Selected bibliography:

• Dream Boat, illustrated by Connie Marshall (Shortland Publications 1997).
• Going Bananas, illustrated by Ant Sang [Kiwi Bites] (Puffin 2003).
• A Good Idea [Ready to Read series] (Learning Media 2005).
• Egg Head (Oxford University Press 2006).
• The Paint Job (Oxford University Press 2006).
• Old Bones (Scholastic 2006).
• Sitting on the Fence: The Diary of Martin Daly, Christchurch, 1981 [My Story series] (Scholastic 2007).
• Hot Money [Nitty Gritty series] (Pearson 2009).
• Hippo Ears and the Stargazer [Nitty Gritty series] illustrated by Jane Cameron (Pearson 2011).
• The Field (e-book ACHUKABooks 2012).
• Demons (e-book ACHUKABooks 2012)
• The tattooed sisters, and other stories (Self-published 2016. Many stories previously published in magazines and anthologies.)
• The Houdini Effect (Self-published 2016. Originally contracted to ACHUKABooks.)
• Egghead, and other surprises (Self-published 2016. Many stories and poems previously published in the New Zealand School Journal)
• Emily’s penny dreadful (Self-published 2016. Originally contracted to Walker Books.)
• Cauliflower ears (Self-published 2016. Originally serialised on the website of Christchurch City Libraries.)
• Emily, the Dreadfuls and the Dead Skin Gang (Self-published 2017)
• Easy Peasy [Ready to Read series] (Ministry of Education 2018).
• The night the moon fell down, and other poems (Self-published 2019. Many poems previously published in magazines and anthologies.)
• The ghosts on the hill (Cuba Press 2020)
• Stop the Tour! The Diary of Martin Daly, Christchurch, 1981 [My New Zealand Story series] (Scholastic 2021) (a new edition of Sitting on the Fence: The Diary of Martin Daly)
• The Ghost House (The Cuba Press 2022)

Contributions in these selected anthologies:

• The Hutchinson Treasury of Children’s Poetry (Hutchinson UK 1997).
• Kids’ Night In (Penguin 2003).
• Claws & Jaws (Random House 2004).
• Down to the Sea Again (HarperCollins 2005).
• Mischief & Mayhem (Random House 2005).
• Like Wallpaper (Random House 2005).
• Pick ‘n’ Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Vol. 1 (Scholastic 2010).
• Read Me Another One, Please! (Whitcoulls 2012).
• A treasury of New Zealand poems for children (Randon House 2015)
• Es war einmal: Grim(m) fairy tales from Aotearoa/New Zealand (Goethe Institut 2015)
• Road squeak purr: A New Zealand treasury of animal poems (Penguin Random House, 2022)
• A Whale of a Time: A funny poem for every day of the year (Nosy Crow, 2023 – forthcoming)

Selected translations:

• Who’s Driving by Leo Timmers (Gecko Press 2006).
• I am the King by Leo Timmers (Gecko Press 2006).
• Sheep with Boots by Martigen Matter, illustrated by Jan Jutte (Gecko Press 2009).
• Eep! by Joke van Leeuwen (Gecko Press 2010).
• The Magical Life of Mr Renny by Leo Trimmers (Gecko Press 2012).
• The Day My Father Became a Bush by Joke Van Leeuwan (Gecko Press 2013).
• Wolf and Dog by Sylvia Vanden Heede (Gecko Press 2013).
• The day no one was angry by Toon Tellegen (Gecko Press 2014)
• Timeline by Peter Goes (Gecko Press 2015)
• Dog knows everything and Wolf knows nothing by Sylvia Vanden Heede (Gecko Press 2016)
• Rivers by Peter Goes (Gecko Press, 2018)
• My Mama by Annemarie van Haeringen (Gecko Press 2020)
• Timeline: science and technology by Peter Goes (Gecko Press 2020)
• What Ollie saw by Joukje Akveld (Levine Querido 2021)
• I’ll Keep you Close by Jeska Verstegen (Levine Querido 2021; Allen & Unwin, 2022)
• Kind Crocodile by Leo Timmers (Gecko Press, 2023)