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 recognise? 1. Who am I? A. Paul Beavis B. Zac Waipara C. Toby…
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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 career as a librarian, and as a reviewer and manuscript assessor, she was a wonderful person to have…
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 Aotearoa, the world and the internet. There have been heaps of cool interviews across the internet lately, like this one with…
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 Aotearoa, the world and the internet. We’ve seen some great content featuring children’s books in the NZ media over the past…
The Sampling: Twice Upon a Time
An excerpt from James Norcliffe’s Twice Upon a Time, a Junior Fiction novel about Ginny’s search for her Pop. It is full of quirky, inventive characters, chief among them Digger Dagger, whom Ginny encounters for the second time below.
Quiz: test your mothers-in-books knowledge
Test your children’s book knowledge every month! Here’s a quiz to get you in the Mothers Day spirit ahead of 14 May. Answers are at the bottom of the page. Good luck… 1. In which Neil Gaiman book does the…
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 Aotearoa, the world and the internet. Tips and trends from around the world: Readings Books in Australia has a great blog…
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 Aotearoa, the world and the internet. We were really pleased to learn that Duck, Death and the Tulip creator Wolf Erlbruch…
The Sampling: Flight Path
An excerpt from David Hill’s Flight Path, a YA novel about 18-year-old Jack who wanted to escape boring little New Zealand – but soon finds that flying in a Lancaster bomber to attack Hitler’s forces brings terror as well as excitement.
The Ones We Follow: NZ kids’ book websites
One of the first things we did when considering The Sapling was sit down and think: now, what can we offer that nobody else can? There are a lot of wonderful book-focused bloggers in New Zealand, as well as quite…