{"product_id":"taniwha-gavin-bishop","title":"Taniwha - Gavin Bishop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children’s Picture Book 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\"Gavin Bishop’s latest tome, which tells tales of taniwha from all over Aotearoa, is a taonga to be savoured and shared: from the lush pink and turquoise hues of the hard cover – upon which a jagged-toothed taniwha is depicted swallowing a waka whole, its occupants sliding into the sea to escape – to the sweeping landscape pages that invite careful plucking and much poring over. Another must-have from a superbly talented author-illustrator at the peak of his powers.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe amazing Gavin Bishop brings us a monster-sized book about the mythical monsters of Aotearoa!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning weaver of stories Gavin Bishop retells a variety of tales about the taniwha of Aotearoa, from the guardians who accompanied waka voyages to present-day inhabitants of the whenua and moana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaniwha are all around us.\u003cbr\u003eThey are good at hiding or changing their shape.\u003cbr\u003eThey can be very tricky.\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to meet one,\u003cbr\u003eyou have to know what to look for\u003cbr\u003eand where to look.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribing how the landscape was shaped, and exploring relations between Māori and the sometimes friendly, but more often terrifying, supernatural creatures, these traditional stories are taken to a new level of spooky visual splendour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGavin Bishop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Tainui, Ngati Awa) is a highly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator of more than 70 books, whose work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong the numerous fellowships and national book prizes that have been awarded to Gavin throughout his career, he has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and has won the supreme Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award a record five times. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Picture Book Illustration was established in 2009 to acknowledge Gavin's contribution to the writing and illustrating of children's picture books in Aotearoa. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was the 2025 AWF Honoured Writer at the Auckland Writers Festival and his book artwork has been acquired for the collection of Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Gavin lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e64 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-book-details__desc is-short\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46664108245146,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/taniwha-9781776957446.jpg?v=1759454430","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/taniwha-gavin-bishop","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}