The Crocodile Bird

About Richard Turner

Richard Turner is an author and Performing Arts teacher in Adelaide South Australia who supports children's creative voices through drama and dance. He has directed and choreographed musicals working with students who can sing and dance way better than he can. Like most people Richard has to be told to eat his peas but never has to be told to eat his jellybeans or ice cream. He has been on a skateboard a rollercoaster an elephant and a camel. He has also been on a spaceship to the moon but only in his dreams! Margaret Tolland is an artist from New Zealand whose illustrations are packed with detail. Through her work get closer to the habitats and lifestyles of the many species both flora and fauna that she explores with an eye on environmental education. With twenty years' experience in visual arts education and working in a gallery Margaret now illustrates full-time.