The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 33
Don't look away, can't look away. Giselle Clarkson explores children's books that she is ghoulishly drawn to. Giselle Clarkson Giselle...
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The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 32
Our resident illustrator extraordinaire Giselle Clarkson takes us on an epic tour of some fabulous local bookish monuments - including a...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 31
Giselle Clarkson is back for 2021! Today our fabulous illustrator finds her inner poet
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 30
It's the most wonderful time of the month! Another Giselle Clarkson comic. Today our resident illustrator extraordinaire takes us through...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 29
If you are as committed to children's books as Giselle and The Sapling team are, no doubt you've found yourself pondering many branded...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 28
Giselle has visited the theme of anthropomorphism in her comics in the past—remember birds with arms?—but recently she has been...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 27
Today is editor Sarah's birthday, and she's going to shelter in one of her favourite books. Would you join her in Carrie Hepple's Garden?...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 26
Today is apparently the day for romance, and what can be more romantic than working on a picture book together? Giselle Clarkson explores...
Merry Christmas from Giselle & The Sapling
The editors of The Sapling all love a good kids' Christmas book. This comic celebrates the books that Briar, Thalia, Kura, and Sarah have...
Giselle Clarkson & Sarah Laing: A comic interview
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...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 23
Giselle Clarkson wrestles with imposter syndrome in her most recent comic. Giselle has also illustrated The Gobbledegook Book, written by...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 22
Penguins have appeared in famed picture books with relative frequency over the years – and not just because a fair few books happen to...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 21
Many of the awards for children's literature in New Zealand (bestowed by either Storylines or the New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 20
This is a momentous occasion: it's the second anniversary of Giselle Clarkson Comics on The Sapling (actually, the second anniversary of...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 19
Do you recognise the name Avis Acres? Giselle Clarkson fills us in on the importance of this early figure in New Zealand children's...
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