Nee Naw and Friends
Authors:
Deano Yipadee & Paul Beavis
Publisher:
Scholastic New Zealand
ISBN:
9781775437536
Date Published:
1 October 2022
Pages:
96
Format:
Paperback
RRP:
$37.99
Join Nee Naw and friends as they come to the rescue! Four bestselling stories with sing-along songs and hilarious illustrations that will have you laughing out loud!
• This collector’s treasury includes: Nee Naw the Little Fire Engine, Nee Naw and the Cowtastrophe, Nee Naw Goes Bananas and Ellie Copter.
• Each has an easy-to-sing melody and catchy refrain, and songs can be streamed or downloaded from all good digital music sites.
• Brilliantly illustrated with the quirky art of Paul Beavis'Tis the run up to Christmas
About the author:
Born in Dunedin, Deano Yipadee studied for a Bachelor of Education at Otago University. During this time he accepted a full-time job on the radio, taking him from Dunedin to Wellington to Waikato. After four years of radio, Deano taught English to children in Japan in 2002. In 2003, he went to Manchester, UK, and back to radio. As a hobby, he wrote and created children’s music and stories. In 2012 he lost his job and decided to follow his heart of creating fun music and stories under the name, Mr Yipadee. His mission encourages kids to laugh, love and believe in themselves. With extensive touring, Mr Yipadee’s debut album went to Number One on the UK Children’s Music Charts. Since then, his collection of albums continues to top the children’s charts and he headlines the Kidz Field at the famous Glastonbury Music Festival. He loves spending time touring with his family between New Zealand, Australia and England.
About the Illustrator:
Paul Beavis was born in London went on to study Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins School of Art, before working in children’s animation for the BBCand Channel 4– a job that probably planted the seed of being a picture book creator. In the late 90s he moved into website design, working for the Financial Timesin London and New York, then onwards to a number of London-based creative agencies.
Since 2005 Paul has worked freelance, allowing more time for picture book writing and illustration. He moved to Wellington, New Zealand in 2012 and now writes and illustrates picture books full time. He won the Russell Clark Illustration Award for his first book Mrs. Mo’s Monster, and has since illustrated a number of book for Scholastic NZ, including the riotous Deano Yipadee sing-alongs Jingle Bells, Rudolph Smells, Nee Naw, the Little Fire Engine, Nee Naw and the Cowtastropheand Stink-O-Saurus. He is also the creator of What Are You Supposed to Be?(2017).
