David Elliott is an award-winning children’s illustrator and author. He has written and illustrated many amazing picture books, including the ‘Sydney Penguin’ books and Pigtails the Pirate (winner of the 2003 NZ Post Children’s Picture Book Award). David’s book Snark, won both the Russell Clark Award for Illustration and the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2017 New Zealand Awards for Children and Young Adults. It was also awarded a White Raven by the International Youth Library in Munich and is New Zealand’s nomination for illustration in the 2018 IBBY Honour List.

David Elliott, an ex-Queen's staff member, presented the school with one of his illustrations.  He also donated two of his books Snark and The Adventures of Sydney Penguin to the School Library. 

Thank you, David.