Author Interview & Book Review The owl who got left behind by Martine Murray, illustrated by Anna Read, published Parachute Press. Martine Murray has a backlist of thoughtful, affirming children’s books with a touch of whimsy, among them the wondrous and idiosyncratic The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley and its sequel The Slightly […]
Read More The owl who got left behind by Martine Murray, illustrated Anna ReadKitty Black and Jess Rose talk about the two picture books in their new ‘Follow Your Feelings’ series: Max and Worry and Lucy and Sad (published Affirm Press) Kitty Black, author: Follow Your Feelings began its physical life as a form of procrastination, but I suspect it had been taking shape in the back of […]
Read More Follow Your Feelings by Kitty Black and Jess RoseKay Kerr made a splash in 2020 with her YA debut novel Please Don’t Hug Me and I interviewed her then at PaperbarkWords. Kerr has a new YA novel, Social Queue (clever title), published this month. Both novels are from Text Publishing. She tells us about it here: I started writing Social Queue, my new […]
Read More Social Queue by Kay KerrHello World by Lisa Shanahan & Leila Rudge ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers LISA: Picture books often grow out of a wild hotchpotch of memory, keen observation and deeply felt emotion. With regards to Hello World, I was certainly inspired by my own memories of parenting little ones. Like most kids, my three boys were often […]
Read More Hello World by Lisa Shanahan & Leila RudgeThank you for speaking to PaperbarkWords, Susannah and Tamsin. Your picture book Grumble Boats (Affirm Press) is an original and uplifting picture book for young children about expressing and dealing with grumpiness and the relationship between Emma and her Grandma. It accentuates Grandma’s kindness and wisdom, Emma’s trust and their mutual love. Susannah, I love […]
Read More Grumble Boats by Susannah McFarlane, illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie
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