Judy Lawn has been writing for nearly thirty years. Her ideas for her stories and picture books come from her love of animals and nature, and a childhood spent in the country where she and her two brothers spent every school holidays exploring the countryside and beaches of New Zealand's North Island. "We were always 'off on some adventure' no matter what the weather," says Judy. "I've never forgotten the treasures we found - a beautiful shell, a brightly coloured sea slug, or even an octopus! It is from these memories that I get ideas for my stories." A keen fisher, Judy's first published sho...