The Little Tractor
Written by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
Published by Scholastic NZ Ltd 2003
ISBN:1-86943-599-0
Tarakihana Pakupaku, Moari translation, ISBN:1-86943-614-8
Translation to te reo by Katarina Te Heikoko Mataira
- CLFNZ Notable Book 2005
- Shortlisted for NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2005
- White Raven Book 2005
The Little Tractor becomes old and no longer useful.
He is consigned to a shed and his farm is ‘eaten up’ by
the town.
From a car sales yard he is sold to a series of owners,
none of whom are suitable until one day a young man with ‘sticky-up hair’ and grass seed on his clothes comes by.
And for the little tractor a new life begins, back in the country and back on a farm.
“‘Simple plot enlivened by Gavin BishopC classy illustrations.”
- Raymond Huber, Dunedin teacher,
24 April 2004
“Gavin Bishop’s pictures conjure up the USA in the fifties or sixties; a big prairie barn; round bodied cars.
They’re bolder in line, simpler and less detailed than most of his work
but retain the sophistication of style which is his signature.” - Reading Time Vol 48 No 2 2003
