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Reviewing Mr Postmouse, the Dedicated Postie
Here Comes Mr Postmouse and Postmouse Goes on Holiday are charming creations from French-Canadian Marianne Dubuc, translated by Greet...


Across the ditch: an interview with Sally Rippin
Sally Rippin is one of the Big Names in Australian children's books. Christchurch librarian Zac McCallum interviewed her to celebrate the...


Publishing in Pasifika languages
Most stories for New Zealand children are published in English and some in te reo Māori – but what if you want to read a story with your...


In conversation with Lauren Child, extraordinaire
Lily Max author Jane Bloomfield caught up with UK author/illustrator Lauren Child during the recent Auckland Writers Festival. We...


Book List: The Dictator and The Picture Book
Children's author, writing teacher and editor Raymond Huber is fascinated by the way in which children's writers have used picture books...


Quiz: the faces of New Zealand picture books
You know their words, you know their pictures ... but do you know their faces? Here are ten Kiwi picture book creators - how many do you...


Vale Barbara Murison: Champion of Kids' Lit
Barbara Murison, MNZM, was one of the most dedicated supporters of children's literature in New Zealand for over 60 years. Through her...


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


Ka Pai! Cool stuff from around the internet
Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...


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...


Toby Morris and the books his kids are reading
Political cartoonist, comic artist, illustrator, writer, dad: Toby Morris (aka The Pencilsword) describes how cool it is to watch his...


Factual books for kids from NZ and beyond
Mary Walker reviews one British and three Kiwi non-fiction books for children of various ages and finds that, generally, they're being...

Dear John: a big reader, Pasifika lit & Manga
John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...


Terrors of a kind: an interview with Frances Hardinge
British writer Frances Hardinge is living proof that books for kids can be as good as books for adults: her last YA novel, The Lie Tree,...


The upside-down world of Twice Upon a Time
Poet and children’s writer James Norcliffe is a national treasure. He has been involved in the School for Young Writers in Christchurch...
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