The sixth title in the award-winning ‘explore & discover’ series, Up the River: Explore & discover New Zealand’s rivers, lakes and wetlands gives children an opportunity to look under the surface and see what special creatures live, around New Zealand’s freshwater habitats – our creeks, rivers, lakes and wetlands.
Included in this title are animals ranging from the familiar pukeko to the rarely seen bittern, from the iconic eel to tiny whitebait, and some of the many barely known aquatic insects. Swimmable and drinkable fresh water are hot topics, and Up the River shows that many native animals depend on healthy waterways for a habitat, and their presence is often used as a sign of the water’s health.
Beautifully illustrated and impeccably researched, this is a wonderful
and intriguing way for children to learn about New Zealand’s freshwater
environments.
Previous ‘explore & discover’ titles have: won the Elsie Locke Medal
for non-fiction (2013), received Storylines awards (2014, 2015) and been
finalists in the NZ Children’s Book Awards (2013, 2015).
AUTHOR INFORMATION
GILLIAN CANDLER is an award-winning writer for children. She has a
passion for nature and is an active member of conservation groups. Gillian’s
involvement in conservation projects has seen her identifying geckos, feeding
fairy prion chicks, counting birds, making seed balls and trapping pests.
Gillian blogs about nature at ExploreDiscoverNatureblogspot.co.nz. She has a
background in teaching and educational publishing and believes that picture
books can be both fun and educational.NED BARRAUD is an illustrator with a keen passion for the natural world. He illustrated the five previous titles in the award-winning ‘explore & discover’ series, along with his first children’s fiction title, Moonman. When not illustrating, he works on films at Weta Digital as a texture artist and enjoys exploring the outdoors with his wife and three children.
HARDBACK $29.99
ISBN: 978 0 947503 35 2
PAPERBACK $19.99
ISBN: 978 0 947503 34 5Published: September 2017 - ton & Burton
Based on a true story, set at Awaroa in the Abel Tasman National Park, this entertaining picture book will delight young and old alike as the inquisitive and curious nature of our native weka is revealed and they accompany Alf on his quest to get his watch back.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
As a kid, NED BARRAUD spent his summer
holidays camping in the Abel Tasman, frequently walking to Awaroa to visit a
family friend, who was working as a DOC hut warden. Ned has vivid memories of
crossing the mudflats to get to the hut, sometimes racing against the tide to
make it across. This book emerged from recalling a story that was told to him
during one of those summer holidays and it was an opportunity to take him back
to the place he loves most. Ned graduated in 2000 with a degree in illustration from Victoria University.
During the day, he works as a texture artist painting 3D models at Weta Digital, and has worked on films such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar and Tintin. Alongside this, Ned has illustrated all five titles in the acclaimed ‘explore & discover’ series of natural history books for children, with the sixth currently in production, and his first picture book, Moonman, was published in 2014. Ned’s other interests include exploring nature with his three children, running in the hills with his dog, collecting eggs from his chickens and riding his bike around the wild Wellington coastline.
HARDBACK
$29.99 ISBN: 978 0
947503 55 0
PAPERBACK
$19.99 ISBN: 978 0 947503
54 3Published: September 2017 - Potton & Burton
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