Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand | Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa
A very popular visitor to schools, Juliette brings energy, humour and boundless enthusiasm to her presentations, artfully weaving in lessons on story structure and useful ideas for sparking and developing stories. She has also done many workshops with children, focusing on elements of story in general, or sometimes specialising in rhythm and rhyme. She has honed these skills through visiting schools all over Aotearoa since 2011, and also yearly visits to schools in Australia. Her love of children comes through in her ability to connect with her audience, encouraging their creativity and their faith in themselves as people with ideas and something to say.
Juliette is the author of 22 much-loved picture books and 3 middle-grade fiction titles. She has twice won Best Picture Book at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and has made the shortlist on three other occasions. Other awards include the Storylines Notable Book Award, which she has won six times, and international recognition in 2023 in the form of a White Raven for The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist. In the United States, That’s Not a Hippopotamus! made the shortlist for the Florida Reading Association Awards.
Her books have been translated into six languages, including Te Reo Māori, and are available in ten countries. Juliette holds a Master of Arts in linguistics and a Postgraduate Diploma in teaching English as a second language. She lives in a seaside suburb with her husband Ken and three of their four children, where she does lots of yoga, kitchen-dancing and solving of Rubik’s cubes.
White Raven, an internationally recognised recommendation list of outstanding new releases of international children’s books
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Storylines Notable Picture Book Awards
Global Picture Book of the Year, awarded by Funky Kids Radio, Australian Broadcaster
LIANZA Book Awards
Florida Reading Association Awards, Florida, U.S.A.
Crystal Kite Award, Australia