The Grumpy Mole gets a Digger is off to an encouraging start in 2026 with a positive review on WhatBookNext.com: ‘The bright, full colour illustrations

All are welcome to an afternoon of family fun this Saturday, 8 November at the Brookby Barn. The popular venue is staging a fund-raising event

A big shout out to artist Minky Stapleton, who designed and illustrated The Grumpy Mole gets a Digger. Reviewer Trevor Agnew (The Source, Magpies Magazine)

The second Grumpy Mole book was launched today: The Grumpy Mole gets a Digger. A happy crowd of supporters gathered at Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop

The delightful new book ‘Comfort and Cheer’ is special to me for three reasons. For a start, it is written by my sister Rosie Boom

Thrilling to receive a photo showing a group of early learning centre children engrossed in The Grumpy Mole.

John Evan Harris (centre) and his siblings spent several days at beautiful Russell, encouraging each other in their writing projects. “These sibling retreats are so

Young Evan, in his first-ever book review, recommends The Grumpy Mole because he loves the beautiful illustrations and the message: “It’s about kindness, because the

Big yellow glasses (as worn by my favourite mole) acquired for my next public reading of The Grumpy Mole. A fashion statement from the mole’s

What a thrill to have the legendary Suzy Cato read The Grumpy Mole on YouTube for Suzy’s Book Corner!  “What a grump the Grumpy Mole

Illustrator Minky Stapleton was Guest of Honour at today’s launch of The Grumpy Mole picture book. Minky drew all the characters and designed the book.

The Grumpy Mole picture book was launched today (3 October) at the famous Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Ponsonby Auckland. Author John Evan Harris read

The Grumpy Mole picture book will be officially launched at 10.30 this Thursday morning, 3 October, at the award-winning Dorothy Butler Bookshop in Ponsonby. Author

And now for something completely different… I am very happy to announce the arrival of The Grumpy Mole, a picture book aimed at children aged 3

Henry Appleton is the star of his own book, Henry Appleton Boy Hero and the Burgess Gang. The town of Nelson dubbed him a ‘boy

We’ve had a lot of positive feedback to the Instagram posts featuring ‘Henry Appleton’. Each short ‘episode’ has referred to one of the many adventures

Instagram has begun screening a series of short videos featuring actor Marlon Mair as Henry Appleton. He begins, “My name’s Henry.  Henry Appleton,” and then

Exciting news – my book The Grumpy Mole arrives from the printers in the first week of September. This rhyming story is aimed at children

‘Vivid imagery’ ….’fast-paced action’. These are phrases reviewer Karen Seth uses to describe Henry Appleton Boy Hero in the latest Read NZ School Library online.

Young actor Marlon Mair has been recruited to be the ‘face’ of Henry Appleton, Boy Hero and The Physician’s Gun. The picture shows Marlon, dressed