Kia ora koutou, I'm imagining that many of you may have heard of Granny McFlitter Champion Knitter which charmed the NZ picture book ...

Kia ora Living in Christchurch, New Zealand has been incredibly sad over the last few weeks. On 15th of March a terrorist entered two mosq...

Heya Lovelies, If you have a little person to buy a gift for this year please do consider a book. As any parent of small people can attest...

Hi Peeps, If any of you have travelled through the toddler years you will be well familiar I am sure with Hairy MacLary and all his friend...

Heya, How could I resist asking for a book called You Are Awesome? Turns out I am so glad I did. Matthew Syed author and former internatio...

'sup peeps, Hope your reading lists are looking as fulsome and inviting as mine. Is it just me or do other people buy books at a much ...

Heya, I was a bit worried about requesting Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes as I tend to find books and movies that cover racism extrem...

Heya :-) I was SO excited to discover Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks was coming out. I already have a copy of th...

Kia ora Readers, So these reviews are all of books that I think would go very nicely under the tree. I love giving books - the gift that c...

'I have this little sister Lola...' And so begin the Charlie and Lola adventures. I have a special place in my heart for Charlie a...

Kia ora Koutou! I was really keen to review Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop. I have been a fan of Bishop's illustrati...

Heya friends, This book fell into my hands at the Art Gallery bookshop recently. The next book happened to be my selection from a voucher ...

Hey Friends, Recently I was sent some gorgeous board books to look at. Even though my boys are well past the board book stage I still have...

Hiya Big-Little Readers, That's Not the Monster We Ordered by Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones arrived at our place recently. It'...

Kia ora lovelies, When I saw that Julia Donaldson had a new picture book I was really keen to read it. Donaldson is a great storyteller an...

Hey peeps, I've just put down Jack Cheng's debut novel ' See You in the Cosmos' . The novel is aimed at the tween/teen age...

Hiya friends, I've just finished reading The Young Magicians and The Thieves' Almanac by Nick Mohammed. Pretty much the mom...

Hi reading types, As you may remember I'm actively limiting screen time in my world (as she blogs!) at the moment and focussing on rea...

Kia ora koutou, If you know me long you'll soon know how much I love books, especially children's books and I have an extra specia...

Me again! So I wasn't finished at the green spots - I saw some toucan scuba knit, for $10m. I was very excited :-) I decided to ma...