Every piece of writing or art inspired by a favourite Gecko Press book or character goes in the draw to with a copy of Cornelia and the Jungle Machine!
Welcome to a combobulation of articles from our favourite thinkers, stories from behind the scenes, lists of good books, Gecko Press news and things that amuse us from time to time.
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Curiously Good Event: Publishers at Unity Books
Celebrate the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults with Unity Books.
Curiously Good Event: Reading aloud
Download a tips and tricks sheet from our Curiously Good reading aloud event.
Behind the scenes with Paul Beavis!
How do you make a picture book? What happens when things aren’t going to plan? How do you get through the longest to-do list in the world? Paul Beavis, award-winning author and illustrator, takes us behind the scenes over at The Sapling. We’re particularly fond of stage 5!
Helper and Helper visit the Marlborough Book Festival
A free session with Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop at the Marlborough Book Festival.
Annual is a PANZ Book Design Awards winner… times three!
Annual has won the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book, the Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography, and the first Hachette New Zealand People’s Choice Award. A big congratulations to Spencer Levine, and to all of the winners and finalists. How lovely to have your beautiful books celebrated. To read more, visit… Read more »
Sainbury’s Children’s Book Awards
The shortlist for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards has been announced, and Little Rabbit is in good company!
Curiously Good Event: Pizza and books
Our most recent Curiously Good Book Club event brought reading (and pizza) to three primary schools.
Drawing inspiration with Kieran Rynhart
“I wanted my images to fill out this child’s inner world and imagination, and to give it a sense of space and a sense of feeling of a child who knows a little bit of solitude, but also knows joy and humour as well”
Wolf Erlbruch, ‘a careful and caring visionary’
“Children do not need pink elephants or cute cats. They want more interesting stories that are new to them.”
