Character Designs Way back in 2023, my friends Laura Backes Bard and Jon Bard, the couple behind the Children’s Book Insider Newsletter, Write For Kids, […]
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Guest Post: Danuza Silva on Heartbreak, Healing and Writing For Children
Gold Coast based children’s author Danuza Silva is on a mission to improve the mental health of children. What began as a personal coping mechanism […]
Review: The Official Agatha Christie After School Detectives Club
The Official Agatha Christie After School Detectives Club is a fantastic puzzle book for kids, published in conjunction with the Agatha Christie Estate. 50 puzzles […]
12 Curly Questions with children’s author Larissa Ferenchuk
1. Tell us something hardly anyone knows about you.I once spent 10 nights out at sea learning to sail a tall ship. 2. What is […]
Review: The Girl and the Ghost Bk 2: Family Secrets
The Girl and the Ghost – Family Secrets, is the second installment in this wonderfully absorbing series by Australian author, Jacqueline Harvey.http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2025/07/review-girl-and-ghost.html It is a work […]
Review: giwang: Weather & Wildlife On Wiradjuri Country
I acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi, the traditional custodians of the land on which I live and write, and pay my respects to elders past and […]
Meet The Illustrator: Hannah Powell Fryer
Name: Hannah Powell Fryer (HP Fryer) Describe your illustration style in ten words or less. Hand-drawn, detailed with fun and a sense of humour. What […]
Guest Post: Margrete Lamond on Gilbert’s Cake
Gilbert’s Cake is the story of our story … Readers often wonder where story ideas come from. They come from many places, but rarely from […]
Review: The Friendship Book
The collaboration of two brilliant creators brings us the visually expressive, The Friendship Book. It explores the human need of friendship – regardless of age, and its […]
Review: The 113th Assistant Librarian #2 – Lost in a Book
Oliver Wormwood is Assistant Librarian in the magic library where nine cats keep watch and characters in books, mainly animals, come to life. The cats […]