Poster-drawing workshop and book reading for kids - Saturday morning, Central Library
Come along to the launch of 'My Animal Family', a children's picture book written by Michael Botur and illustrated by Emma Weakley.
This fun rhyming book teaches kids about their place in the animal kingdom and reminds us we need to give all creatures, great and small, the same respect as human beings.
Listen to Michael read the book aloud.
Create a FREE poster of your favourite animal (or design a new animal), with help from comic artists Shane Evans and Rico Searle.
For children of all ages but ideal for over-5s.
ttps://www.wdc.govt.nz/library/Whats-on/Events/Book-launch-my-animal-family
Signed books will be for sale: $30.00 each.
Free entry - no prior registration required.
When
Saturday, 18 June 2022 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location
Children's Room
Whangārei Central Library, 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei 0110
About Michael Botur
Whangarei writer Michael Botur is the author of five acclaimed short story collections, four novels, ‘page and pub poetry’ collection Loudmouth and the children’s book ‘My Animal Family.’ He has won awards for short fiction in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Botur has published journalism in most major newspapers and magazines in New Zealand and is concentrating on screen writing in 2022.
About Emma Weakley
Emma Weakley is a freelance illustrator based in Kapiti . Her first book, 'Jack and the Beanstalk' was published in 2010. ‘That Kind of Planet’, a collection of short comics published in 2016, won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best production/publication in 2017. Weakley also won this award in 2008, 2017 and 2017 for the best professional artwork.
Emma uses a mixture of traditional drawing and digital painting. Her experience is largely with book illustration, short comics and individual commissioned artwork and illustrations.
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In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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40.5% Yes
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34.4% Maybe?
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25.1% No
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