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

How well do you know classic New Zealand children's novels? Do you think you could recognise them from their first sentences? Have a go!...

Jackie McMillan is the Children's Collection Specialist at Dunedin Public Library. She set up a book discussion group especially for...

As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the five shortlisted authors of the Esther...

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

I’ve long maintained that our Young Adult authors are world class. But I’ve frequently heard that teens have a touch of what our adults...

Kat and Eru are new in town and trying to find their way. Not easy when her mum’s in a relationship with his mum, and he’s not your usual...

Sarah Forster reviews two recent books, both by debut authors, which are tied together by adventure and its aftermath. Both books go deep...

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

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

One of the lessons of childhood is that not everything has a happy ending. Or a tidy ending. Or an ending that can be understood ......

David Riley is a Reading Warrior. The biographical niche-cramming South Auckland teacher-turned-author’s mission: to get books into the...

The editor of The Spinoff Review of Books and author of The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, Steve Braunias reports on what his ten-year-old...

As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we've asked the publishers of the YA finalists to...

We asked Thalia Kehoe Rowden to put together a list of picture books showing a range of family set-ups, from one-parent families to...