Dale Percy

Mr Percy is an author and illustrator. He came in to show us the books he has illustrated and the one book he has written called Summer Within.
He read us one of the books called The Fish Truck, this was based in Martinborough and Ngawe.
Mr Percy's son re-wrote The Three Bad Bunnies. His father had told it to Mr Percy every night, and then told it to his own children every night. Then his son Phillip Percy wrote it into a book. So this poem is over 100 years old.
Mr Percy used water colour to paint the pictures. He drew the pictures first with pencil and then used a black pen to do the outlines. After this he rubbed out the pencil lines, followed by using water colour paint.
Mr Percy is a local person from Kohinui, and he had never been to Kumeroa-Hopelands School before. He was brought up in Alfredton and went to Tararua College.

Ideas contributed by Kimberley, Olly, Jack, Bradley, Kirsten, Lucy, Tara, Adelle and Paige