Edify Award for Best Educational Book or Series – Primary 2021

Winner

Designers: Kat Quin and Chelsea McKirdy, Illustrated Publishing
Title: Kuwi & Friends Māori Picture Dictionary (He Papakupu Whakaahua)
Publisher: Illustrated Publishing
Format: 350mm x 265mm, 68pp, hard cover, section sewn in 8, square case. Cover matt laminated with spot gloss UV varnishing. Interior paper stock: 140 gsm Woodfree.

Typography: Body: Archer (Book) 9pt, 15pt Leading
Sub body 6.5pt, 7.8pt Leading
Dictionary Item TE REO MĀORI: Archer Bold 13pt 16pt Leading (lowercase)
Dictionary Item ENGLISH: Archer (Book) 9pt (lowercase)
Title (TE REO MĀORI): Gab Regular 32pt
Subtitle (ENGLISH): TrashHand 27pt
The designer had to build macron glyphs (for Māori text) into the title font Gab, as they were not in the original font.

Judges’ comments A lovely, large-format Māori picture dictionary, which is rich in visual content and exudes an engaging, playful tone that is well-suited to young readers. It’s a great reference, and the informational design is perfectly suited to its demographic. Beautiful colours, charming illustrations and easily accessed information all come together to form a wonderful language resource.