Don't Go Near The Creek

On the surface, 'Don’t Go Near the Creek' is a child’s adventure story depicting the risks associated with not following parental instructions, but underneath that, it is also an awakening of understanding about caring for other creatures, cleaning up the environment and turning pollution into a business opportunity! Told in rhyme and with Paul’s beautiful, rich illustrations to depict a suburb in the Hutt Valley in the 1970s, the story also celebrates a love of reading and the self-motivation of this particular young reader to grow his little library!