LONG LIVE AOTEAROA'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS
The Sapling is dead, long live The Sapling. Just kidding. The Sapling is most certainly not dead—but we have run out of puff, and we are...
Book Reviews: New Aotearoa Picture books
There are all kinds of strong voices in Aotearoa’s picture book world today and some of the best of the best are women. Freelance writer...
Book Reviews: New picture books from Aotearoa
It's time for a fresh batch of picture books reviews! Rachel Moore takes us through five new fantastic titles from Aotearoa that feature...
Book Reviews: Three new titles for teens
The Sapling's Sarah Forster reviews three fantastic new titles for teens: think epic fantasies and slave trades, tales of religious...
Book Reviews: New picture books from Aotearoa
It has been a phenomenal year for picture books from Aotearoa! Here's our last batch of reviews for 2020, courtesy of co-founder and...
New non-fiction reviews
From a tale of mythical women in northernmost Tuvalu to a story of a modern mophead woman of Tuvaluan, Samoan, French, Scottish and...
Illustrating new kiwi tale The Longdrop
Bob Darroch is known New Zealand-wide for his depiction of bedtime favourite The Little Kiwi, but for this book he has taken a swerve...
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...
Book Reviews: The Latest in NZ Non-Fiction
It isn't news to anyone that Aotearoa is currently marking a significant anniversary, as we pass the 250 years since James Cook...
Book Review: Legacy, by Whiti Hereaka
Whiti Hereaka has combined science fiction and World War I in her new YA title, Legacy. You read the excerpt last week, now 15-year-old...
Simie Simpson reviews Four Picture Books
Simie Simpson reviews four books: Dig, Dump, Roll by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock; Granny McFlitter, The Champion Knitter, by Heather...
Three fantasy novels for teens and pre-teens
Briar Lawry reviews Maurice Gee's latest, The Severed Land, as well as The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles and Maybe a Fox by Kathi...