The Sporty Looky Book

As I pore over each page with my tamariki, searching for clues and hidden details, I get Where’s Wally flashbacks and I love that these books have so much distinctly local visual language. * The Sapling *As I pore over each page with my tamariki, searching for clues and hidden details, I get Where’s Wally flashbacks and I love that these books have so much distinctly local visual language. * The Sapling *Donovan Bixley is such a clever man. The vibrant colours will hook the readers into this book immediately. Children and adults alike will be laughing out loud at the antics of the pupils, adults and animals as they work their way through the story trying to figure out all the answers; it’s hilarious. * Read NZ *Donovan Bixley is such a clever man. The vibrant colours will hook the readers into this book immediately. Children and adults alike will be laughing out loud at the antics of the pupils, adults and animals as they work their way through the story trying to figure out all the answers; it’s hilarious. * Read NZ *

Donovan Bixley ONZM has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books in 31 countries and 18 languages, including te reo Maori. He has won awards for both his illustrating and writing and won the Children’s Choice award in 2013. In 2021, he became an Officer of the Order of New Zealand. With over 100 books published, his unique style of illustration brings delight and joy to readers both young and old. He lives on the crater’s edge of the greatest volcanic eruption in human history (also known as Lake Taupo, in New Zealand).

Music fills his spare time, alongside his wife and three daughters.