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Catalogue ISBN: 9781838749637
Cover illustration: The Comet / Joe Todd-Stanton
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MARCH
3+ | Hardback | 40pp | 270 x 230mm
£12.99 | ISBN 9781838740658
When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts to glow and grow, Nyla can’t resist a chance to head somewhere that feels closer to what she had before … but what starts as an escape could be just the thing to make her finally feel at home.
From the award-winning Joe Todd-Stanton comes an exquisite and heartfelt picture book touching on the bewildering experience of moving house. This title explores how this can affect a child's sense of belonging, but also how it can open them up to new and wonderful experiences.
Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and was taught to draw by his mother, who is also an illustrator. He studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration. His work has been highly praised and his book The Secret of Black Rock was longlisted for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 and won a 2018 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
MAY
3+ | Hardback | 32pp | 260 x 230mm £12.99 | ISBN 9781838740498
When I was a pirate, I woke up to whale song. A chorus of humpback, beluga and blue. They waved with their tails, as we sailed along. Back when I was a pirate, before I met you.
Although these days Grandpa might prefer his rocking chair to climbing the rigging or hoisting the mainsail, he was once a swashbuckling pirate!
Treasure maps and sailing ships come to life in this heart-warming rhyming picture book about the surprising adventures of those you love. This is not only a story about pirates, but also family bonds and building memories.
Tom Silson is a solicitor based in Manchester with a passion for children’s books, rhyme and writing. The When I Was a ... series was inspired by a conversation he had with his eldest daughter.
Ewa Poklewska-Koziełło is an illustrator and architect from Poland, working from Sopot. She has illustrated many books for children and has a unique and playful style, perfect for fairies and pirates!
JUNE
3+ | Paperback | 32pp | 270 x 210mm £7.99 | ISBN 9781838741013
Archie, Cupcake, Oliver, Valentine… the cat who lives on Blossom Street is called something different by everyone, and loved by all. But there is one house on the street that he hasn’t visited yet…
From the critically-acclaimed picture book artist, Katie Harnett, comes a sweet and memorable tale about communities, friendship, and the importance of not forgetting those around us. Now you can own Archie Snufflekins for the first time in paperback!
Katie Harnett graduated from an Illustration BA at the University of the West of England, followed by an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. She received the Bologna Children's Book Fair ARS IN FABULA Grant Award in 2015.
3+ | Paperback | 32pp | 230 x 270mm
£7.99 | ISBN 9781838741150 9781838741150
When Big turtle won't come out of his shell, it’s up to his best friend Little to save the day!
Big and Little are the very best of friends. They do everything together! That is until one day, when Big suddenly hides away inside his shell… Little tries everything he can think of to get Big to come out and play again. He bakes him his favourite cake, and even asks all his friends for help… but nothing seems to be working! What could possibly be wrong?
Roisin Swales is an illustrator and animator based in Manchester. She was the winner of the World Wide Picture Book Illustration Competition in 2015 for her book Johnny Dolans Cat. She was also given a 'Highly Commended' award from Macmillan Picture Books in 2016 for her book Why is Grandad Grumpy?. She lives at her tiny white house on a hill with two cats, her boyfriend, and her flock of ornamental birds.
FEBRUARY
7+ | Hardback | 80pp | 290 x 290mm £16.99 | ISBN 9781838740702
What is it like to live in space? Is there life on other planets? And what exactly is a black hole? Join Professor Astro Cat and the gang as they travel across space to find out everything there is to know about our galaxy, the solar system and the Universe.
From asteroids to alien life and rockets to rovers, there’s so much to discover in the Frontiers of Space. Blast off with this revised edition featuring new content and the latest scientific research and discoveries.
Ben Newman has developed a distinct aesthetic which has been described as ‘bauhaus fuzzy felt.’ He has produced work for a large range of clients, including the Tate Modern, New York Times, BBC Radio 4, Google and The New Yorker.
Dr Dominic Walliman is a youtuber, science writer and physicist. Dominic produces the YouTube channel Domain of Science, has a PhD in quantum device physics and used to work on quantum computers.
JUNE
3+ | Hardback | 40pp | 270 x 230mm £12.99 | ISBN 9781838740344
If you venture into the forests or out onto the savannah you will find animals everywhere. But they don't just laze around all day, they are hard at work! Animals are always finding ways to get food and attract others of their species. To do this, they use an amazing array of tools. Children will learn all about these clever creatures, and explore how their daily routines have a lot in common with human kids! A perfect book for children with a curiosity to learn more about the wonderful animals we share our planet with.
Zoë Armstrong is a trained journalist who has worked in public relations within the charitable sector and in education. Zoë works as a freelance writer in Brighton where she lives with her young daughter. She is the author of Find The Spy and Curious Creatures Glowing in the Dark
Anja Sušanj is originally from coastal Croatia, she received an MA in illustration at the University of the Arts London and has been doing illustration ever since. Her first book was The Secret Lives of Mermaids with Flying Eye Books.
7+ | Paperback | 128pp | 260 x 205mm £11.99 | ISBN 9781838740733
Enter the incredible world of plants to learn about the green machines of the natural world. Using just the rays of the sun, trees and flowers help create everything from rubber to honey. Find out the powerful science going on in every leaf, petal and stem with vibrant illustrations that will make you look at plants in a whole new way.
Now for the first time in paperback, this critically-acclaimed and awardwinning illustrated compendium covers everything from the parts of a plant through to conservation, and also features DIY projects for young gardeners.
Michael Holland worked as Head of Education at Chelsea Physic Garden. He has worked for the Garden’s Education Department for 23 years and developed the innovative Chelsea Flower Show awardwinning Shelf Life project.
Philip Giordano is an Italian illustrator born in a small coastal town in Liguria. He attended the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan, and subsequently gained a Masters in Animation Techniques in Turin.
JUNE
YA | Paperback | 216 pp | 225 x 170mm £14.99 | ISBN 9781910620830
As the great chief matriarch lay dying, she gave one final decree: Upon her death there would be a contest. Having no heir of her own blood she called on the Gods; let fate decide the one truly worthy to rule in her place. The rich, the strong, the wise, the powerful; many put forward their names in hope of being chosen.
Join our cast of characters in a spell binding journey of betrayal, magic and tragedy. As our protagonist, Io, fights for her life and faces horrifying consequences, will her fellow chosen band together to defeat evil, or is it every soul for themselves? Find out in this brand new bind-up of the first two books in the Geis series, appearing in a new format and pairing with the hotly anticipated last book in the series.
Alexis Deacon's first book, Slow Loris, was named one of the hundred best children's books of all time by Time Magazine. He has twice been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and is a two time recipient of The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books Award. In 2014, The River won the Observer/Jonathan Cape/ Comica Graphic Short Story Prize.
AUGUST
YA | Paperback | 184pp | 225 x 170mm £14.99 | ISBN 9781910620441
As Io's quest reaches its deadly and dramatic conclusion, things are not all as they seem in the sorceress' game for the right to rule. Still trapped inside the torturous nightmares within the castle, who will remain in the battle for the throne, and which of the chosen will be lost along the way? Or will they fail in their attempts to escape the horrors within?
Alexis Deacon draws his Geis trilogy to an epic and emotive conclusion in this newly branded volume, packed to the rafters with his beautiful artwork and gripping storytelling.
Alexis Deacon's first book, Slow Loris, was named one of the hundred best children's books of all time by Time Magazine. He has twice been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and is a two time recipient of The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books Award. In 2014, The River won the Observer/Jonathan Cape/ Comica Graphic Short Story Prize.
APRIL
9+ | Paperback | 136pp | 225 x 160mm
£10.99 | ISBN 9781838740740
Kyra and her sisters have come to spend their summer with Grandma next to Frygea Forest, a place where trolls lurk in the trees and changelings scamper about, causing mischief. But this summer is different, and when Margot starts slamming doors and keeping secrets, Kyra starts to worry. When Margot is enticed into the woods by the mysterious figures in the mist, Kyra knows she has to save her, even if that means facing the spooky forces within Frygea Forest with just her kid sister for help.
Join Kyra and her sisters in this atmospheric coming-of-age graphic novel about embracing the changes that come from growing up, but never letting go of the imagination that keeps you young.
Marlyn Spaaij is amongst the key creative professionals in the Dutch animation industry. She has worked on Wellie Wishers, Dr. Panda, Cobain: Montage of Heck and Triple Trouble. Currently Spaaij is directing her animated short Trouble in Mind (10’), with support of the Dutch Film Fund and ARTE Germany’s Nadja Dumouchel. Spaaij is a graduate from the HKU.
9+ | Hardback | 96pp | 279 x 202mm £21.99 | ISBN 9781838740719
Introducing our favourite blue haired adventurer, Hilda!
This special collector’s edition comprises of the first two books in the Hilda graphic novel series, Hilda and the Troll and Hilda and the Midnight Giant, which inspired the award winning Hilda animated series on Netflix. Hilda: The Wilderness Stories also features behind-the-scenes material and an all new cover by series creator Luke Pearson. A perfect gift for Hilda fans and any young adventurer in your life!
Luke Pearson is the creator of the Hilda series of comics. He is also a writer and co-executive producer of the Bafta awardwinning animated series of the same name. Outside of Hilda, he has been an illustrator, a storyboard artist and has drawn a range of other comics. He lives with his family in Nottingham.
Blake Nuto & Charlotte Ager
Eda Akaltun
Rilla Alexander
Ella Bailey
Carratello
HUG ME
Simona Ciraolo
HB | 32pp | 217 x 299 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781909263499
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PB | 32pp | 217 x 299 mm | £6.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171720
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY SISTER?
Simona Ciraolo
HB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £11.99 5+ | 9781909263529
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SHY ONES
Simona Ciraolo
HB | 32pp | 210 x 295mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497355
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THE LINES ON NANA'S FACE
Simona Ciraolo
HB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781909263987
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A VERY LATE STORY
Marianna Coppo
HB | 48pp | 270 x 230 mm | £12.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171669
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MRS BIBI'S ELEPHANT
Reza Dalvand
HB | 32pp | 230 x 270mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497164
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JUMBLE WOOD
Helena Covell
HB | 32pp | 260 x 230 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171362 171362 781911 9 51695
LEAF
Sandra Dieckmann
PB | 32pp | 270 x 230 mm | £7.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171737
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MY VERY OWN SPACE Pippa Goodhart & Rebecca Crane HB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171126
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THE DOG THAT ATE THE WORLD
Sandra Dieckmann
HB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99 5+ | ISBN 9781911171607
171607 781911 9 51795
MORRIS WANTS MORE
Joshua Seigal & Amélie Falière
HUGO MAKES A CHANGE
Scott Emmons & Mauro Gatti
PING VS PONG
Mauro Gatti
ARCHIE SNUFFLEKINS
CUPCAKE TIBERIUS CAT
Katie Harnett
HB | 32pp | 255 x 195 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781909263376 263376 781909 9 90000
IVY AND THE LONELY RAINCLOUD
Katie Harnett
HB | 32pp | 255 x 195mm | £11.99
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ARCHIE SNUFFLEKINS
Katie Harnett
MONTY AND THE POODLES
Katie Harnett
PIP AND THE BAMBOO PATH
Jesse Hodgson
WILD Emily
Hughes
HB | 40pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99
3+ | ISBN 9781909263086
263086 781909 9
PB | 40pp | 230 x 270 mm | £6.99 3+ | ISBN 9781909263628
263628 781909 9 90000
THE LAND OF NOD
Robert Louis Stevenson & Robert Hunter
HB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99
3+ | ISBN 9781911171041
171041 781911 9 90000
Emily
3+ | ISBN 9781911171249 THE LITTLE GARDENER
Hughes 171249 781911 9 90000
MIKA: THE BEAR WHO DIDN’T WANT TO SLEEP
Erik Kriek
HB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497010
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Yann & Gwendal Le Bec
HB | 40pp | 255 x 180 mm | £10 3+ | ISBN 9781909263420
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Amyra León & Molly Mendoza
HB | 40pp | 240 x 280 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497324
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Ben Newman
HB | 32pp | 240 x 240 mm | £9.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171058
Rachel Woodworth & Sang Miao
Sang Miao
TOUGH GUYS HAVE FEELINGS TOO
Keith Negley
MY DAD USED TO BE SO COOL
Keith Negley
Sarah Noble
CREATURE
Andrea Ballance & Grasya Oliyko
Tom Silson & Ewa Poklewska-Koziełło
Tom Silson & Ewa Poklewska-Koziełło
Pippa Goodhart & Emily Rand
HB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99
Francesca Sanna
Francesca Sanna
Martin Stanev
A MOUSE CALLED JULIAN
Joe Todd-Stanton
HB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497065
MOUSE CALLED JULIAN
Joe Todd-Stanton THE SECRET OF BLACK ROCK
781912 9 51695 PB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £7.99 3+ | ISBN 9781912497478
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THE COMET
HB | 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £12.99 3+ | ISBN 9781838740658
Joe Todd-Stanton
BIG HID
Roisin Swales
Joe Todd-Stanton PB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £7.99 3+ | ISBN 9781838741150 9781838741150
HB | 32pp | 230 x 270 mm | £11.99 3+ | ISBN 9781911171300
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| 40pp | 270 x 230 mm | £12.99 3+ | ISBN 9781838740306
781838 9 51699 ALLEY CAT RALLY Ricky Trickartt
ARTHUR AND THE GOLDEN ROPE
Joe Todd-Stanton
PB | 56pp | 295 x 215 mm | £8.99 5+ | ISBN 9781911171690
MARCY AND THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX
Joe Todd-Stanton
PB | 56pp | 295 x 215 mm | £8.99 5+ | ISBN 9781911171829
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KAI AND THE MONKEY KING
Joe
Todd-Stanton
LEO AND THE GORGON'S CURSE
Joe Todd-Stanton
HB | 64pp | 260 x 190 mm | £12.99 5+ | ISBN 9781912497393
781912 9 51895 PB | 56pp | 295 x 215 mm | £7.99 5+ | ISBN 9781912497447
Seaerra Miller HB | 80pp | 279 x 202 mm | £12.99
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Isabel Roxas
AKISSI: TALES OF MISCHIEF
Marguerite Abouet & Mathieu Sapin PB
Marilyn Spaaij
Marguerite Abouet & Mathieu Sapin
Marguerite Abouet & Mathieu Sapin
Luke Pearson
Luke Pearson
Luke Pearson
Luke Pearson
HILDA AND THE BLACK HOUND
Luke Pearson
HILDA AND THE STONE FOREST
Luke Pearson
HILDA AND THE MOUNTAIN KING
Luke Pearson
HILDA AND THE HIDDEN PEOPLE
Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies & Seaerra Miller
Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies & Victoria Evans
HILDA AND THE GREAT PARADE
Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies & Seaerra Miller
HILDA AND THE
Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies & Seaerra Miller
THE
Dr Teresa Seraphini & Sophie Robin
Dr Teresa Seraphini & Sophie Robin
Prof Anuk Tola & Anja Sušanj
Prof Zoya Agris & Alexander Utkin
Prof Alice Gregory, Christy Kirkpatrick & Eleanor Hardiman
HB | 96pp | 270 x 240 mm | £12.99
3+ | ISBN 9781911171812
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