Book Launch | The Gavin Bishop Treasury by Gavin Bishop

Scorpio Books and Penguin Random House New Zealand warmly welcome you to the launch of The Gavin Bishop Treasury: 10 Favourite Fairy Stories and Original Tales by Gavin Bishop. All welcome, refreshments provided. Please send in your RSVP and pre-order your book today!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Comprising over two hundred pages of fabulous storytelling and stunning artwork, children will be spellbound by this beautiful hardback gift treasury of ten favourite fairy tales and original stories by the acclaimed Gavin Bishop.

Between the covers you will find four of Gavin’s delightful original tales, featuring such beloved characters as drab Mrs McGinty, who becomes a sensation when a fast-growing plant takes off in her yard, along with a rainbow-chasing sheep, a little rabbit who longs to visit the sea, and a bear who decides he can go without his winter sleep.

There are also six of Gavin’s delicious, humour-filled fairy tale retellings, including crafty Mr Fox with an empty food sack to fill, the gloriously illustrated Three Little Pigs, and Rats!, in which Mrs Polly Piper, vexed by an infestation of cheeky rodents, accepts help from the dashing, accordion-playing Rapscallion Claw.

This beautiful gift collection will entrance families of all ages and sizes and is the ideal inducement to snuggle up and read together.

The 10 gorgeous stories included in this treasury are: Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant; Bidibidi; Mr Fox; Chicken Licken; A Apple Pie; The Three Little Pigs; Little Rabbit and the Sea; Stay Awake, Bear!; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; and Rats!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gavin Bishop (Tainui, Ngāti Awa) is a highly acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator of more than 70 books, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Māori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes.

Born in Invercargill, he spent his childhood in the remote railway settlement of Kingston on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Studying under Russell Clark and Rudi Gopas, Gavin graduated from the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts with an honours degree in painting. He taught art at Linwood High School and at Christ’s College in Christchurch.

Among the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career, highlights are his Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement – Non-fiction in 2019; his Te Waka Toi Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka/Sir Kingi Ihaka Award in 2018 recognising lifetime contribution to strengthening Māori art and culture through his children’s books; The Arts Foundation’s Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award in 2013; and the 2000 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and his distinguished contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand. Gavin was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013, and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors.

Gavin lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. See more about him and his work at www.gavinbishop.com.