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If you must dwell, dwell on the positive
If you had to pick one word to describe 2025, what would you say? I'd hasten a guess that no one opted for steady, calm or indeed normal ... Perhaps it was fitting then, that for the final Willow the Wonderer book I left the external world behind and delved instead into the worlds that lie within — our inner worlds after all are places we can condition and control. Even as the writer, it can sometimes take a while to articulate the essence of the work you have produced. The

Reeta Dhar
Oct 28, 20259 min read


Which book teaches kids about resilience?
When it comes to building resilience in children, we recommend reading the fourth book in the Willow the Wonderer series, The Gift . The story in The Gift is built around an enduring piece of wisdom: Impermanence. This simply means that with time, all things no matter how difficult, impossible, awful or even wonderful, will eventually pass. In popular culture this is often expressed in phrases such as "nothing last forever" or the more classical reference "this too shall pass

Reeta Dhar
Oct 11, 20253 min read


Cover Reveal : Willow the Wonderer -- Inner Worlds
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

Reeta Dhar
Sep 8, 20252 min read


New Willow the Wonderer picture books review by Counsellor Sian
Most of you are no doubt familiar with Counsellor Sian. Her original book review of Willow the Wonderer series is the stuff of legends, having reached over half a million folks across Australia! Sian is a registered therapeutic counsellor and has a private practice in QLD . She brings over a decade of experience in the field and a passion to help people find peace in their world. We were keen to hear what Sian made of our new Willow the Wonderer book - Space Odyssey - so

Reeta Dhar
Nov 25, 20233 min read


A space adventure book that teaches kids about belonging, connection and empathy
Willow the Wonderer: Space Odyssey Space Odyssey has officially launched - and with that our Willow the Wonderer picture book series is now three books strong. As I pen this blog, many books are already on their way to little wonderers all around Australia. A brand new addition to their Willow the Wonderer collection and hopefully, repertoire of life's wisdom. It's all the stuff that celebrations are made of but getting into a celebratory mood this past week was not possible

Reeta Dhar
Oct 20, 202310 min read


Willow the Wonderer picture books have gone into reprint - again!
We started this month with an exciting milestone : Our debut picture book series Willow the Wonderer has gone into yet another reprint. This marks the third printing for our first book in the series, Willow the Wonderer and the second for Honey Time . At over 2 metric tonnes, this will be our biggest print-run yet and yes, includes our upcoming new title - but more on that later... Right now we are nervously eyeing the last few boxes of the books we have on-hand and hoping

Reeta Dhar
Aug 18, 20239 min read
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“Light a campfire and everyone's a storyteller"
John J Geddes
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