A new iPad application featuring picture books from Fremantle Press has been launched by local company Sumo. The Quality Time app will connect families whose parents are working away from home by allowing them to download picture books and read them together in real time.

From little things big things grow! To celebrate the launch of On a Small Island we’re offering free puppet activity sheets for schools, libraries and kindergartens. Just complete the form below. While stocks last.

Light Horse Boy by Dianne Wolfer and Brian Simmonds has been shortlisted for a Red Dot Book Award in Singapore.

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A Viking in Ubud

James Foley, illustrator of The Last Viking Returns, gives us an overview of his time at the 2014 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.

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Free bookmarks

Bookmarks are a great way to encourage reading and we have plenty to share. Just choose from those featured and let us know how many you’d like by completing the form. These bookmarks are still in stock in limited quantities but they are going fast.

Before Kyle Hughes-Odgers published Ten Tiny Things with Meg McKinlay, he was a well-known street artist with works in cities around the world. He’s even been asked to paint the Perth airport! To celebrate the release of his new book, On a Small Island, why not take a look around Perth for some of Kyle’s […]

My Superhero by Chris Owen and Moira Court has been selected for the prestigious 2014 White Raven list by the International Youth Library.

Kyle Hughes-Odgers, illustrator of Ten Tiny Things and author and illustrator of On a Small Island, is a hot commodity on the local and international art scene.

Light Horse Boy by Dianne Wolfer and Brian Simmonds has won the Children’s Book category of the 2014 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards. Both creators were on hand to receive their award from the Hon. Colin Barnett MLA, Premier of Western Australia at the awards ceremony at Hackett Hall in the Western Australian Museum.

Fremantle Press illustrator and internationally renowned street artist Kyle Hughes-Odgers has finished his largest public artwork to date.

Being excited to contribute to the place you call home is what Kyle Hughes-Odgers’ art is all about. And it’s never too young to start in your own classroom! By helping students to discover their unique talents and their passions, we can support their involvement in the community and their ability to contribute.

Light Horse Boy by Albany author Dianne Wolfer and Perth illustrator Brian Simmonds was named a Children’s Book Council of Australia 2014 Honour Book today.

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Meet Kate McCaffrey

High school teacher and celebrated author Kate McCaffrey is best known for her award-winning YA novels Destroying Avalon, In Ecstasy and Beautiful Monster. Her latest book for teens is Crashing Down.

Josh is as brave as a Viking warrior. And not much can scare a Viking. But when the two littlest Vikings go beserk, Josh, Grandpa and Viking World are in for a rocky ride. Here’s a sneak peek at the sequel to The Last Viking.

We’re about to celebrate the release of The Last Viking Returns in September 2014. Why not try one of these fun activities?

Watch Kyle Hughes-Odgers at work on his new book On a Small Island.

With lots of kids attending the launch of The Last Viking Returns on 10 September 2014 I decided to get creative. Book launches can be notoriously dull, especially when author and illustrator speeches consist mostly of thanking everyone who gave birth to them or helped create the book or once said something kind about them […]

  Before their most recent collaboration, award-winning creators Norman Jorgensen and James Foley released a fun picture book about a little boy who outwits local bullies by channelling his inner Viking. The Last Viking was its name and Knut was its hero. Find out where all that pillaging began by listening to this reading of […]

West Australian teachers may already know Jen from the serialisation of Mystery at Riddle Gully in the Ed! Section of The West Australian. Her latest book Riddle Gully Runaway can be read as a follow-up to Mystery at Riddle Gully or as a stand-alone book.

Cybersafety, digital citizenship, digital literacy … most of us have heard these terms, but what do they really mean in practice? Jeremy Blackman and Sandra Craig work with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, a national charity protecting children from violence and creating behavioural change in the community to address bullying and cyberbullying.

Albany-based author Dianne Wolfer was shortlisted twice today for the 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Awards.

Massachusetts-based publisher Star Bright Books has bought the US rights to two Fremantle Press junior reads this week: The Amazing Spencer Gray by Deb Fitzpatrick and Darcy Moon and the Deep-Fried Frogs by Catherine Carvell.

Author Norman Jorgensen’s research notes on inspiring Viking women.

WA author Dianne Touchell’s debut novel is heading to Germany.