‘Astonishingly rare’ The Hobbit book sells for ‘record-breaking’ sum
Clara BullockBBC News, Somerset and Chloe HarcombeBBC News, West of England Book found during clear-out fetches £43,000 at…
How Raymond Briggs found his style
When firm friends Gerry and Tim set out across a golf course to find tadpoles one sunny day…
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Kiwi publisher aims to help raise one million bilingual children
A whānau reading Poppy and Buddy books, launched last year. Photo: supplied A new children’s book publisher has…
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup | Science fiction books
Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler (W&N, £20)The new from the award-winning author imagines a world…
For book lovers, it’s perfectly awful.
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Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books? | New Zealand
A shake-up of New Zealand’s curriculum has resulted in Māori words being scrapped from a selection of books…
Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak for auction
Where The Wild Things Are was written by American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. First published in 1963,…
Andrea Cáceres’ new children’s book is ‘Hello, Tobi!’ : NPR
HELLO, TOBI!. Text and illustrations copyright © 2025 Andrea Cáceres. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press,…
I have one of the U.S.’s most controversial jobs. Moments like this make it all worth it.
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Tuck In | Los Angeles Review of Books
Helena Aeberli devours Ruby Tandoh’s “All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now.” All Consuming: Why…
Montecito Teen Writes Children’s Book About Healing From Natural Disasters | Local News
When Hannah Hedrick was 11 years old, her hometown of Montecito was devastated by the 2018 mudslides and…
A tiny dog takes a big walk in ‘Hello, Tobi!’
Tobi – a 15-year-old silky terrier with scruffy brown hair and long whiskers — walked happily alongside his…