Raymond Huber lives in New Zealand. He has been a social worker,
gardener, primary school teacher, lecturer, and is currently a
writer and editor. He’s written Science and English textbooks and
short stories for children. In 2010, Sting, his first novel for
Walker Books Australia, was short-listed for the New Zealand Post
Children’s Book Awards and the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, as well as
being a Storylines Notable Book. His second novel, Wings, was
short-listed for the 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. In 2014, Flight
of the Honey Bee won the LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award,
was a Storylines Notable Book and was a finalist for the LIANZA
Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award and the New Zealand Post Children’s
Book Awards.
Brian Lovelock is a scientist working in the power industry in New
Zealand. He has painted all his life but has only recently ventured
into the world of book illustration. His previous titles with
Walker Books Australia include Your Mother Didn’t Do That! and
Roadworks which won the Picture Book category in the 2009 New
Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. In 2013,
Brian was long-listed for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Award for his
work on Demolition. In 2014, Flight of the Honey Bee won the LIANZA
Russell Clark Illustration Award, was a Storylines Notable Book and
was a finalist for the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award and the
New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.
The vivacious water colour and pencil illustrations serve the story
well, giving all readers, young and old, a firm understanding of
the look of the honey bee and making it so endearing without giving
it human characteristics, as the story is followed.
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