Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

Many of us take education for granted. It does not occur to us that being able to go to school and university is a privilege. Not that long...

Sometimes, when our dreams seem hopelessly out of reach, the best thing to do is to listen to stories about people who have kept on trying,...

One of my favorite things in this world is a room full of wonderful books. My office has shelves from floor to ceiling on most of the walls...

I have been an animal lover all my life. When I was very young and living in a small Lebanese mountain village I used to feed the wild tor...

The summer solstice, midsummer, is only a few days away and in honor of this day I bring you this delightful picture book in which we meet ...

I have said it before and I will say it again: these are trying times. For the most part the news is full of stories about loss, suffering, ...

I once had a teacher who thought that his interpretation of a poem, play, or novel was the only interpretation that was worth anything. Whe...

Facing your fears is never easy to do. Imagine what it would be like to be a chef who is afraid of knives, or a doctor who has a fear of ne...

There are many things that, when they take over our lives, take away our ability to hope. One of these things is anger. Anger is an ugly, bu...

Kickstart every child into a lifetime love of reading Gecko Press, the pint-sized Wellington-based independent publisher of cur...