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Storylines Author Visit - Andrew Crowe

Laura our Librarian —

Nature Author Andrew Crowe visited the Year 6's as part of the Storylines Tour - he talked about his love of nature and his books. The students asked some really thoughtful questions and thoroughly enjoyed the visit.

About the author - Andrew Crowe is a best-selling author with a special interest in helping make nature accessible to beginners of all ages. He has written over 40 nature books covering seashells, insects, spiders, birds and other animals and plants. Andrew has won numerous New Zealand book awards, including the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2009 for his overall contribution to children's literature and the Ashton Wylie Award in 2005 for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama. His latest book, Pathway of the Birds- The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors (Bateman), received 4 book awards in 2019.