Gavin Bishop and Kimberly Andrews in an #NZCYA Books Alive event with LIANZA
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Date2020-08-04CollectionLIANZA Books AliveEventLIANZA Books Alive, 2020Duration1:23:46DescriptionLibrarians from Hutt City Libraries and Christchurch City Libraries talk to Gavin Bishop about his book Wildlife of Aotearoa and Kimberly Andrews about illustrating Joy Cowley’s book Song of the River. What are the joys and challenges of being an illustrator today?
Song of the River
By Joy Cowley, illustrated by Kimberly Andrews
Published by Gecko Press
Finalist for Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Cam lives in the mountains and wishes he could see the sea. He sets out to see where a trickle of water leads, and follows it as it grows into a creek, a stream, and finally a river flowing into the sea. Kimberly Andrew’s detailed illustrations using muted, natural colours capture the magic of this journey, and allow readers to soar along with Cam towards the sea — weaving between trees, high above the forest or underwater with the frogs.
Wildlife of Aotearoa
Written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
Published by Puffin, Penguin Random House
Finalist for Russell Clark Award for Illustration
This super-size book is full to the brim with lovingly rendered creatures of Aotearoa, in Gavin Bishop’s inimitable watercolour style. The backgrounds for each spread are stunning and depict different ecosystems, from wetlands to dark watery depths, and from night-time forest skies to cool, clear mountain air. The compositions strike a masterful balance between “poster” and movement. These are the type of wildlife illustrations children might be tempted to tear out of the book to Blu-Tack to their wall.
This year an innovative approach to the Books Alive events, associated with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, has been created in response to challenges caused by the pandemic.
Books Alive finalist events and virtual storytimes are being offered online for the first time. We are celebrating and promoting the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalist books, authors and illustrators and publishers to new audiences around the country.
School and public libraries have worked with finalists to create a series of online events for children, students, parents, caregivers and whanau to enjoy. We hope you take time to view and share a Books Alive event or virtual storytime.
You can purchase the finalist books through our virtual bookshop:
https://www.thechildrensbookshop.co.n...
#NZCYA #BooksAlive #ReadNZ
Song of the River
By Joy Cowley, illustrated by Kimberly Andrews
Published by Gecko Press
Finalist for Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Cam lives in the mountains and wishes he could see the sea. He sets out to see where a trickle of water leads, and follows it as it grows into a creek, a stream, and finally a river flowing into the sea. Kimberly Andrew’s detailed illustrations using muted, natural colours capture the magic of this journey, and allow readers to soar along with Cam towards the sea — weaving between trees, high above the forest or underwater with the frogs.
Wildlife of Aotearoa
Written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
Published by Puffin, Penguin Random House
Finalist for Russell Clark Award for Illustration
This super-size book is full to the brim with lovingly rendered creatures of Aotearoa, in Gavin Bishop’s inimitable watercolour style. The backgrounds for each spread are stunning and depict different ecosystems, from wetlands to dark watery depths, and from night-time forest skies to cool, clear mountain air. The compositions strike a masterful balance between “poster” and movement. These are the type of wildlife illustrations children might be tempted to tear out of the book to Blu-Tack to their wall.
This year an innovative approach to the Books Alive events, associated with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, has been created in response to challenges caused by the pandemic.
Books Alive finalist events and virtual storytimes are being offered online for the first time. We are celebrating and promoting the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalist books, authors and illustrators and publishers to new audiences around the country.
School and public libraries have worked with finalists to create a series of online events for children, students, parents, caregivers and whanau to enjoy. We hope you take time to view and share a Books Alive event or virtual storytime.
You can purchase the finalist books through our virtual bookshop:
https://www.thechildrensbookshop.co.n...
#NZCYA #BooksAlive #ReadNZ
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