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About StoryLinks

StoryLinks is a children’s book review site supported by Book Links.

We believe that children’s literature plays an important part in shaping culture, expanding knowledge, increasing empathy and empowering children and we will review children’s books accordingly.

We aim to be champions for children’s literature, children’s authors and illustrators and hope to inspire children, families, librarians, teachers and anyone else to value story and this art form.

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Book Reviews

We publish reviews on the latest books for children and young adults, including board books, picture books, junior fiction, middle grade and YA.

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Reading Lists

Popular lists of recommended reading arranged under headings, useful for both parents and teachers when looking for books on particular topics. Prepared by Dajo Finlayson.

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Interviews

Read our interviews with a growing list of people who are significant in the world of children’s literature, including authors, illustrators, teacher librarians and more.

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Competitions

Every year StoryLinks runs two short story competitions, one in the beginning of the year for adult writers of children’s stories and one, in the second half of the year for young writers in grades 4,5 & 6.

Latest Reviews

StoryArt Exhibition 2023 Meet the Artist Yvonne Mes

The annual StoryArt Exhibition is all set to start next month on Monday, June 26 and run until Sunday July 2 at the Richard Randall Art Studio. It will be a week of fabulous displays for everyone to enjoy. As […]

Nice and Slow

By Sarah Ayoub Illustrated by Mimi Purnell Reviewed by Margarite Igras We know how busy life can be and the importance of having time out to reset and spend quality time with the people we love. Well, take note of this […]

Desert Jungle

By Jeannie Baker Reviewed by Barbara Braxton Despite being surrounded by mountains of rock and cacti, the boy prefers to sit inside and experience the world through the screen of his tablet.  He fears going far from his home because […]

Our Dragon

By Mem Fox & Linda Davick Reviewed by Mia Macrossan Mem Fox shot to fame with her instant classic Possum Magic way back in 1983. She has worked with many different illustrators such as Judy Horacek for  Where is the […]

Stay for Dinner

By Sandhya Parappukkaran Illustrated by Michelle Pereira Reviewed by Mia Macrossan This is the third time these two have teamed up and it is always a wining combination. You may remember The Boy Who Tried To Shrink His Name about […]

StoryLinks 2023 Short Story Competition Winner

The winner of this year’s Short Story competition for writers aged 18+ was announced at the Narelle Oliver Lecture in Children’s Literature given by the current Children’s Laureate Gabrielle Wang. The winning short story is The Loophole  by Alison Rutstein. Alison […]

When I’m Big

By Karen Blair Reviewed by Margarite Igras Karen Blair is an award-winning Australian illustrator and author of children’s picture books. Here she has taken a new and humorous twist on welcoming a new baby to the family and more so, […]

What Will You Make Today?

By Maura Pierlot Illustrated by Triandhika Anjani Reviewed by Margarite Igras This non-fiction picture book, written by the award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker, Maura Pierlot is packed with wonderful full-page illustrations by Triandhika Anjani. What will you make today? is […]

NSW 2023 Patricia Wrightson Prize

And the winner is The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia’s First Peoples by Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas. ‘Original, unique, an illuminative read and an invaluable resource. You may have been taught that the first scientists were […]

OPEN YOUR IMAGINATION! Short Story Competitions Every year StoryLinks runs two short story competitions, one for stories written by adults and one for stories written by students in grades 4, 5 & 6.

Winners receive cash prizes and will have their stories published on this website.

Latest Interviews

StoryArt Exhibition 2023 Meet the Artist Yvonne Mes

The annual StoryArt Exhibition is all set to start next month on Monday, June 26 and run until Sunday July 2 at the Richard Randall Art Studio. It will be a week of fabulous displays for everyone to enjoy. As […]

StoryLinks 2023 Short Story Competition Winner

The winner of this year’s Short Story competition for writers aged 18+ was announced at the Narelle Oliver Lecture in Children’s Literature given by the current Children’s Laureate Gabrielle Wang. The winning short story is The Loophole  by Alison Rutstein. Alison […]

A Writer’s Resolutions – some New Year’s suggestions from Wendy Orr

Some timely words from Wendy Orr, the 2022 winner of the Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction. New Year’s resolutions are often scoffed at, but what if we had some gentle ones, reflecting a state of mind rather than […]

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