Our friends at the Porirua library have a wonderful holiday programme with something for kids of all ages – from toddlers to teens – and their adults, these April School Holidays. The Read Around the World programme – with activities for pre- and primary schoolers – include a very special late night event for teenagers and adults, My… Read more »
We think The Old Man should be in every school… In April, donate a copy of The Old Man to a school (New Zealand only) and the school will go in the draw to win 10 curiously good books!
Joy Cowley and Ulf Stark didn’t get the Hans Christian Andersen Award, but it was already an amazing achievement to be shortlisted… Some photos from the conference
Here’s our selection of our favourite books just in time for Easter!
Following an overstock delivery, our offices are packed and we need to make some room! So we’ve decided to organise a massive sale on specific (curiously good!) books: get 5 books for $50. And the first 10 orders will come with a Poo Bum bag! Order at https://goo.gl/xEKNHY If you would like a different combination of… Read more »
As part of the Readers and Writers Festival come enjoy a morning of children’s book readings by storytellers and members of Wellington’s diverse multicultural community. As part of the Readers and Writers Festival come enjoy a morning of children’s book readings by storytellers and members of Wellington’s diverse multicultural community. Come celebrate the growing wealth of children’s… Read more »
Morris Gleitzman – just named Australian Children’s Laureate – shared his advice for parents of book-loathing little ones, who want to teach them the joy of reading… He talked to Mamamia about the books he fell in love with when he was a child… At the age of nine, the one that had you hiding under your… Read more »
Guyon Espiner talked to The Sapling about the books he reads to his child… Many great books in English and in Te reo! My reading life with Nico began the day after she was born and would establish something of a pattern for my parenting: curious decisions based on limited information leading to surprising consequences…. Read more »
This year is the year of the dog… Let’s celebrate with a selection of books about dogs!
Blexbolex creates books that compel us to keep coming back, and images—and thoughts—that remain with us long after the book is closed. The Holidays, has been awarded Pépite 2017—the French most prestigious children’s book award—at the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair. Blexbolex answered our questions about The Holidays: How would you describe what the book is about? Here… Read more »
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