Books Come Alive!
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Join Giselle Clarkson, author of Omnibird: An Avian Investigator’s Handbook and Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan for a special storytime full of fun and colour as they share their books, A Guide to Rocks, Dazzlehands and The Bomb with us on the first day of Read NZ Te Pou Muramura's Aotearoa NZ Children's Book Week.
Check out all the Children and Young Adult winners here!
Find Giselle's work on her website here, and Sacha and Josh's work here.
With support from Selwyn Libraries and the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
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Sacha Cotter
Sacha Cotter is an award-winning children’s writer based in the Kāpiti Coast, Aotearoa. She is best known for the 2019 M
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Giselle Clarkson
Giselle Clarkson is an award-winning author, illustrator and comic artist living in South Wairarapa. Giselle blends humo
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Josh Morgan
Manawatū born and raised, illustrator Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Pākehā) lives in the Kāpiti Coast
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