Contents

COVER : How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay and Matt Ottley
CONTENTS THIS ISSUE : EDITOR’S COMMENTS -- Meet the Writer / Illustrator : Lucinda Gifford Interviewed by Tali Lavi -- Barbara Ker Wilson : A Life in Words by Leonie Tyle -- Andrew Levins : Pumpkins and Aliens Interviewed by Allison Paterson -- What a Funny Way to Earn a Dollar : A survey of Elizabeth Honey's Work by Margaret Robson Kett -- Cover Book Review : How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay and Matt Ottley Review by Allison Paterson -- Revisiting Children's Books as an Adult by M.H. Alessandrino -- Q and A with Katrina Nannestad About Her New Book : We are Wolves by Joy Lawn -- The Albert Ullin Award -- WHERE TO BUY -- REVIEWS : Information Books -- Early Picture Books -- Older Picture Books -- Early Readers -- Independent Readers -- Extending Readers -- INDEX TO BOOKS REVIEWED -- NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT : Taking Time Out to Write at Residencies by Maria Gill -- REVIEWS.