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Books by Gavin Bishop

Gavin Bishop is a highly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator. 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. He won the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2000, as well as numerous fellowships and national book awards. His book Weaving Earth and Sky won the non-fiction section and the Book of the Year Award of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2003, and was shortlisted for the LIANZA Elsie Locke Medal in 2003. He has won the LIANZA Russell Clark Medal for Illustration four times- Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant (1981); Kiwi Moon (2006); Rats! (2008); and There was a Crooked Man (2010). Among his successful partnerships has been that with writer Joy Cowley, with whom he won the Best in Junior Fiction and Book of the Year at the 2008 NZ Post Children's Book Awards for Snake and Lizard. The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Picture Book Illustration was established in 2009 to encourage emergent illustrators and to acknowledge Gavin's contribution to the writing and illustrating of children's picture books. In 2013 he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and President of Honour of the NZ Society of Authors. Gavin's artwork has featured in exhibitions internationally, including Japan and Czechoslovakia. He has written and designed two ballets for the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company- Terrible Tom and Te Maia and the Sea Devil. In 2003 he shared the Ursula Bethell Residency with Catherine Chidgey. See m
Look By Gavin Bishop
Lookby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$13.69
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Cook's Cook By Gavin Bishop
Cook's Cookby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$25.49
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Taming The Sun By Gavin Bishop
Taming The Sunby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$13.69
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Aotearoa By Gavin Bishop
Aotearoaby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$137.99
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The House That Jack Built By Gavin Bishop
The House That Jack Builtby Gavin Bishop
New
$31.39
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Atua By Gavin Bishop
Atuaby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$192.99
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Wildlife of Aotearoa By Gavin Bishop
Wildlife of Aotearoaby Gavin Bishop
New
$112.59
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Pops By Gavin Bishop
Popsby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$17.49
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Kiwi Moon By Gavin Bishop
Kiwi Moonby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$24.99
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There Was a Crooked Man By Gavin Bishop
There Was a Crooked Manby Gavin Bishop
Good
$26.49
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Mr. Fox By Gavin Bishop
Mr. Foxby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$27.49
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Mrs. McGinty and the Bizarre Plant By Gavin Bishop
Mrs. McGinty and the Bizarre Plantby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$72.99
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Friend By Gavin Bishop
Friendby Gavin Bishop
Very Good
$24.49
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