Miriam Smith 1926-1987 (Ngati Hau, Ngapuhi) was a writer and
preschool adviser who was born in Whakapara, Bay of Islands, and
raised and educated in Otane, Hawke's Bay. She wrote several
children's books including Kimi and the Watermelon, Annie and Moon,
and Rehutai and Tangitangi. She was an advocate for teaching te reo
Maori to all children, and her books reflect Maori values of caring
for each other and the land. Described by her daughter Briar Grace
Smith as having a "big heart", Miriam's manaaki and love for
storytelling lives on in the pages of her books.
Lesley Moyes is the author and illustrator of a number of
children's books produced between 1980 and 1997 and is notable for
her intricate and delicately coloured watercolour and ink
illustrations. Alphabet Apartments (1997), which she both wrote and
illustrated, is a super-sized alphabet book that entranced children
with its highly detailed scenes of police chasing a robber from
apartment building to apartment building. She illustrated Miriam
Smith's Annie and Moon (1998), which won the Picture Book of the
Year Award 1989, as well as a number of educational readers. Lesley
lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
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