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I Am So Clever has received a starred review from Booklist.

The Runaways has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly in the US.

Aleph is in the New Books for Small Hands at kirkus.com

“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)

This book is one of the most important in New Zealand’s book history.

Sort your Christmas shopping with this curiously good offer!

After the picks for Babies and Toddlers & the one for Preschoolers, here is a selection of chapter books & novels.

For BookTrust, Emily Drabble asked authors and illustrators including Michael Morpurgo, Cressida Cowell, Patrice Lawrence, Julia Donaldson, Alex T Smith, Nick Sharratt and Jim Kay the impossible question: pick just one out of all the jewels published in 2018. From board books to novels, 50 authors and illustrators picked their favourite kids’ book of the year…… Read more »

Another Porirua summer is upon us, and at Porirua Libraries that means it’s time for A-Long Hot Summer Story Festival, returning for its sensational eighth year to entertain children aged 3-12 and their families over the school holidays. Five weeks of reads aloud, workshops and activities, all designed for children from three to twelve year old!… Read more »

Inside the Villains is in The Guardian Christmas Picks for Children!