Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Cassy Polimeni! It’s such a thrill to see the success of talented author (and our 2020 Pitch It! Winner), Cassy Polimeni, with the popularity of her picture book, The Garden at the End of the World, and now a new junior fiction series making a bouncing, resounding entrance – here is […]
Welcome to a #CalmConversation with Prasha Sooful! We’re delighted to welcome back clever and passionate author, audiologist and mum, Prasha Sooful, celebrating her newest amazing book for little ones, Counting to Calm: My First Self-Regulation Book. But first, let’s acknowledge her previous title, My Brain is Magic: A Sensory-Seeking Celebration, which was recently announced Honour […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Elly Both! It’s lovely to welcome author and ADHDer, Elly Both to the blog to share her valuable book, A Kids Book About ADHD. With its bright and bold design and easy to read simplicity, this is a book that will encourage positive, engaging and empowering connections and discussions around the […]
I was fortunate to receive two touching picture books recently, which both, in different yet similar ways, capture visual and emotive beauty in their centring around themes of friendship and overcoming challenges, whether this is as a young girl in a village or as a lonely snail in a scary garden. Both equally stunning and […]
Three Reasons Why I Wrote a Fourth Adamson Adventure Article by Sandra Bennett. 1. Truth be told there was never meant to be a book four in the Adamson Adventures. When Secrets Hidden Below, the Adamson Adventures 1 was picked up by a small publisher here in Canberra, I was excited not only because someone […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Bec Nanayakkara and Joanna Bartel! It is with twinkling delight to welcome a fabulous duo to the blog today – author Bec Nanayakkara and illustrator Joanna Bartel! Their beautiful picture book, The Book Star, is a heartfelt and inspiring story about being true to yourself, self-expression, creativity, a love of science […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Liz Ledden! It is with huge pleasure to have the wonderful Liz Ledden on the blog to share all of her ‘tentacular’ secrets behind her latest picture book, Everyone Wants an Octopus Book! Yes, this is a book that everyone wants because it is, well, tentacular, but also an important and […]
We’re delighted to welcome back our good friend, author Kelly Louise Jarris, to share her wonderfully creative journey with her newest picture book, The Postman’s My Mate. Kelly’s stories, including Imagine Our Special Place and Cheese On Toast, consistently come from the heart and at the same time spread joy, fun and thoughtfulness that resonate […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Tabitha Page! We are honoured to share in the release of this heartfelt story, told sensitively by author Tabitha Page, and illustrated tenderly by Anna Kulieshova. Dreambirds is an achingly touching tale of the difficult subject of loss of a parent, sent to readers as a gift from an angel. Coming […]
Welcome to #TheQuickSixInterview with Debra Tidball! It is with such pleasure to have the beloved award-winning author, Debra Tidball here, to share her newest, most adorable picture book for little ones, Lights Out, Little Dragon! Master of engaging readers, following the whimsical interactivity of The Scared Book, Debra’s latest adventure takes us through the bedtime […]
