From Lamouche to McFly: blog tour day 7
What does it take to change a book from French to English? We take you through the process of adapting Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s ’10 Little Insects’.
What does it take to change a book from French to English? We take you through the process of adapting Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s ’10 Little Insects’.
Today, it’s the turn of My Little Bookcase. The blog’s creator Jackie Small has managed to extract five confessions from Davide Cali, and is also the latest to rave about Cali and Vincent Pianina’s forthcoming graphic novel, 10 Little Insects.
‘I think reading is just like feeding yourself. And you know, writing is just like feeding others. So, how can you feed others if you don’t eat first?’ Blog tour Day 4.
“Genius.” My Book Corner’s verdict on Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s forthcoming ’10 Little Insects’. Cali blog tour, day 3.
A special treat from Kids Book Review: a sneak peek at Davide Cali’s new book, 10 Little Insects, which will be released in late May.
If she has little ones, what better than a picture book for Mum this Mother’s Day? We look at a couple of beauties.
The Davide Cali blog tour is up and running, and we have some fantastic posts and giveaways from the lovely book bloggers participating.
Adelaide Matters magazine features an interview with Davide Cali, who will be appearing at the Children’s Book Council of Australia National Conference in Adelaide from 17 to 19 May
What’s your preferred method for eating chocolate? With Easter almost here, here are a few different methods from Davide Cali and Evelynn Daviddi’s ‘I Like Chocolate’.
‘The Red Piano’ going down well with schools and libraries
One shop in Australia has sold more copies of I Like Chocolate than any other, and you may be surprised to learn it’s not a bookshop.
Red Piano ‘a solemn and beautiful presentation’: Lift Bridge Books
Four Wilkins Farago books are on the recommend reading lists for this year’s NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge, which runs until 1 September.
This week we got a box from Taiwan containing a very pleasant surprise: the first Chinese language edition of John Cheetham’s popular parenting manual, ‘Grow Up! How to raise an adult by being one yourself’.
ST VALENTINE’S DAY (14 February) is coming soon and we have two books that make ideal Valentine’s Day gifts, both by the wonderfully talented Davide Cali, who will be touring Australia in May.
We had quite a bit of fun putting together this video version of Davide Cali and Eric Heliot’s popular Christmas tale, Santa’s Suit. Feel free to share.
Davide Cali writes about his book ‘A Dad Who Measures Up’
One of our very favourite authors, Davide Cali, reminisces about his book, I Like Chocolate
Our video for Lat’s hilarious graphic novel ‘Kampung Boy’ has now passed 70,000 views on Youtube. Quite amazing.
Kids book website Kids Book Review is running a competition to win one of three copies of Sebastian Meschenmoser’s hilarious ‘3 Wishes for Pugman’.
‘I simply do not understand why every primary school cannot teach every child to read and spell to a functional level in the seven years of attendance.’ – Read the guest post from literacy expert Fay Tran
Author of ‘Teaching Kids to Read’, Fay Tran, is to be awarded the prestigious 2011 Bruce Wicking Award in recognition of her contribution to the field of learning difficulties.
Win a book and limited edition poster: a little competition to celebrate the publication of Sebastian Meschenmoser’s delightful antidote to fairy stories, 3 wishes for Pugman.
‘It’s hard not to be moved by this biography of Zhu Xiao-Mei, the young pianist who plays for the love of music in a hostile situation.’
‘I feel strongly that this is a particularly special book for a father to share with his son because it is strong, yet sentimental.’ – My Little Bookcase reviews ‘Sam and his Dad’
‘The blurb on the back of this book sums up the story as a celebration not only of dad but of all the little pleasures of family life. I couldn’t agree more!’. ‘Sam and his dad’ reviewed in the September issue of Magpies Magazine.
‘Davide Cali has given us some really wonderful picture books, including ‘I like Chocolate’ and ‘Piano Piano’, but this one really takes the cake.’ Excerpt from Sunday Tasmanian review of ‘What is this thing called love?’
‘Every library at every level should own this book. Every teacher should read it to their class.’
‘A gorgeous slice-of-life look at a typical family and their idiosyncrasies’: Kids Book Review
Davide Cali and Gianluca Foli’s marvellous fable, The Bear with the Sword, is listed as a recommended resource for Years 1 to 3 in Western Australian primary schools.