This month, Kay Benseman and her niece and nephews are reviewing four recently published books, including translations of older English...

What makes a bestselling New Zealand kids book? This list looks at eight of the bestselling kids books and what makes them so popular....

Paul Jennings is a legend of Australian children's literature. He burst onto the literary scene in 1985 with his first anthology of short...

In an interview with writer Sherryl Jordan as her two most recent works are published, Catherine Woulfe gets to the heart of what makes...

Angela Thompson is the Library Lead Teacher at Remarkables Primary School in Queenstown, a school of 600 students. She began working as a...

Whiti Hereaka has combined science fiction and World War I in her new YA title, Legacy. You read the excerpt last week, now 15-year-old...

We're pleased to present an excerpt from Legacy (Huia), a new YA novel by Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa), the author of the...

Amy Austin, Deputy Principal and PhD student, asks ‘Can children do philosophy?’; ‘What does it entail and who benefits?’; ‘What...

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

It seems to impossible to think of a New Zealand childhood without certain things: jandals, gumboots, lolly cake and of course, Lynley...

Revitalising a language and raising a family are both harrowing, amazing tasks. What happens when you do both at the same time? In...

As part of celebrations for Māori Language Week, Vini Olsen-Reeder chats with his relation Hinemārie Burton about co-writing their first...

Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) is a story celebrating the love shared between cultural backgrounds, different socioeconomic situations...

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Sarah Forster reviews of two new junior fiction titles for kids pitched into that tricky junior / middle fiction reading divide. With...