The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology

Author(s): Joy Cowley & Giselle Clarkson

Picture books - NZ | NEW AND NOTABLE

Joy Cowley's favourite stories, poems and nonsense rhymes collected in a hardback gift volume for the family to treasure. It selects the best of Cowley's poems and stories to read aloud, including much-loved classics such as Greedy Cat and Nicketty-Nacketty Noo Noo Noo. Fully re-illustrated with humour and energy by newcomer Giselle Clarkson, these short stories, picture books and funny poems will bring joy to a new generation.


Product Information

Finalist - Picture Book Awards for the 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Her awards include the Margaret Mahy Medal; the NZ Post Children's Book Award 2006; the Roberta Long Medal, Alabama, USA; and the AW Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature. She is a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Giselle Clarkson is an illustrator from Wellington, New Zealand. She once drew a picture of some biscuits that was shared online so many times that they put her on TV. As well as illustrating children’s books, Giselle is a regular contributor to the NZ School Journal. She writes a comic about children’s books for The Sapling, and makes educational comics about important and exciting environmental topics. She loves to have adventures at sea and on remote islands best of all. Giselle has a degree in photography from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.

General Fields

  • : 9781776572588
  • : Gecko Press
  • : Gecko Press
  • : 0.738
  • : September 2019
  • : 1.6 Centimeters X 24.8 Centimeters X 28.7 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Joy Cowley & Giselle Clarkson
  • : Hardback
  • : Giselle Clarkson
  • : English
  • : 828.9208
  • : 88