Willow the Wonderer is a 'passion project' for Darren and I. The stories we write come from reflecting on our lives and wisdom we've...

We have some wonderful news! It is now even easier to share our very beautiful 'Willow the Wonderer' picture books, character plush toy...

Wise As Stories is unique amongst publishers world wide for a number of reasons, the most important of which is that we are creating stories that plant seeds of wisdom and knowledge. It is why Darren and I started Wise As Stories and produced and published Willow the Wonderer picture book series - and it's what keep us going. In this blog I wanted to share with you the backstory to this mission we've taken on. I've shared this in past blogs (here's the link to another ) b

Why we support #BuyLocal I am sure many of you will agree with me when I say that one of the greatest pleasures of driving around in...

It's a momentous day: Darren has started working on the very last spread for the third Willow the Wonderer picture book. The end is in sight! The picture book creation process Developing each picture book is easily six months of full time effort, involving writing, editing, book design, illustrating , typesetting, and then finally getting everything together for print production. So when we reach milestones like this, it is very much a cause for celebration! (And in case any

A beautiful story time of Willow the Wonderer with Donkey Dave and his donkeys!

Willow the Wonderer picture books have now sold and been warmly embraced bu readers all over Australia!

I may be a tad biased, but I think Willow the Wondere r is the cutest donkey (wise ass) around town. So, of course we had to follow-up our beautiful picture books with a gorgeous character plush toy of little Willow. Last July we released our very first design. Hundreds of Willow plush toys have since found their way into homes all across Australia so I thought I'd share some of the work that went on behind the scenes to develop our first Willow plush toy. It was a labour o

As announced a few days ago, we have made our very first language rights sale. (This means that we as the creators of the Willow the...

Independent Australian publisher, Wise As Stories, has sold the Simplified Chinese rights for their picture book series, Willow the Wonderer

Clap! My hands, came together as I became fully aware that my life was finite and I would die some day. I was 10 years old. I remember thinking that I have only a limited time to achieve my life goals and so made a pact with myself that I would make haste, hopefully fulfill them and make death bring closure to my life with another clap. This action (clapping) I later surmised was my way of demarcating the movie of my life, much like a movie set clapperboard might punctuate th

An early childhood educator, Reshmi Gosai, recently came across our Willow the Wonderer picture book series. Excited by the possibilities that the book presented in engaging the little ones in her childcare centre (one of whom is aptly named Willow) in learning, she immediately snapped up one of our premium giftsets featuring the two picture books and a gorgeous plush toy of little Willow. They were the perfect early years learning books! Reshmi shared her report on how she

Happy Friday folks! It feels like the summer holiday season only wraps after Australia Day - after which the new working year begins. To...

Willow the Wonderer picture books, plush toys and premium gift sets continue to maintain a five star rating from verified buyers for over 12 months now. We are proud to have created and published stories that have been warmly embraced by buyers all over Australia. Today we add another feather in the 'Willow cap' with the annoucement that CA-Link International is representing Willow the Wonderer's Chinese translation rights across Mainland China and Taiwan. CA-Link Internatio

We are back after a restful couple of weeks and looking forward to getting into 2023! Our motto for this year is to make it a year long celebration of life . This is as much about how we live each and every day as it is about the highlights. It should be another eventful year as we release the third book in the Willow the Wonderer picture book series, kick-off a few projects close to our heart (watch this space) and move to a fully remote model so we can run Wise As Stories