Richard Wolfe, a former museum curator, is known as an author of social history books on New Zealand icons and kiwiana. He is now a freelance curator of exhibitions and collaborates with his wife Pamela on their picture books. Their first book together, Midnight at the Museum, drew on his years as a display artist and curator at Canterbury and Auckland museums.
Selected bibliography:
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Midnight at the Museum illustrated by Pamela Wolfe (Scholastic 1997).
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Mouse Opera illustrated by Pamela Wolfe (Scholastic 1999).
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Mouse Hotel illustrated by Pamela Wolfe (Random House 2000).
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Walter's Planet illustrated by Pamela Wolfe (Random House 2001).
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Mouse on the Moon illustrated by Richard Wolfe (Scholastic 2003).
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