![]() The book introduces you to other rain forest animals that a red-eyed tree frog may encounter on any given day. The book gives insight into a tree frogs daily life and has exquisite pictures to go along with the story. It tells the story of a tree frog from the start of his day to the end. Red-Eyed Tree Grog by Joy Cowley with pictures taken by famous photographer Nic Bishop is a great nonfiction piece of work. For even though the supplemental details at the back of Red-Eyed Tree Frog are informative and very much appreciated, I for one would and indeed even require considerably more thematic meat and details so to speak within the text proper and not just relegated to the back of the book almost like something of an afterthought.Īnd therefore, whilst Red-Eyed Tree Frog has definitely been a worthwhile reading experience to and for me, I also have not in any way been even remotely wowed by especially Joy Cowley's printed words, and this, combined with the to and for me always annoying frustration that with Red-Eyed Tree Frog here is yet another non fiction, science, zoology based picture book for young children that (although there is actually quite a bit of information presented, especially within the supplemental notes) does neither cite sources nor provide any type of bibliography whatsoever for further reading and study, makes me (and with my apologies to those readers who have really enjoyed, who truly love Red-Eyed Tree Frog) only consider a low three three star ranking, as even considering that Nic Bishop's photographs are most definitely visually stimulating, aesthetically lovely and wonderful, Joy Cowley's textual shortcomings and that there are no bibliographical details at all included in Red-Eyed Tree Frog, that really does rub me the wrong proverbial way (as I am also increasingly getting more and more impatient and massively annoyed that even with comparatively recent non fiction picture books that clearly would and should need bibliographies, they are still oh very often not included, which I consider both sad but also and more importantly intellectually, academically problematic). ![]() ![]() Last paragraph written from info on the RNZ websiteĪlthough I have indeed visually and aesthetically much enjoyed Nic Bishop's interesting and colourful accompanying photographs (that little red-eyed tree frog is really in many ways massively cute, albeit I do have to admit that personally I would consider the picture of the snake quite in your face, even somewhat majorly creepily freaky) and while I have also very much appreciated Joy Cowley's Red-Eyed Tree Frog as a decent and basic introduction to Central American rain forests and its fauna and flora for young children (and not just to the red-eyed tree frog of the title, but also to rain forest iguanas, caterpillars, snakes, macaws etc.) I do indeed rather wish that there were a bit more actual text, a bit more descriptiveness and presented narrational information. ![]() And in 2010 she received a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement.Īfter living in Featherston for more than 30 years (where they have named a playground after her) Joy has moved to Dunedin to be closer to family. She was made a Distinguished Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children's literature at the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours. She has also worked as a teacher of creative writing for children in more than 10 countries and won critical acclaim for her adult novels and short stories. She is internationally recognised for her contribution to children's literacy and has written more than 600 early readers, along with novels and poetry for children. Joy has contributed many stories, plays, and poems to New Zealand's School Journal, as far back as the 1960s and as recently as 2010. ![]() In 2004, she received the A W Reed Award for Contribution to New Zealand Literature at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She has been published so widely and to such acclaim that she received a Commemoration Medal in 1990, the OBE in 1992 for her services to children’s literature, the Margaret Mahy Award Lecture in 1993 and an honorary doctorate from Massey University in 1993. Cassia Joy Cowley, a fiction writer for children and adults, was born in Levin and educated at Palmerston North GHS and Pharmacy College. ![]()
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