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RIGHTS CATALOGUE
Spring 2021
RIGHTS CATALOGUE
Spring 2021
publishing
www.maverickbooks.co.uk
publishing
Maverick Arts Publishing Ltd
publishing
Studio 11, City Business Centre
6 Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 5BB
Tel: + 44 (0) 1403 256941
Email : sales@maverick-arts.co.uk
Maverick Office: Sales & Marketing enquiry: Steve Bicknell, MD
sales@maverick-arts.co.uk Awards and Accolades
Studio 11, City Business Centre
6 Brighton Road Rights enquiry: Amy Hawkins, Rights Agent
Horsham amy@maverick-arts.co.uk
West Sussex
RH13 5BB Publicity enquiry:
publicity@maverick-arts.co.uk
Tel: 01403 256941
www.maverickbooks.co.uk Editorial enquiry: Kimara Nye, Managing Editor
www.maverickearlyreaders.co.uk kim@maverick-arts.co.uk
Winner of the EOCT Awards Winner of the Sheffield Winner of
978-1-84886-221-0 Children’s Book Award The Bishop Stortford Book Award
Maverick UK Distributor: Wholesalers 978-1-84886-299-9 978-1-84886-488-7
Orca Book Services Ltd Gardners Books Awards:
Tel: +44 (0)1202 665432 1 Whittle Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 6QH
orders@orcabookservices.co.uk Pirates vs. Monsters - Winner of the Bishop Stortford Picture Book Awards 2021
Tel: +44 (0)1323 521777, Gardcall: 01323 521444
www.orcabookservices.co.uk Web: www.gardners.com Stone Underpants - Winner of the EOCT Awards 2018
Game of Stones - Winner of the Sheffield Book Award (Picture Book category) 2018
The Fearsome Beastie - Winner of The People’s Book Award (2012) & The Heart of Hawick (2013)
Licensing Sub-Agents Export Agent
Shortlisted:
China and Taiwan North and South Asia The Wondrous Dinosaurium shortlisted for The Children’s Book Award (2019)
Rightol Media Limited Chris Ashdown The Wondrous Dinosaurium shortlisted for the Crystal Kite Award (2018)
Jessica Yin Tel: +44 1202 896210 AdoraBULL shortlisted for The Sheffield Book Award (Baby Book category) (2019)
jessica@rightol.cn Email: chris@pim-uk.com The Fearsome Beastie shortlisted for The Rotherham Book Award (2012)
Web: www.pim-uk.com
Bardon-Chinese Media Agency The Fearsome Beastie highly commended in the Forward Literature Awards (US) (2012)
Carrie Ding China Agent Hedgehugs shortlisted for Oscar’s First Book Prize (2015 - run by The Evening Standard)
dingfang@bardonchinese.com Rance Fu Zheng Hedgehugs shortlisted for The Heart of Hawick (2014)
3-303 Building 1 Tianjiaojunyuan, Fengtai Hedgehugs finalist for The People’s Book Award (2014)
District, Beijing, China 100076
Spain & Latin America Tel: +86 135 2155 5031 Nosy Tabitha Posy finalist for The People’s Book Award (2013)
Editorial 22 Email: rance@sinopubservice.com Preposterous Rhinoceros shortlisted for The Heart of Hawick (2016)
Teresa Alonso A Scarf and a Half shortlisted for The Heart of Hawick (2016)
teresa@editorialpoint22.com Eire & Northern Ireland
Mine, Mine, Mine said the Porcupine finalist for The Dundee Picture Book Award (2018)
Conor Hackett
00 353 1849 6533, mail@hackettflynn.com The New LiBEARian shortlisted for The Sheffield Book Award (Independent Picture Book category) (2017)
Turkey Bonkers About Beetroot shortlisted for the Crystal Kite Award (2017)
AnatoliaLit Agency
Cansu Akkoyun South America
c.akkoyun@anatolialit.com Teresa Alonso Featured on BBC CBeebies Bedtime Stories:
Email: teresa@editorialpoint22.com
The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble, Fum, The Dog Detectives – Lost in London (read by Sir Elton John!),
Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland,
Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia Cantankerous King Colin, Hedgehugs, Preposterous Rhinoceros, I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn,
Caribbean and Bermuda
Rights Expert Lynda Hopkins The Snowflake Mistake, Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans
Silviu Săndulescu Email: lynda.hra@gmail.com
silviu.sandulescu@rights-expert.com
Featured on Bookaboo Children’s TV Show:
Spain
Christopher Humphrys Grandma Bendy
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark Email: humph4hra@gmail.com
and Iceland
Sebes & Bisseling Selected for the BookTrust Bookstart Book List:
India
Lester Hekking Overleaf Books LLP Yuck said the Yak
hekking@sebes.nl Chimes Tower, Vakil Market, Chakkarpur
(Chandra Lok), DLF Phase IV, Gurugram –
Vietnam 122002 Selected for the Summer Reading Challenge:
Squirrel Rights Agency Tel: + 91 9899556574 Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage; The Great Pants Robbery; A Scarf and a Half; Beware the Mighty Bitey;
Mai Anh Truong Email: contact@overleaf.co.in Arlo, Mrs Ogg and the Dinosaur Zoo; The Black and White Club; The Space Race; Turns Out I’m an Alien;
copyright.scp2@gmail.com
publishing Letter to Pluto; Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip;
I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn
* All prices are correct at time of print.
Picture Books Step into to the inspirational world of
Maverick picture books. With dazzling
writing and captivating illustrations, our
picture books have won numerous awards
and appeared on children’s TV.
If there’s one thing all our titles have in
common, it’s the ability to entertain. Whether
following the tale of a rooster wearing skinny
jeans or the true story of a trailblazing woman Coming in 2022...
footballer, there’s nothing ordinary about a
Maverick story! The Best Beast
Alison Green & Siân Roberts
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: Spring 2022
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she is too shy to step forward but when an
unexpected guest turns up, the elephant
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ny Jeans)
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
3
Which Nose for Witch? Raccoon and the Hot Air Balloon
David Crosby & Carolina Coroa Jill Atkins & Kristen Humphrey
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2021 Publication Date: 28th June 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-760-4 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-738-3 RRP: £7.99
When young witches come of age, they Raccoon is in search of adventure! A hot
get to choose their own grown-up witch air balloon looks like the perfect way for
nose! However, no new nose seems quite him to experience flying...but how do you
right to Griz, but then she spots the perfect get down?
nose... in her own reflection!
Themes: Self-confidence, Determination, Family, Growing Up Themes: Adventure, Friendship, Problem Solving
Rights Sold: North America [distribution] Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
4 5
Don’t Get Your Tutu in a Twist! All I Want is an Octopus
Jenny Moore & Barbara Bakos Tracy Gunaratnam & Valentina Fontana
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th August 2021 Publication Date: 28th June 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-737-6 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-739-0 RRP: £7.99
Miss Rilla is holding a dance show, but the An octopus seems like the perfect pet, but
rehersals are not going well! Can they pull Dad and Mum will need convincing...
it all together in time for the big night? Luckily, Gran seems to be on the same
wavelength!
Themes: Pets, Family, Humour, Persistence
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
Themes: Humour, Animals, Dancing, Performance
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
6 7
The Christmas Crumb I’m Not Cute, I’m Dangerous
Lou Treleaven & Alex Willmore Bruna De Luca & Benedetta Capriotti
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p HB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2021 Publication Date: 28th August 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-762-8 RRP: £10.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-697-3 RRP: £7.99
A family of giants drop a crumb of Fifi was born furry and incredibly cute - not
Christmas Pudding – but one crumb the best characteristics for a crocodile.
doesn’t matter, does it? Join Pip and his Teased by her sisters, Fifi goes in search of
mother, the mice and the ants as everyone a solution!
benefits from this giant Christmas bonanza
and learns that what might be a little thing
for you can turn out to be a big thing for
someone else.
Themes: Perspective, Christmas, Family Themes: Family, Self-confidence, Acceptance, Identity
Rights Sold: North America [distribution] Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
8 9
Emma on Mars Mix Up Monday
Billy Dunne & Vanessa Port Elizabeth Dale & Louise Forshaw
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th July 2021 Publication Date: 28th July 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-698-0 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-640-9 RRP: £7.99
Emma is angry that her parents have made Farmer Fred is more than a little sleepy
such a mess of the planet! She goes off this morning — and his animals know it!
in search of a new home and Mars looks Everyone wants to join in on the Monday
perfect! mayhem but what will happen when he
starts mixing up all the animals?
Themes: Confusion, Animals,
Farm, Animal Noises, Humour
Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex
Characters)
Themes: Space, Environment, Family, Climate Change, Science
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Turkey
10 11
Why? A Sciencey, Rhymey Guide to Rainbows Pirates vs. Monsters
Billy Dunne & Rhys Jefferys David Crosby & Lee Cosgrove
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2020 Publication Date: 28th September 2020
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-487-0 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886- 488-7 RRP: £7.99
Dad is quite confident in explaining how a Pirates Hector, Sue and George are
rainbow is made to his curious daughter, crafty, bold and all very proud about
but when she keeps repeating ‘why?’ his besting some of the most grizzly, gruesome
explanation spirals deep into sciencey monsters. But are they telling the truth? A
lingo that has his brow sweating! A few new visitors might just set the record
sciencey, rhymey guide to rainbows that straight!
even those with no scientific knowledge Award
can enjoy. Winning
Themes: Family, Persistence, Imagination, Determination Themes: Monsters, Pirates, Telling the Truth, Consequences
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex
Characters) Characters)
12 13
Iguanas Love Bananas The Knight Who Might
Jenny + Chris Cladingbee & Jeff Crowther Lou Treleaven & Kyle Beckett
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2019 Publication Date: 28th October 2020
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-430-6 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-483-2 RRP: £7.99
Did you know that cheetahs like fajitas? Or The Knight Who Might tries really hard to
that tufted puffins like blueberry muffins? be a knight but things don’t always go to
plan — even with a magic horse, sword
Lots of animals are going bananas for and helmet! However, when The Knight
their favourite foods, causing havoc and Who Might spots a knight competition
confusion to everyone around them! Can advertised, he sees his chance to show the
anything stop them? world what a positive attitude can do!
Themes: Animals, Food, Differences
Rights Sold: Turkey, Chinese (Complex Characters)
Hocus Pocus Diplodocus
Steve Howson & Kate Daubney
New
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2021
Edition AR Rating: 3.4
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886702-4 RRP: £7.99
Hocus P. Diplodocus is not like other Themes:
dinosaurs. He is the world’s first magician! Courage, Magic,
As Hocus’s powers grow, his fame grows
Teamwork, Positivity
too, but so does the chance that it could all
go wrong… drastically wrong!
Rights Sold:
Themes: Magic, Dinosaurs, Friendship North America [distribution], Chinese
(Complex Characters)
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America)
14 15
Mister T.V. [Narrative Non-fiction] The Spacesuit [Narrative Non-fiction]
Julie Fulton & Patrick Corrigan Alison Donald & Ariel Landy
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 36p SB
Publication Date: 28th April 2020 Publication Date: 28th June 2019
AR Rating: 4.3 AR Rating: 4.0
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-484-9 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-428-3 RRP: £7.99
John Logie Baird loves inventing things! But There is a competition to make the spacesuit for
one day he has an idea that will change the first moon landing!
the course of history forever… Mister T.V. is
a narrative non-fiction following the life of Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team
John Logie Baird and the story behind the of seamstresses. No one believes they can win
invention of the television. but they are determined to try...
Based on the true story of a team of seamstresses
who strived to help put man on the moon.
Themes: Technology/Inventions, Consequences, STEM
Themes: Space, Sewing, Teamwork, STEM, Girl Power
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Vietnamese, Chinese
Characters), Vietnamese (Complex Characters)
Trailblazer [Narrative Non-fiction] A Super Sticky Mistake [Narrative Non-fiction]
Elizabeth Dale & Carolina Coroa Alison Donald & Rea Zhai
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2020 Publication Date: 28th October 2020
AR Rating: 4.8 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886642-3 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-641-6 RRP: £7.99
Lily Parr is one of the most talented Everyone makes mistakes and Harry
footballers of her time but, when football Coover is no different. A brilliant scientist,
is banned for women, she has to battle Harry keeps making the same extra-sticky
prejudice to play the sport she loves. mistake but then he begins to wonder
Trailblazer is a narrative non-fiction based whether it’s not such a mistake...
on the life of Lily Parr, one of the most
famous female football players of all time. A fun narrative non-fiction about the
scientist, Harry Coover, who accidentally
discovered super glue!
Themes: Determination, Teamwork, Sport, Prejudice, Girl Power Themes: Persistence, Problem Solving, Science, Inventions
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex
Characters) Characters), Vietnamese
16 17Pirates Don’t Drive Diggers
Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches New
Alex English & Duncan Beedie Edition
Julie Fulton & Rachel Suzanne
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th April 2020 Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
AR Rating: 3.7 Publication Date: 28th June 2021
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 AR Rating: 2.5
ISBN: 978-1-84886-638-6 RRP: £7.99 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-283-8 RRP: £7.99
Digger-mad Brad is not cut out for a
Jack has a rather grizzly visitor arrive for lunch
pirate’s life, instead he dreams of life on a
building site. When the Salty Dog sets sail, BDEES but it doesn’t want to eat any of Jack’s egg
sandwiches. So what do bears eat for lunch?
can he prove to Captain Blood that pirates
do drive diggers after all?
This is wonderfully inventive book comes from
the prolific author of the Ever So series, Julie
A rip-roaring rhyming pirate tale for those
Fulton. Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches is
digger-loving scallywags out there!
a comical story about a boy who loves egg
sandwiches, and a very fussy bear.
Themes: Differences, Belonging/Identity, Pirates
Themes: Differences, Food
Rights Sold: Korea
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex
Characters)
Princess Stay Awake
Giles Paley-Phillips & Adriana J. Puglisi
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2020
AR Rating: 3.0
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-639-3 RRP: £7.99
Princess Stay Awake will not go to sleep!
Her parents, the King and Queen, have
tried everything. When her parents are
at their wits’ end they unleash a secret
weapon...
Themes: Family, Bedtime
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Korea, Turkish, Chinese (Complex
Characters)
18 19Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans The Snowflake Mistake
Jessie Miller & Barbara Bakos
Lou Treleaven & Maddie Frost
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2017
AR Rating: - Publication Date: 28th September 2016
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 AR Rating: 3.2
ISBN: 978-1-84886-282-1 RRP: £7.99 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-218-0 RRP: £6.99
Rooster is so excited when his new skinny
In a palace high above the clouds, a
jeans come in the post: the sparkling
magical machine chugs and churns,
stitching, a striking gold hue, and the indigo
making beautiful, identical snowflakes.
denim, a dazzling blue! But what will the
When the Snow Queen leaves Princess
other animals think of his stunning new
Ellie in charge everything goes wrong
style?
and Ellie must make less than perfect
Top snowflakes. But there is beauty in their
Title uniqueness.
Themes: Responsibility, Imagination, Hard Work
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s The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble
Angela Mitchell & Sarah Horne
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2019
AR Rating: 3.2
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-459-7 RRP: £7.99
Princess Lolly is a rather over-the-top
character with big demands! Lolly’s
birthday jelly refuses to wobble and it takes
a clever party guest to come up with a
solution.
Themes: Courage, Self-confidence, Differences Themes: Problem Solving
Rights Sold: Iceland, Korea, Denmark, North America [distribution],
Rights Sold: Turkish
Chinese (Complex Characters)
20 21It’s MY Sausage The Wondrous Dinosaurium
Alex Willmore John Condon & Steve Brown
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2019 Publication Date: 28th May 2018
AR Rating: - AR Rating: 2.3
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A5M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-429-0 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-323-1 RRP: £7.99
There are five cats but just one sausage! Danny wants a new pet but he doesn’t
Which cat will get the yummy, scrummy want a boring pet. He wants a dinosaur!
sausage? Luckily, The Wondrous Dinosaurium has
just opened in town and its proprietor Mr
Full of funny situations and expressive Ree is more than happy to help. But it
illustrations, it’s sure to leave sides splitting! turns out that dinosaurs don’t make themost
Perfect for very young children. practical of pets!
Low
Themes: Selfishness, Sharing, Word Themes: Pets, Dinosaurs, Problem Solving
Count
Animals Rights Sold: Korea, Romania, China, Denmark, Turkey,
North America [distribution] , Chinese (Complex Characters)
Rights Sold: Korea (English),
North America [distribution],
Chinese (Complex Characters)
22 23Don’t Eat Pete Not Yet a Yeti
Sue Walker & Carlo Beranek Lou Treleaven & Tony Neal
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2019 Publication Date: 28th September 2018
AR Rating: - AR Rating: 2.4
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-426-9 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-340-8 RRP: £7.99
When Moll asks Uncle Boll to puppy-sit her George’s family are all yetis, all of them
pug, Pete, she makes sure there is plenty except George. He asks his family why
of food to satisfy Boll’s huge appetite. But he is not yet a yeti, each of them telling
Boll is always hungry, and Pete looks very George that he needs to be bigger, scarier
tasty... and more ferocious! But George might
want to be something else instead...
Themes: Greed, Animals, Consequences Themes: Differences, Acceptance, Family
Rights Sold: Turkish, Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
The Moosic Makers Lost in London
Heather Pindar & Barbara Bakos Fin + Zoa & Monika Suska
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th July 2019 Publication Date: 28th September 2018
AR Rating: - AR Rating: 4.3
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-427-6 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-373-6 RRP: £7.99
Nutmeg and Celery love their MOO-grass Great Britain is doomed! The guardians
music and when Farmer Joni needs a new of the Tower of London, six black ravens,
barn roof it seems the perfect way to help have disappeared! The Dog Detectives
raise money. must pedal full tilt to London’s landmarks
and solve the riddles before it’s too late.
Will MOO-grass music be enough or will
they have to change their tune?
Themes: Music, Animals, Taking a Stand, Teamwork Themes: Animals, Problem Solving
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters),
Characters)
24 25Not My Hats I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn
Tracy Gunaratnam & Alea Marley Rachel Lyon & Andrea Ringli
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2018 Publication Date: 28th September 2014
AR Rating: 2.6 AR Rating: 3.3
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-324-8 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-329-3 RRP: £7.99
Hettie loves hats. She has tall hats, small Mucky is a rather smelly horse who has
hats, any size at all hats, round hats, pointy a secret wish to become a unicorn. On
hats, fancy hoity toity hats… but she will overhearing his friend’s wish Owl calls some
NEVER, EVER share them! Will Puffin ever other animals together to make it come true.
find something to warm his noggin?
With Rachel Lyon’s fantastic rhyme and
Andrea Ringli’s beautiful illustrations, this has
proven to be a very popular book.
Themes: Sharing, Manners, Teamwork
“Lyon’s bouncy verses are a pleasure to read aloud,
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex and beautifully complemented by Andrea Ringli’s bold,
Characters)
affectionate illustrations.” - Teachwire
The Pirate Who Lost His Name
Lou Treleaven & Genie Espinosa
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2019
AR Rating: 2.8
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-407-8 RRP: £7.99
There was once a pirate. A very piratey pirate.
He had everything a pirate was supposed to
have. Except one thing... a name! Will he ever
find the name he lost or will he find himself
floating adrift?
Themes: Pirates, Memory, Teamwork, Problem Solving Themes: Friendship, Self-confidence, Loneliness
Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: China
26 27The New LiBEARian AdoraBULL
Alison Donald & Alex Willmore Alison Donald & Alex Willmore
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th August 2016 Publication Date: 28th March 2018
AR Rating: 2 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-223-4 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-322-4 RRP: £7.99
It’s storytime at the library but Miss Alfred is a bull and bulls are reliable and
Merryweather, the librarian, is missing! dependable. When his best friend Tom
Dee and her friends go in search of her but wants to bring home a new, adorable pet,
instead find a rather hairy new liBEARian! Alfred realises he may need to up his game
if he wants to stay number one in Tom’s
heart. But can bulls be adorable too?
Top
Title
Themes: Imagination, Libraries, Fairytale Retelling, Books Themes: Friendship,
Self-confidence, Acceptance
Rights Sold: Lithuania, China, North America, Spanish (South America),
Slovenia, Korea, Turkey, Chinese (Complex Characters)
Rights Sold: Turkey, China,
Denmark, North America
[distribution], Chinese
(Complex Characters)
28 29Pirates in Classroom 3 Bonkers About Beetroot
Alison Donald & Ben Whitehouse Cath Jones & Chris Jevons
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2017 Publication Date: 28th September 2017
AR Rating: 2.6 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-247-0 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-281-4 RRP: £7.99
Classroom Three has an unexpected Sunset Safari Park could be in danger of
adventure when Captain Calamity shows shutting down! Zebra and his friends try to
up looking for treasure in their classroom! think of how to save their home, but they
But can the class pull together to find it might have to go a little bonkers!
before Captain Bloodloss catches up and
steals the treasure away? This truly bonkers book has readers
laughing out loud!
Themes: School, Pirates, Taking a Stand, Bullying Themes: Problem Solving, Gardening, Taking a Stand
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: North America [distribution], China, Turkey, Korea, , Chinese
Characters) (Complex Characters)
Daddy and I The Snugglewump
Lou Treleaven & Sophie Burrows Lou Treleaven & Kate Chappell
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2017 Publication Date: 28th May 2017
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-280-7 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-241-8 RRP: £6.99
Saturdays are Daddy’s day and that Molly’s toys are arguing one day about
means one thing: adventure! Follow us as which of them is loved best. As they list their
we writhe in the grass like snakes and spot many amazing qualities they forget about
shapes in the clouds. We’re sure to find the Snugglewump, who goes on a journey
something new round every bend in the and discovers you don’t need
lane. bells and whistles to be loved.
Themes: Family, Imagination, Love Themes: Loneliness, Differences
Rights Sold: Korea, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
30 31Clumpety Bump Hamster Sitter Wanted
Phil Allcock & Richard Watson Tracy Gunaratnam & Hannah Marks
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th August 2017 Publication Date: 28th August 2017
AR Rating: 2.4 AR Rating: 2.6
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-245-6 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-246-3 RRP: £7.99
Clumpety Bump is a lazy horse, a very Marco and Polo simply love adventures
lazy horse. He doesn’t like to trot, but disaster hits when they are left in
jump or gallop, but his owner Wally charge of Marco’s numerous cousins! Can
Wobblebottom needs him to do all of these they find the perfect hamster sitter or are
things! Will they ever see eye to eye? their adventures a thing of the past?
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Themes: Hard Work, Friendship, Teamwork Themes: Problem Solving, Animals
Rights Sold: China, Turkey Rights Sold: China, Korea,
North America [distribution], Chinese
(Complex Characters)
Wishker
Heather Pindar & Sarah Jennings
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2017
AR Rating: 2.5
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-244-9 RRP: £6.99
Mirabelle doesn’t want much, just a never-
ending sleepover and zoo animals for
pets, but everyone always says ‘no’ to her!
When a rufty-tufty cat shows up with magic
wish-granting whiskers, things start looking
up for Mirabelle.
Themes: Self-control, Kindness, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey, China
32 33Froggy Day As Nice As Pie
Heather Pindar & Barbara Bakos Gary Sheppard & Tim Budgen
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2018 Publication Date: 28th November 2016
AR Rating: 1.8 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-321-7 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-222-7 RRP: £6.99
When the weather woman says it’s going Mavis loves to bake and to share, so when a
to be “very froggy” she means it! There little bird is after a few crumbs she's happy to
are frogs on the streets, on the bus, in supply them. But as more and more birds get
the supermarket and even in school! wind of her generosity, Mavis finds herself run
Everything has gone hopping mad! ragged! To teach the feathered fiends some
manners, she cooks up a plan that will make
This truly unique title turns a ridiculous them as nice as pie and also help her achieve
situation into a hilarious picture book. her life-long dream.
Themes: Animals, Weather, Acceptance Themes: Manners, Greed, Kindness, Animals
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Rights Sold: Spanish (South America)
Characters)
Fum
Karl Newson & Lucy Fleming
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2017
AR Rating: 1.5
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-243-2 RRP: £7.99
Fum is missing! Join the giant Crumb family
as they travel through different fairy tales
searching for the smallest Crumb.
Written by up-and-coming author Karl
Newson and illustrated by the talented Lucy
Fleming, Fum is an interactive story everyone
can enjoy.
Themes: Family, Fairytale Retelling, Teamwork
Rights Sold: China, Chinese (Complex Characters)
34 35Not Enough for Queen Fluff As Quiet As A Mouse
Rachel Lyon & Catalina Echeverri Karen Owen & Evgenia Golubeva
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2016 Publication Date: 28th September 2015
AR Rating: 4.1 AR Rating: 2.0
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-203-6 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-172-5 RRP: £6.99
For fancy Queen Fluff, a trip to see the Edgar keeps waking up his new baby sister
bunnies in the Kingdom seems like a but he can’t help being noisy. Luckily, his
good idea. But will they meet her lavish friend Ruby has an idea! Can Edgar learn
demands for a ten course feast or serve up to be as quiet as a mouse?
a slice of humble pie instead?
Themes: Selfishness, Greed, Kindness Themes: Hard Work, School, Self-confidence
Rights Sold: Available Worldwide Rights Sold: Spanish (South America)
Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip Not Without My Whale
Lou Treleaven & Julia Patton Billy Coughlan & Villie Karabatzia
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th January 2016 Publication Date: 28th September 2015
AR Rating: 3.8 AR Rating: 2.5
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-188-6 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-182-4 RRP: £6.99
One day an Oojamaflip pops into Arnold doesn’t want to go to school...
Professor McQuark’s head and she rushes not without his pet whale! Luckily, his
to her shed to invent it! But what is an neighbour Dora is on his side and together
Oojamaflip and will it win her first prize at they get the whale into various school
the science fair? situations.
Themes: STEM, Girl Power, Inventions, Science Themes: Loyalty, Determination, School, Self-confidence
Rights Sold: Korea Rights Sold: Korea, Spanish (South America), Turkish
36 37Strictly No Crocs Beware the Mighty Bitey
Heather Pindar & Susan Batori Heather Pindar & Susan Batori
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2019 Publication Date: 28th November 2017
AR Rating: 1.7 AR Rating: 2.5
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-457-3 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-284-5 RRP: £7.99
It’s Zebra’s birthday but the crocs are not Deep in the jungle, in the still waters of the
invited! Chomper, Snapper and Cruncher Nippy Pool, listening, lurking, waiting, live
want to eat everyone up. They must come the Mighty Bitey Piranhas! Some animals
up with a plan to get into that party! But are on their way to Cougar’s party and
they didn’t realise that they would actually offer to play some music for them but the
end up enjoying themselves a little bit too Mighty Bitey have other, more scrumptious
Top
much! things on their mind!
Title
Themes: Animals, Music, Consequences
Rights Sold: China, Denmark, North America [distribution], Chinese
(Complex Characters)
Shampooch
Heather Pindar & Susan Batori
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th January 2019
AR Rating: 2.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-381-1 RRP: £7.99
With whiskers waxed, nose polished and
her diamanté collar, Shampooch is the most
pampered dog in the whole park. But will she
Themes: Self-control, Differences, manage to avoid all the dirty distractions?
Animals
Shampooch is a laugh-out-loud tale for all dog
lovers that has an important message at its heart -
Rights Sold: Iceland, not to judge others by the way they look.
Denmark, Korea,
Norway, China, Polish Themes: Animals, Friendship, Prejudice
Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
38 39Aerodynamics of Biscuits Tamara Small and the Monsters’ Ball
Clare Helen Welsh & Sophia Touliatou Giles Paley-Phillips & Gabriele Antonini
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2015 Publication Date: 28th May 2015
AR Rating: 2.5 AR Rating: 3.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-181-7 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-175-6 RRP: £6.99
Captain Sneaky McSqueaky and his crew One dark night, Tamara Small is in bed
of pirate mice are trying to fly to the moon when a mysterious arm whisks her away to
to steal moon cheese, but to get there the Annual Monsters’ Ball! This is a night
they need some help from Oliver and his that Tamara will never forget!
biscuits.
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Themes: Imagination, Determination, Themes: Differences, Monsters, Halloween
Hard Work, Animals
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Chinese (Complex Characters)
Rights Sold: Korea, Turkey
The Pet Itch The Fearsome Beastie
Elli Woollard & Elina Ellis Giles Paley-Phillips & Gabriele Antonini
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2015 Publication Date: 28th May 2011
AR Rating: 3.1 AR Rating: 3.2
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-174-9 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-066-7 RRP: £5.99
Mossy the Monster wants a pet Itch but his The Fearsome Beastie is hungry. When he
family doesn’t. It takes his scheming older decides that Suzie, Clyde and Paul are
sister to come up with a plan that will not his next snack, little Pete goes to the one
only get him a pet Itch but also get the person he thinks can defeat the Beastie...
adults to do all the dirty work! his Gran!
Themes: Monsters, Pets, Siblings Themes: Taking a Stand, Courage, Stranger Danger
Rights Sold: Romania, Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters), Turkish
40 41The Four Little Pigs That’s Preposterous, Rhinoceros! New
Kimara Nye & Marcin Bruchnalski Tracy Gunaratnam & Marta Costa Edition
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th January 2015 Publication Date: 28th June 2021
AR Rating: 2.7 AR Rating: 3.0
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-164-0 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-704-8 RRP: £7.99
Tom’s granny is a witch and when Tom Disaster! King Lion has lost his voice and
says that the Three Little Pigs story is boring cannot read the animals their bedtime
Granny uses a spell to ‘magic’ him into the story. Luckily Preposterous Rhinoceros
book. Tom must be clever to avoid being wants to give it a go... but how do you go
eaten by the big bad wolf! about reading a book?
Themes: Magic, Imagination, Fairytale Retelling
Rights Sold: Korea, Spanish (South America)
Bibble and the Bubbles
Alice Hemming & Sara Sanchez
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2014
AR Rating: 2.8
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-115-2 RRP: £6.99
Bobby wonders where the bubbles go
and Bibble, in Space, wonders where they
come from. Bibble goes in search of the
origin of the bubbles and also finds himself
a new friend.
Themes: Friendship, Aliens, Imagination
Themes: Hard work, Friendship, Animals, Learning to Read
Rights Sold: Available Worldwide
Rights Sold: China, Korea
42 43Cantankerous King Colin How Do You Do, Mr Gnu?
Phil Allcock & Steve Stone Billy Coughlan & Maddie Frost
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2014 Publication Date: 28th March 2017
AR Rating: 2.7 AR Rating: 2.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-113-8 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-242-5 RRP: £6.99
King Colin is naughty, lazy, silly and Gnu is delighted to receive an invitation for
grumpy but he is king so he does what he tea with the queen, but are his manners up
likes! But he soon discovers that even a to scratch? He’d better start practising.
king can’t get away with everything…
Themes: Manners, Selfishness Themes: Manners, Animals
Rights Sold: Available Worldwide Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
Grandma Bendy Mr Mustachio
Izy Penguin Yasmin Finch & Abigail Tompkins
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2012 Publication Date: 28th August 2016
AR Rating: 3.0 AR Rating: 2.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-077-3 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-220-3 RRP: £6.99
Grandma Bendy is incredibly bendy. Mr Mustachio has the most fantabulous
However, in the olden days she used moustache, of which he is very proud. But
her bendiness to do some bad things. one day an impromptu picnic in the park
But a taste of her own medicine had her leads to a moustache disaster!
changing her ways...
Themes: Grandparents, Making Amends, Belonging Themes: Self-control, Teamwork, Self-confidence
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Korea Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Korea
44 45Yuck! Said The Yak Mine, Mine, Mine! Said The Porcupine
Alex English & Emma Levey Alex English & Emma Levey
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2019 Publication Date: 28th September 2019
AR Rating: 1.2 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-458-0 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-456-6 RRP: £7.99
Alfie does not seem too worried when a One day a porcupine comes to play
Yak appears at his house on a bicycle. But with Alfie but the porcupine does not
when the Yak says “Yuck!” to everything want to share! Alfie decides to play in
that Alfie offers him, he begins to think he is his imaginary land but will he let the rude
very rude! porcupine join in with his fun?
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Themes: Manners, Food, Differences, Animals Themes: Manners, Sharing, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey Rights Sold: China, Korea, Vietnamese
46 47Stone Underpants Game of Stones
Rebecca Lisle & Richard Watson Rebecca Lisle & Richard Watson
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th November 2016 Publication Date: 28th November 2017
AR Rating: 2.2 AR Rating: 1.6
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-221-0 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-299-9 RRP: £7.99
Pod lives in the Stone Age and finds that The Stone Age is boring. Pod, with
he often has a cold bottom! So he invents the help of his little brother Henge, is
underpants! Unfortunately his choice of determined to make the best game ever but
material is not always practical. Will he they end up just making a mess. Will Pod
find something that is both warm and be able to bring some rock and roll to the
flexible, so he can play with his friends? Stone Age?
Award Award
Winning Winning
Themes: Imagination, Problem Solving, Inventions Themes: Problem Solving, Games, Inventions
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Korea, China, Turkey, Denmark Rights Sold: China, Korea, Denmark, Turkey, Chinese (Complex
Characters)
Series
I, Pod
Rebecca Lisle & Richard Watson
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th April 2019
AR Rating: 1.9
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-406-1 RRP: £7.99
Pod is babysitting baby Nim. She’s just
about learning how to speak only she can’t
quite get Pod’s name right - much to Pod’s
frustration. But will that work in Pod’s favour
when Nim’s playtime goes wrong?
Pod is back with more new inventions in this
third story by Rebecca Lisle and Richard
Watson.
Themes: Problem Solving, Responsibility
Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
48 49Hedgehugs Hopping Hot
Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2014 Publication Date: 28th January 2016
AR Rating: 2.3 AR Rating: 2.6
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-160-2 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-189-3 RRP: £6.99
Horace and Hattie, two hedgehogs, are Horace and Hattie are the very best of
the very best of friends. There are so many friends… One day they are trying to play
things they like to do together but there is their favourite hopping game but it is too
one thing they can’t do… they can’t hug! hot! Can they beat the heat and find a way
They are just too spiky! to hop while it’s hot?
Themes: Friendship, Hard Work, Problem Solving, Animals Themes: Friendship, Persistence, Problem Solving, Animals
Rights Sold: North America, Africaans, Greece, Korea, Turkey, Rights Sold: Korea, Africaans, Turkey
Chinese (Complex Characters)
Series
Horace and Hattiepillar Hide and Squeak
Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper Steve Wilson & Lucy Tapper
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2015 Publication Date: 28th October 2016
AR Rating: 2.3 AR Rating: 2.9
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-163-3 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-233-3 RRP: £6.99
Horace and Hattie are the very best of Horace and Hattie are the very best
friends… One day they find something of friends… one autumn day they are
tiny and interesting under a leaf. But what watching the leaves fall from the trees
is it? when they hear a squeak… could it be a
new friend to play with?
Themes: Friendship, Imagination, Animals Themes: Friendship, Animals, Autumn
Rights Sold: North America, Africaans, Korea, Turkey, Rights Sold: North America, Korea, Africaans, Turkey, Chinese
Chinese (Complex Characters) (Complex Characters)
50 51Alterna
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A Scarf and a Half The Black and White Club
Amanda Brandon & Catalina Echeverri Alice Hemming & Kimberley Scott
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2014 Publication Date: 28th September 2014
AR Rating: 3.1 AR Rating: 2.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-116-9 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-119-0 RRP: £6.99
Little Lionel is disappointed when Granny At Heavenly Hippos Wildlife Park the
Mutton gives him a ridiculously long scarf penguins have started up a new club... but
for his birthday! But his friends show him only black and white animals are invited.
how the scarf is the perfect gift for a little Feeling left out, George the Giraffe comes
lamb wanting some fun. up with his own plan.
A Box of Socks George and the New Craze
Amanda Brandon & Catalina Echeverri Alice Hemming & Kimberley Scott
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th May 2015 Publication Date: 28th May 2016
AR Rating: 2.6 AR Rating: 2.3
Series
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-170-1 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-204-3 RRP: £6.99
Granny Mutton loves to knit and so she There is a new craze at the Heavenly Hippos
has made a whole box of socks for Little Wildlife Park. People Cards! George the
Lionel’s friends. But Little Lionel gets all the Giraffe and his friends want to collect them all
socks muddled and has to find out which but they may have to work together to get the
pairs belong to whom! full collection!
A Knit and a Knot Gold Star for George
Amanda Brandon & Catalina Echeverri Alice Hemming & Kimberley Scott
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th September 2016 Publication Date: 28th May 2015
AR Rating: 2.7 AR Rating: 2.8
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-219-7 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-171-8 RRP: £6.99
Granny Mutton is teaching Little Lionel The Heavenly Hippos Wildlife Park is awarding
to knit but when her favourite wool goes gold stars to the animals and George the Giraffe
missing, Lionel and his friend Rocky has the perfect spot on his fence for one. But will
become investigators to find it! George win a gold star?
Themes: Farm Animals, Friendship, Working Together Themes: Friendship, Sharing, Teamwork, Animals
52 Rights Sold: Turkey, Korea, Romania Rights Sold: Romania, China, Turkey, Denmark, Korea, South America 53Greedy Mrs MacCready Bossy Jonathan Fossy
Julie Fulton & Jona Jung Julie Fulton & Elina Ellis
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2016 Publication Date: 28th March 2016
AR Rating: 3.8 AR Rating: 3.2
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-199-2 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-186-2 RRP: £6.99
Mrs MacCready loves to eat but ignores Jonathan Fossy is ever so bossy, so the
the consequences until it is too late! towns folk come up with a way to teach
him a lesson.
Nosy Tabitha Posey Vain Dorothy-Jane
Julie Fulton & Jona Jung Julie Fulton & Jona Jung
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2016 Publication Date: 28th March 2016
AR Rating: 3.4 AR Rating: 3.3
Series
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-201-2 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-198-5 RRP: £6.99
Tabitha Posy is a bit too nosy when she Dorothy-Jane is vain, but she must be
takes a school trip to the zoo and she finds selfless when a dog is in trouble.
herself in a sticky situation.
Loud Daniel O’Dowd
Themes: Manners, Hard Work, Selfishness, Greed, Listening, Self-control Julie Fulton & Elina Ellis
Rights Sold: China, Slovenia, Korea, Vietnamese, Chinese (Complex Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2016
Characters) AR Rating: 3.2
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-200-5 RRP: £6.99
Daniel O'Dowd is so loud that his voice
can shatter comets...which is just as well as
one is heading towards the town.
54 55Rickety Rocket
Junior fiction In true Maverick style, our junior fiction list
is brimming with exciting discoveries for
Alice Hemming & Emma Randall
Format:
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28th October 2016
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ISBN: 978-1-84886-230-2 RRP: £5.99
readers aged 7 to 9. Mystery and humour
Meet Spacey Stacey and her band of fun friends!
are threaded through these page-turning There is never a dull day on Planet Fiveways, where
tales; young readers can explore their love Stacey and her friends live. From space races to
jetpack missions to outwitting pesky space bunnies,
of reading while learning about the power there is always a new adventure to be had. Hop into
of friendship, persistence, and simply Stacey’s Rickety Rocket and blast off!
having fun!
Themes: Space, Friendship, Differences, Problem solving
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Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 128p SB
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Publication Date: 28th October 2016
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(Refers to Th There is a deadly snake on the loose in Pumperton
and Lucy is the main suspect! Lucy, her brother, Max,
and their favourite grandparent, Grandma Bendy,
go on a quest to find the snake, capture it and clear
“Maver Lucy’s name. But can they do it before the whole town
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Rights Sold: Slovenia
57The Stolen Spear [Book 1] The Mysterious Island [Book 3]
Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 144p SB Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 144p SB
Publication Date: 28th August 2019 Publication Date: 28th January 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79 Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-408-5 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-700-0 RRP: £6.99
Wolf has always been an outsider to his community, Wolf’s rival, Rain, has stolen his precious amulet! Furious,
with his strange dreams and stargazing. When he is Wolf is determined to retrieve it but following Rain takes
saved by a secretive stranger called Crow, he brings him and Crow on a journey far beyond the world he
her into his village. Some time later, someone breaks knows—over oceans to mountains filled with fire and a
into the sacred burial mound and steals a precious mysterious island at the centre of the world. Forces of
spear belonging to a dead healer. Convinced that great power reside there, in temples and goddesses, of
Crow stole the spear, Wolf is banished by his village which Wolf has never seen before. Only Wolf’s greatest
to find it. But the world outside the village is harsh and test may come from within, and his hardest battle could
new... will Wolf find the strength he needs to find the be against himself.
spear?
Themes: Historical, Magic, Adventure, Belonging, Courage, Friendship Themes: Historical, Adventure, Spiritual, Revenge, Magic, Forgiveness
Rights Sold: Maltese
Series
Rights Sold: Maltese
Final
book
The Whispering Stones [Book 2] The Wolf’s Song [Book 4] coming in
Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu 2022
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 160p SB Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 144p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2020 Publication Date: 2022
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79 Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-461-0 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-807-6 RRP: £6.99
Cover
Coming
Wolf has returned to his village with the stolen spear The final book in series, concluding Wolf’s journey of
Soon
but his life is far from peaceful. Determined to become self discovery from the remote island of Skara Brae in
a shaman, he is gifted a special amulet which gives him Scotland to the mystic shores of Malta.
seeing dreams: mysterious visions of the future.
But Wolf’s rivalry with Rain takes a nasty turn and, when
Moon is poisoned, the village rejects Wolf once again.
In order to clear his name, Wolf leaves to guide a sickly
Moon to find a cure — but it seems other dangers are
following close behind.
Themes: Historical, Magic, Adventure, Belonging/Identity, Loyalty Themes: Historical, Adventure, Spiritual, Coming of Age
Rights Sold: Maltese Rights Sold: Maltese
58 59Arlo, Mrs Ogg and the Dinosaur Zoo [Book 1] Arlo, Dr Bland and the Spooktacular Fair [Book 3]
Alice Hemming & Kathryn Durst Alice Hemming & Mike Garton (in the style of Kathryn Durst)
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th April 2018 Publication Date: 28th May 2020
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79 Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-320-0 RRP: £6.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-651-5 RRP: £6.99
Things aren’t looking good for Class 4X. With another Another term, another teacher, but Arlo can already tell
teacher running away screaming (literally), Arlo something’s up. Dr Bland might not be as wild as Mrs
wonders how long the new supply teacher will survive. Ogg or otherworldly like Miss Pythia, but he’s taking the
Maybe it’s her animal skin dress or bone earrings, but school back to the dark ages.
Mrs Ogg doesn’t quite seem to be the teacher anyone
is expecting. When a trip to the zoo is organised, When the class tries to fight Dr Bland’s strict regulations,
Arlo realises this might be a chance to prove 4X can a mysterious student appears to divide them — Tony
behave. Only Mrs Ogg fails to mention that this is no Abbes. Tony is clever, funny and perfect... too perfect.
ordinary zoo... Can Arlo figure out the mystery and save the school in
time?
Themes: School, Friendship, Dinosaurs, Responsibility, Hard Work
Rights Sold: Turkey, Korean, North America [distribution]
Series
Arlo, Miss Pythia and the Forbidden Box [Book 2]
Alice Hemming & Mike Garton (in the style of Kathryn Durst)
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 160p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2019
AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-405-4 RRP: £6.99
Class 5P are back with a completely new teacher:
Miss Pythia. Though she’s no Mrs Ogg, her strange
prophetic visions and mysterious box are definitely not
normal. Arlo is sure something else is going on and,
when 5P are picked to take part in ‘Play in a Day’,
they might finally find out just what exactly is in that
box.
Themes: School, Friendship, Magic, Teamwork, Hard work Themes: Mystery, School, Friendship, Adventure
Rights Sold: Korean Rights Sold: Korean
60 61Letter to Pluto Homework on Pluto
Lou Treleaven Lou Treleaven
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2016 Publication Date: 28th April 2018
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79 Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-231-9 RRP: £5.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-318-7 RRP: £6.99
Jon’s teacher wants to keep the art of letter writing A holiday to Pluto seems like a well-deserved reward
alive and starts an interstellar penpal programme. for Jon, considering he has just saved the entire planet.
Jon is not impressed especially as his penpal, Straxi, However, with homework arriving from Earth, mad
is from Pluto, the most boring, smelliest and far away Grans and handbag-stealing, blue-headed skwitches
place in the whole solar system. And if that wasn’t bad to deal with, Jon's trip might be more eventful than
enough, she’s a girl! he’d planned!
Themes: Letter writing, School, Environmental issues, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey, Vietnamese
Series
Teachers on Pluto
Lou Treleaven
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 144p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2019
AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-404-7 RRP: £6.99
Jon thought being seven and a half billion kilometres
from Earth would save him from his teacher, Mrs Hall,
but apparently not. Now that the President of Pluto is
on his honeymoon, Mrs Hall has been chosen to look
after Pluto but will everything go to plan?
Themes: Letter writing, Friendship, Environmental Issues, Differences Themes: Letter Writing, Environmental issues, Friendship, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey, North America [distribution], Vietnamese Rights Sold: Vietnamese
62 63The Misadventures of Nicholas Nabb
Jenny Moore [cover illustration by Marco Guadalupi]
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 240p
Middle grade Our fast-growing Middle Grade list is Publication Date:
AR Rating:
28th May 2021
-
perfect for young readers with a taste for Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-775-8 RRP: £6.99
intrigue and madcap adventure. These
A botched bread roll robbery spells trouble for Victorian
popular titles whisk readers off on hilarious sewer scamp, Nicholas Nabb—big trouble. But when a
adventures in all kinds of richly imagined mysterious veiled widow, Annie, steps in to save him, it
looks like his luck might finally be changing. Only Annie
settings. Slug princes, time-travelling toilets, vanishes before they can become properly acquainted,
evil robot twins – expect to meet some truly leaving Nick with nothing but questions.
Middle Grade
unique characters! Who is the lady behind the black veil? Why does she
seem determined to help him? And, most importantly of
all, where is she now? Nick will stop at nothing to find out.
While our Middle Grade fiction is not
overtly issue-led, we like to celebrate
Name: Nicholas Nabb
positive themes of inclusivity and the
importance of belonging, whatever your Age on arrival: 2 weeks
situation or background (yes, even if your Parentage: Unknown. Deposited by unnamed
parents are slugs). father—refused to supply any family details.
Additional Notes: Robust-looking child, unlike
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