Gecko Press

Gecko Press The international imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, and the home of curiously good children's books. Publishers of children's books

So tired!A sn*******ng story about going to bed and getting up, for tired and wide awake readers.So Tired, So Wide Awake...
07/23/2025

So tired!

A sn*******ng story about going to bed and getting up, for tired and wide awake readers.

So Tired, So Wide Awake by

Foliage by .perrin - always ❤️👌Leaves and much more in The Remarkables!
07/21/2025

Foliage by .perrin - always ❤️👌

Leaves and much more in The Remarkables!

stomach + foot = a life worth livingThe Observologist by Giselle Clarkson is a selection in summer reading challenge.Ob...
07/20/2025

stomach + foot = a life worth living

The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson is a selection in summer reading challenge.

Observing slugs is reading too!

Fierce little women: so different in style and so similar in character (and wild red hair - not mentioned in the text bu...
07/16/2025

Fierce little women: so different in style and so similar in character (and wild red hair - not mentioned in the text but obviously conjured between the lines).

Read on our blog about the publishing history of this enduring story by Joy Cowley.

Illustrations by Miho Satake and Sarah Davis.

Link in bio.

The challenge of painting ocean on every spread of a picture book..."For the blue, I used a combination of watercolor an...
07/14/2025

The challenge of painting ocean on every spread of a picture book...

"For the blue, I used a combination of watercolor and colored ink. I made sure to apply an even wash when painting a calm sea and kept in mind the vast distance between the shore and the horizon. The water is shallow under the jetty, but dauntingly deep far out at sea.

"For the stormy oceans, on the other hand, I used techniques such as blurring, layering, and adding ink lines. For the underwater scenes, I paid particular attention to illustrating the water’s surface and the white crests on the waves seen from below—a view I remember from childhood when I almost drowned in the ocean.

"Another experience I drew on was riding on a boat without a stabilizer in the open sea. My memory of those rough water helped me paint the huge waves."

Read more on our blog about Miho Satake's illustrations for The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate—link in bio

"...representing every city, every friendship, and every adventure you’ll ever go on. Picture book perfection."Have You ...
07/13/2025

"...representing every city, every friendship, and every adventure you’ll ever go on. Picture book perfection."

Have You Seen Dinosaur? by David Barrow reviewed by

It's now in paperback!

The studio of Miho Satake, illustrator of many wonderful books in Japanese and now a new edition of The Fierce Little Wo...
07/12/2025

The studio of Miho Satake, illustrator of many wonderful books in Japanese and now a new edition of The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley.

You can read about her creative process and techniques for this book on our blog—link in bio.

Ingredients: 2,692 liters milk, 2.692 tons flour, 32,304 eggsMethod: Pour the ingredients into a clean cement mixer and ...
07/06/2025

Ingredients: 2,692 liters milk, 2.692 tons flour, 32,304 eggs

Method: Pour the ingredients into a clean cement mixer and churn well. Let the batter stand for a while. Heat a frying pan, add butter, let it melt and spread. Pour a ladleful of batter into the pan. Fry, flip, fry the other side—job done!

Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers: Small Stories about Big Machines by Ole Könnecke

"With her scenes from various perspectives Miho Satake skilfully brings out the quirkiness of Joy Cowley’s text and the ...
07/04/2025

"With her scenes from various perspectives Miho Satake skilfully brings out the quirkiness of Joy Cowley’s text and the battle of words that takes place between the two protagonists."

Red Reading Hub on The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, newly illustrated by Miho Satake

06/30/2025

Take a look at David Barrow's illustration technique (and bonus spider out the window). This is Have You Seen Dinosaur? out in paperback this month (and incidentally in Italian!)

We're reprinting this magnificent book - yet again! Two for Me, One for You by Jörg Mühle - a very funny picture book ab...
06/29/2025

We're reprinting this magnificent book - yet again! Two for Me, One for You by Jörg Mühle - a very funny picture book about sharing...

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Gecko Press is an independent publisher, based in Wellington - New Zealand. Every year Gecko Press translates and publishes a small number of carefully-selected children’s books by some of the world’s best writers and illustrators, from countries including France, Germany, Japan, Poland and the Netherlands. Gecko Press also publishes two or three books each year by (mostly) New Zealand authors and illustrators.

Gecko Press books are the antidote to sameness. They are built for readers who are inquisitive and understand that life is full of absurdities and incongruities. Many of them are funny. A Gecko Press book offers a different way of seeing the world.

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