For so many of us Mem Fox’s Possum Magic was a magical part of growing up. The beautiful book that brings our Aussie culture to light, is celebrating 30 years! 30 years of being a loved part of the our lives, our children’s lives and their children’s lives! To mark this amazing milestone, Scholastic has…
Featured in Scholastic’s March Wombat book club ‘10 Green Geckos‘ by Phillip Gwynne is one to keep your eye out for. Hitting shelves in February this year ‘10 Green Geckos’ is a retelling of ‘Ten Green Bottles‘ that is both entertaining and fun with cheeky geckos, but also a way to help young children count backwards without realizing it. …
‘Daisy & The Puppy‘ is a beautiful book by Lisa Shanahan written for children of 3 years of age and older. It is a heart-warming story of a little girl who wants a puppy, with a real portrait of family life and the implications of adding a puppy to the equation. The family Lisa portrays…
After reading Mem Fox’s own comments about writing for children it becomes obvious that it is not her favorite pass time. However, it is something she does extremely well. With her 40 something published books it would be hard to imagine an Australian home without a Mem Fox book in it. Possum Magic, for example,…
Tina Matthews is both the writer and illustrator of this fabulous children’s book, A Great Cake. Matthew has demonstrated that she has a keen eye and talent for both. There are normally three categories for children’s picture books when it comes to the same illustrator and author, these being that they are great at both, they are great at…
More recently I have been introduced to the information book, which is a book with the design and format of a picture book – that essentially is non-fiction, holds a lesson or information and is aimed at readers from 9-14. For me the only issue that arises from formatting a book like a picture book, is…
It is hard to imagine how many picture book ideas get created every year. From the one’s that never make it to paper, to the one’s that get a kind but definite NO from publishers, to the one’s that become a first draft for what then might be a 1 to 5 year journey from…
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