A brief history by author Maria Artho

In 2014, while working part-time at our local primary school, I also worked on the first NZ IN A BOX® game and wrote my first children's book, "Jin's Great Escape," which tells the true story of a feisty little otter who escaped from Auckland Zoo. In 2016, the games I researched, wrote and designed were finally ready to print. The first run was for 10,000 games, which was a bit overwhelming as I was new to retail and hadn't anticipated the effort it would take to sell that many games! In the same year, I created another game, ZOO IN A BOX, featuring the weird and wonderful critters of NZ.

Fast forward to the present, I have completed the 2nd edition games, all under the NZ IN A BOX® brand and individually named: Te Reo Māori, Animals of NZ, and Explore NZ. Additionally, I have written two more children's picture books during 2024, these are both unpublished to date.
 

Genre:

• Children's non-fiction
• Adult's non-fiction
• Children's fiction
• Educational games for all ages

Publications:

• Jin's Great Escape
• NZ IN A BOX® Explore NZ
• NZ IN A BOX® Animals of NZ
• NZ IN A BOX® Te Reo Maori

 

 

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