of eco-systems through Ned Barraud’s detailed cross-section illustrations. Non-fiction books use to add richness to information, as in “Nice Day for War: adventures of a kiwi soldier ..read more