We wanted to create a press, first to publish my own book to challenge ourselves and learn about children's publishing. Then we wanted to promote children's literacy and children's involvement in ...
Creating an instant sense of place. Inviting an immediate connection with someone you’ve never met before. Enticing your nerves to tingle with curiosity. These are the elements of the holy ...
The idea for Poppy’s Monster hit me as a response to watching my daughter struggle with going to school due to high anxiety. She was in year one during Covid times, which was difficult because ...
The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature Inc. (NCACL) formerly the Lu Rees Archives, is a comprehensive collection of resources about Australian authors, illustrators, publishers ...
When it comes to kids and reading, it’s natural that we’d love for them to get lost in a good book on a regular basis. To get lost in the pages. To get lost in the words. To get lost in the ...
A story is often inspired by memories. The older we get, the more we have to inspire us!I have many fond recollections of time spent with my grandparents, the smell of bacon frying on a Sunday ...
The greatest scientist of the twentieth century is, without a doubt, Albert Einstein. Einstein’s amazing reasoning and powers of observation brought us the photoelectric effect (key to solar ...
Predicting the future is a tricky thing. It is, invariably, one of the most inconstant of certainties. One never knows how one’s narrative will play out, either in life or between the pages. ...
This book, with its mouthful of a title, is a pure delight to savour. The simplicity of this new picture book by Jacinta Liu and Freda Chui enhances a powerful underlying message which offers ...
Books about kids trying to save the planet are a plenty in this current climate of intense change and global abuse but these two Kids for Planet Earth picture books by Katherine Wallace possess a ...
As soon as I dived into the world of picture books, I knew I wanted to write true stories. And not just any true stories—stories starring amazing real-life kid heroes changing the world.Kids who ...
Did you know 2024 marked the 35th Anniversary of the adoption of the UNCRC? The UNICEF United Nations Convention on the Rights of A Child consists of 54 articles declaring the rights that each ...
