Children's books
Phillips co-wrote (with Rebekah Lipp) and illustrated the best selling picture book, Aroha's Way - A Children's Guide through Emotions , which has appeared in the Nielsen Bestsellers List many times and ranked #3 in the Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 Books List 2020. Aroha's Way is a picture book for children around uncomfortable emotions; fear, apprehension, worrying thoughts and nervousness with ways to manage them, and has been recommended by University of Auckland Professor, Peter O'Connor for discussing anxiety in an educational setting. [7] It has been translated into Te Reo Māori, Aroha Te Whai Ora - He mahere piropiro mā te tamariki , by Karena Kelly. He co-founded Wildling Books in 2018 with Rebekah Lipp, in order to have full creative freedom to create beautiful and meaningful books for children.
Other Aroha Friend series titles include:
Let It Go - Emotions are energy in motion encourages children to explore what emotions - sadness, anger, shame and fear - feel like in their body and help to find a unique way to release them.
Aroha Knows helps children think about how they feel in nature and how that effects wellbeing. Part of the price is donated to Trees that Count.
Judith A. Hunt is an American illustrator, painter, cartoonist, and designer, who has produced a diverse array of artwork for books, magazines, television, comics, videos, and toys. She has worked as an art director and staff illustrator/designer for magazine companies. As of 2018, she illustrates educational texts and children's books from her studio in Kennebunk, Maine, and showcases her fine art in local art shows.
Fifi Colston is a writer, illustrator, poet, wearable arts designer, costume and props maker for the film industry and television presenter. She has written or illustrated over 30 books and is also a veteran entrant, finalist and winner in the World of Wearable Art Competition. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
Peter Ledger was an Australian cartoonist, comic book artist, commercial airbrush artist, and illustrator.
Australian comics have been published since 1908 and Australian comics creators have gone to produce influential work in the global comics industry,
David Elliot is a New Zealand illustrator and author, known internationally for his contributions to the Redwall fantasy series by British author, Brian Jacques.
Dean Rankine is an Australian comics artist, writer and illustrator. Rankine's work has appeared in many comics, books and magazines.
Jared Takrouna Lane is a New Zealand artist. He is best known for his comic art, but is also an illustrator, storyboard artist and as an exhibiting fine artist.
Linda Medley is an American comic book author and illustrator, known for her Castle Waiting series of comic books and graphic novels.
Mark Ricketts is an American comic book writer, illustrator and cartoonist. He has worked for a variety of publishers including McGraw-Hill, Caliber Comics, Chaos! Comics, Mojo Press, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Moonstone Books and Image Comics. He won the 2000 Klasky Csupo screenwriting award for his teleplay "Whiskey Dickel, Int'l Cowgirl."
Deborah Mary Niland is a New Zealand–born Australian artist, known as a writer and illustrator of children's books. Some of her most popular books include Annie's Chair, When The Wind Changed, Mulga Bill's Bicycle, and Chatterbox. In 2006 she won The Children's Book of the Year – Early Childhood, with her book Annie's Chair.
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children's and young adult's literature in New Zealand. The awards were founded in 1982, and have had several title changes until the present title was introduced in 2015. In 2016 the awards were merged with the LIANZA children's book awards. As of 2023 the awards are administered by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and each category award carries prize money of NZ$7,500.
Olivia Aroha Giles is a contemporary New Zealand Māori writer, artist, and designer, specialising in art textiles, design, illustration and writing. She writes children's books, novels, and short stories.
Gavin John Bishop is an author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand. He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, published in 1981 by Oxford University Press.
Robyn Belton is an illustrator of children's books. Her work, often focusing on themes of war and peace, has won many prizes, including the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 1997 Picture Book Winner and Book of the Year, and the Russell Clark Award in 1985 and 2009. She herself has been recognised with the prestigious Storylines Margaret Mahy Award and the inaugural Ignition Children's Book Festival Award. She lives in Otago, New Zealand.
Giselle Clarkson is a New Zealand cartoonist and illustrator, best known for her non-fiction comics on conservation and environmental issues.
Toby Morris is a New Zealand cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and writer, best known for non-fiction online comics that often highlight social issues.
Nikola Slade Robinson, generally known as Nikki Slade Robinson, is a New Zealand children’s picture book writer and illustrator. Her books have been widely reviewed and shortlisted for a number of awards. The Little Kiwi’s Matariki won the Best Picture Book section of the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
Lauren Marriott is a New Zealand illustrator, comics artist, sculptor, and graphic designer. She often draws under the pseudonym Ralphi.
Mirranda Burton is a New Zealand-born artist and writer living on Wurundjeri land/Melbourne, Australia.
