Ruru and Kiwi invite you to their midnight forest feast, in this delightful twist on the tale of the Owl and the Pussycat, with enchanting illustrations by the winner of the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award 2019.
AUTHOR- Clare Scott was 'that kid' - always in trouble at school
for talking too much. The teachers even tried sticky-taping her
mouth shut so she'd listen more and talk less. It didn't work -
instead the words just exploded out of her in writing. She has
published a number of her stories as readers with Sunshine Books.
Ruru and Kiwi is her first trade picture book. Until recently, she
helped young immigrant students learn more about living in New
Zealand. But now she's run away north of Auckland to her new home
by the beach, where she spends time looking for treasures, shells,
clouds, sunsets, rainbows and stories.
ILLUSTRATOR- Amy Haarhoff is a 22-year-old illustration student,
studying for her Masters from Falmouth University. She was raised
on her dad's macabre storytelling, her mum's art materials, and an
endless supply of library books. While researching for a project in
a bookshop in July 2018, she came across a picture book that
changed her life- Cicada, by Shaun Tan. She walked out with a copy
of the book and a determination to create stories of her own. In
2019 her exceptional sample pictures for Ruru and Kiwi won her the
Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Illustration and she has worked
every spare hour to complete the full book for publication.
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