NZ Children's Books in Print 2011-12

The new edition of New Zealand Children's Books in Print is out now. It includes books currently in print at the end of 2011, and many from 2012 too. Titles are for children from birth to secondary school and written and/or illustrated by New Zealanders, living both at home and abroad. Books are divided into categories including picture books, graphic novels, junior/intermediate/senior fiction, natural history and resources for teachers and parents. It retails in New Zealand for $20 including gst and postage. Email orders to books@silvertone.co.nz or purchase through the website using Paypal.

Fresh and new NZ Children's Books in Print 2010-11

At last the new edition of New Zealand Children's Books in Print is out. This edition has been a labour of love with a new broom sweeping through all its layers; from building the new database to laying out using my new design programme. Fraser Williamson's illustration is still on the cover - it's so contemporary and I now totally identify with it so it's staying. The colour in the background was the Pantone colour of the year for 2010 - called Honeysuckle.
Inside the covers are 120 pages of books for children from birth to secondary school age, written and/or illustrated by New Zealanders. Listings are to the end of 2010 plus some titles out and coming in 2011 - with the month noted so you know when to expect them.
The price is unchanged - NZ$20 and I'm happy to send out orders with an invoice.

New edition of NZ Children's Books in Print

Work is in progress for the next edition of NZ Children's Books in Print. There are a few changes taking place, the main one being that new editions will now come out at the beginning of the New Zealand school year (beginning of February), rather than the end.

The next edition will include children's books by NZ authors and illustrators released up until the end of 2010. An added bonus for publishers and users is that publishers will also be able to include listings of new books they have coming out in 2011 (this is optional) which will be marked with the month they are to be published.

Advertising bookings are being taken now. If you are interested in taking out an ad take a look at the advertising rates which you can click through to near the top of the page.

Printing Buniboy

I've been experimenting with using my new silkscreen and thought the character from my book would be a good place to start. Two colours, black and red, onto white. I'd been told I could use a stencil with my screen, which I thought I'd start with rather than the photographic process which I couldn't do at home. It was not very successful, the stencil material seemed a bit thick, but I did manage a few recognisable prints. Then I thought I'd try using my stencil with spray paint, which worked much better, though he now has a pink jumper due to lack of red spray paint. So here is Buniboy - the illustrated version from the book, the screenprinted version, and the spray-paint

version.

Wow Mum

This is a large papercut I made for the studio window at Unitec so it could be read from the inside and the outside. It also produced the added bonus of projecting the words onto the walls and floor as the sun moved across the sky. The text was prompted by my son who looked at a poster I'd made about my Doc Marten boots which I'd had since 1996, saying 'Wow mum, have you really been wearing those for 15 years.' Of course I am 'Mum' in New Zealand, but 'Mom' in US and we were pleased to note that when 'Wow' was projected upside down on the wall it became 'Mom' so we're all there.

Where shall we go today? sample pages

Here is the front cover and a few sample pages of the picture book I've made for my graphic design course at Unitec.

NZ Children's Books in Print 2009 available now

NZ Children's Books in Print 2009 is now available
Updated annually, this guide will help you keep up-to-date with books for children from birth to secondary school, written and/or illustrated by New Zealanders, living both overseas and in New Zealand.
Listings include title, author, illustrator, publisher, year of publication (so you can pick out the new books), RRP, format, and a brief description including an age-range guide where appropriate.
There are five indexes - title, author, illustrator, translator and photographer.
New Zealand children's book awards list all award winners from the inception of each award.
Publisher and distributor contact details are included.
Order your copy by email or post, details below. It will be posted to you with an invoice.
Copies are $20 each (incl p&p)
Order from Silvertone Ltd, PO Box 21 265, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand
Email books@silvertone.co.nz