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Giselle Clarkson 2023 Arts Foundation Laureate
Giselle Clarkson, author of The Observologist (released next month), is one of nine Aotearoa artists awarded a 2023 Arts Foundation Laureate.
Giselle received the Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award, awarded every two years to a children’s book illustrator.
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End of line sale
Up to 75% off!
We’re having an end of line sale—choose from curiously good Gecko Press favourites, including picture books, gift books and novels priced at $5 and $10.
But be quick, there’s limited stock! Once they’re gone, they’re gone.
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Gecko Press in Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2023
Bumblebee Grumblebee and Pops have both been selected by Bank Street as Best Children’s Books of the Year 2023 in their under 5 category.
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Duck, Death and the Tulip BBC 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch has been voted one of the 100 greatest children’s books of all time.
Duck, Death and the Tulip was number 26 on the list and one of only 14 books included that were published this century.
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The Moon Is a Ball featured in New York Times
The Moon Is a Ball by Ed Franck and Thé Tjong-Khing has been featured in a recent article in The New York Times titled ‘It Takes Two: Friendship in Three New Books for Early Readers’.
It is described as having “captivating text, ideal for reading aloud.”
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Admirable mothers in picture books
For Mother’s Day, we are noticing books that demonstrate good parenting—often without the child realising. The Poo Bum series is one.
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The House that Jack Built in Aotearoa New Zealand schools
This picture book tells the story of colonisation in Aotearoa for our tamariki and our rangatahi. They can look at and see and feel–what happened here, what was the impact, what changed in Aotearoa from page one to the end of the book? This book is a huge asset as a launch pad for deeper learning for our students.
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Serendipity—one reason we attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is a cornerstone of the Gecko Press business, and it was magnificent for me and Julia to be back under the porticos in Italy this March—four years since the last visit!
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Tickle My Ears to every toddler in Scotland
The Scottish Book Trust has selected Tickle My Ears by Jörg Mϋhle for their Bookbug Toddler Bag for 2023. These are given to every child in Scotland to help them develop a love of stories and reading from an early age.
Over 40,000 copies will be sent out to toddlers throughout Scotland this year, along with a couple of other books and learning materials.
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Look selected for dPictus 100 Outstanding Picturebooks 2023
Look – A Tummy Time Book by Gavin Bishop has been selected for the dPictus 100 Outstanding Picturebooks 2023.
Read moreMy favourite (and most eccentric) publishing house for children’s books.
Jeremy George, Readings Melbourne
You can never go wrong with Gecko Press
The Spinoff
I love Gecko Press … This is a shameless endorsement.
Meg Rosoff, author and winner of the ALMA 2016
In typical Gecko Press fashion, Impossible Inventions is physically lovely, with paper you want to smush your cheeks against and colours you want to eat
Giselle Clarkson, The Sapling
One message shines from the Gecko list: children deserve quality.
Your Weekend, Dominion Post
It’s such a Gecko book: gorgeous, surprising, filled with kindness
Freda Daly Sadgrove, The Spinoff
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