Helen Taylor is an artist, writer and award winning Children’s Book illustrator. She has over twenty published works to her credit. In 2006 she won Best Picture Book in the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards for A Booming in the Night.
Helen lives in the port-side town of Lyttelton, New Zealand.
So come along to the Storylines Festival and see the artwork that John McIntyre (National Radio, 2009) described as ‘...absolutely beautiful. Intricate pictures all of our flora and fauna, almost like Audrey Eagles natural drawings - but her eye for colour is fantastic and almost transcends beauty...’
Selected bibliography:
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The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly text by Ben Brown (Shadowcatchers 1993, also Raupo 2006).
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Natural New Zealand ABC Wallchart (Reed 2002).
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The Thief of Colours text by Ben Brown (Reed 2003).
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Hinemoana and the Fairies text by Jodi van Boxel (Reed 2003).
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Eel Dreaming text by Ben Brown (Reed 2004).
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Time to Sleep text by Annemarie Florian (Reed 2004).
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Fifty-five Feathers text by Ben Brown (Puffin 2004).
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Natural New Zealand ABC text by Ben Brown (Reed 2004).
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Pukeko Counts to Ten (wall frieze) (Reed 2005).
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A Booming in the Night text by Ben Brown (Raupo 2005).
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The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly text by Ben Brown (Reed 2006).
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The Rainmakers text by Ben Brown (Raupo 2007).
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The Night Owl text by Jill Eggleton (Heinemann Education 2007).
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I am a Penguin text by Barbara Todd (New Holland 2009).
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The Sparrow and the Feather text by Ben Brown (Puffin 2009).
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I am a Dolphin text by Barbara Todd (New Holland 2009).
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I am a Seal text by Barbara Todd (New Holland 2010).
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I am a Whale text by Barbara Todd (New Holland 2010).
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The Indigo Bird (Penguin 2010).
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The Great Orland text by Ben Brown (Scholastic 2012).
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Kiwi Play With Me (Penguin Sept 2012).
Awards:
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