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    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 30

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 30

    It's the most wonderful time of the month! Another Giselle Clarkson comic. Today our resident illustrator extraordinaire takes us through...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 29

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 29

    If you are as committed to children's books as Giselle and The Sapling team are, no doubt you've found yourself pondering many branded pu...
    Jonathan King on The Inkberg Enigma

    Jonathan King on The Inkberg Enigma

    The latest curiously good Aotearoa title from Gecko Press is packed with mystery, evocative illustration and all kinds of goodness! The I...
    Book Awards: The Picture Book Finalists

    Book Awards: The Picture Book Finalists

    It seems only right that the review for the picture book finalists for NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults should be illustrated...
    Illustrator Day-in-the-life: Amy Haarhoff

    Illustrator Day-in-the-life: Amy Haarhoff

    Amy Haarhoff won the 2019 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award, and The Midnight Adventures of Ruru and Kiwi was published in April 2020. Her il...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 28

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 28

    Giselle has visited the theme of anthropomorphism in her comics in the past⁠—remember birds with arms?⁠—but recently she has been ponderi...
    Ant Sang, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas

    Ant Sang, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas

    Adrian Kinnaird talks to Ant Sang about his career so far, and his magnificent new collaboration with Michael Bennett, Helen and the Go-G...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 10

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 10

    Our beloved illustrator Giselle Clarkson has fallen in love again... with another book! Scroll down to see her brilliant review of Imposs...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 9

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 9

    Our biscuit & bird illustrator Giselle Clarkson has taken on her first *current* book review! Scroll down to get a brilliant perspective ...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 8

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 8

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson not only features in the brand new Annual 2, she also has epiphanies in the shower. GISELLE CLARKSON Gis...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 7

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 7

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson has been thinking very hard about the classic Little Golden Book, Kathryn Jackson and Gustaf Tenggren's ...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 6

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 6

    Illustrator Giselle Clarkson shows us how books can be read differently each time ... and why sometimes this is advised. GISELLE CLARKSON...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 5

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 5

    One of the lessons of childhood is that not everything has a happy ending. Or a tidy ending. Or an ending that can be understood ... Here...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 4

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 4

    Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson continues her attempts to cling to childhood innocence. This time, she delves into the deep, dark depths...
    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 3

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 3

    This month, our illustrator takes on generational politics and the housing crisis, and comes up with a viable scapegoat ... GISELLE CLARK...
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