Today is editor Sarah's birthday, and she's going to shelter in one of her favourite books. Would you join her in Carrie Hepple's Garden?...

Today is apparently the day for romance, and what can be more romantic than working on a picture book together? Giselle Clarkson explores...

The editors of The Sapling all love a good kids' Christmas book. This comic celebrates the books that Briar, Thalia, Kura, and Sarah have...

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...

When the review titles arrived this month, my kids called me the Book Queen and hugged the pages to their chests, eyes wide, already...

Giselle Clarkson wrestles with imposter syndrome in her most recent comic. Giselle has also illustrated The Gobbledegook Book, written by...

Penguins have appeared in famed picture books with relative frequency over the years – and not just because a fair few books happen to...

Many of the awards for children's literature in New Zealand (bestowed by either Storylines or the New Zealand Book Awards for Children...

This is a momentous occasion: it's the second anniversary of Giselle Clarkson Comics on The Sapling (actually, the second anniversary of...

What a treat to be handed three titles with wonderful female protagonists. While they all sit comfortably in the junior fiction or middle...

Do you recognise the name Avis Acres? Giselle Clarkson fills us in on the importance of this early figure in New Zealand children's...

As we near the end of 2018, our cool and clever illustrator, Giselle Clarkson, reaches Peak Adorkable. Here, she teaches us about some...

Is there any experience more universal than inappropriate laughing fits? Here, illustrator Giselle Clarkson generously shares one of the...

In the 16th of our regular comics from Giselle Clarkson, she ruminates on the unusual history of one of the most-loved works of...

As part of our coverage for this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked illustrator and major book-lover Giselle...