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The Boy Who Made Things Up

Author: Margaret Mahy   Series: Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

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Margaret Mahy's imagination-filled story The Boy Who Made Things Up is released for this first time as a picture book with illustrations from the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Winner Lily Emo.

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Margaret Mahy's imagination-filled story The Boy Who Made Things Up is released for this first time as a picture book with illustrations from the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Winner Lily Emo.

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Margaret Mahy's imagination-filled story The Boy Who Made Things Up is released for this first time as a picture book with illustrations from the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Winner Lily Emo.

'Shall we just walk along, Dad, or shall we make some of it up?'

Join Michael and his over-worked dad as they journey home one fun-filled afternoon.

Overflowing with imagination, this wondrous and beautiful book is from the celebrated children's writer Margaret Mahy and award-winning illustrator Lily Emo.

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About the Author

Margaret Mahy (1936-2012) is one of New Zealand's most celebrated children's writers. She is the author of more than 150 titles, which have been translated into many different languages and sold around the world. Appointed to the Order of New Zealand in 1993, Mahy also won many global prizes for children's writers, including the Carnegie Medal and the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

'It is in the nature of books, that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life' - Margaret Mahy

Lily Emo

An award winning illustrator living in Nelson, New Zealand. Lily Emo spends her time juggling the demands of an illustration/art career and freelancing as a graphic designer and relief art teaching. Her portraiture work of Covid 19 essential workers was displayed in 2021 in The National Portrait Gallery in Wellington. Lily Emo works with a range of mediums - from Procreate and photoshop to more traditional mediums like watercolour, gouache, graphite and coloured pencil.

You can find out more at www.lily.emo.com. Connect with Lily on Instagram @lily.emo

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'Shall we just walk along, Dad, or shall we make some of it up?' Join Michael and his over-worked dad as they journey home one fun-filled afternoon.Overflowing with imagination, this wondrous and beautiful book is from the celebrated children's writer Margaret Mahy and award-winning illustrator Lily Emo.Praise for The Boy Who Made Things Up :'Wildly beautiful artwork' - The Spinoff

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Product Details

Publisher
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
Published
10th August 2021
Pages
32
ISBN
9781869714611

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14 Sep, 2021
Fantastic illustrations!
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