Jennifer Somervell

Author Jennifer Somervell is the author of the award-winning Tales From the Farm picture book series, based on her childhood adventures growing up on a New Zealand farm in the 1970s. Her six books have all won first place awards in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for excellence in children's literature. Illustrator Zerika Van Jaarsveld cut her artistic teeth drawing on the walls of her grandmother's family home in Namibia.. 'A Baa-rilliant Adventure' is Zerika's fourth book. She lives in Otautau, Southland with her husband and two children. Photo courtesy of Read NZ.