Fall 2024

Snake and Lizard

From the Series Snake and Lizard

  • Interest Level: Grade 1 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centered; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. With its wisdom, acceptance and good humor, Snake and Lizard captures the essence of friendship. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Gavin Bishop in warm and clear colors of the desert.

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Interest Level Grade 1 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 2
Category SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2018
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Gecko Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 96
Publication Date 2024-11-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV002220, JUV039060, JUV038000
Dewey [E]
Dimensions 5.75 x 7.8
Features Original artwork

Author: Joy Cowley

Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand’s best-loved writers. Her awards include the Margaret Mahy Medal; the NZ Post Children’s Book Award 2006; the Roberta Long Medal, Alabama, USA; and the AW Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature. She is a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Illustrator: Gavin Bishop

Gavin Bishop ONZM, Tainui, Ngati Awa, has published over 70 books internationally, translated into 12 languages. He has written for television and stage, as well as libretti for two children’s ballets for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He has earned many awards including the Te Waka Toi Nga Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka/Sir Kingi Ihaka Award in 2018, recognising his lifetime contribution to strengthening Maori art and culture through his children’s books; The Arts Foundation’s Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award in 2013; and the 2000 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and his distinguished contribution to children’s literature in New Zealand.