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Illustration from children's book 'Monster School Rules,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Duck Goes Meow', featuring an illustration of a little yellow duck.

Duck Goes Meow

Bold, munificent colours saturate the page, with animals rotund and lively, their hand lettered animal sounds seamlessly blending into a flawless rhyming text. Readers are taken on a hilarious jaunt as these animals negotiate and encourage Duck to say the right thing, anticipation and humour building with each page turn. The little duck plucks at the heartstrings by being true to itself, and challenging our assumptions.

‘Duck Goes Meow’ distills all the elements of a great picture book into a celebration of the unexpected, with a conclusion that surprises the animals and readers alike.

Winner of the Picture Book category in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults.

Illustration of a little yellow duck lying on its back, saying Meow.
Illustration of a big orange yak, with a little yellow duck sitting on its head
Interior page of children's book 'Duck Goes Meow,' illustrated by Carla Martell. Image show a dog, a cow and a hen.

Tulip & Doug

Tulip was famous in her neighbourhood for two reasons: 1. She was a fearless adventurer. 2. She went everywhere with a seriously strange sidekick – a potato, called Doug!

Carla Martell’s illustrations are super fun and vibrant, hitting that right spot between current and not-too-likely-to-date-too-soon – not always an easy feat. The design makes good use of each whole double-page spread but plays around with the ways that it does so, and Carla plays with perspective in ways that really pull you into the story and give it dimension.
Briar Lawry | The Sapling

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Cover of children's book 'Tulip and Doug,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Interior page of children's book 'Tulip and Sprout,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Tulip and Sprout,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Interior page of children's book 'Tulip and Sprout,' illustrated by Carla Martell.

OTHER BOOKS

The cover of children's book 'Why Won't You Sleep' by Adam Wallace and Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Monster School Rules,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Santa's Fireproof Knickers,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Christmas in Summer,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Colin the Christmas Pie,' illustrated by Carla Martell.
Cover of children's book 'Granny's Undies,' illustrated by Carla Martell.

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