ANDERSEN PRESS - Spring 2019
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
ANDERSEN
PRESS
Spring 2019
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Celebrate Elmer’s 30th birthday with these special
David McKee editions of the book that started it all.
ELMER SHAPES: ELMER
A Touch and Trace Book The very first book about Elmer
With indented areas for little with a special foiled and embossed
fingers to trace shapes. cover and a free audio book.
FEB 2019 32pp PB
ELMER OPPOSITES: 9781842707319 275 x 240mm £6.99
A Flip Flap Board Book
Learn first opposites with Elmer ELMER: COLLECTOR’S EDITION
in this interactive board book.
A special gift edition of a modern classic. This
MAR 2019 APR 2019
9781783447886 9781783447930 10pp BB
jacketed hardback comes with a collectable print.
180 x 180mm £6.99
MAY 2019 32pp HB
9781783447534 275 x 240mm £14.99
ELMER SEARCH AND FIND
Enjoy an absorbing game of spotting
and searching for Elmer’s friends in Save
ELMER’S WALK
these busy scenes, jam-packed with the da Elmer takes his time enjoying his walk – smelling
t
ELME R e the flowers, listening to the waterfall – but his
things to find, questions to answer and 2 5 t h M DAY
details to discover. ay 2019 animal friends are too busy to see these things.
For more
details visi
lm
t: Discover mindfulness in this inspiring new tale
e rd from a master storyteller.
E
. uk
FEB 2019 22pp BB
a y. c o
9781783447893 290 x 240mm £9.99
MAY 2019
9781783447541 32pp PB
EBook available 275 x 240mm £6.99
ELMER’S DOODLE BOOK
Unleash your creativity and join Elmer and his friends
to draw, doodle and colour-in Elmer’s rainbow world!
JUN 2019 48pp PB
9781783446360 305 x 235mm £5.99
DAVID MCKEE is a legend in the children’s book world. Over a career spanning fifty years
he has created a host of favourite characters including Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, King Rollo
and Mr Benn. In 2019 a major exhibition celebrating his work will open at Seven Stories, The
National Centre for Children’s Books.
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Jeanne Willis Tony Ross
Tony Ross #GOLDILOCKS
(A Hashtag
Cautionary Tale)
I WANT A BUNNY! Goldilocks is a vlogging
If her friend Petronella can have a bunny, the Little superstar, but sometimes
Princess must have one too! But sometimes getting she can go too far in the
exactly what you wished for is a lesson in itself . . . quest for more likes . . .
MAR 2019
9781783447848 32pp HB
A hilarious cautionary tale
EBook available 264 x 235mm £11.99 for a new generation of
internet-users from the
prize-winning partnership
‘Hilarious and a godsend to parents’ of Jeanne Willis and
GUARDIAN
Tony Ross.
I WANT MY DAD!
The Little Princess is jealous – all her friends’ dads FEB 2019
can do amazing things. The Cook bakes 9781783447176 32pp HB
delicious cakes: the King burns buns. EBook available 230 x 270mm £11.99
The Gardener takes his daughter
on adventure-walks through the
forest: the King gets lost on his
way to bed. Surely her dad is the
best at something? Also by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross:
Praise for
MAY 2019 Chicken Clicking:
9781783447558 32pp PB
EBook available 264 x 235mm £6.99
‘A great book to introduce
internet safety’ GUARDIAN
‘Highly entertaining . . .
A subtle introduction to internet
TONY ROSS had his very first picture book published by Andersen Press in 1976, and since use, lightened by Willis’s
then has gone on to illustrate more than 1000 books! A TV adaptation of his much-loved Little wild imagination and Ross’s
Princess series is currently showing on Channel 5’s Milkshake. delightful pictures’ DAILY MAIL
9781783441617 9781783445691
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Susan Varley Eva Eland
BADGER’S PARTING GIFTS WHEN SADNESS
Badger is so old that he knows he must COMES TO CALL
soon die, but his friends will need help When Sadness arrives, try
when the time comes. By sharing their not to be afraid: give it a
memories of Badger, they realise that he name, listen to it and spend
lives on through them. some time together. Maybe
all it wants is to know that
Badger’s Parting Gifts has been helping it’s welcome. This beautiful
children to understand and deal with grief debut takes a poignant but
for 35 years, and this anniversary edition uplifting look at dealing with
includes a helpful guide on how to use this uncomfortable emotions.
book from Child Bereavement UK.
JAN 2019 ‘Sensitive, comforting, gentle’ TLS
9781849395144 32pp PB ‘Provides young children with a
EBook available 230 x 270mm £6.99
means to understand grief ’
CHILD BEREAVEMENT UK
Kathryn Cristaldi Kristyna Litten
I’LL LOVE YOU . . .
Love knows no bounds in this tender tribute to the JAN 2019
9781783447183 32pp HB
depths of family love, ideal for fans of Guess How EBook available 240 x 215mm £11.99
Much I Love You. Perfect for curling up
with your little one at the end of the
day . . . and a very special Valentine’s
Day gift for the one you love.
JAN 2019 32pp PB
9781783448364 254 x 254mm £6.99
EVA ELAND is a Dutch author and illustrator who lives in the UK. She earned an MA with
distinction in children’s book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art, and has also studied at
the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the School of Visual Arts in New York. When Sadness Comes to
Call is her first picture book. Instagram: @evaeland
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Sally Doran Rachael Saunders Robert Starling
BOOM! BANG! SUPER SLOTH
ROYAL MERINGUE! Never fear, Super Sloth is
Polite and perfect Princess Hannah here to save the day . . .
has been so well behaved that eventually!
the King and Queen have decided He’s not fast and he
to get her a very special birthday can’t fly, but that won’t
present: The Marvellous Magical get in the way of stopping
Pudding Machine! Can she learn his arch enemy Anteater
to share her wonderful gift with from stealing some
her friends? prize mangoes.
Fergal is Fuming
was shortlisted for the
Waterstone’s Children’s
Book Prize 2018.
Also by Robert Starling:
FEB 2019
9781783444151 32pp HB APR 2019
EBook available 260 x 250mm £11.99 9781783447169 32pp HB
EBook available 260 x 250mm £11.99
SALLY DORAN grew up in Pembrokeshire and studied journalism and theatre before
embarking on a career as a children’s author. She now lives in a little cottage in the south west of
England. Boom! Bang! Royal Meringue! is her debut book, in part inspired by her love of meringues.
Twitter: @sallyiswriting 9781783445905
RACHAEL SAUNDERS is a Hampshire based illustrator with a passion for character design ROBERT STARLING began doodling creatures and characters at school and hasn’t
and storytelling. She graduated from Falmouth University in 2014 with a first class degree in stopped since. He lives and works in Norwich, and when he’s not sketching new characters or
Illustration and has since worked for a variety of international newspapers, brands, magazines and writing down stories he can be found sculpting, brewing coffee, adjusting his headphones or
publishers. Instagram: @_rachaelsaunders foraging in the kitchen for cake. Oh, and teaching kids. Instagram: @robertstarling_art
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Margarita Surnaite Julia Woolf
THE LOST BOOK DUCK & PENGUIN
Henry much prefers ARE NOT FRIENDS
real-life adventures to Betty and Maud are the best
reading stories. Then of friends, but their favourite
he discovers the Lost toys, Duck and Penguin,
Book, and so begins an are definitely NOT! They
amazing adventure that absolutely do not want to
brings books and real life play happily together, but
together! maybe they have more in
common than they think . . .
MAR 2019 32pp HB
9781783446841 250 x 260mm £11.99
JUN 2019
9781783447831 32pp HB
EBook available 240 x 240mm £11.99
MARGARITA SURNAITE was born and raised in Lithuania. She graduated from the JULIA WOOLF worked for 20 years in animation, including a 12 year period working in the
MA Children’s Book Illustration course at Cambridge School of Art with a Distinction in 2015. US for Dreamworks. She later studied for an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge
Margarita lives and works in Cambridge. The Lost Book is her debut picture book. School of Art, graduating in 2015. Julia lives by the sea in Kent with her husband and young
Instagram: @margaritasurnaite daughter. Twitter: @juliawoolf
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Ana & Thiago de Moraes Jeanne Willis Hrefna Bragadottir
THE NIGHT BEAR DON’T GO THERE!
The Night Bear’s favourite snacks They mustn’t have toilets in outer
are nightmares – the scarier, the space, because this baby Martian
tastier! But one night, he accidentally keeps going in the wrong place: a
picks up a dream of unicorns and bird bath, a bin, an up-turned hat . . .
rainbows – yuck! Can he find Perhaps if he masters the Toilet Song,
someone who might really want he might learn where to go.
it instead?
JUN 2019
9781783447152 32pp HB
EBook available 240 x 240mm £11.99
MAY 2019
9781783447145 32pp HB
EBook available 280 x 240mm £11.99 JEANNE WILLIS is one of the most successful children’s picture book authors in the UK.
She had her first picture book published by Andersen Press at the age of 21, and since then
has gone on to write many award-winning books, including Who’s in the Loo?, Susan Laughs and
Tadpole’s Promise. She lives in North London.
ANA & THIAGO DE MORAES are originally from Brazil, but now live in London with their
children and countless imaginary creatures. Ana is an incurable storyteller and a creative director HREFNA BRAGADOTTIR was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, and has been drawing pictures
for television. Thiago grew up obsessed with drawing and would doodle on anything – even ever since she was old enough to pick up a pencil. She spent eight years working as a full-time
his exam papers! When he’s not illustrating children’s books he works as a creative director in animator for companies such as King Rollo Films, Aardman Animations and Ragdoll Productions,
advertising. Their debut, The Zoomer’s Handbook, won the Picture Book category of the Sheffield before turning her hand to picture books. Her debut picture book was longlisted for The Klaus
Children’s Book Award in 2016. Instagram: @tibolota Flugge Prize. Hrefna now lives in Bournemouth. Instagram: @hrefnabragadottir
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Meg McLaren Fearne Cotton Sheena Dempsey
THE STATION MOUSE HUNGRY BABIES
Maurice is the Station Mouse, and so he We’re the Hungry Babies, look what we
must follow The Station Mouse Handbook. can eat! From chaotic breakfasts to picnic
But when a little boy loses something very lunches, from baking with Dad to birthday
important, Maurice has to choose between parties with friends, Fearne Cotton’s
following the rules and following his heart. adorable Hungry Babies love to have fun
at mealtimes.
JUN 2019
9781783447572 32pp PB JUN 2020
EBook available 260 x 250mm £6.99 9781783447589 32pp PB
EBook available 270 x 230mm £6.99
Eve Coy
Fred Blunt LOOKING AFTER DADDY
Some people think that William looks after
SANTA CLAUS VS his daughter, but she knows it’s really the
THE EASTER BUNNY other way round! A hilarious and endearing
Santa has it so easy, with his huge workshop and tale of parent-child role reversal,
team of elves and reindeer. The Easter Bunny, perfect for Father’s Day.
on the other hand, has to do everything himself! MAY 2019
Bunny has had enough – he hatches a genius, 9781783447107 32pp PB
chocolatey plan with uneggspected results. A EBook available 230 x 230mm £6.99
perfect Easter tale.
MAR 2019
9781783447640 32pp PB
EBook available 260 x 250mm £6.99 ‘Charming and heartfelt . . .
The story expertly captures the always
entertaining if often tiring adventures that make
‘Wonderfully bonkers’ JIM FIELD up a day in the life of a parent’ GUARDIAN
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
Michael Morpurgo Michael Foreman Michelle Robinson Tor Freeman
DOLPHIN BOY TEN FAT SAUSAGES
One day, Jim spots a dolphin beached on the sand. Soon Ten fat sausages sizzling in the pan . . . decide
the whole of his village is working together to save it . . . to escape, if they can! Hilarious and merciless,
A brand new cover to celebrate the 15th anniversary this tale will have you snorting out loud.
of the spellbinding tale from master storyteller
Michael Morpurgo and multi award-winning illustrator FEB 2019
9781783447510 32pp PB
Michael Foreman. EBook available 260 x 250mm £6.99
‘Michael Morpurgo’s
FEB 2019 poignant narrative, ‘Bright condiments, stricken-looking frankfurters and
9781783447503 32pp PB
EBook available 245 x 280mm £6.99
complemented by wicked comedy will appeal to the ruthless reader’
Michael Foreman’s GUARDIAN
wonderful illustrations . . .
Jeanne Willis Tony Ross
‘An infectiously funny
It doesn’t get much
countdown book, set to
better’ THE TIMES
be a read-aloud favourite’
NOT JUST A BOOK . . . THE BOOKSELLER
A book is not just a book. It can be a hat or a building block,
a flower press or a fly-swatter! But it can also do something
very special . . .
Peter Bently Mei Matsuoka
‘Celebrates creativity and
THE GREAT DOG BOTTOM
MAR 2019 32pp PB
9781783447190 280 x 240mm £6.99 imagination . . . Jeanne Willis SWAP
and Tony Ross are the ideal Why do dogs sniff each other’s bottoms when
combination for any picture book’ they meet? It all goes back to the drama at
SCOTSMAN the Dogs’ Summer Ball! This hilarious tale gets
a brand new cover for its celebratory 10th
Judy Corbalis Korky Paul anniversary edition.
APR 2019
GET THAT BALL! 9781783447619 32pp PB
EBook available 275 x 270mm £6.99
Tom and his gran are playing penalty shoot-out when things
go wrong and the football escapes . . . Now, wherever it leads
them, from the park to the high street and beyond to the
depths of the ocean, Tom and Gran must “Get that ball!”
MAY 2020 ‘Excellent fun with
9781783447565 32pp PB illustrations rich in detail’ ‘Big, clever, funny’ THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
EBook available 240 x 280mm £6.99 BOOKTRUST ‘It’s maybe my all time favourite kids’ book’ DAWN O’PORTER
FICTION FICTION
Barbara Mitchelhill IIlustrated throughout by Tony Ross Lucy Courtenay Illustrated throughout by Sheena Dempsey
THE ERIC SERIES MERMAID SCHOOL: HOW DO
A colourful new look for the Eric books, with fantastic illustrations by Tony Ross! YOU DO, MARNIE BLUE?
Welcome to Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid
Whenever Eric receives a present from his Auntie Rose in South America, magic and mayhem School! Here you will learn siren songs,
are sure to follow. There’s an ugly stripy jumper that makes Eric super brainy, a special stone proper care of sea creatures and how to
which grants wishes and a magical pimple potion. But things don’t always go to plan, and Eric not fall off your seahorse . . .
needs his best friend Wes to help with some very unexpected side effects . . .
It is Marnie Blue’s very first day at Mermaid
School, and she’s terrified. Her famous
diva aunt Christabel was a notorious rebel
at the same school, and Marnie’s grumpy
octopus music teacher soon brands her
a troublemaker too. Marnie wants nothing
more than to clam up. But when a fellow
COVER pupil finds herself in danger, Marnie must
COMING show that daring runs in the family and
SOON swim to the rescue.
Look out for more Mermaid School
books coming soon!
FEB 2020
9781783448302 144pp PB 7+
EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99
JAN 2019 FEB 2019 MAY 2019
9781783447961 9781783447978 9781783448272
ALL 64pp PB 7+
198 x 129mm £5.99 LUCY COURTENAY worked in publishing, before seeing sense and leaving to pursue writing
children’s fiction full-time. She has contributed to a number of series for young readers including
Beast Quest and Animal Ark, whilst more recently writing romance for young adults.
Twitter: @LucyCourtenay1
BARBARA MITCHELHILL was born in Rochdale and trained as a teacher. She began SHEENA DEMPSEY is an Irish children’s illustrator living in Folkestone, Kent. She has
writing for BBC children’s TV, and eventually went on to write books for children. She now lives illustrated many books including Dave Pigeon, which was shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Book
in Staffordshire and has two grown-up daughters. Twitter: @bmitchelhill Award. Twitter/Instagram: @SheenaDempseyFICTION FICTION
Josh Lacey Illustrated throughout by Garry Parsons Rebecca Patterson
THE DRAGONSITTER A MOON GIRL
PATTERSON
REBECCA
IN THE LAND OF THE DRAGONS STOLE MY FRIEND
Eddie has travelled with his uncle Morton to Lyla
It’s 2099. Mongolia,
lives in ahoping
world of It’s 2099. Lyla lives in a world of robocats,
to watch the Great Dragon Battlerobocats,
Ceremony. But wild dragons
F LYING SWEETS and INSTANT flying sweets and instant snow, but some
are not nearly so friendly as pet ones,
SNOWand the inhospitable
. But some things never change. Little things never change. Little brothers are
mountains are a dangerous place brothers
to be stuck
can stillwith
be annoying, teachers are still annoying, school teachers make you
nothing but a pile of chocolate bars. so embarrassing , and cringe, and, when your best friend deserts
when someone steals
you for the new girl, it still hurts. Especially
your best friend it
Told in emails, the 10th book in The really HURTS . Especially
when that new girl is from the Moon. But
Dragonsitter series is an extra action-packed when that someone is Lyla’s problems lead her into unexpected
tale of misunderstandings, monsters and Mars bars. s u p e r - co o l new adventures . . .
girl Petra from
DRAFT COVER the Moon MAR 2019 176pp PB 7+
Praise for The Dragonsitter series: Colony . How 9781783447985 198 x 129mm £6.99
‘Short, sharp and funny’ TELEGRAPH will Lyla survive
FEB 2019 80pp PB 7+
9781783448005 198 x 129mm £4.99 ‘Belly-busting laughter for all the family’ without her B F F ?
WE LOVE THIS BOOK And can she ever
win her back?
Ruth Quayle
£6.99
ANDERSEN
THE RACE TO HORNSWAGGLE ROCK
PRESS
www.andersenpress.co.uk
In this hilarious follow-up to The Battle of the Blighty Bling,
Vic and her family of pirates are preparing to enter the Race to
Hornswaggle Rock, the hardest, most dangerous pirate contest in
the country. But the dastardly Captain Guillemot has stolen their
ship and thrown their parents overboard. Now it’s up to the kids
to find a way to steal the ship back, join the race and win victory.
There are fearsome pirate crews, hungry
sharks and some lovesick parrots in the way –
will they be the rulers of the seven seas or the
scurviest losers to ever walk the plank?
REBECCA PATTERSON grew up in Bolton and studied fashion. After graduating, she had
Praise for various jobs, including classroom assistant in a primary school. Once her own children had started
The Battle of the Blighty Bling: school, Rebecca began an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and had her first picture books
MAY 2019 224pp PB 9+ ‘A brilliant, fast-paced adventure for those of us commissioned at the end of the course. She is the 2012 winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
9781783448289 198 x 129mm £6.99
who love mischief ’ EVENING STANDARD 9781783446926FICTION FICTION
Julian Clary Illustrated throughout by David Roberts Alex Gardiner
THE BOLDS GO WILD MOSSBELLY MACFEARSOME
It’s time for monkey business in this fifth outing for AND THE DWARVES OF DOOM
Teddington’s wildest family, the Bolds! Roger is just an ordinary boy, in an ordinary
world – or so he thinks, until a grumpy dwarf
The Bolds receive a surprise visitor all the way from warrior, Mossbelly MacFearsome, appears
Africa: Granny Imamu. But she is not impressed by their out of thin air and saves him from the school
life in Teddington. She wants her grandchildren to act bully. If that isn’t incredible enough, now Moss
more like wild hyenas and get in touch with their has decided that Roger is the perfect human
Roger’s life is ordinary, until a grumpy dwarf
beastly side. warrior, Mossbelly MacFearsome, appears companion for his daring quest to defeat the
out of thin air and saves him from the school
bully. Moss decides that Roger must join him dwarves’ arch-enemy Leatherhead Barnstorm,
Meanwhile, the twins’ teacher has a rather unusual
on his daring quest to defeat his arch-enemy
Leatherhead Barnstorm and his horrifying and his horrifying horde of monstrous (but
problem: her grown-up son Jeffrey would rather monkey
horde of monstrous (but very polite) gorefiends.
If Roger doesn’t help Moss, the world as we very polite) gorefiends.
about than act like a human. If animals can become
know it will be destroyed by ogres and dragons
and humanity will be annihilated. If he does
people, could it happen the other way around . . . ?
help, he will be late for his tea and his mum
A Highland castle, a trainee witch who knows
will be going mad with worry. A Highland castle,
a trainee witch who can do karate, and an
ancient spell to be broken . . . just what
karate, and an ancient spell to be broken – by
MAR 2019 has Roger got himself into? King Golmar’s braces, just what has Roger got
9781783448043 304pp HB‘Fast-paced,
7+
EBook available 198 x 129mm £12.99
smart and very, very funny’
SAM GAYTON
himself into?
DRAFT COVER £6.99
Cover
A hilarious action-packed fish-out-of-water
Praise for illustrations by
James Lancett
adventure, perfect for young fans of Terry
The Bolds series: EBOOK
Pratchett and Cressida Cowell.
available
‘I wish we lived next door to
www.andersenpress.co.uk
the Bolds!’ DAVINA McCALL
Cover illustration by James Lancett
‘Silliness and fun’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Joyful’ TELEGRAPH JAN 2019
9781783447916 240pp PB 9+
EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99
9781783443055 9781783443802 9781783445202 9781783447299 www.theboldsbooks.co.uk
‘Fast-paced, smart, and very very
JULIAN CLARY is a comedian, entertainer, best-selling author and all-round National Trinket.
funny’ SAM GAYTON
His colourful career has seen him win Celebrity Big Brother, become a Sunday Times best-selling
novelist, and complete countless smash-hit comedy tours. Twitter: @JulianClary
DAVID ROBERTS worked as a milliner before turning his talents to illustrating children’s books. ALEX GARDINER spent several years in the Merchant Navy before embarking on a sales and
He has gone on to work with some of the finest children’s authors including Julia Donaldson and marketing career in the UK motor industry. Now retired, he lives in East Dunbartonshire with his
Jacqueline Wilson, and has earned great acclaim for his distinctive style. Instagram: @dr.illustration wife. He reads a lot, writes fantasy for children – and plays very bad golf.FICTION FICTION
Rosanne Parry Illustrated throughout by Mónica Armiño Sam Gayton
A WOLF CALLED WANDER THE LAST ZOO
The wolf star, brightest of all in the summer Perfect for fans of Douglas
sky, shines over my home ground. I know every Adams and Neil Gaiman,
hidden lake and rocky ridge, but if my pack The Last Zoo is a mind-bending story
is not in the mountains, then it is no home to about the end of the world.
me. I feel a howl deep inside, but dare not let
it out. Pia lives in the world’s last zoo: a place where
the impossible is actually possible ever since
Swift lives with his pack in the mountains, scientists detonated a reality bomb in a bid
until one day his family is killed. Alone and to save the world. Weird and wondrous
starving, Swift must make a choice: stay creatures have been dreamt into existence
and try to eke out a desperate life on the and are housed on ocean arks – unicorns,
borders of his old hunting grounds, or strike singing hippos, hummingdragons, genies . . .
out and find a new place to call home. and angels, who might be the most important
The journey Swift must go on is long and creations of all, because Earth needs a miracle
perilous – can he summon the courage to to survive.
survive all by himself?
But one morning Pia makes a terrible
Inspired by the true story of a wolf that discovery: the angels are missing. To find them,
travelled 1,000 miles across America. she will need to solve the riddle they left
With beautiful illustrations from artist behind, make a pact with a devil, and take a
MAY 2019 176pp PB 9+ Mónica Armiño and a factual section about perilous journey into the glitch, where nothing
9781783447909 216 x 153mm £6.99 wolves and their environment. Cover art by Tomislav Tomic is what it seems . . .
MAR 2019
9781783447701 320pp PB 10+ ‘Gayton conjures worlds far beyond your
EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99 imagination and characters that grab you by
the hand and pull you with them, headlong
into adventure’ GILL LEWIS
ROSANNE PARRY is the author of four award-winning middle grade novels and a part-time
bookseller at legendary independent bookstore Annie Bloom’s in Portland, Oregon. She loves to
hike, camp and sail, and writes in a treehouse in her backyard. Twitter: @RosanneParry
SAM GAYTON lives in Margate. In 2009 he completed the Writing for Young People MA at
MÓNICA ARMIÑO is a Spanish illustrator who has published several books in Europe and Bath Spa University and not long after published his first book, The Snow Merchant. When he’s not
the USA. Mónica also works in the animation industry as a character designer and colour and writing, he likes playing old board games, strumming his guitar and joining as many rock bands as
texture artist for feature films and pre-school TV series, including the award-winning Puffin Rock. possible (currently at seven). Twitter: @sam_gaytonFICTION FICTION
Berlie Doherty Anthea Simmons
TREASON The girl who found treasure on the Jurassic coast
LIGHTNING MARY
ANTHEA SIMMONS
Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Ordinary is what most people are and I am
As the King’s favourite, Will gains many enemies in Court. His not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist.
enemies convince the King that Will’s father has committed
treason and he is thrown into Newgate Prison. Will flees One stormy night, lightning strikes a
Hampton Court and goes into hiding in the backstreets of group of women with a baby sheltering
London. Lost and in mortal danger, heblurb is rescued by a poor boy,
text here blurb text here
under a tree. Only the baby survives –
Nick Drew. Together they must brave blurb imprisonment and
text here blurb text heredeath as Mary Anning.
they embark on a great adventure to set Will’s father free.
blurb text here blurb text here blurb text here
blurb text here blurb text here blurb text here Growing up poor but proud on the wild
A bold new cover for this thrilling historical adventure from
blurb text here blurb text here
Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father
two-time Carnegie Prize-winnerblurb Berlie Doherty.
text here blurb text here blurb text in the perilous hunt for valuable treasures
blurb text here blurb text here uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient
Cover art by Alexis Snell
creatures, turned to stone. Tragedy and
blurb text here blurb text here
‘We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty
FEB 2019
who are incapable of writing a here
blurb text mediocre sentence’
blurb text here blurb text here despair are never far away and everything
blurb text here blurb text here blurb text here
9781849391214 272pp PB 9+ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH blurb text here blurb text here is against Mary – a mere girl – as she fights
EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99
‘Doherty paints a very vivid picture ’ to fulfil her dream of becoming a scientist.
blurb text here blurb text here blurb text
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY But Mary hasn’t survived the lightning
Gary D. Schmidt
strike for nothing. Soon she’ll make her
greatest discovery of all . . .
PAY ATTENTION, CARTER JONES With a factual section on Mary Anning’s
ANDERSEN
Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a life and the fossils she discovered, ideal
PRESS
real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep. The butler ANTHEA SIMMONS for budding scientists.
announces he is here to stay to help the Jones family, which is a
little bit broken. Cover art by James Weston Lewis APR 2019
9781783448296 272pp PB 9+
EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99
In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust
to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all adult in his
life, and navigate the butler’s notions of decorum and his love of
cricket. But when his grief and anger from the past can no longer
be ignored, can Carter learn that a burden becomes lighter
ANTHEA SIMMONS is a vicar’s daughter who grew up in Cornwall, where she was pony-
when it is shared?
and book-mad. After a highly-successful City career, she moved to the country to bring up her
APR 2019 son and ride, paint, write and teach. She now works for a social enterprise dedicated to improving
9781783448050 272pp PB 9+
EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99
diversity and inclusion in the UK’s boardrooms.FICTION FICTION
Susin Nielsen Jeff Zentner
NO FIXED ADDRESS RAYNE & DELILAH’S MIDNITE MATINEE
Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his Josie and Delia are best friends and co-hosts on their
mother and pet gerbil, and is brilliant at memorising own public access TV show, Midnite Matinee. They dress
trivia. So far, pretty normal. But Felix and his mom as vampires Rayne and Delilah, perform daft skits, and
Astrid have a secret: they are living in a van. show the weekly so-bad-it’s-good low-budget horror
movie. But the end of senior year is coming, and with it
Astrid promises it’s only for a while until she finds a big life decisions. Josie is torn between pursuing her
new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word. So television dreams in a new city or staying with her BFF,
when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very while Delia is searching for her dad, who walked out
best to hide it from his new friends. He makes a ten years ago.
plan to turn his and Astrid’s lives around: he’s going
to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, A road-trip to ShiverCon, a convention for horror fans,
When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little may just have the answers the two need – but will Josie
luck and a lot of brain power . . . and Delia be prepared for life taking some seriously
unexpected plot-twists?
Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak,
and hope in this moving story about the people ‘Anyone can break your heart – Jeff Zentner can also make you
who slip through the cracks in society. laugh out loud!’ RAINBOW ROWELL
MAR 2019
9781783447992 400pp PB 12+ ‘I laughed, cried, and fell over-the-moon in love with Rayne &
EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99 Delilah’s Midnite Matinee’ JENNIFER NIVEN
‘Relatable, moving and funny. Susin Nielsen is simply
JUN 2019 wonderful’ SARAH CROSSAN
9781783448326 288pp PB 12+ Also by Jeff Zentner:
EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99 ‘Susin Nielsen is an amazing writer. No Fixed Address
is my book of the year’ HILARY MCKAY
‘Funny, charming and full of heart, this is a really special Praise for Goodbye Days:
book. I defy you not to root for Felix Fredrik Knutsson!’ ‘Heartbreaking and life-affirming’ TEEN VOGUE
LISA WILLIAMSON
‘This book will wreck you, fix you, and most
‘Susin Nielsen is the finest voice currently writing YA’ definitely change you’ BECKY ALBERTALLI
PHIL EARLE
‘Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming’
NICOLA YOON
9781783446223 9781783443765 9781783445523
9781783446476 9781783445516
SUSIN NIELSEN has written for Canadian TV and received huge critical acclaim for her
young adult novels. She won the prestigious Governor General’s Award in her native Canada JEFF ZENTNER lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He came to writing through music, starting out
for The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen and in 2017 won the UKLA Book Award. She lives as a guitarist and singer-songwriter. He’s released five albums and appeared on recordings with
in Vancouver with her family and two very destructive cats. Twitter/Instagram: @susinnielsen Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and Debbie Harry. Twitter/Instagram: @jeffzentnerFICTION FICTION
Robin LaFevers Sharon Dogar
COURTING DARKNESS MONSTERS
Sybella is searching the French court for fellow assassins When two 16-year-old stepsisters elope
from the convent of St Mortain, placed there years ago on with a married man in 1814, the results
under cover missions. But deadly royal politics are at play, are devastating – and the ripples can still
and she must navigate them one step ahead of her enemies. be felt today.
Genevieve has been under cover for so long that she has This is the incredible story of Mary Shelley
begun to lose faith in what she’s supposed to be fighting for. – radical, rebellious and entranced. It is
When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of the story of a young woman who defies
importance, she decides it’s time to take matters into her tradition and society and who draws upon
own hands. the monstrous elements of her own life to
create the most memorable monster of
As these two worlds collide, the fate of the Duchess, them all.
Brittany, and everything Sybella and Genevieve have come
to love hangs in the balance. Celebrating 200 years since the publication
of Frankenstein, acclaimed author Sharon
FEB 2019
9781783448265 512pp PB YA
Dogar brings to life the passion, tragedy
EBook available 198 x 129mm £8.99 and forbidden love of its teenage author.
Praise for the His Fair Assassin trilogy:
‘A fantasy based on the rough contours of ‘A talented storyteller’ PHILIP PULLMAN
history . . . Game of Thrones-style’
NEW YORK TIMES ‘Sharon Dogar is a writer to watch’
MEG ROSOFF
‘An intricate, masterful page-turner’
Cover art by Martina Flor
KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW
‘Brimming with powerful emotions, thrilling FEB 2019
9781783448029 464pp HB YA
sword fights, and accurate period detail, this
EBook available 216 x 138mm £12.99
9781783448234 9781783448241 9781783448258 tightly plotted tale will enthrall readers of
romantic historical fantasy’
ALL JAN 2019
198 x 129mm PB YA
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
EBook available £8.99
ROBIN LAFEVERS is the New York Times bestselling author of the His Fair Assassin trilogy. SHARON DOGAR lives in Oxford with her husband and three children. She loves writing,
Her latest book, Courting Darkness, is the first in a duology set in the same world. She lives on a reading and daydreaming. She also works with adolescents as a psychotherapist. Her previous
small ranch in Southern California. Twitter: @RLLaFevers novel for young adults, Annexed, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award.CONTACT US www.andersenpress.co.uk
For general enquiries or additional NEW ZEALAND CENTRAL, EASTERN EUROPE, REST OF WORLD
copies of this catalogue, please Sales Manager: Nicola Faisandier CYPRUS MIDDLE EAST, PAKISTAN
contact Andersen Press: Penguin Random House New Zealand Grazyna Soszynska Andrew Wyman
Ltd, 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Ul Topazowa 31, 62-081 Posnan- Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge
ANDERSEN PRESS
Auckland 0632, Baranowo, Poland Road, London SW1V 2SA
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
New Zealand Tel/Fax: +48 61 814 15 14 Tel: (44) 020 7840 8850
London, SW1V 2SA
Tel: 020 7840 8701 Tel: (64) 9 444 7197 Email: GSoszynska@ Fax: (44) 020 7840 8408
Fax: 020 7233 6263 Fax: (64) 9 444 7524 penguinrandomhouse.co.uk Email: awyman@
Email: nfaisandier@ penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
www.andersenpress.co.uk SWEDEN, NORWAY, FINLAND,
penguinrandomhouse.co.nz
DENMARK, ICELAND, AFRICA (EXCL SOUTH AFRICA &
EDITORIAL www.randomhouse.co.nz
SWITZERLAND EGYPT) AND CARIBBEAN
anderseneditorial@
SOUTH AFRICA Natasha Photiou Felicity Smith
penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Sonja Vorster Penguin Random House UK Penguin Random House, 20 Vauxhall
PUBLICITY
Penguin Random House South Africa 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA
andersenpublicity@
181 Jan Smuts Avenue, SW1V 2SA Tel: +44 (0)20 7840 8853
penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Rosebank Office Park, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7840 8489 Email: fsmith@penguinrandomhouse.
FOREIGN RIGHTS Email: nphotiou@
Block D, Parktown North, co.uk
andersenrights@ penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
penguinrandomhouse.co.uk 2193, South Africa
LATIN AMERICA
Tel: +27 (011) 327 3550 ISRAEL, GREECE, MALTA, TURKEY, Tom Ward
UK SALES Email: svorster@ ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL,
Penguin Random House UK
All trade orders should be sent to: penguinrandomhouse.co.za GIBRALTAR
The Book Service Ltd, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London
Linda Viberg
Colchester Road, Frating Green, INDIA SW1V 2SA
Penguin Random House UK
Colchester, Essex, CO7 7DW Vice President Sales & Marketing: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7840 8296
Nandan Jha 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London
Tel: 01206 255678 Email: tward@penguinrandomhouse.
SW1V 2SA
Fax: 01206 255930 Random House Publishers India co.uk
Andersen Press are represented Private Ltd, 7th Floor, Infinity Tower C, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7840 8393
in the UK by the Penguin Random DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon – 122 002 Email: lviberg@penguinrandomhouse. ASIA
House sales force. Haryana, India co.uk Jessica Adams
Tel: +91 124 478 5600 Penguin Random House UK
INTERNATIONAL SALES ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA,
20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London
AND REPRESENTATION Email: njha@penguinrandomhouse. CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY,
co.in SW1V 2SA
IINTERNATIONAL SALES OFFICE KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO, BOSNIA,
MACEDONIA, SERBIA Tel: +44 (0)20 7840 8297
Penguin Random House USA Email: jadams@penguinrandomhouse.
Andrew Wyman
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London (selected titles only) co.uk
SW1V 2SA Penguin Random House UK
Independent Publishers Group
Tel: (44) 020 7840 8400 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London CHINA
814 North Franklin Street
SW1V 2SA Suki Zhao
Fax: (44) 020 7840 8408 Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: +44 (0)20 7840 8850 Penguin Random House China
AUSTRALIA Tel: 312-337-0747
Email: awyman@ Suite 2001-02, Central Plaza
Sydney (Head Office) Fax: 312-337-5985 penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com No 227 Huang Pi Road (North)
Sales Director: Gavin Schwarcz Shanghai 200003, PRC
Email: orders@ipgbook.com SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY
Penguin Random House Australia Pty Email: suki.zhao@
Penguin Random House, Glorieta de
Ltd, Level 3, 100 Pacific Highway EUROPE penguinrandomhouse.cn.com
Quevedo 9-7C, 28015 Madrid, Spain
North Sydney, NSW 2060 HOLLAND, BELGIUM, Tel: +34 91 593 1306 SOUTH KOREA
Australia LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE Fax: +34 91 593 4711 Jeeyeon Oh
Tel: (61) 2 9954 9966 Pauline Konink Email: mail@penguin.es Penguin Random House Korea
Fax: (61) 2 9954 4562 Noorderweg 150, 1222 PH Hilversum,
Email: gschwarcz@ Netherlands ITALY 15F, 373 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu,
penguinrandomhouse.com.au Tel: +31 651 388 169 Penguin Books S.A Seoul, 06621, Korea
www.randomhouse.com.au Email: pkonink@ c/o DNT Tel: +82 (2) 6964 8873
penguinrandomhouse.co.uk Via Edison 8/A, 20090 Assago (MI) Email: Jeeyeon.oh@kr.penguingroup.
CANADA com
Italy
Penguin Random House (Canada) GERMANY, AUSTRIA
Tel: +39 (0)289 769 353
320 Front Street West, Suite 1400 Jörg Riekenbrauk SRI LANKA
Fax: +39 (0)289 769 292
Toronto, ON M5V 2B6 Balthasar Str 58, D-50670 Köln Bree Wright
Email: info@penguinitalia.it
Canada Germany Email: bwright2@
Tel: (1) 416 364 4449 Tel/Fax: (49) 221 240 4699 penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Fax: (1) 416 598 7764 Email: jriekenbrauk@
penguinrandomhouse.deYou can also read
