The Federation of Children’s Book Groups is excited to be partnering with Sweet Cherry Publishing to launch a special competition inspired by the environmental theme of National Share-a-Story Month 2025. Blue’s Planet by Lucy McRobert has been selected for our booklist partly because it’s a rollickingly good story with appealing illustrations. We also liked the […]
National Share-a-Story Month: ahead of its time Great stories are the greater for sharing! Humans have known this since the birth of language although it’s easy to forget that in our global but fragmented world. The start of National Share-a-Story month Almost 50 years ago the Federation of Children’s Book Groups launched National Tell-A-Story week: […]
Author, Graci Kim, writes a fascinating blog for us today about the power of dreams and her book, Dreamslinger! When I was a kid, I had this recurring dream where a ghost would fly through the glass wall of our house and take something from my gut. It didn’t hurt, but in the dream, my […]
The CLiPPA Shortlist was recently announced and we are thrilled to welcome one of the shortlisted poets to the blog to share information about his experience with poetry! Poetry has been part of my life since I was very young. Shortly after our mum left, when I was eight, our dad became our primary […]
We were recently given the opportunity to read Tull Suwannakit’s beautiful book, Higher Ground. We had a few questions to ask Tull, please see the answers below. How long did the book take you to create? The entire book has taken me around 7 years to create, the longest I have ever undertaken on any […]
Board books are the first ones shared with our youngest readers and we have a blog today about the challenges and wonder of writing board books from author, Sumana Seeboruth. As a girl, I could sit for hours writing stories, imagining adventures for my characters to pursue. Back then, my protagonists were often older than […]
We Are All Animals is a fact filled non-fiction book comparing humans to animals in interesting ways. One of the authors, Ben Hoare, takes us on a journey of discovery in today’s blog. Sometimes as a writer, you get to work on a book that so completely takes you by surprise, it changes you in […]
We have a delightful interview with Eve Wersocki-Morris about her new character and story, Clem Fatale! Tell us about Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed. It’s an adventure-comedy set in London 1951, starring twelve-year-old Clem Fatale – the youngest crook in the city – who uses her street-smarts and fast-talkin’ to find her missing dad; […]
In this special Q&A, Dan and Jason interview each other about the latest book in the Blue, Barry & Pancakes series, Escape from Balloonia. Behind the Balloons: Dan & Jason Interview Each Other about Blue, Barry & Pancakes: Escape from Balloonia About Dan & Jason: Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson are best pals who […]
We are delighted to welcome Tamsin Mori to the blog sharing her inspiration behind her series, Gargoyles. Story inspiration is everywhere, if you know how to look for it. Often, it’s right in front of you. When I was writing The Weather Weaver, I spent a lot of time sky-gazing. Every change in the […]
