Story-Go-round

The list below is a compilation of significant New Zealand children's picturebook writers and writer/illustrators. They are either still creating books, or have created a important body of work recently. Illustrators who do not produce text have not been included. Each name is accompanied by several book titles that are indicative of the author's work (these titles are not necessarily in print).

Allen, Pamela
Who Sank the Boat?
The Potato People
Grandpa and Thomas
Cuthbert's Babies

Armitage, Ronda & David
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch series
Queen of the Night

Bacon, Ron
Hemi Dances (illus. Sharon O'Callaghan)
Rua and the Sea People (illus. Para Matchitt)

Baynton, Martin
Jane and the Dragon
Baby Floats
Why Do You Love Me?

Beames, Margaret
Blue Boots (illus. Jennifer Lautusi)
Oliver in the Garden (illus. Sue Hitchcock)
Oliver's Party

Beck, Jennifer
The Choosing Day (illus. Robyn Beck)
The Bantam and the Soldier (illus. Robyn Belton)

Bishop, Gavin
Bidibidi
Mr Fox
The House That Jack Built
Tom Thumb

Butler, Dorothy
My Brown Bear Barney series (illus. Elizabeth Fuller)

Carter, Gary
Uncle Glenn's Cabbages (illus. Sharon O'Callaghan)
What Happened at Auntie's House? (illus. Steve Dickinson)

Cartwright, Pauline
Arthur and the Dragon (illus. David Elliot)
Pouakai the Man-Eater (illus. Philip Paea)

Cowley, Joy
The Duck in the Gun (illus. Robyn Belton)
The Cheese Trap (illus. Linda McClelland)
Pudding (illus. Fraser Williamson)

Dodd, Lynley
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (series)
The Nickle Nackle Tree
The Other Ark

Drewery, Melanie
Matariki (illus. by Bruce Potter)
The Treasure (illus. by Bruce Potter)

Elliot, David
Sydney and the Sea Monster
Sydney and the Whalebird
Pigtails the Pirate

Gilderdale, Betty & Alan
The Little Yellow Digger series

Gossage, Peter
The Fish of Maui
Pania of the Reef
Hinemoa and Tutanekai

Grace, Patricia
The Kuia and the Spider (illus. Robyn Kahukiwa)
Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street (illus. Robyn Kahukiwa)

Gunson, Dave
Kiwi One! Two! Three!
Kiwi of the Great Forest

Gunson, Jonathan
Buzzy Bee 123
Buzzy Bee ABC

Hessell, Jenny
Grandma McGarvey series (illus. Trevor Pye)

Kahukiwa, Robyn
Taniwha
Paikea

Kerr, Bob
Mechanical Harry
After the War

Mahy, Margaret
A Lion in the Meadow (illus. Jenny Williams)
A Summery Saturday Morning (illus. Selina Young)

McMillan, Dawn
Sea Secrets (illus. Julia Crowth)
A Fishing Story (illus. Julia Crowth)

Moyes, Lesley
Alphabet Apartments

Nelisi, Lino
Fishing with Spider Webs (illus. Elspeth Alix Batt)
Sione's Talo (illus. Elspeth Williamson)

Noonan, Diana
The Best-Loved Bear (illus. Elizabeth Fuller)
The Best Dressed Bear
Auntie Rosie and The Rabbit (illus. Christine Ross)

Parker, John
Amanda, the Amazing Merino (illus. Jeffrey Parker)
Pavlova and Presents (illus. Linda McClelland)

Pye, Trevor
Ben and the Alien Invasion
In the Backyard

Ross, Christine
Lily and the Bears
Lily and the Present

Tarlton, John
Clyde's Ride
The Day Pearl Ran Through Town

Turner, Gwenda
New Zealand ABC
Let's Make Mud
Penny and Pocket

Watson, Joy
Grandpa's Slippers (illus. Wendy Hodder) - series
Grandpa's Cardigan (illus Wendy Hodder)

Whaanga, Mere
Tangaroa's Gift/Te Koha o Tangaroa
Te Kooti's Diamond/Te Taimana a Te Kooti

Wolfe, Richard & Pamela
Midnight at the Museum
Mouse Opera
Walter's Planet