Reading Alive series

Categories: Picture Books   Language: English
Publication Place: New Zealand   Pages： about 32 pages per title
Rights Available: All Asian Rights

【Feature】
★Written by much celebrated New Zealand writer, Joy Cowley and performance storyteller of the highest calibre, Tanya Batt.
★It tells interesting stories to children with beautiful illustrations, includeing eight new stories about Mrs Wishy Washy.

【Description】
Catching Fish:
When Jack loses the five red fish off his favourite shirt, he finds them in the sky, ducking and diving in and out of the clouds. Jack can't catch his fish with a crooked copper nail, or tempt them down with food, or grab them in his hands. Then Jack learns the magical power of words.
Breakfast:
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" said the cup to the plate.
"It's breakfast time and we're all late."
This delightful, whimsical tale from Joy Cowley tells the universal story of chaos at breakfast time. Joy Cowley employs the point-of-view of the crockery and cutlery to both tell a charming tale and give a gentle hint on the importance of table manners. This story in rhyme isa pleasure to read for both children and adults.

6 titles: Catching Fish, My Dad's A Dragon Catcher, Breakfast, Wishy-Washy, Wishy-Washy World, Wishy-Washy Wonder

【Author】

Joy Cowley
Joy Cowley is a prolific, widely-published, and much celebrated New Zealand writer of fiction for adults and children. Cowley began her career writing short stories and novels before moving into the realm of children's literature. She has published numerous novels and short stories. She has written a remarkable range of children's books – including over 1,000 educational books for children learning to read.
Cowley has won many awards for her writing. In 2005 she was made a Distinguished Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children's literature, and she was awarded a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement for Fiction in 2010. In 2018 she was awarded New Zealand's top honour, becoming a Member of the Order of New Zealand. Also in 2018, Cowley was short-listed for the Hans Christian Anderson award, the top international award for children's literature.

Cowley began writing for children to help her son Edward who, like her, was slow to learn reading skills. Her first picture book, which uses humour to carry a serious anti-war statement, was The Duck and the Gun, published in New York in 1969. It was republished in 1985 with new illustrations by award-winning illustrator Robyn Belton.
Cowley's work is characterized by being child-centred. high-quality literature for young readers. She says: "Children need to find affirmation in a story. The story should empower children in several ways: helping them to feel good about their ability to make cognitive connections and to solve problems; helping them to see their own worthiness in the characters."
Cowley lives in Featherston, New Zealand, where she continues to write for children.

Tanya Batt
Tanya Batt is a performance storyteller of the highest calibre and a published author of both fiction and non-fiction. Tanya travels the world performing stories to the young and the young at heart.