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Wheelbarrow

Locality: South Melbourne, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9912 2882

Address: 145 Moray St 3205 South Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.wearewheelbarrow.com

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25.01.2022 Who loves our app Rules of Summer? We definitely do, so you can only imagine how excited we are to have been nominated for a #Cybils Award, under the Book Apps category! Winners are being announced on February 14, so best of luck to all of the nominees. You can see the full list at: http://www.cybils.com/2015/01/the-2014-finalists.html

25.01.2022 Wheelbarrow is proud to be able to contribute to the fantastic iTeach hub for Autism Awareness month! We would recommend you check out this great online resource, and while you are there enter the competition to win a FREE copy of our app The Very Cranky Bear!

24.01.2022 The Children's Book Council of Australia has just released its 2014 Book of the Year Award winners, and we are super thrilled to congratulate the amazing Shaun Tan for winning Picture Book of the Year with 'Rules of Summer', as well as Nick Bland getting an Honour Book Award in the same category for 'King Pig'! Just incredible!!

23.01.2022 Our new Rules of Summer App is now available in the UK!!

21.01.2022 To celebrate Christmas as well as our release into Sweden and United Arab Emirates- we have dropped the price of our amazing new Rules of Summer app to only $6.49 for a limited time only! Grab it now!

20.01.2022 Where will you be this Wedneday in Australia to read "The Wrong Book" for the National Simultaneous Storytime Event? The students at Charlesville Distance Education School in rural Queensland have The App ready to read together. We love that our technology gives everyone the opportunity to join in the fun on Wednesday May 22nd!

19.01.2022 Doesn't Nick look dapper! Nick Bland won 'Book of the Year for Younger Children' at the ABIA Awards on the 24th May. Check out this great snap of him accepting his prestigious award at the ceremony, held at the Four Season's Hotel in Sydney.

19.01.2022 Our Studio Manager Alex was part of a panel at the Sydney Library- representing Wheelbarrow in 'Hallowed Ground: The Future of the Picture Book'. We think the future is pretty exciting! Alex chatted alongside Chris Cheng, Heather Curdie and Judith Ridge.

19.01.2022 We have been super busy over the past few months on a brand new project, working with a renowned international author and illustrator to bring their characters to life! Stay tuned, more on this very soon!

19.01.2022 Wheelbarrow is proud to announce we have just received a prestigious Editors Choice Award for our latest app Rules of Summer! Check out the review below. Congratulations to our hardworking team!

19.01.2022 All set for National Simultaneous Storytime? Wheelbarrows own Nick Bland will be joining the excitement at Taminmin School in Humpty Doo just outside Darwin on May 22nd at 10.30am. Make sure you have your book or iTunes app at the ready to join in the national fun!

18.01.2022 Happy 2013 to you all! Wheelbarrow is proud to announce The Very Cranky Bear is a Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor for 2012: http://parents-choice.org/product.cfm

18.01.2022 National Simultaneous Storytime was again a fantastic success, with children Australia-wide following the adventures of Nicholas Ickle! Wheelbarrow's Nick Bland read The Wrong Book at Taminmin Library in Humpty Doo, what a great snap!

18.01.2022 Check it out here: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/rules-of-summer/id705751146

17.01.2022 We are so excited to announce that we are working with renowned international Author and Illustrator Shaun Tan on a brand new project! Check out the pic of Wheelbarrow partners Tim Kentley and Nick Bland working with Shaun.. We can't wait to tell you all about it! Stay tuned Barrowfolk!

17.01.2022 Please welcome Danielle Conroy as GM of Wheelbarrow, XYZ Studios and Crayon!

15.01.2022 We just received a fantastic review from US site School Library Journal - "its a beautiful app that rewards repeat visits" :) Check it out now, and go to the app store to take advantage of it's super special price, for a very limited time only! x

14.01.2022 We are excited to finally reveal to you details of our new project with Shaun Tan. We will be simultaneously releasing a unique app alongside his amazing new book 'Rules of Summer'! Have a peek at the moving aesthetic captured in Shaun's front cover illustration below...

14.01.2022 Thanks Chris Cheng for the shout out last Friday at the State Library of NSW. Presenting as part of the Teaching and Learning, Technology and Libraries 2014, Chris spoke about the fast emerging digital aspect in literature and what is out there at the forefront - Wheelbarrow being one such proponent!

13.01.2022 Prime Minister Julia Gillard participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime fun on May 22nd, reading Nick Bland's The Wrong Book to Auburn Primary School!

13.01.2022 Here's a photo from the Atom Awards "Tertiary & Industry night" on Wednesday. The Wrong Book was one of four titles nominated in the Best Primary Education Resource category!

11.01.2022 Click the link below to win a FREE copy of our app The Very Hungry Bear- narrated by Angus Sampson! We donated our apps to the iTeach hub to support the fantastic work they are doing for Autism Awareness Month.. Great work guys!

10.01.2022 Wheelbarrow is super proud to announce that one of Nick Bland's books is AGAIN the selection for the National Simultaneous Storytime! Go to your library and sign up, to join in the fun at 11am on the 22nd of May this year as The Wrong Book is read, all over Australia.

09.01.2022 We've just received a fantastic review for our app 'The Very Itchy Bear' from the lovely people over at Digital Storytime!! "..This app is a textbook example of how to seamlessly translate a previous print picture book into a fully animated and interactive book app. Nothing is lost, everything is gained." Wonderful!

08.01.2022 The Sydney Morning Herald published a lovely feature on Shaun Tan and the soon to be released Rules of Summer. We are getting so close to the book and app launch- super exciting times for Wheelbarrow!!

07.01.2022 Some more fantastic news! Our app 'The Very Itchy Bear' has been named one of 2014's Best of the Best: Top Ten Apps via Digital Media Diet! Big congrats to our wonderful team of barrowfolk who contributed!

06.01.2022 The 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards were held last Friday to great success, and guess who won the prestigious title 'Book of the Year for Younger Children'? It went to Wheelbarrow's own Nick Bland! Super proud of you Nick!

06.01.2022 We have been given a stellar review from The Bizri reviewers - "10/10 Masterpiece!" for our app Rules of Summer. Aw shucks, we are chuffed it was received so well! Check it out now, and grab yourself a copy while we still have special pricing to celebrate it's USA launch!

06.01.2022 Our award winning Rules of Summer app is now available in Germany! Exciting times!

05.01.2022 Digital Storytime names our app The Very Hungry Bear in their top 25 picture book apps of the year, ages 2-12! Way to go Barrowfolk!

05.01.2022 Great news! The Wrong Book as won a 2013 Gold Parents Choice Foundation Award! Congrats to all those barrowfolk who worked so hard on this fantastic interactive app. Check out the stellar review - http://parents-choice.org/product.cfm

04.01.2022 We are on the hunt for a new Studio Manager for Wheelbarrow and our sister companies XYZ Studios and Crayon as unfortunately our lovely Loarna is relocating. If you think you would be suited to this wonderful position, please email [email protected] for more details and the job description. Thanks!

03.01.2022 Talking Business is a podcast produced by journalists Leon Gettler and Garry Barker for RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Click on the below link to hear them talk to Wheelbarrow about the business of creating Apps, and how to be successful in this ever changing digital world...

03.01.2022 Our Rules of Summer app has officially been released in the Netherlands! The UK is next- released on November 7th!

02.01.2022 Continuing our support of the great people over at the iTeach hub- Wheelbarrow is contributing another app to Autism Awareness month! Check out the link below to enter a draw and win a copy of The Very Itchy Bear app!

01.01.2022 Adorable! One of our studio's furry residents Max, seems to be enjoying the creation of our new Rules of Summer app!

01.01.2022 We just got a lovely write up from the guys over at Appymall for our newest app Rules of Summer! Oh, and did we mention that 'Rules of Summer', created in collaboration with Shaun Tan, is now available on the US iTunes store? Great news all around!