Tuesday, August 05, 2014

NZ Sports Hall of Fame -25 Kiwi Champions


Maria Gill with illustrations by Marc o Ivancic

About The Book
Meet 25 of New Zealand’s finest sportspeople across the range of sporting disciplines, the old and great alongside the young bucks – the rising stars. All of these sportspeople have succeeded on the world stage and many began their careers at a very young age.

Discover how they achieved their success and what it was that made them set their sights on the ultimate goal of ‘best in the world’. With individual timelines, trophy boards, and personal stories for each athlete, Maria Gill provides a description of each sport and outlines the personal training programmes of each athlete. Children can set goals and create their own sports plan, and essential resources identify New Zealand sports organisations, museums and sporting competitions.

Marco Ivancic’s stunning illustrations capture each sportsperson in action, inspiring young New Zealanders to match the achievements of their favourite athletes.

About the Author and Illustrator
Maria Gill writes creative non-fiction for children and regularly visits schools and libraries around the country promoting New Zealand books. She has published eight books with New Holland including Call of the Kokako, Eruption! Discovering New Zealand Volcanoes, Running the Country, The Last of Maui’s Dolphins, and New Zealand Hall of Fame. Maria has a background in Primary School teaching and now writes full-time from her lifestyle block in Matakana.

Marco Ivancic is a freelance illustrator who has a broad portfolio that includes fantasy and science fiction work. He enjoyed producing the illustrations for this project as he’s very keen on sport, especially football and rugby league.  He works in Adobe Photoshop.

•        By popular request, an edition of New Zealand Hall of Fame that is entirely devoted to our sporting heroes.
•        Includes Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir John Walker, Richie McCaw, Valerie Adams, Lisa Carrington and many more world famous sportspeople.
•        Informative, well-researched text is lively, accessible and inspiring.
•        New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis won the Children’s Choice Award for non-fiction at the 2012 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards, was a finalist in the 2012 LIANZA Awards and selected for the Storylines Notable Books List.

New Holland • Price: $24.99
Format: 280 x 215 mm
Extent: 64 pages
Illustrations: 25 photos + full colour illustrations
Binding: Paperback

Age range: 7–14 years

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