Howdy. This is me. Yep. I can verify that. It's me all right. I'm an illustrator as you already know having got this far. I live in New Zealand. I have lived and worked for too many years in advertising agencies around the world ( Yes it did feel like I lived in them sometimes. ) London, Sydney, Hong Kong and here at the bottom of the world.
I have illustrated heaps of children's books and won a few awards. A lot of my books are about bums/butts and farts.
You can see them on my books page. These books are especially valuable in motivating reluctant readers. Especially boys aged between 5-7 years old. Because of the lack of male teachers in primary/elementary schools plus other influences a lot of boys grow up regarding reading as a feminine activity. Books with these types of subject matter give these boys the social permission to pick them up, read and laugh with their friends.
Awards
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New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2003 Picture Book shortlist for Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?
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New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2003 Children’s Choice Winner for Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?
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Storylines Notable Books List 2003 Picture Book list for Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?
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Storylines Notable Books List 2005 Picture Book list for The Biggest Number in the Universe.
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Storylines Notable Books List 2007 Non-fiction list for It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes.
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Silver Birch Award nomination, Ontario Library Association. 50 Poisonous Questions
- 2011 Information Book Award
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50 Burning Questions
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Best Books for Kid's Teens 2011, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
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50 Burning Questions
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Science in Society Book Award finalist
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50 Burning Questions
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Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award Winner 2011
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50 Burning Questions
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2011 Canadian Science Writer's Association, Science in Society Book Award. 50 Poisonous Questions
Bibliography
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Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? text by Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal (Reed 2002).
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One Chocolate Fish: A New Zealand Counting Book text by SW Norrie (Reed 2002).
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Albert text by William Taylor [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin 2003).
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The Biggest Number in the Universe text by Julie Leibrich (Scholastic 2004).
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Doggy Doo on my Shoe text by Dawn McMillan (Reed 2004).
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Getting Board? text by David Hill [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin 2004).
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Where Do Flies Go in Winter? text by Dawn McMillan (Puffin 2005).
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Gladys the Goat text by William Taylor [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin 2005).
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The Really Sticky Grubby Lolly text by Yvonne Dudman (Reed 2005).
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I Know about Babies text by Rochelle Neale (Mallinson Rendel 2005).
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Albert the Cat text by William Taylor (Puffin 2005).
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Seagull Sid and the Naughty Things Seagulls Did! by Dawn McMillan (Reed) 2005
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It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes text by Sharon Holt (Allen & Unwin 2006).
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Woolly Wally text by Dawn McMillan (Reed 2006).
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Nesta and the Missing Zero by Julie Leibrich (Scholastic 2006).
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Cindy and the Lost Jandal text by Chris Gurney (Scholastic 2009).
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Kiwi Dads text by Yvonne Morrison (Scholastic 2009).
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Big Bouncer text by Dawn McMillan (Puffin 2009).
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Kiwi Mums text by Yvonne Morrison (Scholastic 2010).
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50 Burning Questions text by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ( Annick Press 2010 )
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50 Poisonous Questions text by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ( Annick Press 2010 )
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50 Underwear Questions text by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ( Annick Press 2011 )
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50 Climate Questions text by Peter Christie ( Annick Press 2011 )
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I Need a New Bum text by Dawn McMillan ( Oratia Media 2012 )
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It's a Feudal, Feudal World. text by Stephen Shapiro ( Annick Press 2013 )
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50 Body Questions . text by Tanya Lloyd Kyi ( Annick Press 2013 )
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I need a new bum ( butt in US ) text by Dawn McMillan ( Libro 2013 )
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Doctor Grundy's Undies. text by Dawn McMillan. ( Libro 2014 )
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Squeakopotomus. text by Dawn McMillan. (Oratia Press 2016 )
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Charlie. text by Dawn Mcmillan . ( Oratia Press 2017 )