Aotearoa: World of Children's Books

  Who Will Make the Snow? Written by Taras Prokhasko. Illustrated by Marjana Proshasko. Translated from Ukrainian by Boris Dralyuk a...

  Feather. Written and translated from the Welsh by Manon Steffan Ros. Firefly Press, 2024. Originally published in Welsh as Pluen ....

Love Around the World and Love Is Love Written by Fleur Pierets .  Illustrated by Fatinha Ramos .  Six Foot Press, 2019 and 2020.  I...

There are so many topics I could have covered, but I thought this selection represented some of my recent reading, and showed a range of top...

Up in a tree a bird sings so sweetly Nature's own voice, I hear Rustling whistling trees turning breeze to speech Talk to me now, ease m...

For some people, these books push the boundaries and need banning.  I think they need highlighting and celebrating. And, this is only a tiny...

I had a wonderful relationship with (most of) my grandparents. And, the relationship between child and grandparent can be a very special one...

Some of these titles have a looser connection to feelings than others. But, I wanted to showcase them all.  Choices by Roozeboos.  Not an ob...

This is a bit (a lot!) of an amalgamation of things, someone of a 'I want to include this, but where does it fit?' method of categor...

Death has become a specialist subject for me . I have read hundreds of children's books on the topic. So, it was hard to limit to just a...

Dance can be a serious business - but it can also be a joyous celebration. Dance can tell stories. Share histories. Help with self-expressio...

A book awarded the GLLI Translated YA Book Prize : Oksi By Mari Ahokoivu; translated by Silja-Maaria Aronpuro. Levine Querido, 2021. I was...

A translated book awarded the Batchelder Award :  Do fish sleep?  Written by Jens Raschke; illustrated by Jens Rassmus; translated from Germ...