Avis Acres: Portrait of an Author

Biographical video about Avis Acres. Thyra Avis Mary Acres (née McNeill) (26 March 1910 – 15 October 1994) was a New Zealand artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist.   She is best known for her 1950s children’s books including Opo, the Gay Dolphin and a series featuring pōhutukawa babies, Hutu and Kawa. Avis retired to Tauranga during the 1980s.
 
Produced by the New Zealand Children's Literature Association, Bay of Plenty Branch (now Bookrapt), to sit within the Joyce West Collection at Tauranga City Library.