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Introducing
the first title in our
BRAND NEW FOUR-BOOK
FANTASY SERIES!
Emba Oak and the Terrible Tomorrows
by Jenny Moore (Cover artwork by David Dean)
All the best stories and adventures start with a knock at the door.
978-1-84886-89
Except Emba Oak’s story begins with a mysterious thwump of a dragon’s 3-9
tail at a cave’s entrance. And with it comes dangerous truths, riddling
prophecies and a plotting sorcerer called Necromalcolm...
Go to page 69 for more information
New for 2022
Picture Books Step into to the inspirational world of
Maverick picture books. With dazzling
Here is a selection of our 2022 titles, which will be published in Summer 2022. If interested
in a co-edition please get in touch for print dates and pricing.
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 Pg 44 Pg 4 Pg 8
jeans or the true story of a trailblazing woman
footballer, there’s nothing ordinary about a
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3
Slug Love Animal Magic
Cath Jones & Craig Shuttlewood Phil Allcock & Gina Maldonado
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: June 2022 Publication Date: July 2022
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-831-1 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-870-0 RRP: £7.99
Slug can’t understand why the gardener A little bird takes a drink from a
doesn’t want to be friends - he even ate magic pond and begins a series of
heart shapes out of all of her plants for her! transformations, which will have children
Everything Slug tries just doesn’t work and guessing on the page turn.
when the ‘bucket of doom’ is brought out,
Slug must choose his life or his love. A wonderful rhyming picture book suitable
for the little ones!
Themes: Confidence, Determination, Problem Solving Themes: Rhyme, Animals, Guessing
Rights Sold: Available Worldwide Rights Sold: Available Worldwide
4 5
The Very Best Beast It’s a Jungle Out There
Alison Green & Siân Roberts Tracy Gunaratnam & Valentina Fontana
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: June 2022 Publication Date: July 2022
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-806-9 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-830-4 RRP: £7.99
There is a new king and he wants a new Surely there is more to life than nit-picking?
crest. He calls for animals far and wide Panzee, the chimpanzee, dreams of doing
to tell him why they should be the image more, but her plans for being a hairdresser
on his crest. A young elephant turns up; are thwarted by the sheer amount of hair
she is too shy to step forward, but when there is in the jungle! The royal stylist
an unexpected guest arrives, the elephant Bouffant Bill is called in but you can’t go
shows why she is the best beast. wild in his stylish wigs and bouffants! What
is the answer to the hairy problem?
Themes: Hard Work, Hair Styling, Animals, Jungle
Rights Sold: North America [distribution],
China (English)
Themes: Self-confidence, Determination, Problem Solving
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
6 7
Sid’s Big Fib Raccoon and the Hot Air Balloon
Roo Parkin & Irina Avgustinovich Jill Atkins & Kristen Humphrey
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: July 2022 Publication Date: 28th June 2021
AR Rating: - AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-761-1 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-738-3 RRP: £7.99
Sid and his friend, Lulu, are always trying Raccoon is in search of adventure! A hot
to outdo each other with weekend goings- air balloon looks like the perfect way for
on. One day Sid just can’t help himself her to experience flying... but how will she
and a little lie escapes his lips: his dad has get down?
built a rocket and is going to the moon!
The lie quickly escalates until Sid finds
himself desperately trying to keep the lie
believable!
Themes: Lying, Exaggeration, Consequences Themes: Adventure, Friendship, Problem Solving
Rights Sold: North America [distribution] Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
8 9
Which Nose for Witch? All I Want is an Octopus
David Crosby & Carolina Coroa Tracy Gunaratnam & Valentina Fontana
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: 978-1-84886-739-0 RRP: £7.99
When young witches come of age, they An octopus seems like the perfect pet, but
get to choose their own grown-up witch Dad and Mum will need convincing...
nose! However, no new nose seems quite Luckily, Gran seems to be on the same
right to Griz, but then she spots the perfect wavelength!
nose... in her own reflection!
Themes: Pets, Family, Humour, Persistence
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
Themes: Self-confidence, Determination, Family, Growing Up
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], China (English)
10 11
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]
12 13
Don’t Get Your Tutu in a Twist! Mix Up Monday
Jenny Moore & Barbara Bakos Elizabeth Dale & Louise Forshaw
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th August 2021 Publication Date: 28th July 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: 978-1-84886-640-9 RRP: £7.99
Miss Rilla is holding a dance show, but the Farmer Fred is more than a little sleepy
rehersals are not going well! Can they pull this morning — and his animals know it!
it all together in time for the big night? Everyone wants to join in on the Monday
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: Humour, Animals, Dancing, Performance
Rights Sold: North America [distribution]
14 15
Emma on Mars Pirates vs. Monsters
Billy Dunne & Vanessa Port David Crosby & Lee Cosgrove
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th July 2021 Publication Date: 28th September 2020
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- 488-7 RRP: £7.99
Emma is angry that her parents have made Pirates Hector, Sue and George are
such a mess of the planet! She goes off crafty, bold and all very proud about
in search of a new home and Mars looks besting some of the most grizzly, gruesome
perfect! monsters. But are they telling the truth? A
few new visitors might just set the record
straight!
Award
Winning
Title
Themes: Space, Environment, Family, Climate Change, Science
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Turkey Themes: Monsters, Pirates, Telling the Truth, Consequences
Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex
Characters)
16 17Iguanas 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 Themes: Courage, Magic, Teamwork, Positivity
Rights Sold: Turkey, Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Characters)
Hocus Pocus Diplodocus Why? A Sciencey, Rhymey Guide to Rainbows
Steve Howson & Kate Daubney Billy Dunne & Rhys Jefferys
New
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2021 Publication Date: 28th October 2020
Edition AR Rating: 3.4 AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-702-4 RRP: £7.99 ISBN: 978-1-84886-487-0 RRP: £7.99
Hocus P. Diplodocus is not like other Dad is quite confident in explaining how a
dinosaurs. He is the world’s first magician! rainbow is made to his curious daughter,
As Hocus’s powers grow, his fame grows but when she keeps repeating ‘why?’ his
too, but so does the chance that it could all explanation spirals deep into sciencey
go wrong… drastically wrong! lingo that has his brow sweating! A
sciencey, rhymey guide to rainbows that
even those with no scientific knowledge
can enjoy.
Themes: Magic, Dinosaurs, Friendship Themes: Family, Persistence, Imagination, Determination
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America) Rights Sold: North America [distribution], Chinese (Complex Characters)
18 19Mister 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
20 21Pirates 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 June 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: 978-1-84886-798-7 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 wonderfully inventive book comes from the
New prolific author of the Ever So series, Julie Fulton.
A rip-roaring rhyming pirate tale for those
Edition Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches is a comical
digger-loving scallywags out there!
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...
New
Edition
Themes: Family, Bedtime
Rights Sold: Spanish (South America), Korea, Turkish, Chinese (Complex
Characters)
22 23Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans The Snowflake Mistake
Jessie Miller & Barbara Bakos
Lou Treleaven & Maddie Frost
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2022
AR Rating: - Publication Date: 28th September 2016
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 AR Rating: 3.2
ISBN: 978-1-84886-887-8 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
New
Edition
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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)
24 25It’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 turns
illustrations, it’s sure to leave sides splitting! out that dinosaurs don’t make the most
Perfect for very young children. practical of pets!
Themes: Selfishness, Sharing, Animals Themes: Pets, Dinosaurs, Problem Solving
Rights Sold: Korea (English), North America [distribution], Rights Sold: Korea, Romania, China, Denmark, Turkey,
Chinese (Complex Characters), Slovenia North America [distribution] , Chinese (Complex Characters)
Low
Word
Count
26 27Don’t Eat Pete Not Yet a Yeti New
Sue Walker & Carlo Beranek Lou Treleaven & Tony Neal Edition
Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2019 Publication Date: 28th June 2022
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- 852-6 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)
28 29Not 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
30 31The 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),
Slovenia, China (English)
32 33Pirates 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), China (English)
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 bells and
lane. whistles to be loved.
Themes: Family, Imagination, Love Themes: Loneliness, Differences
Rights Sold: Korea, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Complex Characters) Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
34 35Clumpety 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?
rnative co
Alte ve
r:
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 until she takes things too
far...
Themes: Self-control, Kindness, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey, China
36 37Froggy 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)
38 39The Fussy Bunny New As Quiet As A Mouse
Rachel Lyon & Catalina Echeverri Edition Karen Owen & Evgenia Golubeva
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2022 Publication Date: 28th September 2015
AR Rating: - AR Rating: 2.0
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-851-9 RRP: £7.99 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 good but he can’t help being noisy. Luckily, his
idea. But will they meet her lavish demands friend Ruby has an idea! Can Edgar learn
for a ten course feast or serve up a slice of to be as quiet as a mouse?
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
40 41Strictly 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 to the party! Chomper, Snapper Nippy Pool, listening, lurking, waiting, live
and Cruncher want to eat everyone up. the Mighty Bitey Piranhas! Some animals
They must come up with a plan to get into are on their way to Cougar’s party and
that party! But they didn’t realise that they offer to play some music for them but the
would actually end up enjoying themselves Mighty Bitey have other, more scrumptious
Top
a little bit too much! things on their mind!
Title
Themes: Animals, Music, Consequences
Rights Sold: China, Denmark, North America [distribution], Chinese
(Complex Characters), Slovenia
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, Themes: Animals, Friendship, Prejudice
Poland, Slovenia
Rights Sold: Chinese (Complex Characters)
42 43Aerodynamics of Biscuits New Tamara Small and the Monsters’ Ball
Edition
Clare Helen Welsh & Sophia Touliatou Giles Paley-Phillips & Gabriele Antonini
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB Format: 26x26.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2022 Publication Date: 28th May 2015
AR Rating: 2.5 AR Rating: 3.1
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/B3M79 Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-643-0 RRP: £7.99 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.
Themes: Imagination, Determination, Hard Work, Animals Themes: Differences, Monsters, Halloween
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
44 45The 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)
New
Bibble and the Bubbles Edition
Alice Hemming & Sara Sanchez
Format: 24.5x24.5cm, 32p SB
Publication Date: 28th June 2022
AR Rating: 2.8
Bic/CBMC Code: YBCS/A3M79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-701-7 RRP: £7.99
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
46 47Cantankerous 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
48 49Yuck! 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?
Top Top
Title Title
Series
Themes: Manners, Food, Differences, Animals Themes: Manners, Sharing, Animals
Rights Sold: Turkey Rights Sold: China, Korea, Vietnamese
50 51Stone 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 the help
he often has a cold bottom! So he invents of his little brother Henge, is determined
underpants! Unfortunately his choice of to make the best game ever but they end
material is not always practical. Will he up just making a mess. Will Pod be able to
find something that is both warm and bring some rock and roll to the Stone Age?
flexible, so he can play with his friends?
Award Award
Winning Winning
Title Title
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
Afrikaans Characters), Afrikaans
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), Afrikaans
52 53Hedgehugs 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, Afrikaans, Greece, Korea, Turkey, Rights Sold: Korea, Afrikaans, 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, Afrikaans, Korea, Turkey, Rights Sold: North America, Korea, Afrikaans, Turkey, Chinese
Chinese (Complex Characters) (Complex Characters)
54 55New
Edition
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
NEW Ed. ISBN: 978-1-84886-637-9 RRP: £6.99
Little Lionel is disappointed when Granny
Mutton gives him a ridiculously long scarf At Heavenly Hippos Wildlife Park the penguins
for his birthday! But his friends show him have started up a new club... but only black and
how the scarf is the perfect gift for a little white animals are invited. Feeling left out, George
lamb wanting some fun. the Giraffe comes 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
56 Rights Sold: Turkey, Korea, Romania Rights Sold: Romania, China, Turkey, Denmark, Korea, South America 57Greedy 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! townsfolk 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.
58 59The Heart Scarab [Book 1- Nile Adventures]
Junior fiction In true Maverick style, our junior fiction list
is brimming with exciting discoveries for
Saviour Pirotta & Jo Lindley
Format:
Publication Date:
AR Rating:
Bic/CBMC Code:
12.9x19.8cm, 178p SB
28th February 2022
-
YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-814-4 RRP: £6.99 NEW
readers aged 7 to 9. Mystery and humour SERIES
Mahu wants to escape his life as a farmer
are threaded through these page-turning and so gets his brother, Renni, an artist,
tales; young readers can explore their love to steal a heart scarab from the tomb
of a famous general but the general’s
of reading while learning about the power spirit can’t cross the River Styx without it.
of friendship, persistence, and simply Returning it proves difficult as a powerful
man called the Vizier wants the heart
having fun! scarab for himself and he will do anything
to get it!
“Maveric
k Arts Pub
that gives lishing is a Themes: Ancient Egypt, Family, Adventure, Courage
welcome c
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Saviour Pirotta & Jo Lindley
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 180p SB
teach
a g re a t b o ok not just to ss
Publication Date: 28th August 2022
“This is
n w a y , b u t also to discu AR Rating: -
history in a fu aders.” Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
o ra ry is su e s with the re ews ISBN: 978-1-84886-894-6 RRP: £6.99
contemp nda r, Awfully B
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– Chitra Sou e Stolen Spea
r) After thwarting the vizier’s plan, Renni, Mahu and
(Refers to Th Balaal are ready for another adventure! They travel
to Shedet to see the mummification of the sacred
crocodile, but whilst there, they encounter a plot to
overthrow the gods themselves! Will they be able to
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Rights Sold: Available Worldwide
61The Stolen Spear [Book 1 - The Wolfsong Series] The Mysterious Island [Book 3 - The Wolfsong Series]
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 Rights Sold: Maltese
Series
The Whispering Stones [Book 2 - The Wolfsong Series] The Wolf’s Song [Book 4 - The Wolfsong Series]
Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu Saviour Pirotta & Davide Ortu
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 160p SB Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 176p SB
Publication Date: 28th March 2020 Publication Date: 28th January 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
Wolf has returned to his village with the stolen spear Wolf is tricked into waking the Sleeping Goddess
but his life is far from peaceful. Determined to become and it seems that the Mysterious Island is cursed, but
a shaman, he is gifted a special amulet which gives him perhaps the consequences are closer to home? Wolf
seeing dreams: mysterious visions of the future. must face his demons and make the long journey
back to Skara Brae to face his greatest challenge.
But Wolf’s rivalry with Rain takes a nasty turn and, when
Moon is poisoned, the village rejects Wolf once again. The final book in the series, concluding Wolf’s
In order to clear his name, Wolf leaves to guide a sickly journey of self discovery from the remote island
Moon to find a cure — but it seems other dangers are of Skara Brae in Scotland to the mystic shores of
following close behind. Malta, and back again! Final
book
in the
series
Themes: Historical, Magic, Adventure, Belonging/Identity, Loyalty Themes: Historical, Adventure, Spiritual, Coming of Age !
Rights Sold: Maltese Rights Sold: Maltese
62 63Arlo, 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: 12.9x19.8cm, 144p SB Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 148p SB
Publication Date: 28th April 2018 Publication Date: 28th May 2020
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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], Afrikaans
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, Afrikaans Rights Sold: Korean, Afrikaans
64 65Penpals on Pluto Series Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 128 - 144p SB
Rickety Rocket
Lou Treleaven Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79 Alice Hemming & Emma Randall
Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 128p SB
Publication Date: 28th October 2016
AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
ISBN: 978-1-84886-230-2 RRP: £5.99
Meet Spacey Stacey and her band of fun friends!
There is never a dull day on Planet Fiveways, where
Stacey and her friends live. From space races to
jetpack missions to outwitting pesky space bunnies,
there is always a new adventure to be had. Hop into
Stacey’s Rickety Rocket and blast off!
Themes: Space, Friendship, Differences, Problem Solving
Letter to Pluto [Book 1]
ISBN: 978-1-84886-231-9 RRP: £5.99 Rights Sold: Available Worldwide
Jon’s teacher wants to keep the art of letter writing alive and starts an interstellar penpal
Series
programme. Jon is not impressed especially as his penpal, Straxi, is from Pluto, the most
boring, smelliest and far away place in the whole solar system. And if that wasn’t bad
enough, she’s a girl!
Grandma Bendy and the Great Snake Escape
Homework on Pluto [Book 2] Izy Penguin
ISBN: 978-1-84886-318-7 RRP: £6.99 Format: 12.9x19.8cm, 128p SB
A holiday to Pluto seems like a well-deserved reward for Jon, considering he has just Publication Date: 28th October 2016
saved the entire planet. However, with homework arriving from Earth, mad grans and AR Rating: -
Bic/CBMC Code: YFB/C3N79
handbag-stealing, blue-headed skwitches to deal with, Jon’s trip might be more eventful
ISBN: 978-1-84886-229-6 RRP: £5.99
than he’d planned!
There is a deadly snake on the loose in Pumperton
Teachers on Pluto [Book 3] and Lucy is the main suspect! Lucy, her brother, Max,
and their favourite grandparent, Grandma Bendy,
ISBN: 978-1-84886-404-7 RRP: £6.99 go on a quest to find the snake, capture it and clear
Jon thought being seven and a half billion kilometres from Earth would save him from Lucy’s name. But can they do it before the whole town
his teacher, Mrs Hall, but apparently not. Now that the President of Pluto is on his descends into chaos?
honeymoon, Mrs Hall has been chosen to look after Pluto, but will everything go to
plan?
Themes: Letter Writing, Friendship, Environmental Issues, Differences Themes: Family, Grandparents, Determination, Problem Solving
Rights Sold (all 3 books): Turkey, North America [distribution], Vietnamese Rights Sold: Slovenia
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