Kyle Mewburn is one of New Zealand’s finest, and most eclectic, children’s book authors. His titles have been published in a dozen countries and won numerous awards including the NZ Post Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year (Old Hu-Hu), Picture Book of the Year (Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!), two Children’s Choice awards (Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! and Melu) and a Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award in North Dakota (Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!). Kyle is perhaps best known for the irreverent junior fiction series Dinosaur Rescue. He lives in Millers Flat, Central Otago.
Sarah Davis grew up in New Zealand and moved to Australia in 2004 where she began work as a freelance illustrator. Sarah is the illustrator of the much-loved Marmaduke Duck series and has been nominated for awards both in New Zealand and Australia. Sarah lives in Sydney with her three children, her mathematician husband, and assorted animals.
Publication March 2016
ISBN 978-1-77543-084-1
NZ RRP $27.00
Printing Full colour
Binding Hardback
Format 265 x 215 mm
Extent 32 pp
Age 4-8 years
Lexile Read aloud
Mewburn’s hauntingly lyrical text, with its nod to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, provides just the right amount of spine-tingling spookiness for children who like the anticipation of feeling a tiny bit scared … until the delightful, fun reveal at the end!
Beautifully illustrated in fittingly monochromatic style by the talented Sarah Davis.
* Award-winning author and illustrator
* A more sophisticated picture book that will be enjoyed by those who relish language and literature
* Cleverly written in a style reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven
* Wonderful resource for using with children to explore how words can create atmosphere and emotion
[Old Hu-Hu] “Old Hu-Hu is an emotionally resonant piece of writing, a wholly affecting and true-to-experience tale, and a capsule of emotion that readers young and old will be able to relate to. The language used is pitch perfect: a little rhyme, lots of rhythm, no word out of place and no words too many.” — Magpies
[Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!] “It’s a book full of fear, suspense, and drama, and yet through it all is the kind of charm and humour that adults and kids love to find in a picture book aimed at younger children.”
— NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2007 judges
[Melu] “Melu is an absolute winner! The story is full
of Kyle Mewburn’s witty humour
and it’s a real joy to read.”
— My Best Friends are Books
