Ali Teo was born in East Malaysia.She grew up in Wainuiomata and attended Wellington Polytechnic where she earned a Bachelor Degree in Design. She works as a freelance illustrator. Initially trained and working as a Fine Artist, Jon Hughes made the shift to traditional illustration by the mid 1980's, making the transition to Digital 2&3D work in 1998, and has been continuing to attract commissions, with numerous published titles to his name. Clients have included: The Natural History Museum London, National Geographic, American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Scotland, Canadian Museum of Nature, Alaska Heritage Museum, to name but a few.
Interest Age:
4
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Reading
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at the back of each book. Featuring a combination of photographic style and cartoon style artwork, this information book is full of pictures of dinosaurs, with a pronunciation guide to their names and details on their size and abilities. The left hand pages feature full colour 'photo' style pictures of the dinosaurs in their habitats, while the right hand pages feature fun, cartoon style dinosaurs and explanatory text alongside. A final spread gives mini fact files on each dinosaur, summarising the information in the text, accompanied by an illustration. Blue (Band 4) level books offer early readers integrated literary and natural language.