Author and illustrator Donovan Bixley is one of New Zealand's most acclaimed picture book creators and believes that illustrated books can be ageless.
He is most well-known for his bestselling pre-school books, The Wheels on the Bus,The Great Kiwi ABC Book, and his colourful and humorous re-tellings of The legends of Māui.
His work is nothing if not varied, from illustrated biographies of Shakespeare, Mozart and Leonardo da Vinci to the hilarious hijinks of pussycats in planes in his Flying Furballs series which is being adapted into a film series.
His latest book is Leonardo's Dragon.