The Day Dad Blew Up the Cowshed

Jennifer & Margery are sisters who grew up on their family farm in the Hawkes Bay, NZ during the 1970's. Tales from the Farm is the result of their collaboration with 7 books so far, all as equally funny, entertaining & historical as each other!

WRITTEN BY: Jennifer Somervell is an award-winning author from NZ. 

ILLUSTRATED BY: Margery Fern is an award-winning illustrator from NZ.

AGES: 4+

STORY OUTLINE:  

Blowing up a cowshed - this farm tale really happened! In the 1960s and 70s it wasn’t unusual for returned servicemen and their farmer sons in New Zealand to blow things up. For Jennifer and Margery, growing up on a farm in Hawkes Bay, blowing up the cowshed was a momentous event in their childhood. Here is the story just as they experienced it – vivid in detail, action and unforeseen consequences!

Dramatic and hilarious, this true Kiwi story comes with an educational section on the invention of the first rotary cowshed in New Zealand by a Taranaki dairy farmer.

AWARDS

Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2016
First Place: Picture Book 6 & Older
First Place: Historical Fiction
First Place: Best Cover Design