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Crafts with Fifi: Make a glowing Jellyfish

I am Jellyfish by Ruth Paul (Puffin) is a charming story about a jellyfish who is driven to the depths of the deep blue ocean by...

Crafts with Fifi: Make a Tangled Christmas Star

Fifi Colston has come up with this smart, simple craft to complete with your little ones in the final few days leading up to Christmas,...

Crafts with Fifi: Make a Climbing Gecko

Gecko, by Raymond Huber, illustrated by Brian Lovelock is the second Nature Storybook title from its creators. The book introduces the...

Crafts with Fifi: Be the Best-Loved Bear!

The Best Loved-Bear by Diana Noonan, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller is a Kiwi classic picture book. First released 23 years ago, this...

Crafts with Fifi: Walking, Waving Finger Puppet

Pūtangitangi Walks is a rhythmic new picture book from Stephanie Thatcher, author of last year's The Other Brother, among other great...

Crafts with Fifi: That's Not the Monster...

Never be stuck for something to do! Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors – and have crafty fun with Fifi! Not the...

Crafts with Fifi: NZ's Great White Sharks

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

Six rather delicious new picture books

Jack Gabriel gorges on six international picture books from Walker Books and Gecko Press, from France, the UK and the US, finding...

How stories can help children with anxiety

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

Crafts with Fifi: Tiny Walnut Tortoises

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...

Emily Writes and the books her kids are reading

Hilarious writer-about-parenting, Emily Writes tells us about the books her kids love, and what story time looks like at their place....

Promised Land: a fairy tale for everyone

First-time authors Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds have been all over the international media lately, thanks to the success of their...

Torty and the Soldier, by Jennifer Beck

David Hill reviews Torty and the Soldier, a picture book about the true story of a very old tortoise, by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by...

The Sampling: an excerpt from Helper & Helper

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