A Book is a Book

A Book is a Book
by Jenny Bornholdt & illustrated by Sarah Wilkins

Publication: 1 November 2013
Gecko Press
Ages 4 to infinity 180 x 120mm 40 pages
Hardback with jacket $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-877579-92-9

The author
Jenny Bornholdt is an acclaimed poet. In 2005Ð06 she was the NZ Poet Laureate,
and received the 2003 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. Jenny lives in
Wellington, New Zealand.

The illustrator
Sarah Wilkins has worked as an illustrator in Australia, New Zealand and France. She won
the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration in 2003. Sarah currently lives in Wellington,
New Zealand.

This book asks "what is a book?" It celebrates books and reading. Although "told from a child's view, it captures the value and magic of books felt by all voracious readers, and is a perfect gift for book-lovers of all ages.
A beautifully produced, small-format jacketed hardback with simple illustrations that are whimsical yet humorous.A very very special book, a homage to the book really, will make a superb small gift for bookish friends and family.

Whitireia Publishing
This book was conceived and developed to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Whitireia publishing programme. Established by Daphne Brasell in 1993, the programme has become the route to a publishing career in New Zealand, both in the book trade and wider publishing sector.Visit www.whitireiapublishing.co.nz