Grandson and grandmother collaborate on book

NZ Writer and Illustrator

Cassidy Abbot, illustrated by Dinah Priestley

The Wicked Plum Tree

Anchorage Press, 31b Patanga Crescent, Thorndon, Wellington (04 4727257) 2016  $20.00pb 24pp

ISBN 978 0 4733 5821 1

Themes: Determination/ Environment/ Plum Trees  

The poor plum tree - in the twelve years it had been in the garden, it had only borne 12 plums. Colonel Frogmorton had had enough and was about to take an axe to it. However, along came Fox, a young gardener with one blue and one green eye who suspected the tree was suffering from depression and who was certain he could save it. The story is written by 12-year-old Cassidy Abbot and illustrated by his 77-year-old-grandmother. It will be interesting to see what they come up with next.

Preschool up/ Age 4 up 

Dinah and Cassidy -  Acknowledgements to Kapi Mana News