Emily Gale
Emily Gale is a former Readings bookseller and prize manager. She is the author of a number of children’s and young adult books.
Review — 16 Jul 2015
The Worm Who Knew Karate by Jill Lever and Terry Denton
Debut author meets Australia’s bestselling illustrator in this comical story with a great message about resilience.
Brian is a happy-go-lucky worm who suddenly spirals into panic when he learns of…
Blog post — 11 Feb 2015
February 2015 Children's & YA Highlights
There’s a stunning young adult anthology out this month. Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean is a collaboration between editors Kirsty Murray (The Year It All Ended), Anita…
Blog post — 4 Feb 2015
Love at third sight (a Harry Potter tribute)
As a species we’re impressed by the idea that loving someone the minute you clap your eyes on them is a sign of purity. Some sort of mystical superiority. This…
Blog post — 22 Jan 2015
January Children's & Young Adult Highlights
It’s great to see an author-illustrator partnership taking off and I think that’s the case with Clare Freedman and Kate Hindley. Their first book,
, was…
Review — 28 Jan 2015
The Super Amazing Adventures of Me, Pig by Emer Stamp
This is the second outing for dear Pig and his friend Duck. Although I’d highly recommend starting with their first story, The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig, the…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Son of Death by Andrew McDonald
This novel for tweens and up strikes me as clever in several ways. First of all, it openly tells us what it’s about – death – because as all good…
Blog post — 15 Jan 2015
International young adult books to look forward to in 2015
Early in December the Readings children’s specialists were fortunate enough to attend ‘The Year Ahead in Youth Literature’, a preview of young adult fiction for 2015.
In part one (which…
Review — 28 Jan 2015
Letters To Leo by Amy Hest & Julie Denos
The hero of Letters to Leo, Annie, is an upbeat girl in Grade 4 who is quietly confident without being precocious, but as children of that age can often…
Blog post — 31 Dec 2014
Australian young adult books to look forward to in 2015
‘The Year Ahead in Youth Literature’ is a mouth-watering event showcasing the following year’s young adult highlights and hosted by a tireless organisation known as the Centre For Youth Literature…
Blog post — 4 Dec 2014
The books our kids loved in 2014
With booksellers for parents, our kids have an endless supply of reading material and are always willing to roadtest for us. Ranging from age 5 to age 16, they told…