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Kyle Mewburn has had over 40 children’s books published in nine countries. His work has won numerous awards, including the NZ Post Children’s Book of the Year award for Old Hu-Hu. His other titles include Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! (winner of Best Picture Book and Children’s Choice at the 2008 NZ Post Book Awards), Melu (Children’s Choice winner at the 2013 NZ Post Book Awards), as well as the popular series collaboration with Donovan Bixley, Dinosaur Rescue. Originally from Brisbane, Kyle lives with his wife in Central Otago.
Donovan Bixley is a talented artist with a range of styles. His work brings another dimension to Mewburn’s text, often adding hilarious bits of his own to enhance the storyline. Donovan is the only artist to have ever had three books simultaneously shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (in 2015), with Scholastic titles Dragon Knight: Fire!, Little Red Riding Hood … Not Quite, and his debut comic book/novel as author and illustrator Monkey Boy, which took out the top prize for junior fiction. Donovan lives in Taupo with his wife and three daughters.
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Publication |
August 2016 |
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ISBN |
978-1-77543-397-2 |
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NZ RRP |
$12.00 |
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Printing |
Full colour/mono |
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Binding |
Paperback |
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Format |
210 x 148 mm |
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Extent |
96 pp |
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Age |
7-10 |
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Book 6 in this popular series by the creators of the
best-selling Dinosaur Rescue books.
When Merek and Brin try to save Lord Crumble’s treasure from a Barbarian attack, they find out more than they expected … about ‘evil’ Barbarians as well as about Lord Crumble himself. But not before getting themselves strung up by their feet and hung from a tree!
“Kyle Mewburn provides a written text that is perfect for fun ... Donovan Bixley shows his immense talent and great versatility with the illustrations which are superb black and white drawings … Let’s get those reluctant boys reading. This book is a great start.”
– Bob’s Books Blog
“Dragon Knight … will be up to the expectations of anyone who has read the Dinosaur Rescue series and should pull in many new enthusiasts as well – especially the so-called ‘reluctant readers’. Once they get a whiff of the ogre farts and the fiery dragon breath they will be away. It is generously illustrated with images as ‘wicked’ as the text. Not for the conservative adult….”
– Around the Bookshops
“Great stuff!” – Reading Time Australia