Desna Wallace

Micro Madness: Desna Wallace, After the storm youtu.be/gwWyQsHSXcs?si=pJhA… via @YouTube

But then by Swapna Haddow A treat for all the librarians out there. Check out kidsandyabooks on Instagram for more.

Sadly, I missed the launch of ⁦@rachaelking70⁩ Rachael King’s latest middle grade novel. Finally bought a copy 2day. Stunning eyecatching catching cover ⁦@AllenAndUnwinNZ⁩ I love the bookmark. Roll on weekend, unless I skip housework , eating, sleeping & begin now.

Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge - life of Mary Shelley and fabulously illustrated. Haunting and beautifully written. Blurb Love, and madness,

Thrilled to have a poem included in this beautiful coffee table book. Will be out before Christmas and I’m certainly looking forward to it. It’s with the printers now. The team at Pavlova Press are wonderful to work with.

Author Jason Reynolds on sharing personal stories youtu.be/bBYm1eI_apI via @YouTube @rachaelking70 @JasonReynolds83 love his books. Love his passion. Long way down still haunts me.

New book, Bad Panda by ⁦@SwapnaHaddow⁩ ⁦Blog tour coming soon ⁦@zackids⁩ @TheSaplingNZ⁩ ⁦@AdeleBroadbent4⁩ ⁦@TheBookWhisper2⁩

I am so excited for this new book from Kate DiCamillo. Can’t come soon enough!. youtu.be/Uqr07gmyNZU

Quicksand terrified me. This is a mashup from movies. youtu.be/Jp2IKQiJfXk just for fun.

It was a wonderful event. Loved hearing more details about the processes you both - author & illustrator- used to create such a great book.