Author(s): Dave Gunson
A welcome new addition to an excellent activity book series, New Zealand Extinct Wildlife to Read, Colour and Keep has great appeal for younger children. It features 30 simple black and white illustrations of New Zealand's most remarkable extinct wildlife; including dinosaurs, birds, lizards, mammals and more, ready to be coloured in. Dave Gunson's fascinating facts and true-to-life pictures provide the ideal introduction to New Zealand's prehistoric wildlife. Read: Each page carries a sentence or two of basic introductory text alongside a traceable black-and-white line illustration. Colour: An A4 double-page colour insert shows a guide to the realistic colour and markings of each creature. Keep: Every illustration page is perforated so that children can remove and display their finished artwork.
Dave Gunson is a prolific writer and illustrator of children's books. His highly successful colour-illustrated 'All About New Zealand' series introduces children to New Zealand's natural history, and The Big Book of New Zealand Wildlife is a marvellous 160-page compendium revealing the entire span of New Zealand's wildlife. He wrote and illustrated Grandpa Ngata and the Seagull and has recently produced The New Zealand Wildlife Activity Book and two board books, NZ Birds and NZ Bugs and Critters. His best-selling 'Read, Colour and Keep' books include New Zealand Birds, New Zealand Wildlife, New Zealand Shore & Sea Life and New Zealand Garden Wildlife.