Books by Craig Phillips

Finalist in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults - Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo M¿ori.2022 IBBY Honour List for Translation (New Zealand). These books are considered to be outstanding for the quality of writing, illustration and translation. Important considerations in selecting the Honour List titles are that the books represent the best in children's literature from each country, and that the books are recommended as suitable for publication throughout the world. Aroha's Way Te Reo M¿ori Edition - Listen to the story on our YouTube ChannelN¿ KARENA KELLY I WHAKAM¿ORINau mai, hoake t¿tou ko Aroha, i a ia e kaupare ana i te taiatea, i te mataku, i te m¿harahara, me te anip¿, ki ana tukanga m¿m¿ ka taea e te katoa.N¿ te ringatuhi rongonui n¿ Aotearoa, n¿ Craig Phillips, n¿na ng¿ pukapuka o The Adventures of Jack Scratch me Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts (te toa i te Tohu Whakaahua o Russell Clark ki te New Zealand Book Awards 2018)."He huia kaimanawa t¿nei pukapuka, he tino rauemi hoki, hei ¿whina i ng¿ tamariki, me ng¿ wh¿nau katoa. Ka titia ¿nei k¿rero ki te ng¿kau. " - Stacey MorrisonPaperback - 36 pagesSize: Landscape 216mm x216mm

TENTACLES! TERROR! TANTRUMS! After a mysterious stranger appears at The Crafty Trout, Jack Scratch and his friends find themselves entangled in an adventure of monstrous proportions. Narrowly escaping a boatload of murderous moggies, crashing cannonballs and a treacherous seabird, Jack and crew set a course for the most fearsome stretch of sea known to catkind, in search of the legendary... KRAKEN!AGES: 8 plusAUTHOR: Craig Phillips is a professional illustrator, working for publishers all around the world, from his studio by the shores of beautiful Lake Taupo, in New Zealand. He has created many book covers for popular children's and young adult books, as well as rock posters for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Shadow and the Foo Fighters. Also by Craig Phillips 'Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts', a graphic anthology of world tales.

Meet Jack Scratch. Pint-sized hero. Swashbuckler. Adventurer and singer of pirate ditties! Jack is about to embark on a quest to find the fabled treasure of the "Hiss-paniola, " and he'll encounter a whole lot of trouble along the way.