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5 books about grannies from Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop (plus one encyclopedia)
Next month we release Eric Veillé’s Encyclopedia of Grannies, a book that recognises that grannies come in all shapes and varieties and celebrates them all. Every page brings something unexpected: granny yoga positions, playing hide and seek at granny’s place, how to cheer up a sad granny, knitting ideas, hairdos, staying up late to view… Read more »
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Curiously Good Event: Snake and Lizard by APO
Gecko Press and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra invite you to join APO 4 Kids Storytime fun-filled concert for pre-schoolers and families and celebrate storytelling together.
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Passion and craft in children’s book publishing, or: the hard craft of a good book
In a picture book, every word must earn its place, humming in tune with the pictures, setting up a much bigger hum, that has children and adults looking, returning, over and over.
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Celebrate the release of Harsu & the Werestoat by Barbara Else in Wellington and Dunedin
In Harsu and the Werestoat Barbara has created an ambitious, original time-shifting world, built on humour, character, and drama – underpinned by a deep and ancient sense of morality.
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The Runaways – Booklist Starred Review
The Runaways has received another starred review, this time from Booklist.
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I Am So Clever – Booklist Starred Review
I Am So Clever has received a starred review from Booklist.
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The Runaways – Publishers Weekly Starred Review
The Runaways has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly in the US.
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Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows is in Kirkus Reviews
“Writing with exceptional insight and humor, author Lagercrantz develops Dani’s emotional maturity in this story, giving her a growing awareness of both life’s complexity and adult fallibility, all the while maintaining Dani’s bone-deep optimism”. – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Stories of the Night – The New York Times
Stories of thew Night has been chosen by The New York Times ‘Nighttime Picture Books to Put Children to Bed’ List. Congratulations Kitty Crowther!
Read moreYou know when a story is so good you literally forget your surroundings and are quickly enveloped in its telling. The Ice Sea Pirates is such a book and at times I didn't want to leave...
Laura Patricia Rose, Blog Tour: The Ice Sea Pirates
One message shines from the Gecko list: children deserve quality.
Your Weekend, Dominion Post
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
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