Child psychologist Amy Wilson-Hughes gives some practical advice for using books and stories to help kids who are struggling with...

New Zealand's school librarians are passionate, engaged professionals who know how to get students of all ages and reading levels into...

Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...

Hooray, it's a quiz! Test your children's book knowledge every month – first up is a quiz to celebrate Margaret Mahy's birthday. Answers...

John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...

Never be stuck for something to do! Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors - and have crafty fun with Fifi! An adult...

Multi award-winning US slam poet Anis Mojgani writes about the things which captivate us as children, the magic and promise books hold,...

Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...

In the first of our monthly comics by Giselle Clarkson, we learn the great, early influence Raymond Briggs had on our illustrator....

For International Women's Day, an essay by Nina Powles about Hermione Granger, feminism and searching for yourself in books. My room at...

Kyle Mewburn tells us why our children’s writers are so special, and opens a discussion about why New Zealand should appoint a Children’s...

Miriama Kamo is one of New Zealand's foremost broadcasters. She looks back on her book-loving childhood, and that time she tried to get...

Kate De Goldi confesses the pleasures of reading 'off-task and off-curriculum', and describes how necessary public libraries are to the...

'Food and Friends', a chapter from Helper and Helper, the new Snake and Lizard book written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Gavin...

Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library and award-winning children's book writer, Chris Szekely on how he became a writer. As a...