Inspiring Young Readers
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The Secret of Fruit and Veggies: The First Batch posted on 15 Aug 2018
I was the kind of child who enjoyed playing with my food and using my imagination to create stories.
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Polonius the Pit Pony posted on 06 Aug 2018
I was eager to read this picture book with a text by Richard O’Neill, a storyteller of renown from a traveller heritage....
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Bone Talk posted on 02 Aug 2018
Although Samkad lives with his father in a remote mountain village in the Philippines over one hundred years ago...
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Home and Dry posted on 30 Jul 2018
I just love children’s books that are - (what shall I call them?) - a touch eccentric.
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Is it a Mermaid? posted on 28 Jul 2018
When is a mermaid not a mermaid? And what exactly is a mermaid anyway?
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Clive and his Babies posted on 25 Jul 2018
I am very fond of Clive, a gentle, sensitive, imaginative little boy who has now starred in several picture board books published by Child’s Play
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Run Wild posted on 23 Jul 2018
Award-winning children’s novelist, Gill Lewis describes herself on her website as “ (a) children’s author, vet, wildlife enthusiast and tree-house dweller”
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Two Maverick Arts Publishing Early Readers posted on 22 Jul 2018
I have written before about this engaging new series of reading books produced by Maverick Arts Publishing ....
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You Are My Best Friend posted on 19 Jul 2018
Tatsuya Miyanishi is one of Japan’s most popular and best-selling children’s picture book authors ...
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Houdini and the Five Cent Circus posted on 18 Jul 2018
I am probably a bit too dismissive of people who can perform extraordinary physical feats...