Juliette MacIver

Juliette MacIver is a New Zealand children’s picture book writer. Her work has been widely reviewed and shortlisted for a number of awards, and her book That’s Not a Hippopotamus! won the picture book category of the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.  She has four children and lives near Wellington, New Zealand.

Biography

Juliette MacIver grew up in Wellington.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, and later a Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language.[2] Following her studies, she taught English, travelled around Thailand and Europe and worked in a government department.[1]

She is married with four children and lives beside the sea near Wellington.[2] She began writing after her third child was born and then found that writing picture books fitted in around looking after small children.[3][4]

MacIver's books are notable for their use of clever rhyme and their sense of light-hearted fun.[4][5][6] They are sold in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US and have been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Boston Globe.[4][7]

Awards and prizes

Many of MacIver's picture books have won or been shortlisted for book awards or named as Storylines Notable Books. Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam was shortlisted for the Crystal Kite Award as well as the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2011.[8] Children’s bookseller John McIntyre included it in his list of essential titles for a child’s first library.[9]

Marmaduke Duck and Bernadette Bear was shortlisted for the LIANZA Book Awards in 2012.[10] Toucan Can was shortlisted for the 2014 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[8] Gwendolyn! was shortlisted for the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[11]

That’s Not a Hippopotamus! won the picture book category of the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[12] Duck Goes Meow was shortlisted for the same award in 2023.[13]

Bibliography

  • Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam illustrated by Sarah Davis (Scholastic, 2010)[14]
  • Tom and the Dragon ill. Scott Tulloch (Scholastic, 2011)
  • Marmaduke Duck and Bernadette Bear ill. Sarah Davis (Scholastic, 2011)
  • Little Witch ill. Cat Chapman (Walker Books Australia, 2013)
  • Toucan Can ill. Sarah Davis (Gecko Press, 2013)[15][16][17]
  • Queen Alice’s Palaces ill. Lucia Masciullo (HarperCollins Australia, 2013)
  • The Frog Who Lost His Underpants ill. Cat Chapman (Walker Books Australia, 2013)
  • Marmaduke Duck on the Wide Blue Seas ill. Sarah Davis (Scholastic, 2014)
  • The Moose and the Goose ill. Jenny Cooper (Scholastic, 2014)
  • Bye! Bye! Bye! ill. Stephanie Junovich (Scholastic, 2014)
  • Grasshoppers Dance ill. Nina Rycroft (Scholastic, 2015)
  • Yak and Gnu ill. Cat Chapman (Walker Books, 2015)[18]
  • Marmaduke Duck and the Christmas Calamity ill. Sarah Davis (Scholastic, 2016)
  • That’s Not a Hippopotamus! ill. Sarah Davis (Gecko Press, 2015)[19][20]
  • Gwendolyn! ill. Terri Rose Baynton (ABC Books, 2016)
  • Henry Bob Bobbalich ill. Link Choi (Scholastic, 2016)[21]
  • We're Off to Find a Kiwi ill. Kate Wilkinson (Scholastic, 2017)[22]
  • A Mother's Day Dilemma ill. Janine Millington (Scholastic, 2017)
  • The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist ill. Sarah Davis (Gecko Press, 2022)
  • Duck Goes Meow ill. Carla Martell (Scholastic, 2023)
  • Faelan the Wolf: Odd Wolf Out (Faelan the Wolf Book 1; Scholastic, 2023)
  • Faelan the Wolf: Into the Lockjaws (Faelan the Wolf Book 2; Scholastic, 2023)

References

  1. ^ a b "Profiles: Juliette MacIver". Storylines. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "MacIver, Juliette". New Zealand Book Council Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ "A day in the life of a picture-book writer". The Sapling. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Monk, Felicity (9 July 2017). "Spell binders: How Juliette MacIver, Toby Morris, Mary-anne Scott and Lisala Halapua write their acclaimed children's books". Stuff. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Māori (and Pasifika) writing in 2017: Thalia Kehoe Rowden recommends 22 picture books that feature Pasifika and Māori children". The Spinoff. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ Kenneally, Anne. "Juliette MacIver". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Top kids' author is special guest". Kapiti News. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. ^ a b "New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – Picture Book Award". Christchurch City Libraries Nga Kete Wananga-o-Otautahi. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  9. ^ McIntyre, John (30 June 2017). "Book List: Dear John's books for a first library". The Sapling. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  10. ^ "The LIANZA Children's Book Award 2012 Finalists". My Best Friends are Books. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Past Finalists". NZ Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  12. ^ "New Zealand Book Awards speech - Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis for "That's Not a Hippopotamus!"". You Tube. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  13. ^ "NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  14. ^ "The Marmaduke Duke series". Sarah Davis Studio. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  15. ^ Saxby, Claire (14 April 2014). "Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver ill Sarah Davis". Aussie Reviews. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Keep Calm and Carry on Reading: Children's Books for Under the Tree". New Zealand Book Council Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis". The Bookbag. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  18. ^ "KIRKUS REVIEW: Friendship and foolery on the river". Kirkus. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  19. ^ Forster, Sarah (8 September 2016). "Book Review: That's Not a Hippopotamus!, by Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis". Booksellers NZ. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  20. ^ "That's Not a Hippopotamus | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Lloyd Scott reads 'Henry Bob Bobbalich' by Juliette MacIver". Radio NZ. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  22. ^ "We're Off to Find a Kiwi by Juliette MacIver". Radio NZ. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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