A notorious witch, some butterflies, and a fantail that can’t stay still. Reviewer Holly Walker enjoys a trip down memory lane with BadJelly, but will her daughter come with her? Badjelly the Witch, by Spike Milligan (Penguin NZ) Badjelly the Witch!…
We are very pleased to have permission to publish the first three spreads of the Giselle Clarkson-illustrated picture book, Secret World of Butterflies, written by Courtney Sina Meredith (Allen & Unwin NZ/Auckland Museum).
How can we describe the theme of this month’s comic by Giselle Clarkson? Two words: Bird. Arms.
Our illustrator, Giselle Clarkson, puts on her Investigative Scientist hat to take a deeper look into the physics within a Roald Dahl classic.
Our illustrator looks into the notion that children’s book writers and illustrators are all eccentric. Is there any truth in it? And where does Giselle fit in? Read on, dear reader …
Poor Giselle. Our illustrator recently decided to look into the story behind another intriguing classic children’s book (remember what happened with The Tiger Who Came to Tea?). Here, she shares her discoveries on Margaret Wise Brown and a whoooooole lot…
Our beloved illustrator Giselle Clarkson has fallen in love again… with another book! Scroll down to see her brilliant review of Impossible Inventions: Ideas that shouldn’t work by Matgorzata Mycielska, Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel Mizieliński (Gecko Press).
Our biscuit & bird illustrator Giselle Clarkson has taken on her first *current* book review! Scroll down to get a brilliant perspective on How to Mend a Kea + Other Fabulous Fix-it Tales from Wildbase Hospital, by Janet Hunt (Massey…
Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson not only features in the brand new Annual 2, she also has epiphanies in the shower.
The first Annual (Gecko Press) was one of the highlights of the Christmas offer in 2016. So it was with shaky hands and much excitement we accepted an early copy of Annual 2 from co-editor Susan Paris for review. This…