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New Titles January - June 2020
New Titles
January - June
2020
big picture press
templar books
p i c c a d i l ly p r e s s
b o n n i e r b o o k s u k c h i l d r e n’ s
hot key books
Cover illustration copyright © 2020 by Jack Tite
from Viking Voyagers
I S B N 978-1-47140-921-9
9 781471 409219
CONTENTS Big Picture Press 4 Templar Books 14 Piccadilly Press 32 Bear Grylls 45 Ultimate Football Heroes 46 Hot Key Books 47 Contacts 62
A BIG HELLO
WHO ARE WE, AND WHAT WE DO
Big Picture Press books are objects to be Piccadilly Press books are fun, family-
Hello, and welcome to the very first combined Bonnier Books pored over and then returned to again and orientated stories in any genre, that possess
UK Trade Children’s catalogue showcasing our new books from again, created by and made for the incurably the ability to capture readers’ imagination
January 2020 through to the end of June 2020. curious. Having made an indelible mark on and inspire them to develop a life-long love
the children’s non-fiction market with their of reading. Our titles can be standalone
boutique range of illustrated gift books, they stories or part of a series, using design
The catalogue features all our imprints, including Templar
create visually inspiring books for readers of and illustration when appropriate that
Books, Big Picture Press, Piccadilly Press and Hot Key Books.
all ages around the world. are integral to the content. We aim to
create future classics for 5–12 year olds,
The mix of board books, novelty books, picture books and hello@templarco.co.uk in hardback, paperback, ebook and audio
stunning illustrated non-fiction titles are brimming with formats.
www.templarco.co.uk/big-picture-
fun universal learnings. How to eat, feel, see and play are
press hello@piccadillypress.com
all creatively and ingeniously drawn and told in stories and
integrated pictures across the Templar and Big Picture Press @BigPicturePress piccadillypress.co.uk
publishing programme.
@piccadillypress
Piccadilly Press continues with successful young illustrated
fiction series featuring feisty girls, Cyborg cats, a dysfunctional
hotel and uncontrollable dragons. Whilst at the slightly older
range (up to 12 years) we are introduced to new adventures from
Wilbur Smith, a variety of detectives and time travellers.
With our key ingredients of original voices, emotional
experience and fantastical worlds, Hot Key Books delivers the Founded in 1978, Templar has become one The content of a Hot Key book is defined
best in teen and young adult books. A stellar line-up of new of the world’s most respected publishers of by originality of voice and challenging,
and established award-winning writers will take readers on illustrated children’s non-fiction, picture thought-provoking stories that resonate
journeys they will never forget. books, fiction, gift and novelty books for on a global stage. Always memorable and
all ages. With a reputation for innovation stimulating, these books can create new
and creativity, Templar delivers cleverly waves in any genre. We publish in hardback,
We are all immensely proud to publish such talented authors conceived concept publishing with an paperback, ebook and audio formats. For
and illustrators and hope you enjoy sharing our books with us in emphasis on paper innovation, stylish teen and older readers.
2020 and beyond. design and contemporary illustration for a
hello@hotkeybooks.com
high-end, international audience.
Jane hello@templarco.co.uk
hotkeybooks.com
Jane Harris, MD
@hotkeybooks
www.templarco.co.uk/big-picture-
press
@templarbooks
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Viking Voyagers Cities in Layers
Jack Tite Philip Steele & Andrès Lozano
In this stylish non-fiction book, Look at some of the world’s
Mega Meltdown creator Jack most famous cities through
Tite turns his attention to the the layers of their history in
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Vikings. this clever book with die-cut
windows through layers of
Delve into the Viking Age and time.
explore the fascinating home life of
these Scandinavian nomads, as well Walk around any famous city and
as culture, Norse religion, conquests, layers of history start to emerge. In
travel and trade. Want to take a London, ancient walls are dwarfed
closer look? Fold-out pages let you by skyscrapers. In Rome, treasures
view a Viking longship in full and like the Colosseum and Renaissance
see inside a home. With bold graphic masterpieces often occupy the
illustrations and lively, engaging text same square kilometre. In Cities in
by author/illustrator Jack Tite, this Layers six famous cities are shown at
book is a must-read for any history- different stages in history.
mad child.
Philip Steele was born in Surrey,
Jack Tite is a freelance illustrator and England. He attended University
Pub date: 23 Jan 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 978 1 78741 419 8 Format: Hardback motion designer from the Midlands. College, Durham, graduating in
Pub price: £16.99 H x W: 290 x 290mm He graduated from De Montfort Modern Languages. In the 1970s he
Extent: 64pp University with a first-class BA Hons worked as an editor for various book
in graphic design and illustration. publishers including Hodder and
His work is influenced by vintage Hamlyn. In 1980 he moved to the Isle
Pub date: 06 Feb 20 Genre: Non-fiction
and mid-century illustrators, with ISBN: 978 1 787410794 Format: Hardback of Anglesey, in North Wales, where he
simplified shapes, gritty textures and Pub price: £15.99 H x W: 310 x 243mm now lives. He has written on a wide
Extent: 64pp
a strict colour palette. He is extremely range of topics, especially in the fields
interested in prehistoric wildlife and of history, junior biography, peoples
European/American history, which and cultures.
usually inspire his work. Jack is a dog-
lover, food enthusiast, computer nerd, Andrés Lozano is a Madrid-born
avid drummer and jogger. When he’s illustrator who now lives in London.
not glued to his screen he can be found He has worked for a wide range of
wandering around museums, walking international clients including the
Other available titles his dogs or watching documentaries. New York Times, Virgin Atlantic and
McSweeneys. He has also published
several picture books in the UK and
the United States. He loves drawing
and painting, especially houses, plants
and people.
Mega Meltdown
ISBN: 978 1 78370 831 4
Pub price: £16.99
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Sometimes I Feel... Anatomicum Activity Book
Sarah Maycock Jennifer Z. Paxton & Katy Wiedemann
Extraordinary talent Sarah Informative, imaginative and
Maycock explores feelings — artistic activities for young
bravery, strength, curiosity, scientists everywhere.
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happiness — in this beautifully
illustrated picture book. Following the incredible
Anatomicum, this activity book is
Sometimes I feel as big as a bear… bursting with fascinating facts and
But there will always be someone puzzles, perfect for budding artists
bigger than me. and science enthusiasts. Activities
include amazing mazes, mix-and-
match brain-teasers, colouring,
There are lots of ways that we can drawing and much, much more.
feel, so many emotions big and small.
Sarah Maycock explores our feelings
through a collection of animal similes With pull-out pages, readers
and poetic prose imagined with can easily tear out their creative
sublime illustrations that perfectly masterpieces to proudly display.
embody each emotion. Even a big
bear can feel small sometimes. Jennifer Z. Paxton is a lecturer
in anatomy at the University of
Edinburgh and Principal Investigator
A thought-provoking one-off picture
of the Paxton Lab, a tissue engineering
book from an illustrator skyrocketing
laboratory. Jennifer has won the
in popularity. Wellcome Trust I’m a Scientist
Pub date: 06 Feb 20 Genre: Picture Book competition twice (2013, 2018). She
ISBN: 978 1 78741 384 9 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm Sarah studied Illustration at Kingston loves bringing the science of anatomy
Extent: 48pp Pub date: 05 Mar 20 Genre: Non-fiction to a wider audience and working
University and in 2011 was selected as ISBN: 978 1 78741 639 0 Format: Paperback
an It’s Nice That Graduate. She trained Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 305 x 224mm with primary schools to engage more
herself to draw animals from nature Extent: 72pp children with the subject.
documentaries. Her unique ability to
capture a creatures’ characteristics or Katy Wiedemann is an illustrator and
the forces of nature in just a few tattoo artist living and working in
swoops of ink is incomparable and Other available titles Philadelphia, USA. Her work explores
truly impressive. Sarah lives in the field of scientific illustration,
Hastings, UK. particularly that of anatomy. Working
in ink and watercolour, Katy uses
traditional techniques to blend realism
and scientific understanding. Katy is
a graduate of the Rhode Island School
of Design with a BFA in Illustration, as
well as an MA in Illustration from
Edinburgh College of Art.
Anatomicum
ISBN: 978 1 78741 492 1
6 7
Pub price: £25.00
A Year in the Wild A World of Dinosaurs
Helen Ahpornsiri Jon Tennant & Vicky Woodgate
The four seasons are brought Explore a world of
to life in art made entirely dinosaurs in this fact-packed
from pressed flowers and compendium.
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leaves.
Travel back in time and discover
Take a journey through the seasons what the world looked like in the
in this beautiful book, made entirely age of the dinosaurs! Moving from
from hand-pressed plants. Artist continent to continent, readers will
Helen Ahpornsiri transforms petals, discover more than 60 incredible
leaves and seeds into bounding species, from favourites like T.rex to
hares, swooping swallows and new and exciting discoveries. Vicky
fluttering butterflies. Turn the page Woodgate’s vibrant illustrations
to watch flowers unfold, see birds are accompanied by insightful and
take flight or peek inside animal surprising text by palaeontologist
homes. Marvel at the magic of each Jon Tennant. Wood-free paper and
moment and rediscover the wonders a stylish design give this book a
of a year in the wild. gifty feel, and mean it will appeal to
dinosaur-lovers young and old.
Helen Ahpornsiri creates intricate
collages using real flora. Each Jon Tennant is now an independent
illustration is made up of hundreds researcher, after completing his PhD in
of leaves and flowers which are Palaeontology. He currently works on
foraged or grown, then preserved by a number of projects around scientific
Pub date: 05 Mar 20 Genre: Non-Fiction traditional flower-pressing methods. communication and publishing,
Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 978 1 78741 665 9 Format: Paperback The plants are organised by species or ISBN: 978 1 78741 570 6 Format: Hardback especially with Open Science. Alongside
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm colour before being cut and delicately Pub price: £15.99 H x W: 305 x 235mm this, he continues to study dinosaurs
Extent: 64pp Extent: 96pp
arranged to form birds, insects and and the history of life.
other creatures, all filled with tiny
patterns and tangles of plant life. Vicky Woodgate has been illustrating
Helen lives in Eastbourne, Sussex, in for over 10 years. Having studied
the UK. design and illustration at Chelsea
Other available titles College of Art, she found herself
working within the TV, film and
theme-park industries as a scenic
artist. After 10 years, she moved into
publishing, working on newspapers,
magazines, books and advertising.
Vicky has always had a passion for
wildlife, and loves travelling, writing
and drawing maps. She is based in
Brighton, UK.
Beneath the Waves
ISBN: 978 1 78741 380 1
Pub price: £12.99
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Lily Murray & Helen Ahpornsiri
Herbert’s Garden Beowulf
Lara Hawthorne Nicky Raven & John Howe
A heart-warming picture book The epic Anglo-Saxon legend
about finding your creativity. is brilliantly recreated by
an award-winning author/
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Each creature in the garden has illustrator team.
something special to offer, but what
about a slug? Slow, slimy and greedy, It is a tale that has been retold
Herbert wishes he could weave countless times through the centuries
shimmering webs like spiders, or create and here, in a new paperback edition
wonderful underground worlds like illustrated by a noted Tolkien artist,
ants. But when his lonely night-time the mighty Beowulf is well set to
wanderings through the garden take capture new legions of followers.
him up to the treetops, he and the other This contemporary retelling of the
creatures are astonished at the beauty he ancient epic follows the mythic hero
has created. A spotting guide to Herbert from his disarming of the gruesome
and his friends, plus advice on how to Grendel to his sword battle with the
care for your own garden, add to this monster’s sea hag mother to his final
inspired tale. A stunningly illustrated showdown with a dragon.
story about recognising your talents
and celebrating each individual, this is a
Nicky Raven lives in Oxfordshire and,
beautiful picture book by the author and
as an author, aims to combine a love
illustrator of The Night Flower and Alba
of old and classic stories with a feeling
the Hundred Year Old Fish. for modern popular culture. After
Pub date: 14 May 20 Genre: Illustrated Fiction
ISBN: 978 1 78741 643 7 Format: Paperback working in children’s publishing for
Lara Hawthorne graduated from Falmouth Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 272 x 238mm over twenty years, Nicky’s first title for
Pub date: 16 Apr 20 Genre: Picture Book Extent: 96pp
ISBN: 978 1 78741 473 0 Format: Hardback University in 2013. Her first picture book, Templar Publishing, The Snow Queen,
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 280 x 216mm Herb, was published in 2014 and she was illustrated by Vladyslav Yerko, began
Extent: 32pp the Collectors Classics series. Nicky
selected to illustrate Carol Ann Duffy’s
The King of Christmas (Picador, 2016). was also the author for Vampireology.
Inspired by nature, myths and legends,
Lara creates wonderful small worlds John Howe is a renowned fantasy
with her distinct watercolour style. She artist and is best known for his work
currently lives in Bristol, UK. based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s worlds.
Other available titles He worked alongside Alan Lee as a
concept artist on Peter Jackson’s The
Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Alba the Hundred Year The Night Flower
Old Fish ISBN: 978 1 78741 053 4
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ISBN: 978 1 78741 292 7 Pub price: £11.99
Pub price: £11.99
Creature Features: Oceans Myths, Monsters and Mayhem
Natasha Durley in Ancient Greece
James Davies
A bright board book packed
with a menagerie of ocean
A vivid and contemporary
creatures with fascinating
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retelling of the Greek myths.
features.
The Greek myths are some of the
Vibrantly illustrated by Creature
oldest and most famous stories in the
Features creator Natasha Durley,
world. This striking new comic-book
this is an animal book with a
collection is the perfect introduction
difference. Each page is bursting
to the world of the gods – containing
with unusual ocean creatures, all
eight tales full of love, loss, greed,
united by a common characteristic.
envy and bravery. From the mighty
From fantastic fins to shiny shells,
Zeus to Pandora and her little box of
and from giant squids to glowing
horrors, James Davies’s retellings of
jellyfish, this eclectic collection of
the Greek myths will breathe new life
species celebrates the diversity of
into these classic stories.
sea creatures. And with something
to look for on every page, it’s
guaranteed to inspire and fascinate James Davies is an illustrator and
young animal-lovers. author from Wales, now living in
Bristol. He has recently returned
to illustration with a uniquely bold,
Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Non-fiction
Natasha Durley is an illustrator graphic style, influenced by old
ISBN: 978 1 78741 578 2 Format: Board Book based on the sunny south coast of cartoons and retro picture books, and
Pub price: £10.99 H x W: 246 x 189mm England. She enjoys creating playful is the author and illustrator of the
Extent: 24pp
illustrations with an emphasis on bestselling Meet the… series. His first
colour, texture and the natural world. picture book, Long Dog, came out
Her work has been used for a wide in July 2018. James’s favourite food
range of projects including advertising, Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Non-fiction group is carbs and his worst enemy is a
marketing, editorial and creating ISBN: 978 1 78741 641 3 Format: Paperback bald chihuahua.
patterns. Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 272 x 195mm
Extent: 80pp
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Creature Features Creature Features: Dinosaurs Meet the Ancient Romans Meet the Ancient Greeks Meet the Pirates
ISBN: 978 1 78741 038 1 ISBN: 978 1 78741 381 8 ISBN: 978 1 78741 052 7 ISBN: 978 1 78741 275 0 ISBN: 978 1 78741 274 3
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Pub price: £10.99 Pub price: £10.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99
Jane Foster’s The Dragon Machine
Let’s Eat! Helen Ward & Wayne Anderson
Jane Foster’s
Dress Up! This touching story about a
lonely boy with a passion for
Jane Foster dragons shows the power
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of the imagination to free
the spirit, and highlights the
Let’s eat and dress up with importance of friendship.
fun flaps and sliders in this
adorable new offering from The perfect introduction to the
Jane Foster. legendary world of dragons, The
Dragon Machine uses a clever mix of
Pub date: 09 Jan 20 Genre: Pre-school text and illustrations to describe how
ISBN: 978 1 78741 408 2 Format: Board Book In this fun new series, little ones
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 210 x 165mm George, a young, overlooked boy,
learn first words and experiences
Extent: 10pp becomes aware of dragons hiding all
by using satisfying sliders and sturdy
around him. But when it becomes
flaps. Each spread introduces a new
apparent that they don’t belong
scenario with characteristic vibrant
in George’s ordinary world, he
artwork from acclaimed artist
endeavours to do the best for his new
Jane Foster.
friends and find them the home they
deserve. A heart-warming reissue
Jane Foster is a designer and from award-winning illustrator
illustrator whose work in screen- Helen Ward.
printing has gained her wide acclaim. Pub date: 09 Jan 20 Genre: Picture Book
Her style is heavily influenced by ISBN: 9781787416277 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 287 x 247mm Helen Ward trained as an illustrator
Scandinavian trends ,with a nod to the Extent: 40pp
1950s and ’60s. Appealing to adults at Brighton School of Art, under the
and children alike, her work is bold, direction of well-known children’s
colourful and happy in its execution. illustrators such as Raymond Briggs,
Jane also screen-prints fabric to make Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and
toys, cushions, bags and toy kits. Jane John Vernon Lord. In 1985, her final
lives in Devon. year at Brighton, Helen was awarded
the first Walker Prize for Children’s
Illustration.
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Pub date: 09 Jan 20 Genre: Pre-school
ISBN: 978 1 78741 294 1 Format: Board Book Wayne Andersen has been illustrating
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 210 x 165mm in his colour pencil style for over 40
Extent: 10pp years and is renowned for his playful
imagination and fantastic imagery.
Other available titles His work for Templar includes
contributing illustrations to the
worldwide best-seller Dragonology.
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Varmints
Springtime Summertime Halloween Christmas ISBN: 978 1 84877 505 3
ISBN: 978 1 78741 110 4 ISBN: 978 1 78741 154 8 ISBN: 978 1 78741 112 8 ISBN: 978 1 78741 111 1 Pub price: £7.99 with Mark Craste
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Mr Peek and the You Can Tell a Fairy Tale:
Misunderstanding at the Zoo Pinocchio
Kevin Waldron Migy Blanco
It may all just be a misunder- This picture book lets children retell
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standing but there’s trouble Pinocchio in their own way. Every
aplenty when Mr Peek visits reading is a unique story.
the zoo in this hilarious picture
book. The You Can Tell a Fairy Tale series turns
young readers into the storytellers. They can
Poor old Mr Peek has a bad start to help the mischievous hero on his journey to
his day! Putting on his son’s jacket becoming a real boy. Where does he go when
by mistake, he goes about his daily he skips school? What animal will he turn into?
rounds at the zoo, grumbling about And just what does he say to make his nose
his seemingly growing belly and grow so long? Illustrated by picture-book rising
general appearance. Unbeknownst star Migy Blanco, You Can Tell a Fairy Tale:
to Mr Peek, all the animals think he Pinocchio
is talking about them and are not is an interactive retelling of the classic tale.
particularly happy with what they
hear. Mr Peek’s son, realising what Migy Blanco was born in Salford, England, went
has happened, trails his dad around to university in London, and then spent 10 years
the zoo to watch events unfold. working in advertising and editorial illustration.
After marrying, he moved to Buenos Aires. There,
surrounded by the vibrancy and colour of South
Kevin Waldron was born in Dublin.
America, he developed a children’s book style that
After deciding that children’s book
Pub date: 06 Feb 20 Genre: Picture Book is bold, magical and eye-catching. Migy recently
illustration was for him, Kevin found
ISBN: 978 1 78741 640 6 Format: Paperback Pub date: 06 Feb 20 Genre: Picture Book moved back to the UK and, for the first time in his
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 265 x 228mm a studio in central London where ISBN: 978 1 78741 502 7 Format: Paperback
life, he is living outside of a mega-city, enjoying
Extent: 48pp he works with other illustrators. Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm
Extent: 40pp nature and exploring new inspiration.
Kevin’s first book, Mr Peek and
the Misunderstanding at the Zoo
(Templar Publishing), which unveiled
Mr Peek, his eccentric and amazing
new character, won the Bologna
Ragazzi Award Opera Prima Award
in 2009. He illustrated Tiny Little Fly
(Walker Books), a witty book of rhyme
by Michael Rosen, in 2009 before Other available titles
emigrating to America. He now lives in
New York.
You Can Tell a Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood
ISBN: 978 1 78741 389 4
Pub price: £6.99
16 17Hello, Mrs Bear! Anthology of Amazing Women
Hello, Mr Whale! Sandra Lawrence & Nathan Collins
Sam Boughton
These trailblazers dared to be
different. The awe-inspiring
Say hello to all your favourite stories of 50 women from all
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creatures in these bright lift-the- around the world.
flap books.
This beautifully illustrated collection
Little ones will love saying ‘hello’ to a tells the awe-inspiring stories of
whole host of friendly woodland and 50 women who have pushed the
ocean creatures in these delightful lift- boundaries of human excellence
the-flap books. Sam Boughton’s vibrant and endeavour. Standing out for
illustrations bring facts to life with deft their achievements in sport, science,
humour and memorable comparisons. the arts, politics and history,
With big flaps to lift and a fantastic double these women have made huge
gatefold on the final spread, these books contributions to today’s society.
are sure to go down a storm with young Featuring incredible women from the
readers. past and present such as Beyoncé,
Sheryl Sandberg, Mary Anning,
Emmeline Pankhurst and Malala
Pub date: 20 Feb 20 Genre: Pre-school Sam Boughton is an award-winning artist Yousafzai.
ISBN: 978 1 78741 572 0 Format: Board Book based in South Devon. She graduated with
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 210 x 210mm
a BA in Illustration from Bristol UWE then
Extent: 16pp
went on to be awarded a distinction for Sandra Lawrence is an author and
her MA in Illustration from the Cambridge journalist from London. She is the
School of Art. She works mainly in author of two history books for age
watercolour with an added element of collage Pub date: 20 Feb 20 Genre: Non-fiction
9–12: Grisly History: Death and
paper. Her inspiration comes from many ISBN: 978 1 78741 625 3 Format: Paperback Destruction and Grisly History:
sources such as coastal walks, travel and Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 246 x 190mm Trials and Treachery, for Weldon
Extent: 128pp
culture. As well as writing and illustrating, Owen. Sandra has written for all the
Sam also holds solo exhibitions of her broadsheets and regularly contributes
paintings. features to the Daily and Sunday
Telegraph. She has also written for
magazines, including Marie Claire and
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Nathan Collins is an illustrator
currently working from a little studio
deep in the Welsh valleys. He can
often be found sketching away on the
hillsides – the natural surroundings
Hello, Mr Dinosaur!
ISBN: 978 1 78741 392 4
inspire him on a daily basis. He loves
Pub price: £8.99 the rawness of traditional mediums,
using them in a combination with
Pub date: 20 Feb 20 Genre: Pre-school digital media to create his work.
ISBN: 978 1 78741 571 3 Format: Board Book Nathan acquired his degree in
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 210 x 210mm
Extent: 16pp illustration in 2015 from University
of Wales Trinity Saint David, and has
worked freelance ever since.
Hello, Mrs Elephant!
ISBN: 978 1 78741 414 3
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Pub price: £8.99Animal Scramble I Can’t Sleep
Lucy Volpin Gracia Iglesias & Ximo Abadía
A beautifully illustrated What is there to do when you
spotting book where every can’t sleep? Why, count sheep
page is bursting with animals! of course!
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From spotting the snowman in the It’s a universal problem – no matter
crowd of penguins, to finding the how hard they try, children just can’t
flamingo that’s in a fluster, young get to sleep! Perhaps counting sheep
children will love poring over will help? But these sheep aren’t
the detail of Animal Scramble’s content with merrily skipping over
humorous and engaging animal fences. Instead they come to life and
scenes. Each page presents a busy decide to explore the house! Falling
crowd of creatures, from beetles to through the chimney, nibbling at the
zebras, with lots of playful spotting rug, dancing on the stairs, bouncing
opportunities. Thought-provoking on the bed – will they ever be able to
questions prompt readers to find soothe a little girl to sleep? Perhaps
objects, count to 10 and consider a kiss from the littlest of lambs
their own opinions on the animals will help. Join one little girl as she
in front of them. And with extra struggles to close her eyes in this
questions at the very end, this is a fun picture book with dream-like
spotting book to be revisited and illustrations from Ximo Abadía.
enjoyed time and time again.
Ximo Abadía is a highly acclaimed
Lucy Volpin graduated from University artist living and working in Spain. He
Pub date: 05 Mar 20 Genre: Non-Fiction College Falmouth in 2011 with a has illustrated several books for Big
ISBN: 978 17 8741 491 4 Format: Paperback Picture Press, including The Speed of
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm
BA(Hons) in illustration. Usually using
Pub date: 05 Mar 20 Genre: Picture Book Starlight and The Language of the
Extent: 32pp pencils and watercolour, Lucy loves
ISBN: 978 1 78741 391 7 Format: Paperback
to capture expression and movement Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 300 x 220mm Universe. His work was selected for
in her work along with humour and Extent: 32pp the Bologna Children’s Illustrator’s
silliness. She lives in rural Devon with Exhibition in 2017.
her husband and enjoys spending
time renovating their barn conversion,
walking, singing and making a mess in
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Crocodali Toto
ISBN: 978 1 78741 093 0 ISBN: 978 1 78741 394 8
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Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £7.99Number 7 Evergreen Street The Bad Day
Julia Patton Frann Preston-Gannon
When a little girl’s beloved This hilarious story about
home is threatened by the mishaps of a group of
developers, she comes up with woodland friends contains
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a green-fingered solution to a powerful message about
save it. working together.
Squirrel is left hanging when a
Pea lives in a flat at number 7
search for a tasty nut goes wrong.
Evergreen Street. It’s a grey building
Meanwhile, Woodpecker has his beak
in a grey street, in a grey city. Inside
buried in the tree trunk, Snake is
the building, however, it’s not grey
tied in a knot, Turtle is upside-down,
at all. Pea has lots of amazing,
and Fox? Well, Fox has a suspicious
colourful neighbours. One day,
tummy ache... These animals are all
construction workers turn up on the
having a VERY BAD DAY! But soon it
street and start putting up brand-new
turns out that little Mouse is having
buildings. When it looks as if number
the worst day of all, and his friends
7 Evergreen Street is going to be
can only help him – and each other
demolished, Pea has to think quickly
– if they work together.
to save her home. A special picture
book that explores the value
of community and nature. Frann Preston-Gannon is a London-
based illustrator and designer. She
Pub date: 20 Mar 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 978 1 78741 628 4 Format: Paperback has been widely published, including
Julia Patton is an author and illustrator
Pub price: £6.99 H x W:287 x 247mm by Nosy Crow, Vintage books, Lonely
Extent: 40pp of over 45 picture books. She works Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: Picture Book
Planet, Walker Books, Powerhouse
from a rustic woodshed in the wilds ISBN: 978 1 78741 660 4 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 287 x 247mm Publishing, Scholastic US, Chronicle
of Northumberland with her husband Extent: 40pp Publishing, Pavilion Books, The Times
and two boys. Some of Julia’s career
newspaper, Burt’s Bees and Page One
highlights include The Very Very Very
Theatre. Her first picture book, The
Long Dog being selected as #9 on
Journey Home, was published in
the US Kids Indie Next Picks List and
October 2012 and was shortlisted for
making it onto the Barnes & Noble
both the Waterstones Children’s Prize
‘Character Wall Of Fame’.
and the Cambridgeshire ‘Read it Again’
Book Prize. It has also been shortlisted
Other available titles by Junior Magazine for ‘Best Picture
Book’ and ‘New Talent’. It was
nominated for the Kate Greenaway
Medal in 2014.
In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon
ISBN: 978 1 78741 386 3
22 23
Pub price: £6.99Paul Thurlby’s Alphabet Frieze I thought I saw
Paul Thurlby a... Crocodile!
I thought I saw
A is for awesome, with this
pull-out edition of the award-
a... Panda!
winning book from Paul Lydia Nichols
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Thurlby.
A funky new format for the Bologna Hide-and-seek silliness with
Ragazzi Award-winning title from sturdy sliders!
Paul Thurlby. All 26 letters are
featured, from an awesome ‘A’
These silly but stylish slider books
to a zippy ‘Z’. Colour in the one-
are sure to give little ones a giggle.
colour versions on the back and Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: Pre-school
They’ll love joining in with a game
then remove the whole frieze from ISBN: 978 1 78741 573 7 Format: Board Book
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 160 x 160mm of hide-and-seek as they move the
the book and hang it on your wall. Extent: 10pp
sliders to reveal the crocodile or
The iconic artwork from Alphabet
panda hiding in every scene. Are they
has won legions of fans of all ages,
driving the digger? Or hiding behind
and the upmarket finish makes this
the wheelbarrow? Just push the
an irresistible addition to the Paul
slider to find out!
Thurlby brand.
Lydia Nichols is an illustrator and
Paul Thurlby graduated from the
designer. By day she doodles for
University of Buckinghamshire,
Google and by night she draws
England. His graphic style has
anthropomorphic objects and animals.
gathered much attention and been
Most people describe her work
featured in the Guardian, The Times,
as charming and whimsical. They
the Independent, the New Yorker and
Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: Picture Book
describe her as red-headed. Lydia lives
the Big Issue, and he is 2013’s Bologna
ISBN: 978 1 78741 667 3 Format: Concertina in Philadelphia, USA.
Pub price: £8.99 H x W: 210 x 165mm Ragazzi award winner. He lives in
Extent: 52pp London.
Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: Pre-school
ISBN: 978 1 78741 574 4 Format: Board Book
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 160 x 160mm
Extent: 10pp
Other available titles
I thought I saw a... lion! I thought I saw a... dinosaur!
ISBN: 978 1 78370 762 1 ISBN: 978 1 78370 664 8
24 25
Pub price: £5.99 Pub price: £5.99Nervous Nigel Good Knight, Bad Knight
Bethany Christou and the Flying Machine
Tom Knight
In this whimsical picture book
a small, anxious crocodile
In this second title in Tom
comes to terms with who he
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Knight’s hilarious Good
really is.
Knight, Bad Knight fiction
series, Berk and Godwin get
Nigel loves swimming. The water
literally carried away!
is his favourite place to float and
think. But he doesn’t like swimming
competitions. As soon as the whistle Cousins Good Knight (Godwin) and
blows, his heart starts hammering, Bad Knight (Berk) are helping their
his tail starts trembling and his teeth friends Willow and Warrick and their
start chattering. Can Nigel find the families fix up their falling-down
courage to tell his family how he cottage. When Warrick botches a
really feels? spell, he and his sister are banned
from doing magic. Desperate for
something to bring him fame and
Bethany Christou is a children’s
fortune, Warrick decides to build
illustrator and author who lives in the
Hertfordshire countryside. She is a a flying machine. Will they make
recent graduate from the Cambridge the machine, tame the vengeful
School of Art and her picture book dragon and get back to Godwin’s
Slow Samson was highly commended island in time to defeat marauding
Pub date: 14 May 20 Genre: Picture Book for the Macmillan Prize in 2016, as barbarians? Hold on to your helmets
ISBN: 978 1 78741 661 1 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 265 x 228mm
well as being shortlisted for New for a (mostly) chivalrous new
Extent: 40pp Designer of the Year. adventure from Tom Knight!
Tom Knight is an illustrator from the
east coast of England. After ten years
of working as a graphic designer, he
realised that true happiness lay in
drawing pictures in his garden shed.
Pub date: 14 May 20 Genre: 5-8 Fiction
ISBN: 978 1 78370 813 0 Format: Paperback
He has illustrated several picture books
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm for other writers, including The Big
Extent: 176pp Bed by Bunmi Laditan. Good Knight,
Other available titles Bad Knight (Templar) was his first
Other available titles book as author and illustrator. He
is also author of Jimmy Finnigan’s
Wild Wood Band (Templar) and Good
Knight, Big Knight and the Big Game
(Templar).
Good Knight, Bad
Knight and the Big
Game
ISBN: 978 1 78370 812 3
Slow Samson Pub price: £6.99
ISBN: 978 1 78370 870 3
26 27
Pub price: £6.99The Cockerel and the Fox Grandmother’s Garden
Helen Ward Dawn Casey & Jessica Courtney-Tickle
A beautifully illustrated retelling Grandmother’s garden is tangled
of the 12th-century French fable. with weeds, “Wildflowers, says
grandma, food for the bees.”
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JUNE
Chanticleer the vain cockerel rules the
roost at the farm and is loved by all. But A little girl visits her grandmother
pride comes before the fall. in summer and winter and
together they explore the wonders
When a cunning fox trespasses at the of Grandmother’s garden.
farm it doesn’t take too much flattery
to set Chanticleer at ease and soon he
One day, Grandmother isn’t there any
is showing off his famous crow without
more, but as winter gives way to spring,
the slightest concern. The sly fox
the girl learns that life goes on and so
takes his chance, grabbing Chanticleer
does the memory of those we love.
and rushing off with him into the
surrounding woodland. But all is not lost
and Chanticleer is not the only one so Dawn’s work is inspired by her deep love of
easily tricked. nature, her respect for the tales of old, and
her delight in the wonder of the world. Her
collection The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales
Pub date: 28 May 20 Genre: Picture Book Convinced by Chanticleer that the other Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Picture Book won the Gold Nautilus Award for books
ISBN: 978 1 78741 663 5 Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978 1 78741 662 8 Format: Paperback animals do not realise how clever he is, Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 265 x 228mm
that ‘support conscious living, green values,
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 240 x 280mm
Extent: 40pp the fox opens his mouth to boast, only to Extent: 40pp spiritual growth and positive social change’.
lose his prize and allow Chanticleer the
opportunity for escape. Jessica Courtney-Tickle is an illustrator
who graduated from Kingston University
in July 2014. She currently lives in
A beautiful retelling of a classic fable Cambridgeshire surrounded by lots of local
from the award-winning author/ wildlife.
illustrator, Helen Ward.
Jessica is most influenced by vintage
Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at picture books, travel posters and folk art as
Brighton School of Art, under the direction well as numerous painters and printmakers.
She is the illustrator of The Story Orchestra
Other available titles of well-known children’s illustrators
such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, (Frances Lincoln).
Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord.
In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen
was awarded the first Walker Prize for
Children’s Illustration.
Varmints
ISBN: 978 1 84877 505 3
Pub price: £7.99 with Mark Craste
28 29World of Sport The Story of
Sandra Lawrence & Violeta Noy Gigantosaurus
Gigantosaurus:
Wherever you go in the world
people play sport. There are
Don’t Cave In
sports that everyone has heard
Gigantosaurus:
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of, like football (according
to FIFA 270 million people The Lost Egg
– that’s 4% of the world’s
Gigantosaurus is now on
population – are involved in
television worldwide, created
playing football) and the ones Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Picture Book
by Cyber Group Studios and
that are a bit more obscure, ISBN: 978 1 78741 569 0 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm based on the picture book by
like the Dutch sport of canal Extent: 32pp
Jonny Duddle.
vaulting.
With humour, engaging text and
This fascinating book is a celebration
bright, colourful artwork, these
of our world of sport. What happened
are the perfect introduction to the
at the ancient Olympic Games? Who
world of Gigantosaurus. Meet the
first played football? How fast can
characters, explore the Cretaceous
Usain Bolt run? What is ‘extreme
world and, most importantly of all,
sport’? Find out in World of Sport.
RUN when you see the fearsome
Gigantosaurus!
Sandra Lawrence is an author and
journalist from London. Sandra has
written for all the broadsheets and
regularly contributes features to the
Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 978 1 78741 664 2 Format: Hardback Daily and Sunday Telegraph. She has
Pub price: £15.99 H x W: 280 x 215mm also written for magazines, including
Extent: 64pp
Marie Claire and Country Life. Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 978 1 78741 314 6 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm
Violeta is an illustrator from Extent: 32pp
Barcelona who makes books, prints
and websites. She studied Fine
Art at Universitat de Barcelona and
Original book
recently completed an Illustration
MA at Falmouth University. Violeta
collaborates with Núria Pla under the
name of Tàndem.
Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 978 1 78741 313 9 Format: Paperback Gigantosaurus
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm ISBN: 978 1 78370 051 6
30 31
Extent: 32pp Pub price: £6.99Lalani of the Distant Sea Cookie and the Most Annoying
Erin Entrada Kelly Boy in the World
Konnie Huq
A gorgeous adventure,
inspired by Filipino folklore
A brilliantly funny new series
and from a Newbery Medal-
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written and illustrated by BBC Blue
winning author, about
Peter’s Konnie Huq, featuring chaotic
bravery, self-reliance and the
family life and madcap school
choice between accepting fate
science projects!
or forging your own path.
‘A fresh and funny story about an endearing
Life is hard on the island of
British Bangladeshi nine-year-old. It’s
Sanlagita. To the west looms
clearly going to be a hit’
a vengeful mountain, one that
threatens to collapse and bury the Dame Jacqueline Wilson
village at any moment. To the north,
‘Snappier than a ginger snap, crazy as a
a dangerous fog swallows sailors
cracker, a biscuit barrel of fun’
who dare to venture out, looking for
a more hospitable land. The women Frank Cottrell Boyce
live in fear of the deadly mender’s
‘Cookie is so funny, I just can’t explain!’
disease, spread by the sharp needles
they use to repair the men’s fishing Brendan, age 7
nets. When Lalani Sarita’s mother
pricks her finger and falls ill, she As the longest-serving female Blue Peter
gives twelve-year-old Lalani an presenter, from 1997 to 2008, Konnie Huq
impossible task – leave Sanlagita is no stranger to the middle-grade market.
and find the riches of the legendary She is an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust
Mount Isa, which towers on an and the British Asian Trust. This is her first
island to the north. But generations foray into children’s books and Cookie is
of men and boys have died on the inspired by Konnie’s own London Bangladeshi
Pub date: 06 Feb 20 background, her love of science and her
Pub date: 16 Jan 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
same quest. How can a timid young ISBN: 978 1848128095
Pub price: £6.99 unashamed nerdiness!
ISBN: 978 1 84812 915 3 Format: Paperback girl survive the epic tests of the
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
Extent: 240pp
archipelago? Genre: 9-12 fiction
Format: Paperback
H x W: 198 x 129mm
Erin Entrada Kelly was raised in Extent: 320pp
Louisiana, but now lives in Delaware,
near Philadelphia. She is a professor
of children’s literature in the graduate
fiction and publishing programs at
Rosemont College, where she earned
her MFA. She has a bachelor’s degree
in women’s studies and liberal arts
from McNeese State University and
an MFA in creative writing from
Rosemont.
32 33Beatrix the Bold and Cyborg Cat and the
the Balloon of Doom Masked Marauder
Simon Mockler Ade Adepitan
An enchanting series full of humour The third exciting Cyborg Cat
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and heart and silliness – featuring adventure... you’ve never met
bold and brilliant young heroine a superhero who rolls like this!
Beatrix and her sidekicks Wilfred the
Wise, Oi the Boy and Dog the Dog. Ade and his friends in the Parsons
Road Gang have survived the threat
Beatrix the Bold is a queen. A very bold from the deadly Night Spider after
queen. And she’s also only ten years old. But an eventful trip to the Creepy Crawly
that’s never stopped her from doing anything House at the safari park on a school
before, and it’s not going to stop her now. trip, and are looking forward to just
She’s on the run from the Evil Army AND her catching up, having a kick-around
evil aunt Esmerelda, but she’s getting closer in the park and perhaps practising a
to finding her long-lost parents, whom she bit of wheelchair basketball together.
hasn’t seen since she was a baby. She just There’s a new member of the gang
has to cross the Sea of Sinking Ships and and life is good – even if Ade’s legs
the Volcanos of Doom to get to them – easy,
Pub date: 05 Mar 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction are getting weaker and he needs the
ISBN: 978 1 84812 859 0 Format: Paperback
right? But when you’re Beatrix the Bold Pub price: £16.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
wheelchair more, it’s OK because he’s
and you’ve got Oi the boy, Dog the dog and Extent: 176pp learned some cool moves with his
Wilfred the Wise by your side, you can do wheels. But of course, it’s not too long
anything . . . before Ade needs to call on his Cyborg
Cat alter-ego to tackle an unexpected
enemy where his new superpowers
Simon Mockler studied art at Camberwell Art
will be put to their hardest test yet...
College and Modern Languages at Cambridge.
Pub date: 06 Feb 20 Genre: 5-8 Fiction He has worked as an artist, musician, teacher
ISBN: 978 1 84812 840 8 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £5.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
and civil servant and now works as a consumer Having survived polio as a youngster,
Extent: 256pp law and advertising specialist. He lives in south Other available titles Ade Adepitan has since succeeded
London with his wife and two children, who as an international Paralympic
keep asking him what he wants to be when he wheelchair basketball player and
grows up. has built up a wealth of broadcasting
experience including appearing on
X-Change, Travel Show, Dispatches
Other available titles and Unreported World. Ade supports
a plethora of charities including
Rise of the Parsons Amnesty International, Unicef and
Road Gang the NSPCC and in 2012 he opened
ISBN: 978 1 84812 899 6 the Ade Adepitan Short Break
Pub price: £5.99
Centre – a community centre in
Brent for young people with learning
difficulties and physical disabilities.
He has recently become a Patron
of Rotary International UK and
Ireland, supporting the ‘Purple4Polio’
campaign, fighting to eradicate polio all
over the world.
Curse of the Wobblers Riddletown Dragon Night Spider
ISBN: 978 1 84812 765 4 ISBN: 978 1 84812 767 8 ISBN: 978 1 78741 403 7
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Pub price: £5.99 Pub price: £5.99 Pub price: £5.99Potkin & Stubbs: Ghostcatcher Cloudburst
Sophie Green Wilbur Smith with Chris Wakling
A third spookily and dastardly brilliant A brand-new Wilbur Smith
adventure featuring detective duo Lil series for readers of 9+,
and Nedly. starring fourteen-year-old
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Jack Courtney.
After successfully ridding Peligan of Gallows’
murderous spook, Mr Grip, Lil and Nedly turn Jack Courtney has lived in London
their attentions to another suspected haunting – his whole life. But this summer
but Peligan City has had enough of ghosts, has his parents are travelling to the
hired ghost catchers, and Nedly finds himself Democratic Republic of the Congo
being hunted. Luckily, he has Lil on his side. for a gorilla conference, and they’ve
Now an apprentice reporter for the Klaxon, Lil promised to take Jack and his friends
manages to talk her way into a job shadowing with them. When his parents go
intrepid journalist Marsha Quake, who is writing missing in the rainforest, abducted
a feature on Ghostcatcher Inc, and so Nedly is by mercenaries, nobody seems to
Pub date: 02 Mar 20 able to stay one step ahead, but how long for? As have any answers. Jack is pretty sure
ISBN: 978 1 84812 859 0
Pub price: £6.99
Nedly develops his own inimitable and slightly that it’s got something to do with the
haphazard haunting style, hoping to become nearby tantalum mines, but he needs
Genre: 9-12 fiction a hero of Peligan City by protecting the weak to prove it. Along with Amelia and
Format: Paperback and thwarting the powerful, Lil finds herself
H x W: 198 x 129mm Pub date: 19 Mar 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction Xander, Jack must brave the jungle to
Extent: 256pp clashing with her mum, a journalist committed to ISBN: 978 1 84812 853 8 Format: Paperback save his parents. Standing in his way
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
uncovering the truth at all costs. Lil must protect Extent: 240pp is a member of his own family – Caleb
Nedly by covering his tracks or risk losing him Courtney. There are western gorillas,
forever. Can she find a way? forest elephants and hippos. But there
are also bandits, mercenaries and
Sophie Green writes children’s fiction and short hostile tribes. The three friends will
stories. She has a degree in zoology and an interest need their wits about them if they are
in folklore. She was born and still lives in Suffolk not only to save Jack’s parents, but
and works as a children’s librarian in the public their own lives too.
library service. Her first novel The Last Giant was
shortlisted for the Times/Chicken House Children’s
Wilbur Smith was born in Central
Fiction Competition in 2011. Her short stories have
Africa in 1933. He became a full-time
been highly commended for the Bridport Prize
writer in 1964 after the successful
2012, longlisted for BBC Opening Lines in 2013
publication of When the Lion Feeds,
and 2015 and won second prize in Words with Jam
and has since written over thirty novels,
in 2014. Her story Potkin and Stubbs was recently
all meticulously researched on his
shortlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award.
numerous expeditions worldwide. His
Other available titles books are now translated into twenty-
six languages.
Christopher Wakling is a novelist and
travel writer whose previous books
include On Cape Three Points, The
Undertow and Towards the Sun. Born
in 1970, he was educated at Oxford, and
has worked as a teacher and a lawyer.
Potkin and Stubbs The Haunting of Peligan City He is also a lifelong fan of Wilbur!
ISBN: 978 1 84812 761 6 ISBN: 978 1 84812 763 0 He lives in Bristol with his wife and
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Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99 children.Eating Chips with Monkey Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective
Mark Lowery William Goldsmith
A warm, bittersweet and wryly A pizza job like no other… Meet
funny story of a family piecing Mark Anchovy: pizza delivery
themselves back together after an boy and private detective – on
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accident shatters their lives. his first mission to Rome.
Ten-year-old Daniel is never happier Colin Kingsley is a pizza delivery
than when he is eating chips. Especially boy with a twist. He’s actually an
during his family’s annual Chip Shop aspiring private detective. He’s
Championships, the highlight of his desperate for an interesting case
year. And especially when he can also eat to solve – that is, until the Golden
chips with Monkey, his beloved soft toy Spatula League come calling, the
and trusty companion. But one terrible greatest of all detective agencies,
November day, the lives of Daniel and who only recruit children and have
his family are changed forever when an been hugely impressed by Colin’s
accident renders Daniel a shadow of amazing memory skills. To join their
his former self. As Daniel retreats into ranks, Colin – codenamed ‘Mark
himself, his family slowly begin to fall Anchovy’ – must fly to Rome to track
apart, without this bright boy at the heart the movements of known art forger
of their lives. When an impromptu trip to Mr Big Al Fresco, who is suspected
a chip shop seems to briefly engage Daniel of stealing the valuable painting Girl
with the real world, the family decide to with a Squirrel, worth something in
revisit their Chip Shop Championships, the region of 20 million US dollars.
on a quest to find the best chip shop in the With hilarious black and white
country. Along the way, as they attempt illustrations from start to finish.
to rebuild their family and regain Daniel,
Pub date: 02 Apr 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction they must contend with hungry giraffes, William Goldsmith is a British
ISBN: 978 1 84812 737 1 Format: Paperback nouveau cuisine, the loss of Monkey, the
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm writer and illustrator. Published by
Extent: 240pp theft of Grandma, and lots of chips. Jonathan Cape, his graphic novels
Pub date: 09 Apr 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
ISBN: 978 1 84812 861 3 Format: Paperback
Vignettes of Ystov and The Bind were
Mark Lowery grew up in Preston and Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm nominated for a Newton First Book
Extent: 288pp Award and British Book Design Award
now lives near Cambridge with his young
family. Some of the time he is a primary- respectively. His illustration clients
Other available titles include the Independent, Goethe
school teacher. In the olden days he used
to spend his time doing lots of active stuff Institut, Royal Opera House and
like running, hiking, snowboarding and the Turner Prize-winning collective
swimming but now he prefers staying in Assemble. Mark Anchovy: Pizza
and attempting to entertain his children. Detective is his first book for children.
He has an MA in Writing for Children
and his first two books – Socks Are Not
Enough and Pants Are Everything – were
both shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny
Prize. Mark is also the author of the Roman
Garstang series (The Jam Doughnut That
Ruined My Life; The Chicken Nugget
Ambush; Attack of the Woolly Jumper, The
Charlie and Me Great Caravan Catastrophe). He is yet to
ISBN: 978 1 84812 622 0 find a cake that he doesn’t like.
38 39
Pub price: £6.99Hotel Flamingo: Fabulous Feast Time Travel Diaries:
Alex Milway Journey to Athens
Caroline Lawrence
Welcome to Hotel Flamingo: the
sunniest hotel in town!
From the million-copy-
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selling author of The Roman
On Animal Boulevard the snow is finally
Mysteries comes a nail-biting
melting after a long, quiet winter and Hotel
time-travel adventure series –
Flamingo is ready to embrace the new
season and new guests. Anna knows she where past meets present.
needs to come up with a plan to get the
hotel buzzing again! And what does Hotel Alex and his friend Dinu vowed never
Flamingo have that no one else has? One to time-travel again . . . But now it’s
of the best chefs in town – Madame Le Pig! summer and Alex’s gran has just won
In a stroke of inspiration Anna decides that a luxury summer holiday for two
the hotel will put on a Battle of the Chefs. adults and two children to Athens,
Madame Le Pig will go head to head with the city of her birth. Alex decides to
prestigious Animal Boulevard chefs Peston take Dinu, and his gran takes her
Crumbletart and Laurence Toot-Toot in a best friend, Trisha. After a welcome
thrilling live cooking show – and there will banquet at the hotel, all four come
be an accompanying feast for all who attend. down with food poisoning and take
to their luxurious rooms. After two
Alex Milway is a full-time children’s books days of purging Gran and Trisha are
author-illustrator and screenwriter. His most still too weak to move, but the boys
recent book series, Pigsticks and Harold feel well enough to venture out of the
Pub date: 30 Apr 20 Genre: 5-8 fiction (Walker Books), was optioned by Jam Media hotel. They are promptly abducted
ISBN: 978 1 84812 839 2 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 250 x 250mm
and presented at the 2014 Cartoon Forum. by Solomon Daisy, the eccentric
Extent: 192pp He is the founder of the This Book Is Funny! bazillionaire who sent Alex to Roman
children’s book scheme working with schools London half a year before. This time
and libraries and has huge experience running he wants them to go back two and
children’s workshops around the UK, in China a half thousand years to see what
and the US. Socrates was really like. And two
Pub date: 28 May 20 Genre: Fiction million pounds is already in each of
ISBN: 978 1 84812 847 7 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm their accounts.
Extent: 240pp
Caroline’s Roman Mysteries books
Other available titles were first published in 2001 and have
Other available titles since sold over a million copies in the
UK alone, and been translated into
fourteen languages. The series was
televised by the BBC in 2007 and 2008
in ten half-hour episodes. Filmed in
Tunisia, Bulgaria and Malta, it was
the most expensive BBC children’s TV
series to date.
The Time Travel
Hotel Flamingo Holiday Heatwave Carnival Caper
Diaries
ISBN: 978 1 84812 775 3 ISBN: 978 1 84812 805 7 ISBN: 978 1 84812 807 1
ISBN: 978 1 84812 800 2
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Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99
Pub price: £6.99The Invisible Boy The Boy Who Dreamed
Alyssa Hollingsworth of Dragons
Andy Shepherd & Sarah Ogilvie
A powerful contemporary
novel for readers of 11+
Dragons don’t just visit us in our dreams...
about slavery, friendship and
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standing up for what is right.
Eleven-year-old Tomas has a secret friend like no
other: Flicker, a dragon with glittering eyes and scales
Twelve-year-old Nadia has that flicker from fiery orange to ruby red. But Tomas
discovered a new and dangerous is also having to get used to Flicker being away, now
secret: she is lonely. Then two things that his dragon’s home is back in the frosty north.
happen that change everything. Adventure is never far away for Tomas, though – as
She meets Eli, who she suspects he finds out when another dragon hatches on the
may be a superhero, and she finds a dragonfruit tree at the bottom of the garden, a dragon
strange letter under the dried juniper who quite quickly decides he is sticking firmly with
branches. The next day Nadia Tomas! Zing is a tiny dragon with oversized wings,
gathers her courage to take the letter who causes havoc wherever he goes. When a new
to Eli. But something about Eli’s girl, Aura, starts at school, proclaiming herself to be
family is very strange. Why doesn’t a dragon expert, Tomas is thrown into confusion. He
he let her step close to the house? is the one with the dragons and the dragonfruit tree,
And is her new friend hiding his own after all! Before he knows it, Tomas has blurted out
secrets? his secret to Aura, setting in motion a chain of events
that lead to adventures and mayhem aplenty, and a
Alyssa is American and The Invisible Pub date: 11 Jun 20 very unexpected hidden past of Aura’s.
Boy is her second novel. Her sister ISBN: 978 1 84812 925 2
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worked for an NGO in Afghanistan
Andy Shepherd is a children’s writer working on
and Alyssa travelled to Afghanistan Genre: 5-8 Fiction
middle-grade fiction and picture books. She lives near
to spend time with her sister and the Format: Paperback
H x W: 198 x 129mm Cambridge with her husband, two sons and their border
Afghan people she works with. Alyssa Extent: 288pp collie. She spends her spare time trying to figure out how
wrote an award-winning essay about
to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.
that experience and continues to work
Pub date: 11 Jun 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction with refugees in the USA, helping them
ISBN: 978 1 84812 799 9 Format: Paperback to adjust to their new lives. Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator. She was
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm born in Edinburgh in 1971 and now lives in Newcastle
Extent: 288pp
upon Tyne. Sara’s many picture books include The
Detective Dog by Julia Donaldson, The Worst Princess
by Anna Kemp, and Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones. Her
Other middle-grade fiction includes Phil Earle’s Demolition
Other available titles available titles Man (and others in the Storey Street series).
The Eleventh Trade The Boy Who Grew The Boy Who Lived The Boy Who Flew
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