Selected Bibliography

• Viet-Nam (School Publications Branch, Dept of Education 1963).
• Six Colonies in One Country: New Zealand, 1840-1860 illustrated by Stephen Furton (Govt Printer, 1965).
• The Runaway Settlers illustrated by Antony Maitland (Jonathan Cape; Blackwood & Janet Paul 1965).
• The End of the Harbour illustrated by Katarina Mataira (Jonathan Cape; Blackwood & Janet Paul 1968).
• Growing Points and Prickles: New Zealand 1920-60 illustrated by Cath Brown (Whitcombe and Tombs 1971).
• Snow to Low Levels: Interaction in a Disaster (Whitcoulls 1976).
• The Boy with the Snowgrass Hair with Ken Dawson, illustrated by Jean Oates, maps by Cath Brown (Whitcoulls 1976).
• Explorer Zach illustrations by David Waddington (Pumpkin Press 1978).
• A Land without Taxes: New Zealand from 1800 to 1840 (School Publications Branch, Dept of Education 1979).
• Journey Under Warning illustrated by Margaret Chapman, maps by Libby Plumridge (Oxford University Press 1983).
• A Canoe in the Mist illustrated by John Shelley (Jonathan Cape 1984).
• The Kauri and the Willow: How We Lived and Grew from 1801-1942 (Government Printer 1984).
• Two Peoples, One Land: A History of Aotearoa/New Zealand Especially for Younger Readers (GP Books 1988).
• Joe’s Ruby illustrated by Gary Hebley (Cape Catley 1995).

Awards

• CLA Services to Children’s Literature Award 1992 (now the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award).
• Storylines Margaret Mahy Award 1995.
• AIM Children’s Book Awards 1996 Non-fiction Honour Award for Joe’s Ruby.
• Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award 1999 for The Runaway Settlers.