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Iraqi-born Samer always knew that he wanted to be an artist. 'When I was very young I was fascinated by the coloured illustrations in books and used to wonder how adults could possibly read a book that wasn't illustrated! As I got older I started to illustrate stories of my own.' When he was 16-years-old, he enrolled in a fine arts institute and in the same year started working in a publishing house. Samer lives in Auckland with his wife Lamia, also a children's book illustrator, and their two teenage children.
Selected New Zealand bibliography:
To Our Shores: A Collection of Favourite Stories Retold by Immigrants to New Zealand compiled by Angie Belcher (Reed 2004).
The Little Tuatara text by Robin Cunningham (HarperCollins 2005).
Pukeko text by Marie Langley (Reed 2006).
Moho the Ugly Pukeko text by Tatiana Aslund (Reed 2006).
Pukeko the Performer text by Marie Langley (Puffin 2008).
Iraqi-born Samer always knew that he wanted to be an artist. 'When I was very young I was fascinated by the coloured illustrations in books and used to wonder how adults could possibly read a book that wasn't illustrated! As I got older I started to illustrate stories of my own.' When he was 16-years-old, he enrolled in a fine arts institute and in the same year started working in a publishing house. Samer lives in Auckland with his wife Lamia, also a children's book illustrator, and their two teenage children.