I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku.

I think that my favourite animal is a baby possum, or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine - so, so gorgeous.

The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult who’s reading aloud—it’s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.

Babies have much higher levels of stress in childcare.

I have very little patience with children.