Summary Author Description Specs The familiar antics of one of New Zealand's favourite native birds have been captured by award-winning picture book creators Elena de Roo and Paul Beavis. SQUAWK! Things are getting loud! The kowhai branch is bending ... what a sticky tūī crowd! Have the tūī slurped too much kowhai nectar to make an escape? Bursting with fun - and nectar! - this melodious tūī story will have children and adults joining in with the tūī sounds until they too fall to the ground, just like the crowd of too many tūī. Elena de Roo's sparse use of clever text and impeccable rhythm is combined with Paul Beavis's artwork that oozes with character, creating a special picture book fit for a clutch of chaotic tūī, and finished off with ten fascinating tūī facts. Elena de Roo is a children's writer and poet who lives with her family in Tamaki Makaurau. Sometimes it feels like there is a door to Narnia in her tiny overgrown garden because the back gate leads straight out onto the slowly rewilding slopes of Maungakiekie and fields of Cornwall Park. There is nothing Elena loves better than to go exploring on the maunga, making up a poem or story as she walks. In 2010 Elena was awarded the Todd New Writer's Bursary. Since then her work has been published in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and USA. A number of her books have received Storylines Notable Book Awards and she was the Children's Writer in Residence at Otago University in 2020. Elena is a former librarian. Deep down, she has never given up believing in magic worlds and the power of words to take you there. Paul Beavis is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. He is the author of three critically acclaimed picture books and has illustrated several stories for other authors, most notably Deano Yipadee's Nee Naw series. His work has been praised for its 'emotional and psychological depth but with all the lightness of touch and humour one could hope for' (Sarah Forster in the The Reader) as well as for its quirky characters, gorgeous use of colour and being just the right level of naughty to delight young audiences. In 2015 he received the Russell Clark Award for Illustration for Mrs Mo's Monster, which was described by the UK's Independent as an 'explosively illustrated fable...a real find'. Originally from London, Paul studied at St Martin's School of Art and worked in a variety of creative roles including children's animation and web design before going freelance. He moved to New Zealand in 2012. Nowadays Paul writes and illustrates full time from his home near Wellington, where he lives with his wife and their young son. General Information ISBN 9781776957095 Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Weight (g) 0.16 Publication date 01 March 2024 Product Type books Other Specifications Author Elena de Roo; Paul Beavis (Illustrator) Bind Paperback Pages 32 Additional Information For more information on our shipping policy follow this link and for our returns policy click here.
