Verse novels have been around for a number of years now and while they may never flood the market, their appeal is growing and becoming...

Rachel Moore has read and reviewed three new books for the middle grade space – two excellent chapter books and a fabulous new...

Here's a fresh instalment of the Margaret Mahy Questionnaire, featuring author, playwright, poet and creative writing tutor Helen...

Alex still stands out in editor Sarah's mind as one of the best flawed, real female characters ever written in New Zealand YA. Alex: The...

Ross Kinnaird has been a children's book illustrator for 15 years, and his first and most recent collaborations were both with Dawn...

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...

Australian author and editor Davina Bell is an exceptional storyteller for kids aged 2 to 12. Her broad range of books include picture...

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...

Chapter books and novels are order of the day in our reviewing neighbourhood, with three new books targeted at the junior/middle fiction...

We are pleased to present a regular series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's booksellers...

This month we have a new te reo Māori title reviewer, Mihi Henare (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), reviewing a new batch of...