Luca is the 8 (yes 8!) years young, senior editor of an innovative magazine for kids – BIG Kids Magazine. His position emphasises the BIG philosophy of children and artists working alongside each other and their delightfully fresh approach to magazines for children. Encouraging creativity, imagination and an engagement with the written word, this creative arts…
When I was a child, reading didn’t seem important. It just seemed like eating chocolate cake, or going on fairground rides – something I wanted to do a lot. Except that, unlike cake and fairgrounds, my parents were happy for me to do it over and over again. Well, within reason: I was one of…
My Book Corner is honoured and delighted and … ok very EXCITED, to have Jackie French visit our book corner. In January 2014 Jackie French took over from Boori Monty Pryor and Alison Lester, who set a great precedent as the Inaugural Laureates for Australia. With a career spanning 20 years and more than 140 books (including Diary…
A warm welcome to Samantha van Leer, the 16-year-old co-author of Between the Lines, a modern fairy tale written with her mother Jodi Picoult. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I’m a junior in high school, and I’ve just written a book with my mom which has been published around the world, Between…
My Book Corner loved Potato Music and Kip by Christina Booth. Both books are very different, but both reveal a depth of talent that we adored. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. Author / Illustrator; mum of three, wife of one; love fishing, cooking, sleeping, praying, painting, gardening, chooks, reading & watching…
Dub Leffler, from Quirindi in NSW, began his visual career as an animator and has worked as a muralist and art teacher. He has illustrated several children’s books and has collaborated with Colin Thompson, Shaun Ran and Banksy. Once there was a boy is the first book Dub has written and illustrated. Tell us about…
It’s that time of year… every step fraught with muddy puddle danger. Park the car in the wrong spot… and suddenly you’re armpit deep in a boghole! And the kids seem to have a sixth sense for seeking out puddles, like little sludge-seeking missiles. No doubt thanks to a certain Pig who shall not be…
I didn’t think I’d turn into my Mum. But I’ve turned into my Mum. With ALL the same catchphrases… *Toddler pokes tongue*… “The wind’ll change and you’ll be stuck like that!”… *Toddler’s 1cm from the tellie*… “Don’t sit so close you’ll ruin your eyes”. And the Mum-equivalent of the red detonation button…. “YOU’VE GOT UNTIL…
Thank Goodness For Bob, a picture book from Matthew Morgan and Gabriel Alborozo, is a gem of a book which is wonderful for little worriers. ‘Max worried. A lot.’ Poor Max worries about a huge myriad of things – the dark, nobody likes / people like him too much, being kidnapped by aliens. Morgan’s delicate…
I’ll Be Home for Christmas is an exciting YA anthology featuring no less than 14 top UK writers. Each author has the title as a springboard, the result is an intriguing mix of thought-provoking stories. Crucially, £1 from every copy sold goes to Crisis UK. Benjamin Zephaniah opens the book in his true style, verse…
While E Lockhart’s book Fly on the Wall explores some controversial and challenging themes, this book is also an easy read with a lot of humour. Gretchen, a student at arts school in New York, gets her wish and becomes a fly on the wall in the boys’ locker room. E Lockhart quickly hooks you…
The Stars at Oktober Bend is an all encompassing novel from talented writer Glenda Millard. Millard’s absorbing narrative alternates between her two main characters, Alice and Manny. Alice is fifteen. A horrific attack left her with a brain injury, she finds solace in the words she can write, the words that she has difficulty saying…
Winner of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2016 (US Mid-South) “‘Poorly made shoes will torture your feet, inhibit your progress. Then you will stop.’ He squeezed my arm. His soft red face peered out from beneath his hat. ‘And then you will die,’ he whispered.” Following on from Ruta Sepetys’ previous historical fiction set in…
Unboxed is a great page turner of a novel from UK YA writer Non Pratt (Trouble) . Imagine that, aged 13, you and your closest friends got together and created a secret box – full of precious things and secrets. Then imagine five years later you meet up to open the box, but one person…
We Are Giants is the debut novel by Amber Lee Dodd that is being described as “A total page-turner” by Jacqueline Wilson. The story centres on the family of nine year-old Sydney at a time when things are not going well. Sydney’s mum is only 124cm tall, the perfect height according to Sydney. But Mum…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!