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Deborah Kelly grew up in New Zealand and has lived in Japan and Scotland. Passionate about literacy, she loves to visit schools, libraries and festival events to share her books with children. Joanna Bartel loves designing characters and creating playful images to enhance imaginative learning.

Kristin Kelly is a passionate educator and believes in fostering kindness in the classroom above all else. Amelina Jones is an illustrator with a passion for nature, paints and stories, which she brings to her art.

He kaiako reo Māori, he kaituhi, he kaiwhakawhiti reo hoki a Hēmi Kelly (nō Ngāti Maniapoto, nō Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa). Nāna i tuhi te pukapuka A Māori Word A Day, ka whai mai ko A Māori Phrase A Day. Nāna i whakamāori te pakimaero poto o Sleeps Standing nā Witi Ihimaero, te pakimaero o The Alchemist nā Paulo Coelho, ā, nāna hoki tēnei whakaari o Translations nā Brian Friel i whakamāori. Ko Hēmi te Kaiwhakahaere o Tautika Ltd, he kaitohutohu reo Māori ia, ā, ko ia hoki te kaihanga me te kaiwhakahaere i ngā pae ako ā-ipurangi o Everyday Māori.

No te tau 1904 a Theodor Seuss Geisel whanau mai ai i Springfield, i Massachusetts - ko Ted te ingoa i mohiotia ra e ona hoa, ko Dr. Seuss ki te hia nei miriona tangata e monoa ana ki ana mahi. Mutu ana tana ako ki te Kareti o Dartmouth, i New Hampshire, ki te whare wananga o Oxford hoki, i Ingarangi, ka huri ia ki nga mahi tuhi pakiwaituhi mo te maheni, ki nga mahi whakatairanga ano hoki. Ka tere kawea ana tini pukenga ki te tuhituhi pukapuka ma te tamariki. No te tau 1937 tangia ai tana pukapuka tuatahi And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, a, nui atu i te 60 atu ano nga pukapuka ma te tamariki kua puta i a ia, ko etahi o nga tino pukapuka o te ao, e arohaina nuitia ana e te iti me te rahi - ko The Cat in the Hat (no te tau 1957), ko How the Grinch Stole Christmas (no te tau 1957) ko Green Eggs and Ham (no te tau 1960), me The Lorax (no te tau 1971). Ko Oh, the Places You'll Go! ta Seuss kupu ohaki, i tangia i te tau i mua i tana matenga, i tona tau 87. Theodor Seuss Geisel - known as Ted to his friends and as Dr. Seuss by his millions of fans - was born the son of a park superintendent in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1904. After studying at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and later at Oxford University in England, he became a magazine humorist and cartoonist, and an advertising man. He soon turned his many talents to writing children's books. His first book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was published in 1937 and he went on to publish more than 60 of the most beloved children's books of all time, from The Cat in the Hat (1957) and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) to Green Eggs and Ham (1960) and The Lorax (1971). Published one year before his death at age 87, Oh, the Places You'll Go! is Dr Seuss's farewell salute.

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Evie Kemp a multi-disciplinary creative who works as an artist, designer and interior maximalist. Her work applies colour & pattern to painted murals, textile prints, interior design and original art. Evie Kemp a multi-disciplinary creative who works as an artist, designer and interior maximalist. Her work applies colour & pattern to painted murals, textile prints, interior design and original art.

Jan Kemp was born in Hamilton in 1949 and has an MA (Hons) in English, a Diploma of Teaching and an MNZM. A fourth-generation New Zealander, she lived and worked overseas for many years before settling in Germany. Kemp established the Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive, and co-edited, with Jack Ross, a series of New Zealand poets in performance. She is now writing new poems for her tenth collection the dancing heart. Together with a team of singers and readers, she has also produced a video Dante Down Under for Dante’s 700th death year filmed in the Johanniskirche Kronberg, where she sings in the choir.

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