Encounter New Zealand's amazing array of wildlife in this beautiful illustrated companion volume to Aotearoa- The New Zealand Story
Gavin Bishop is an award-winning children's picture book writer and
illustrator who lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The author and illustrator of approximately 60 books to date, his
work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths,
European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes. Gavin has had a
long-held interest in depicting New Zealand's history through
illustration, evidenced in his now classic picture book The
House that Jack Built (1999) which won Book of the Year; and
also through his junior novels Piano Rock (2012) and
Teddy One-Eye (2014). His landmark illustrated non-fiction
title Aotearoa- The New Zealand Story was published in
October 2017 to much acclaim.
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