Sarah Forster | the-sapling

Christmas Reads from The Sapling

We interrupt this hiatus to bring you a list of Top Recommendations for the 2021 Holiday Season, created for you, our dear readers, as...

A trio of recent books to help anxious kids

Stories and books can be highly effective tools in helping children identify and manage tricky emotions.

Book Reviews: YA fantasy that burns bright

Fantasy's a funny word for the genre of imaginative worlds, considering how many of the places created are the last place anyone would...

Farewell, Dear John: we miss you already

Like the rest of the New Zealand children's book community, The Sapling has been rocked by the news that our hero John McIntyre passed...