Authors

Dr Jane Williams has been working with families and young children for over 45 years. She is the Director of ToddlerROO, KindyROO and GymbaROO, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the College of Health Sciences at James Cook University, Queensland.  Dr Tessa Grigg is the Research and Education Manager for ToddlerROO, KindyROO and GymbaROO, and a part-time lecturer and teaching assistant at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She has extensive experience in teaching and child development.

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Charles Edward Williams lives in Dunedin a coastal university city in the South Island of New Zealand. The aim of the author is to provide the reader with an enjoyable holiday read and to enable them to share the events of this remarkable period through the eyes and thoughts of a soldier serving in the legion.

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Elaine Williams grew up in Scotland and worked in London for many years before moving to the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand with her husband and two children. She studied Literature at university and has written stories all of her life. Arturo and the Glitter Glue is her first published book.

Loopy Tunes (Preschool) Music are a sister music duo based in Ōtauthai/Christchurch. Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington are recognised for their reorua/bilingual Māori and Pasifika children's waiata, sung in their beautifully harmonious style. The sisters had their start in children's music 13 years ago through a weekly preschool music outreach which they helped create. This bilingual programme continues today but has grown six weekly music sessions during the school term. In 2019, the sisters recorded and released their first 13-track children's music album, "Kākāriki: Simply Us" and have released a total of 138 waiata to date; a number have been nominated for music awards both here in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and abroad! Thankfully, they LOVE what they do, so it continues to be a busy but rewarding time for them both! Loopy Tunes (Preschool) Music are a sister music duo based in Ōtauthai/Christchurch. Siu Williams-Lemi and Leah Williams-Partington are recognised for their reorua/bilingual Māori and Pasifika children's waiata, sung in their beautifully harmonious style. The sisters had their start in children's music 13 years ago through a weekly preschool music outreach which they helped create. This bilingual programme continues today but has grown six weekly music sessions during the school term. In 2019, the sisters recorded and released their first 13-track children's music album, "Kākāriki: Simply Us" and have released a total of 138 waiata to date; a number have been nominated for music awards both here in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and abroad! Thankfully, they LOVE what they do, so it continues to be a busy but rewarding time for them both! The loves in my life are my children of six, And we all grow together in a humble home, made of bricks.I live in the beautiful community of Bishopdale, Where you can find me walking, without fail, through sun, rain, snow or hail.I paint every day at my painted wooden table, Looking out the window at all the beautiful birds perched on telephone cables.Painting the songs written and sung by Loopy Tunes, has been a fantastical dream, And with Leah and Siu at the wheel, this is just the beginning for this dynamic, unique, courageous, kiwi, multicultural, bilingual, happy, loving team!

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Fraser Williamson is an exhibiting artist (both nationally and internationally) and a prolific children's illustrator. Over the years he has illustrated a countless number children's books and school journal stories and his unique style is instantly recognisable. He lives on Auckland's North Shore with his wife Loisi and their son Antonio. They like to spend their time between Tonga, New Zealand and Spain. Matthew Williamson is a graphic designer who has worked a for a range of book and magazine publishers as a designer and art director. Matthew lives just outside Warkworth with his wife Erena and their two children, Miles and Moana. He runs Halcyon Design (with brother Luke) and has collaborated with Fraser on a number of projects besides their board books for Kiwi Babies.

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