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A slow burner… Rachel writes – Well Christmas has passed once again in what seems to be the blink of an eye in a flurry of family, food, presents, love and…in our case germs and lots of them! It all seems a distant memory by the third week in January but there are still a …

For the love of reading… One of our absolute family favourite things about Christmas is our big, green, spangly sack of Christmas books which we save just for December. It’s an eclectic mix of classics, picture books, charity shop bargains, books that make us laugh out loud and even those with special effects and sounds. …

How do you make a children’s picture book? Rachel: There really is no straightforward answer to this and indeed sometimes I’m not even sure myself where an idea comes from; it is just there. With Christmas Cabaret, I wanted to encourage children to eat their vegetables and be open minded to different shows/dances from different …

Hello and welcome to our first blog!   Baobab Tree Books are the indie publishing duo of sisters Rachel Ann Walmsley and Helen McKnockiter.    What is indie publishing? It is the process of bringing a book together and publishing it without the aid of a traditional agent or publisher – going it alone so to …