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Dawn McMillan

MNZM
GenreChildren's picture books
Notable worksI Need a New Bum!
Notable awards
  • Storylines Notable Book Awards (2003, 2013, 2017)
  • Children's Choice Award (2003)
  • Booksellers New Zealand Gold Medal

Dawn Mary McMillan MNZM is a New Zealand children's writer, focusing mainly on picture books and educational material. In December 2025, McMillan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to children's literature.

Career

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McMillan worked as a primary school teacher, before beginning to write for children in the late 1990s.[1] She has written more than forty picture books and over 200 educational works, with her first work, Sea Secrets, published in 1998.[1] Her books have been sold internationally, including in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada.[1]

Jason, the lead character in Jason and the Blind Puppy and Missing! (both published 2004), wears hearing aids and uses sign language.[2]

In 2012 McMillan published I Need a New Bum!, illustrated by Ross Kinnaird, about a boy who is anxious about the crack in his bottom.[3] The book has been translated into seven languages, becoming an international bestseller, and was the first in a series of bum-focused books.[4][5] In 2018, a video of the Australian-based The Scottish Granny reading the book to her grandchild went viral.[3][6] For the book's tenth anniversary, a bilingual English–Māori version was published, titled Kia Hou Taku Tou.[7] In 2022, a teacher in Byram, Mississippi was fired for reading the book (published as I Need a New Butt! in the US) to his second-grade class.[8][9][10] However, in late January 2026 his dismissal was reversed by an appeals court.[11]

McMillan is married and lives in Waiomu, on the Coromandel Peninsula.[7]

Honours and awards

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Picture book Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?, co-authored with Bert Signal, won a Storylines Notable Book Award in 2003. The book also won the Children's Choice Award in the 2003 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[12][13]

McMillan also won Storylines Notable Book Awards in 2013, for Colour the Stars, and 2017, for The Harmonica.[14]

In the 2026 New Year Honours, McMillan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to children's literature.[1]

McMillan has been awarded a Booksellers New Zealand Gold Medal.[1]

Selected works

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  • Sea Secrets (1998)
  • Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? (2003)
  • Colour the Stars (2013)
  • The Harmonica (2017)

The New Bum Series

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  • I Need a New Bum! (2012), illustrated by Ross Kinnaird, published as I Need a New Butt! in the US in 2014 by Dover[5]
  • I've Broken My Bum!
  • My Bum is SO NOISY!
  • My Bum is SO CHEEKY!
  • My Bum’s ON THE RUN!

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "New Year Honours List 2026 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  2. ^ Pajka, Sharon (1 September 2007). "Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature: International Children's Books with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Characters". Deaf Characters in Adolescent Literature. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "I Need A New Bum!". BookTrust. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Dawn McMillan - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura". www.read-nz.org. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b Hirata, Daisuke (19 September 2022). "Happy 10th Birthday to I Need a New Bum! | Oratia Media". Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  6. ^ Wetter, Erica (18 December 2018). "The Scottish Granny Cracks Up and Another Book Becomes a Bestseller". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b Booklovers, N. Z. (9 August 2022). "Interview: Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird talk about Kia Hou Taku Tou". nzbooklovers. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  8. ^ Braunias, Steve (12 February 2023). "Teacher sacked in culture wars fracas". Newsroom. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  9. ^ Jones, Kyndall (19 September 2025). "Court hears fired Hinds County assistant principal's case". WAPT. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  10. ^ "I Need a New Butt!, I Broke My Butt!, My Butt is So NOISY!". Dover Publications. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  11. ^ Kirk, Rylee (29 January 2026). "Educator Who Read 'I Need a New Butt!' to Students Wins Job Back in Court". New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  12. ^ "2003 Awards". New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Wellington, New Zealand: Booksellers New Zealand. 28 September 2011. OCLC 182896192. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  13. ^ "New Zealand Post Children's Choice Award". Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch City Libraries. 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Dawn McMillan - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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