Winnie-the-Pooh is a perfect mixture of sweetness and sharp observation, shifting between light and dark, funny and tragi-comic.
- Senior Lecturer in English and Writing (children's literature), University of New England
Whether you’re home sick or sick of being at home, our 13 experts have picked excellent things you can read, watch, look at or listen to.
From the Thirteen-Storey Treehouse to the Magic Faraway Tree, kids loves treehouses. These books tap into a rich tradition of mythology, which takes characters into forests to come to terms with life.
American Gods imagines a US where ancient gods exist at “right angles to reality”, asking why we have mythologies and why we need them.
You might read one in minutes but it takes time and dedication to make a great picture book. On the eve of Children’s Book Week, we celebrate the ‘illustration innovators’, from Shaun Tan to Jackie French to Jeannie Baker.
Australian writers are embracing monsters from classical mythology, which provide profound connections to issues of identity and coming of age. Which mythical beast are you? Try our author’s quiz and find out.
Can you fake innocence? The four professional actresses playing Mathilda are part of a long tradition of idealised childhood.
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