Here it is folks -- the book cover for the fifth and final Willow the Wonderer book. We had put our shortlist to a vote. It was wonderful to receive so many responses from our community of readers. In the end, it was a near unanimous vote for little Willow hugging the Earth. Cover Reveal for the fifth and final Willow the Wonderer picture book! One of our readers' put it best when she said, "Willow hugging the Earth is a lovely image for children to grow up with." We had

Life is ebbs and flows - but how to navigate it all? A video popped up on my tiktok feed recently - featuring a middle aged school teacher sitting at his desk correcting assignments, with the following caption: "My students are asking me, how come I have an email address with my actual name?" His response (sanitised version), "Because I was around for the birth of the email ..." Who else remembers being alive in the late 90s - at the dawn of the internet? A fad for kids and n

The last hundred days will go down in history as being a period of economic and geopolitical turmoil that we probably didn't need ... No mysterious virus or natural disaster in sight. Just a narcissist, his ginormous ego and his band of bottom-dwelling buffoons, bringing chaos and disorder to our world. Most of these grifters couldn't run a school canteen -- in fact some won't even pass NSW's Working with Children Check. So, it really is staggering to see them in charge of th

A strange thing has been transpiring across the beaches in the Eastern Suburbs these past two years...

Our strange predicament Eight billion people, hurtling through space on the same piece of rock, have ended yet another trip around the sun seemingly, more divided than ever. You have to wonder, how can this be, especially now when we are more connected to each other than we've ever been? Misinformation, disinformation, algorithmically driven feeds (so we all see a slightly different version of reality), inequality, old and new prejudice ... the list of possible causes goes on

It's that time of the year again folks :) Please take note of the Christmas cut-off dates for Australia Post. This is the latest date by which your parcel needs to have been posted so it reaches your little ones on time. We ship our parcel from metro NSW so the Christmas cut-off dates when using Standard Parcel shipping are as follows : To - NSW, ACT, VIC, QLD & SA : 20 December TAS: 19 December WA: 18 December NT: 16 December Serial procrastinators can buy themse

Feeling at one with the world - Willow the Wonderer, Space Odyssey 2024 has been 'the' year of elections 64 countries which make up 49% of the human population headed to the polls in 2024. As the year comes to an end, we find ourselves on the eve of perhaps the most consequential election of them all : The US Presidential Election. Why should an Aussie care? Whether we like it or not, the decisions taken on Capitol Hill, greatly impacts all our lives. This time around, the

The adorable creatures from Willow the Wonderer are now available in watercolour Willow the Wonderer is amongst the most beautifully illustrated picture books of our time. And judging by our customer reviews , our readers agree! For all the art aficionados out there we have some great news: The wonderful creatures adorning our Willow the Wonderer picture books are now available as watercolor Giclée prints . Giclée prints are also known as fine art prints, these are the close

Willow the Wonderer gets a first look at his new home for the next four months! When was the last time you wrote a letter? A handwritten letter that is sealed in an envelope and sent on its way with a stamp? I can't recall either ... The rise of emails and messaging services have been slowly but surely putting an end to the art and business of letters. But just as pundits were calling the demise of the Post Office, these age-old institutions found a new calling: eCommerce. Th