I’m so grateful to the lovely peeps in our kidlit community who take the time to write reviews and post them on social media and book review platforms.
“THE CHRISTMAS TREE CATASTROPHE is a picture book perfect for a playful introduction to themes of teamwork, friendship, and early STEM concepts, nurturing early literacy
and emotional literacy skills in young children. This funny story captures the chaos and joy of the Christmas holiday season through the eyes of a mischievous cat! The engaging, vibrant illustrations and rhythmic text make it an ideal read for toddlers and preschoolers. I highly recommend adding it to your early childhood library.“
Linda Harrison BEd (EC-Prim), Early Education Content Producer, Learn. Play. Thrive
We are very grateful to the CBCA Reading Time Review team for these two wonderful book reviews of The Christmas Tree Catastrophe: CLICK HERE
Here’s a slideshow of some wonderful reviews of This Is My Happy Place:
Here’s a slideshow of some wonderful reviews of The Day You Were Born:
Since being published in May 2021, WONDERFUL SHOES has been a CBCA Notable Book (Early Childhood Category, 2022), a No 1 bestseller, received many wonderful reviews, and been named in a prestigious list of ‘Best Rhyming Books for Children’ by respected early years educator and teacher librarian, Megan Daley of Children’s Books Daily.
“It is a joyous celebration of uninhibited child’s play.
These two key elements of words and pictures are perfectly balanced and combine to make an engaging, fun read that would be highly relatable for children and adults alike.
Wonderful Shoes is perfectly suited to 0-6 year olds. It would make a beautiful addition to early learning centres, preschools, and preparatory classrooms as well as in the homes of little people.”
BRONWYN JOSEPH, JUDGE, CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2022 – EARLY CHILDHOOD
Please click here to read the full CBCA Judge’s book review of Wonderful Shoes
Please follow this link, where you’ll find both a stunning written review of WONDERFUL SHOES, along with a 25min audio of our chat with Barbie Robinson of Living Arts Canberra, all about the book and how it came into being. Sincere thanks to Barbie for her insightful and considered review of WONDERFUL SHOES – we couldn’t be more thrilled with how she’s analysed it at both a technical and emotional level.
I’ve collated a slideshow of some of our amazing reviews of Wonderful Shoes to date, which we are so grateful for:
My thanks to Star Weekly Newspapers and Bayside Leader Newspaper for their support of my children’s literacy work in Melbourne’s Western and Bayside suburbs from 2016 to the present.
Star Weekly Newspaper 
Bayside Leader Newspaper, 18-10-2016 
Star Weekly Newspaper, Brimbank and North West, 29-10-2018 
Star Weekly Newspaper: Sunshine Primary School student Elizabeth age 10 (front) with Makayla age 10 author Emma Bowd and Kenny age 8. Best selling author Emma Bowd has been conducting a book-writing workshop at Sunshine Primary School over the last two months. 
Star Weekly Newspaper 
Star Weekly Newspaper, Melton and Moorabool, 12-12-2017 
Author Emma Bowd – Star Weekly Newspaper, 2023 
Star Weekly Newspaper Article – Emma Bowd ‘Writer in Residence’ Sunshine Primary School 
Emma Bowd – Ardoch Writer In Residence 2024 – Sunshine Primary School
I was thrilled to have Scholastic Australia share an excerpt from one of my blogs in their Teacher Essentials Magazine, Issue 4, May 2017. It’s all about one very special day I had as a volunteer librarian at The Book Bunker, Scholastic Children’s Library at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
I’ve also been thrilled to receive some terrific press and reader reviews, both locally and internationally, for my novel, The Shoe Princess’s Guide to the Galaxy (Bloomsbury, UK, 2009) and my non-fiction books A Passion For Shoes and A Passion for Handbags (RPS, UK and USA, 2002).
Emma Bowd 