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SUPREME WINNER, The Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2019
WINNER, Picture Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2019
WINNER, Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book, PANZ Book Design Awards, 2019
Storylines Notable Book Award, Picture Book, 2019
Reviews
Dionne Christian and Zoe Gadd, Weekend Herald ~ “A quintessentially New Zealand picture book, this lively and lavishly illustrated story is a humorous tale about a young boy searching for the right methods and techniques to do the perfect bomb into the water. He turns to is much loved Nan, an expert and former champion for advice and, with love and gentle encouragement, learns that it’s all about being yourself and finding your own style. It’s funny, inspirational, enjoyable and packed full of characters and scenes instantly recognisable to young New Zealanders.”
Emma Wood, Otago Daily Times ~ “Reading The Bomb is an uplifting and invigorating experience that feels like a breath of fresh summer air. The story follows a boy who longs to pull off the perfect bomb: A booming one, a slapping one, a splashing one, dripping, soaking one!” When he repeatedly falters and fumbles at the last second, his cool old Nan (an erstwhile bomb pro) helps him find the confidence to realise his dream. Fresh, fun, vibrant and distinctly kiwi, this is another fabulous offering from the creative pairing of Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan.”
About the Kiwi author
Sacha Cotter is an award-winning writer living in Wellington. She has a Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning, and spent six years teaching in New Zealand and Spain. She has completed several film courses, and her screenplay Wasabi Peas was a semi-finalist in the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival in 2013.
Sacha has collaborated on four picture books illustrator, writer and designer Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata). Their third book, The Bomb was the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year – Supreme Winner, won the Picture Book Award and was a finalist in the Russell Clark Award for Illustration in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019. It also won the Storylines Notable Book Award – Picture Book Category in the same year and was selected as one of the New Zealand Listener 50 Best Books for Kids.
