The Urban Activity Book

About the Author

Rachel Haydon is a qualified primary school teacher and scientist with a zoology Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s in marine science. She has more than twenty years’ experience of teaching science to children of all ages in schools, museums, zoos and aquariums around the world. She was the General Manager of the National Aquarium of New Zealand and is now CEO of Orana Wildlife Park, Christchurch. Rachel is the author of The Nature Activity Book and The Beach Activity Book (Te Papa Press) and Kaewa the Kororā (Massey University Press). She is dedicated to motivating children of all ages to get outside and explore, connect with nature and have the best chance to protect the natural world and all that lives within it.

Pippa Keel Situ is an award-winning illustration designer, who has an Honours degree in illustration and a huge love of the outdoors. From her small studio in Wellington, Pippa has worked with a variety of New Zealand-based companies and publishers, including Zealandia Ecosanctuary and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She has created four children’s books in collaboration with writer Rachel Haydon: Kaewa the Kororā (Massey University Press) and the Nature, Beach and Urban trilogy of activity books (Te Papa Press).