There Was an Old Woman

Author(s): Gavin Bishop

Children & Young Adult

Gavin Bishop illustrates an old English rhyme in a vertical board book for very young children. The illustrations bring in housekeeping into the rhyme, with the washerwoman in her basket, sweeping cobwebs from the sky.

General Information

  • : 9781877467165
  • : Gecko Press
  • : Gecko Press
  • : 01 October 2008
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Gavin Bishop
  • : Board book
  • : 26
  • : colour illustrations

More About The Product

Gavin Bishop is equally distinguished as author and illustrator. His awards include: Book of the Year, NZ Post Book Awards (2000, 1993, 2003); the Russell Clark Medal for illustration (1981, 2006); Grand Prize winner of the NOMA CONCOURS (Japan 1984); the 2003 LIANZA Elsie Locke Medal. He has exhibited internationally, from Japan to Czechoslovakia, and was an international judge for the 2003 NOMA CONCOURS competition for Children's Picture Book Illustration.