Affirm Press

AFFIRM PRESS

www.affirmpress.com.au | Tash Besliev | tash.besliev@affirmpress.com.au

Affirm’s first picture book, A Walk in the Bush by debut creator Gwyn Perkins, won the CBCA Picture Book of the Year (2018), and Tricky’s Bad Day by Alison Lester, Australia’s most-loved picture book creator, won Book of the Year, Early Childhood (2019). That’s Affirm Press: a combination of incredible emerging talent and some of the industry’s favourite creators.

HAVE YOU SEEN MY FRIEND?

Jo Dabrowski

Have you seen my friend? He was sitting right there. And then he disappeared. Like magic.

From an exciting new talent comes a hilarious, cheeky and surprising story about friendship, determination and the importance of always having a trick up your sleeve.

• A fresh and exciting debut from a Melbourne author-illustrator, to be followed up with another hilarious liftthe-flap board book in 2022.

• Clever visual humour that will be perfect for fans of Jon Klassen’s Hat trilogy, and Heidi McKinnon’s I Just Ate My Friend.

• The collage style is reminiscent of Lauren Child and Tai Snaith.

ENOUGH LOVE?

Maggie Hutchings and Evie Barrow

Willa had one dad one mum one home and a bird. And that was enough. So when Willa’s parents split up, she’s pretty sad. But at least they are still all hers. Until Dad meets Kevin and Willa’s family starts to grow … and keeps on growing.

Full of heart and bursting with warmth, Enough Love? is the new picture book from the creative team behind I Saw Pete and Pete Saw Me.

• A beautiful homage to blended families.

• Sweet and funny with a strong and memorable main character.

• Perfect for fans of Love Makes a Family and Who’s Your Real Mum?

RELEASE DATE: 07/2021 ISBN: 9781922400819 RRP(AUD): $17.99 FORMAT: PB, 10 Spreads RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Children’s Humour

RELEASE DATE: 07/2021 ISBN: 9781922400833 RRP (AUD): $24.99 FORMAT: HB, 32pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Picture Book, Families, Diversity, Acceptance

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FOLLOW YOUR FEELINGS

LUCY AND SAD

Kitty Black and Jess Rose

Follow Your Feelings is a touching, funny and charming new series about getting to know and love our emotions.

• This emotional literacy series reframes so-called ‘negative’ emotions as part of the very normal range of feelings we experience. It encourages emotional acceptance as a healthy approach to growth and development.

THE DETECTIVE’S GUIDE TO OCEAN TRAVEL

Nicki Greenberg

For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain, aboard the magnificent RMS Aquitania. From the decadent food to the star-studded passenger list, travelling First Class on Aquitania is every bit as glamorous as Pepper had imagined. When American stage sensation Perdita West’s priceless jewel disappears mid-voyage, Pepper unexpectedly finds herself entangled in the crime.

• A classic whodunnit mystery solved by child detectives.

• Historical middle grade fiction with a glamorous 1920s ocean-liner setting full of adventure and fun.

THE GRANDEST BOOKSHOP IN THE WORLD

Amelia Mellor

Pearl and Vally Cole live in Cole’s Book Arcade in Melbourne in 1893. It is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable: voice-changing sweets and talking parrots. When Pearl and Vally learn that their Pa has risked the Arcade — and himself — in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes.

• Winner of multiple awards including the ABIA Book of the Year for Young Children 2021 and the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2021.

RELEASE DATE: 09/2021 ISBN: 9781922419781 RRP (AUD): $19.99 FORMAT: HB, 32pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Picture Book

RELEASE DATE: 03/2021 ISBN: 9781922400673 RRP (AUD): $17.99 FORMAT: PB, 320pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Children’s Fiction, Middle-Grade, Mysteries, Historical Fiction

RELEASE DATE: 10/2020 ISBN: 9781925972955 RRP (AUD): $19.99 FORMAT: HB, 304pp RIGHTS: World, ex ANZ, Russia, Turkey and World Arabic CATEGORY: Children’s Fiction, Middle-Grade, Adventure, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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