Brilliant ’10 Little Insects’: Kids Book Review
‘This hilarious take on an entymological murder mystery is a joy to read’ – Kids Book Review’s passionately positive review of Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s 10 Little Insects
Nine career tips to give your kids
Heather McAllister, author of Who You Are is What You Do: Making choices about life after school, has provided nine career tips for teenagers for the popular education website, Your Kids Ed.
‘You’ll laugh, sigh, giggle and be challenged’: Digital Orthodoxy
‘Davide Cali’s stories are beautifully written, innovative, simply structured, deep and touching tales’: an enthusiastic review of What is this thing called love? from Digital Orthodoxy
Dolly features ‘Who You Are is What You Do’
Australia’s top-selling teen magazine, Dolly, has featured Heather McAllister and her book, ‘Who You Are is What You Do: Making Choices About Life After School’.
Who You Are is What You do: campaign kick-off
‘If only I had this book when I was at school …’ – the media coverage for Heather McAllister’s ‘Who You Are is What You Do’ commences.
Cali ‘like a magician’ with kids: Melbourne’s Herald Sun
‘European author and illustrator Davide Cali is like a magician, keeping 100-odd preppies at Albert Park Primary School entertained with his hand-made books.’ – Herald-Sun
Guest post: Nicki Greenberg launches ’10 Little Insects’
‘Ten Little Insects is a very funny book’ – Nicki Greenberg launches Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s graphic novel.
Davide Cali ‘in conversation’ tonight in Melbourne!
Davide Cali is appearing at Melbourne bookshop Readings tonight – don’t miss the rare chance to get a signed copy of one of his books.
Guest post: A story of two Davids and a Davide
Book distributor Dennis Jones highlights the lengths some independent publishers go to to get their books to market, and the extra costs that are never included in the book’s final retail price.
The inspiration behind the books PLUS a unique writers’ event: blog tour day 15
Our fabulous blog tour comes to an end: Jackie Hosking, Editor of children’s book e-news Pass It On, reveals the inspiration behind Davide Cali’s books, while the SA Writers Centre announce a one-off workshop with Davide Cali for writers.
The Bear is a conversation starter: blog tour day 14
Alphabet Soup Editor Rebecca Newman reviews Davide Cali and Gianluca Foli’s fable, The Bear with the Sword on her Boobook Blog. Blog tour day 14.
10 Little Insects ‘film poster’ revealed! Blog tour day 13
Here’s the promotional poster for Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s forthcoming 10 Little Insects. What do you think?
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day!
Little Melbourne plugs Davide Cali visit: blog tour day 12
In today’s instalment of the blog tour, we’re off to popular kids activity website Little Melbourne, who provide a profile of Davide and his Australian tour dates. They’re also running a competition town a copy of Davide cali and Evelyn Daviddi’s delicious picture book, I Like Chocolate.
What is this thing called, love?: blog tour day 11
Today, independent Melbourne bookseller Brunswick Bound highlights Davide Cali and Anna-Laura Cantone’s ‘What is this thing called love?’ on their news blog. Davide Cali blog tour day 11.
‘Working with somebody is cool’: blog tour day 10
Australian illustrator Ann James chats with Davide on her Books Illustrated blog about how he works with illustrators, his celebrated collaborations with French illustrator Serge Bloch and which other writers and illustrators inspire him.
Does your dad measure up? Blog tour day 9
My Little Bookcase uses the Davide Cali/Anna-Laura Cantone classic, ‘A Dad Who Measures Up’, as the springboard for an exploration of what makes Dad special. You won’t believe the lengths they go to!
Reading for peace and the storyteller’s craft: blog tour day 8
Exciting news of a new reading project for kids, Reading for Social Peace, which Davide Cali will be launching on 24 May. Also, popular children’s author and blogger Dee White examines Cali’s approach to creating picture books. Blog tour day 8.
Clunes Booktown Festival Top 10
Lila Prap’s ‘Why?’ lead our Top 10 books at last weekend’s Clunes Booktown Festival
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’.
Clunes Booktown Festival 2012
We returned from Clunes Booktown Festival with renewed energy, after talking about our books to many parents, teachers and librarians and, most encouraging of all, watching kids paw over them enthusiastically.
Davide Cali makes his confessions: Blog tour day 5
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.
Tips for young writers: blog tour day 4
‘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.
Cali ‘genius’/Does the world need any more books? Blog tour day 3
“Genius.” My Book Corner’s verdict on Davide Cali and Vincent Pianina’s forthcoming ’10 Little Insects’. Cali blog tour, day 3.
A sneak peek at ’10 Little Insects’: Blog tour day 2
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.
Two great gifts for Mother’s Day
If she has little ones, what better than a picture book for Mum this Mother’s Day? We look at a couple of beauties.
Davide Cali blog tour starts today!
The Davide Cali blog tour is up and running, and we have some fantastic posts and giveaways from the lovely book bloggers participating.
Announcing the Davide Cali blog tour
Do you blog about books? Why not participate in the Davide Cali blog tour?
Adelaide Matters interviews Davide Cali
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
ANZAC Day 2012
Lest we forget.