Kidlit Reviews

I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.

  • Author Interview on Little Darlings

    It was such fun sharing a bit of background information about my new picture book, Allen the Alien, on Little Darlings. In fact, I’ve publicly shared my own drawing of Allen for the first time. 🫣 The wonderful Aleesah Darlison, award-winning author and curator of Little Darlings, focuses the site on “those little darlings of…

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  • Happy World UFO Day!

    Yep, World UFO Day is July 2nd — an official awareness day to celebrate Unidentified Flying Objects. And I know a couple of aliens who are definitely going to be celebrating! One of the first of Aleck Morton’s hilarious illustrations in Allen The Alien is one of Allen and Byte flying a spaceship toward Earth.…

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  • Allen the Alien Trailer

    THE ALIEN IS COMING! Get ready…Allen & Byte are heading to Earth. ALLEN THE ALIEN lands in bookstores on June 19th!

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  • Breaking News!

    I’m over the moon to announce that ALLEN THE ALIEN, a new picture book written by me, illustrated by Aleck Morton and published by Yellow Brick Books, an imprint of Riveted Press, launches this June in Australia and New Zealand. Stay tuned for details! In the meantime, find information about ALLEN THE ALIEN on Goodreads and Amazon.com.au.…

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  • Book Review + Giveaway: Else B. in the Sea

    Title: Else B. in the Sea: The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the Deep | Author: Jeanne Walker Harvey | Illustrator: Melodie Stacey | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Cameron Kids/ Abrams Books | Release Date: June 4, 2024 | ISBN: 9781949480283 Publisher’s Book Summary: A poetic picture book biography about a daring and pioneering woman artist that…

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