Andy Griffiths might be the best kind of celebrity author—he’s famous because his books are so popular with children. Annelies Judson caught up with him to talk about his books and the serious craft of being funny. Earlier this year,…
Writer Anders Sparring and illustrator/writer Per Gustavsson performed to more than 1000 children at the 2025 Auckland Writers Festival. They are the Swedish creators of The Pinchers, a junior chapter book series based on a family of criminals. Julia Marshall,…
Chances are if you’ve had a young reader in your life in the past decade or so, you’ll have a Dawn McMillan book or two somewhere on your bookshelves. Does I Need A New Bum! ring any bells? Or perhaps…
When we asked if Suzanne Main would write an article about funny books for kids, her reaction was, ‘What do I know about funny books? I just write them!’ Turns out the answer is, quite a bit! I don’t primarily…