• Why did you want to be a writer?

Watching kids laugh and have fun is my idea of a good time.

• What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Watching kids enjoy the stories and songs.

• What’s your favourite New Zealand book?

Baa Baa Smart Sheep.

• What do you love most about New Zealand?

The lifestyle, the people and the beauty.

• What do you love most about libraries?

How they’re slowly becoming more like community centres, where not only can you learn/have fun from reading books but do all the other things that modern libraries have to offer.

Craig Smith is a musician and the creator of The Wonky Donkey, Willbee the Bumblebee and Kaha the Kea.  Craig has also produced his own children’s album, Not Just for Kids.