launch of voiced storybook by Kathy Smart

Congratulations to author Kathy Smart on the launch of

Frog’s Princess

A Digital App for 8-10 year olds illustrated by Christy Butt (2D characters) and Riley Hanlin (3D backgrounds) and published by Joy Everafter Stories.

Frog's Princess is a movie-length middle-grade Medieval fantasy about the Frog Prince. In this voiced storybook, with music, movement, sound effects and visual effects, you can customise your characters and design your heroes' personalities by choosing what they say.

Published without ads or in-game purchases, Frog's Princess is available on Steam, the Apple App Store, and the Google Play Store for $3 in Australia, and will be rolled out to other countries gradually.

The launch party was held on Zoom. You can watch it on YouTube. Frog's Princess was launched in North America on 4 April 2021. Other country launches will be in May, June and July.

What a novel way of presenting a novel!

New edition for Maura Finn

Congratulations to Maura Finn on the issuing of a board book edition of

Oh, So Many Kisses!

Illustrated by Jenny Cooper and published by Scholastic.

'A shy kiss, a bold kiss. A warm kiss, and a cold kiss... ' There are oh, so many kisses! What others can you see?

Originally published in 2018 in picture book format, this cosy book of kisses has now been released as a padded board book for the smallest hands to hold.

New book for Dale Baker

Congratulations to author and illustrator Dale Baker on the publication of

Dream a Dream

a hardback non-fiction picture book for 4-7 published by Clever Kids Books.

You can go to so many magical places while dreaming in your head.
Where will you choose tonight as you sleep in your bed?
Dream a dream the whole night through.
Dream a dream until it comes true.