How's your reo Māori looking? Can you pick which is MEKA (true) and which is TEKA (false) when figuring out the correct translation of a...

Some mysterious middle-grade reading for you today, in the form of a new Sampling! Here's the prologue and first two chapters of Isa...

Earlier this year, Hachette New Zealand ran a unique competition: seeking new illustration concepts for Margaret Mahy's classic The Boy...

The latest addition to our growing collection of Margaret Mahy Questionnaire responses comes from the amazing Tim Tipene! Tim has written...

We love comics, and we love the artists behind them! So for this month's Giselle Clarkson comic, we have something a little different for...

Love it or hate it, social media is a part of our life. But does an author really need it? Elissa Weismann swore off Facebook and Twitter...

How well do you remember the tasty morsels in the illustrations of your favourite picture books? See if you can get 12/12 in our food...

Do you know any kids who love to explore and discover? Nature lover and environmental educator Linda Jane Keegan gives a rundown of New...

We're delighted to share our latest Sampling with you – a brand new fantastical young adult novel from the beloved Sherryl Jordan,...

For this month's School Librarian of Aotearoa, we are delighted to introduce Esther Casey, who teaches in Te Puna Ngoi, the library at...

The Sapling's own co-editor Thalia Kehoe Rowden has just had her first picture book published by Scholastic – Rugby 1 2 3 / Whutupōro...

In response to a request The Sapling put out on Twitter, teacher and author Sarina Dickson has compiled this wonderful list of New...

You know it, you love it – it's the Mahy Questionnaire! This month we are featuring the prolific Donovan Bixley. Bixley, along with...

New research on teaching Māori language in English-medium schools could make a huge impact on how te reo Māori is delivered in New...

'He kino ra te noho a te tamariki. Ko Greg Heffley tetahi e mohio pai ana ki tenei.' Te Rātaka a Tama Hūngoingoi is the first Diary of a...