Swirld Book News...

NEW PICTURE BOOK!  Release June 2021 ​

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW!  VIA CONTACT PAGE.

     
THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE
An Electric Pioneer and his Magnificent Battery Cars
​by Viv Walker 

In 1898, New Zealand’s first motor car rumbled onto a bustling Wellington street. The age of the car had arrived.
​It's twenty years later in Christchurch, and another revolutionary vehicle quietly makes its entrance ... meet New Zealand's first electric truck!
Delivery man Mr O'Hare bets a hot pie that his petrol-engine truck can beat Mr Harris's electric vehicle.
​Who will win the race?

Themes: early New Zealand history, motoring history, innovation

Soft cover w/flaps, 36 pp
​RRP $22.99
​Recommended for 7-12 year olds.
 

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OLD RUSSIAN JACK 
by Tania Atkinson, illustrated by Viv Walker
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Another Wairarapa tale featuring famous swagman 'Russian Jack' and a greedy group of animals keen to know what he has in his enormous sack.
Themes: early New Zealand, pioneering, nursery rhyme

Soft cover w/flaps, 32 pp
​RRP $22.00.
Recommended for 3-6 year olds.

Available at selected bookstores and via contact through this website.

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Author Tania Atkinson (left) and Viv with their new book Old Russian Jack. March 2019.

HERITAGE TODAY online magazine (July 2019)  article about Russian Jack - to read select here.

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