Dorothy Butler

Muriel Dorothy Butler OBE (née Norgrove, 24 April 1925 – 20 September 2015) was a New Zealand children's book author, bookseller, memoirist and reading advocate.

[7][8] She established the Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Auckland which remains a going concern, albeit under new ownership.

A brief history of the bookshop's early years was reported in the April 1977 issue of the Horn Book magazine.

[11] In 1992, Butler became the second recipient of the Margaret Mahy Award, whose winners present and publish a lecture concerning children's literature or literacy.

[14] In the 1993 New Year Honours, Butler was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to children's literature.

An assortment of Dorothy Butler books including multiple editions of Babies Need Books , her autobiography, Cushla and Her Books and My Brown Bear Barney .