{"product_id":"goose-the-artist-kimberly-andrews","title":"Goose The Artist - Kimberly Andrews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Goose, a passionate artist who wants to create a PERFECT portrait and win the village art competition.  But after a whole week of painting Puffin and friends, Goose is all aflutter.  Is an artist’s work EVER good enough?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoose strives to win an art award in this endearing tale from Kimberly Andrews' acclaimed Puffin the Architect series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003ci\u003em Goose! And I descend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom famous painter geese.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery day I paint and draw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto make a masterpiece.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Goose paints and paints to make the perfect picture, the deadline draws closer, the pressure mounts and Goose feels the cherished award slipping further and further out of reach.  Then disaster strikes.  Will anything or anyone help our tortured hero win through?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis delightful story is set in the endearing world of Puffin the Architect and her friends.  Readers will love poring over Kimberly Andrews' detailed pictures and spotting the spider hidden on every page, as Goose explores the trials and rewards of making art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies.  She has lived and worked in New Zealand, Borneo and the UK.  In London, she worked for The House of Illustration, whose main ambassador is Quentin Blake.  She also worked at the Natural History Museum in the live Butterfly House and also behind the scenes, assisting the curation of mammal specimens in the dry stores.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 2019, the first story Kimberly wrote and illustrated, Puffin the Architect (2018), won the Russell Clark Award for Illustration and was a finalist for Best Picture Book in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.  It also won a Storylines Notable Picture Book Award as well as the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children’s Book.  It has been published in five languages, with rights sold to Romania, Russia, China and Taiwan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore stories followed featuring favourite animal characters from Puffin the Architect's charming world: Hound the Detective, highly commended by Storylines and a finalist for the Best Picture Book Award in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children \u0026amp; Young Adults 2021, and Moose the Pilot, a Storylines Notable Picture Book 2021. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKimberly lives with her husband and two young daughters in a shipping-container house near Wellington, where she illustrates and writes, and runs her business Tumbleweed Tees, screen-printed clothing featuring her illustrations of New Zealand plants and wildlife.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoft cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43465286746266,"sku":"","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/products\/GooseTheArtist.jpg?v=1680390969","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/goose-the-artist-kimberly-andrews","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}