Mats Strandberg is one of Sweden’s most acclaimed suspense and horror writers, often dubbed “Sweden’s Stephen King”. He writes for adults and children in all formats: books, film, TV, stage and musical. He is published internationally in many genres. His children’s series Frank the Monster is sold in eighteen territories, his YA fantasy trilogy Engelfors… Read more »
‘My characters were strong children who could always win. They didn’t need adults to win for them; they could do it themselves. And I tried to put in a joke at the end of the story. I learned to write for children by reading and talking to them. I was taught to write by children.’… Read more »
This image by Sarah Wilkins from A Book Is a Book represents so well that reading books is both solo and social, depending on all the people who recommend, share, buy, borrow and talk about books—and put them into our hands, of course. In anticipation that Gecko Press readers will be putting books in the… Read more »
By Rachel Lawson This month we release The Kerfuffle by Clotilde Perrin, a book sparked by a dispute the author was having with her own neighbour. The book’s beginnings remind me that children’s books about arguments are not for giving lessons. Rather, they’re the stories we find in the events and human behaviour around us… Read more »
Peek behind the flaps of The Kerfuffle with author-illustrator Clotilde Perrin in this interview about creativity and connection.
Explore Omnibird with Giselle Clarkson! A fun, illustrated look at birds, observation, and the joy of discovery.
By Rachel Lawson Reuse has always been the most enjoyable part of the “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra. And no picturebook creator reuses better than Leo Timmers. It’s the topic of Gus’s Garage: “Here comes Gus. The things he stores! Whatever will he use them for?” The answers appear as each visitor leaves the garage with… Read more »
Julie Völk is a celebrated illustrator from Vienna, Austria, who studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and has illustrated many award-winning picture books. In 2018, she was named an IBBY Honored Illustrator. She is the author and illustrator of A Rainy Dragon Day, in which three friends, a dragon, a child and… Read more »
Enric Lax studied illustration in Barcelona and later the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. His work has been exhibited in Catalonia and Belgium. Born in Catalonia, Spain, he now lives in Brussels, where he teaches art. We asked him about the ideas and process behind his new book Start with a Teapot: An Unexpected… Read more »
Twenty years ago, Gecko Press published Timeline: A Visual History of Our World. It became one of our bestselling books worldwide, a staple in bookstores like the British Museum in London, and generated followup books including Timeline: Science and Technology. From the Big Bang to the present day, illustrated scenes tell the history of our… Read more »
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