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A FOAL CALLED LUNA
Katie Knutton
3+ | Sep 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A beautiful story about learning that it's OK to be different and finding the magic within yourself.
Wouldn’t the world be boring if we were all the same?
Luna the foal has tiny hooves, a fluffy tail and she loves to play with her friends in the meadow. But Luna also has something special... Luna has wings.
When Luna realises that she’s different from her friends, her mother and friends help her realise that everyone is different and that’s what makes us special.
Katie Knutton graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from Camberwell College of Arts, London and has worked as a designer and art director of children's books for over 15 years.
BARNEY THE BARNACLE
Christian Foley & André Carrilho
3+ | Jul 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A stunningly illustrated picture book about how music makes us feel.
Barney the barnacle will not be moved. He is completely unbothered by everything that happens around him. He will not play with the fish, he won't listen to the birds and he won't even move when the sky and the sea cause a big storm. He can't be moved. Until a shipwrecked band washes up onto his rock and they begin to play… A fun and moving story about the power of music.
Christian Foley is an author and a poet who specialises in spoken word and hip hop education. He is an expert in incorporating rap into the process of learning.
André Carrilho, from Lisbon, has won numerous international awards including the National Prize in Illustration (Portugal) and the Grand Prix at Hiii Illustration (China).
BABY KRAKEN
Ani Manzanas
3+ | May 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A perfect summery picture book where Ollie overcomes his fear of the ocean with the help of a baby... octopus?
Ollie is afraid of the sea – he just KNOWS it’s full of monsters! While playing in a little tide pool, he meets a baby octopus. They become friends, and Ollie slowly learns that there was nothing to be scared of. After all, there are no giant monsters under the sea... are there?
Don't worry, I'll take you back to the sea.
Ani Manzanas (Ana Jimenez) grew up in Spain and studied Fine Arts. Her work is inspired by nature, folklore and the quiet magic of everyday life.
SEE YOU LATER...
April Suddendorf
3+ | Apr 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
This picture book is a quirky and funny cautionary tale about how the grass (or swamp) is not always greener elsewhere!
See you later alligator...
Gary the alligator grows tired of his small, soggy swamp and decides a nearby human house would be far more comfortable and luxurious. How wrong he turns out to be!
This charmingly illustrated picture book is darkly detailed with a humorous ending.
April Suddendorf is an illustrator and author based in Dublin. She studied Communication Design and Media and has a master's in Children’s and Young Adult Literature.
TOOTHLESS TERRY
Michael Parkin
3+ | Jun 2027 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
Toothless Terry gets what he wants, but it isn’t what it’s all cracked up to be…
Terry the frog is sick of having no teeth, so after stumbling upon a camper’s set of false teeth he decides to borrow them for a little bit. After all, what can go wrong?
Terry is so proud of his teeth and all the other animals see how happy he looks with them in! But when the time comes to take them out, unfortunately he realises they are stuck! Will he ever get them out?
Michael Parkin, a freelance illustrator from Hampshire and Surrey, graduated from Kingston University, UK. His humorous, narrative art has earned AOI Award shortlists and graphic story prizes.
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JAM IS FOR EATING!
Jess Mountfield
3+ | Aug 2026 |£12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A sweet and quirky picture book about a bat named Benny, his brilliant batch of jam and all sorts of sticky situations.
When Benny the bat rolls out his jamladen trolley loaded with the best batch he has ever made, he is disappointed by his friends’ reactions to his sweet treat. Each and every one of Benny’s friends seems to have other (sometimes ingenious) uses for Benny’s jam. But to Benny’s annoyance, none of them involve eating it!
Jess Mountfield is an animator and illustrator who has directed shorts for the BBC, MTV, FX and ICA. She's also won awards from the Royal Television Society.
SUNNY AND STORMY
Sarah Holliday
3+ | Feb 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
A bright and beautiful picture book about sibling rivalry, dealing with emotions and sisterly love.
Magical sisters Sunny and Stormy control the weather with their unique powers. Sunny is adored for her warmth and light, while Stormy feels unloved for her wind and rain. When jealousy causes chaos in the village, Stormy flies away, thinking she's ruined everything. But Sunny can't restore balance without her. Together, the sisters must learn to embrace their differences and accept themselves.
Sarah Holliday, an illustrator from Perthshire, Scotland, studied Animation in Dundee. Now living in San Francisco, she enjoys illustrating and finding magic in everyday life.
THE LOST ROBOT
Joe Todd-Stanton
4+ | Mar 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A heart-warming story about a lost, broken robot searching for their family and their forever home.
Deep in the heart of a rubbish dump, a little broken robot woke up...
Mio can't remember where they came from or how long it's been, but they know they're not meant to be there. They go in search of their memories and the home they once knew, only to discover that everything has changed.
A stunning picture book with a beautiful message about loving yourself and knowing there is always a place where you belong.
Joe Todd-Stanton is a Carnegie Medal winner based in London. His book The Secret of Black Rock won the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
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HOW MANY ANIMALS CAN FIT IN THIS BOOK?
Natalia Yaskina
3+ | Jan 2026 | £10.99
HB | 270 x 230mm | 40pp
A brilliant, colourful and funny counting picture book with one very opinionated ant at the centre…
Just how many animals can fit in this book? Ant will tell you loud and clear: the answer is ONE. But will Ant mind if other animals join the pages, too? Two lions? Four zebras? How about eight penguins?
A humorous picture book that cleverly shows that there is enough room for everyone – while acknowledging that, sometimes, we may need our own space.
Natalia Yaskina, a New York-based illustrator, has over ten award-winning books published globally. She enjoys sketching, traveling and spending time with her three kids.
Rights sold: Catalan, Chinese (Complex), Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish
HOW TO EXPLAIN... TO A GROWN UP SERIES
Zsofi Lang
Zsofi Lang is a Hungarian illustrator living in Brussels. She has been working in live illustration and graphic recording for ten years and this is her debut book series.
Confirmed subjects in the series:
• Human Body
• The Solar System
• Dinosaurs
• Ancient Egypt
With more to come!
7+ | Sept 2027 | £9.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 56pp
A brilliantly funny, comic-style overview of the human body for younger readers.
How do you explain ANYTHING to a grown up?!
Learn everything you can about wellloved non-fiction topics in Zsofi Lang’s funny, quick-fact style.
These bite-sized, easily digestible facts are super cool, super easy to understand and (most importantly), super easy to explain to a grown-up...
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
Nate Rae & Sophie Escavy Lim
7+ | Aug 2026 | £12.99
HB | 260 x 205 mm | 48pp
A beautifully illustrated book about the science behind sleep for young readers.
Why do we need to sleep? Why do we get sleepy at night? What are dreams? This book explores the neuroscience of sleep. Packed with real-life examples and backed with up-to-date research, it explains what happens in your brain and body when you sleep – and when you don’t – in a clear, entertaining way.
Nate Rae is an author from Scotland, now based in South London, who writes books about almost anything – from dinosaurs to Dungeons and Dragons. He also teaches university-level Psychology.
Sophie Escavy Lim is a French illustrator of Chinese-Cambodian descent. Her work was longlisted for the World Illustration Award in 2024 and 2025.
DIAGNOSIS DETECTIVES: TUMMY TROUBLE
Ben Elcomb & Terri Po
7+ | Jan 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 48pp
A non-fiction human body detective book about the microscopic team in all of our bodies.
Join a team of quirky characters that live in the human body as they investigate the clues behind mystery symptoms to find each culprit to illnesses and ailments.
DIAGNOSIS DETECTIVES
The Diagnosis Detectives Agency work out what’s wrong inside their human body by investigating symptoms and inspecting suspects, before revealing the culprit causing tummy trouble.
Tummy Trouble
Ben Elcomb is an author who transitioned from TV production to writing children's books, such as Operation Ouch - The HuManual, the companion to the multi-BAFTA winning CBBC show Operation Ouch
Terri Po, from Hong Kong, studied Illustration in Edinburgh. She lives in a countryside cabin, loves drawing quirky things like brains and liverworts and embraces whimsical art.
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Czech, Polish, Turkish
EYE OF THE STORM
Catherine Ard & Rômolo D'Hipólito
7+ | Sep 2026 | £14.99
HB | 290 x 232mm | 64pp
A beautifully illustrated book about storms, exploring their science, forms in nature and symbolism.
Covering the science, their various forms in nature, the amazing scientists that study them and much more, this is the perfect book for budding scientists, artists and extreme weather enthusiasts.
Cath Ard is a writer and editor with over 20 years’ experience in children’s books, bringing scientific and vocational subject matter to life in an engaging way for toddlers through to tweens.
Rômolo D'Hipólito is a Brazilian artist and illustrator. He is the winner of the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention Award and the 2018 Ibero-America Ilustra Catalog Official Selection.
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex & Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex & Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian
Rights sold: French, German, Italian
WHAT MAKES A BIRD?
Nadeem Perera & Montse Galbany
7+ | Apr 2026 | £14.99
HB | 260 x 205 mm | 80pp
An informative and vibrant non-fiction introduction to the world of birds.
Written by wildlife TV presenter and bird watcher, Nadeem Perera, this stunning book explores everything that makes a bird a bird. Featuring birds from all over the world, and peppered with clear case studies on different bird species and punchy fact files on all things beaks, feathers, migration, nesting and more, the book also closes with a chapter on connecting with birds and becoming a birder.
Nadeem Perera is a wildlife TV presenter, author, activist and co-founder of Flock Together, a birdwatching collective for people of colour.
Montse Galbany is an illustrator and graphic designer who lives near Barcelona. She studied at ELISAVA University and creates digital art with bold shapes and vibrant colours.
Rights sold: ANZ, French
WILD ABOUT WHALES
Owen Davey
7+ | Jul 2026 | £12.99
HB | 290 x 230 mm | 40pp
Owen Davey’s popular non-fiction series continues with a captivating illustrated guide to whales.
Did you know that whales are the loudest animals in the world? Or that blue whales aren’t actually blue? Immerse yourself in this beautifully illustrated guide to some of the world’s largest mammals, full of facts about whales, their diets, habitats and how they communicate with sound.
Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator living in Worthing, UK. He graduated with a first-class degree in Illustration from Falmouth University and has since been published widely.
Rights sold for previous titles in the series: Chinese (Complex), Danish, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese
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A ROCKO ADVENTURE: A CAVE OF DARK
Mark Kort
5+ | Jun 2026 | £9.99
HB | 225 x 163 mm | 64pp
The first in a series of brilliantly funny stories about a sweet group of friends.
On the edge of the Deep Forest lives Rockwell Cornelius Featherbottom, known simply to his friends as Rocko. Rocko and Pigg have been working on plans for their glider for weeks, and it's finally ready! When they test it out, the glider soars high into the sky... and zips and loop-de-loops into a dark cave. Rocko and Pigg have no idea what could be in the dark cave, but it looks pretty scary so they go home... But they can't just leave the glider in there, can they?
Mark Kort lives in Toronto, where he has worked in animation roles on a range of children's shows. He has been a long-time fan and dabbler in various mediums of storytelling.
DETECTIVE STANLEY AND THE TROUBLE ON THE TRAIN
Hannah Tunnicliffe & Erica Harrison
6+ | Feb 2027 | £12.99
HB| 279 x 202 mm | 64pp
It's a locomotion commotion! There's treachery on the tracks! Hop on board for Detective Stanley's latest adventure.
Detective Stanley is on his way to Gullon-Sea, via a top-notch train, The Grand Gazelle. It’s all luxury on board: plush furnishings, five-star food and a cabin crew of meerkats to attend to guests’ every need. Detective Stanley can finally relax and enjoy his retirement. But will he get the holiday he deserves? Luckily for readers of the Detective Stanley series, our favourite sleuthhound can't seem to catch a break from mysteries and mayhem!
Hannah Tunnicliffe is the author of several books for kids and adults including Canadian bestseller, The Colour of Tea, and trilingual picture book, Marjory and the Mouse.
Erica Harrison is an illustrator and children's book designer from Norfolk, UK. She took a degree in Graphic Arts at Leeds Metropolitan and has been working on children's books ever since.
Rights sold: Catalan, Chinese (Complex), French, German, Greek, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Turkish
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JUNIPER MAE: JOURNEY TO THE LEVELS BELOW
Sarah Soh & Tim Fraser
7+ | Apr 2026 | £9.99
PB | 279 x 202 mm | 64pp
Third in the Juniper Mae series, this exciting sci-fi techno-adventure is perfect for newly independent readers.
Juniper Mae, Albie and BOT-L are working on a power source that will fuel all of Juniper’s new gadgets and more. Suddenly, Juniper’s family is put in danger by the people who want to steal her inventions, and it’s going to take everyone she cares about to recover her technology and rescue her dad from her greedy enemies.
Sarah Soh grew up in Virginia and was always encouraged to draw by her parents. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Otis College of Art and Design and now works in animation.
Tim Fraser is a writer of books, plays and screenplays, based in London, UK. He is keen on cats, music and cartoons, but can’t decide which one he loves the most.
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Rights sold: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Complex and Simplified), French, Mongolian, Romanian, Spanish, Turkish
HILDA AND TWIG: FIND A SPACE ROCK
Luke
Pearson
5+| Nov 2026 | £12.99
HB | 279 x 202 mm | 56pp
Tag along with Hilda and Twig to solve a stellar mystery in this colourful, cosy comic, perfect for readers of all ages!
Hilda and Twig are enjoying a calm camping trip, spotting shooting stars. But when one of these shooting stars lands in the woods nearby and Hilda insists on taking a piece home, Twig’s going to have to save Hilda from a bit of other-worldly danger…
Luke Pearson is the creator of the Hilda comic book series and writer and coexecutive producer of the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animated series of the same name.
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BAD SPELLING
Tom Dearie
9+ | Jun 2027 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 104pp
Watch out evil sorcerers, giant worms, and mean guys who hang out in secret lairs: a young hero is coming your way!
Yondaland is full of adventure, and though the magical world may be tough, Algernon is not about to let that stop him from exploring as much as he can. He might be Yondaland’s most enthusiastic quester, but he’s not the best at casting spells. Or not getting into trouble for that matter.
Can Algernon find his way through a world where he just can’t quite cast spells the same as everyone else? This fun, adventure-filled comic gently touches on growing up dyslexic.
Tom Dearie is a British cartoonist and illustrator. His short comic F is for Fire won the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Comics and Games in Poland 2021.
A PRETTY GOOD WIZARD
Claire Weber
9+ | Aug 2027 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 136pp
A middle-grade comic about an extraordinary wizard attending an ordinary school with all the mayhem that ensues!
This wizard goes to school like everybody else, and they struggle, just like everybody does. They just don’t understand why they can’t use a bit of magic to help them save more goals in soccer, and they don’t know why their simple potion causes such a commotion in science class. With more and more teachers and kids demanding that the wizard CHILL OUT on the magic, can they ever find their place with their friends and just be a pretty good wizard?
Claire Weber is an illustrator and visual development artist from New Jersey, now based in LA. She has worked in video games and animation.
SUNE: A NIGHTLIGHTS STORY
Lorena Álvarez
9+ | Jun 2026 | £9.99
PB | 297 x 202 mm | 64pp
A new story of friendship and respect for the natural world in Lorena Alvarez’s sparkling Nightlights series!
Sandy and her classmates are working on a greenhouse project together when Sandy is stolen into a miniscule kingdom within the soil by the mysterious “Gardener”. Teaming up with a few of the local microscopic creatures, Sandy is going to have to summon all of her courage to escape the spreading rot threatening the garden and save her new friends from danger.
Lorena Álvarez is an Eisner Award-nominated freelance illustrator and artist from Bogotá, Colombia. She has also won the Russ Manning Newcomer Award.
Rights sold: Italian, Spanish
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Rights sold: French, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian
RUNE: THE TALE OF THE WINGED SORCERESS
Carlos Sánchez
8+ | Aug 2026 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 144pp
The third volume in the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize award-winning series.
With her best friend Dai missing, deaf protagonist Chiri is desperately rallying her fellow adventurers on a quest to find him. But with the darkness creating a fearsome army of creatures and planning on total domination of the kingdom, finding her best friend is starting to feel impossible. With another dark herald hunting Chiri down, it’s going to take every drop of magic she can summon to protect the friends she has left – and find the one she’s lost.
Carlos Sánchez is a designer, illustrator and comic artist from Barcelona, Spain. He studied Design at EINA and earned a master's in Creative Illustration at BAU.
Rights sold: Catalan, Czech, French, Spanish
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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MAGIC
Adam Allsuch Boardman
12+ | Sept 2026 | £16.99
HB | 245 x 185 | 128pp
Everything you ever wanted to know about the mysterious, mystical world of magic delivered in Allsuch Boardman's characteristic infographic style.
The latest in the Illustrated History series from Adam Allsuch Boardman, An Illustrated History of Magic covers everything from prehistoric ritual, magicians as entertainment and the occult, through to Wicca and new age, crystals and mail-order magic tricks.
Adam Allsuch Boardman is an author and illustrator from West Yorkshire, UK. He studied BA Illustration at the Leeds Arts University and graduated in 2016.
Rights sold: Japanese
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Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Danish, Estonian, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
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THE NOTTED ISLAND
Katherine Child
9+ | Oct 2025 | £16.99
HB | 225 x 170 mm | 144pp
A middle-grade story about kindness, determination, a night sky salesman and a young girl named Umbertiska Lupp.
For a very long time, the world was black and white...
Last Island is struggling. Colour has not reached them, their Notte is making mistake after mistake and now an Automated Night Sky salesman has come to town.
It's time for Umbertiska Lupp, a young islander with pockets full of cake, to take matters into her own hands and embark on an adventure to bring unity and colour to Last Island.
Katherine Child is a writer and illustrator from Devon, UK. She combines writing and illustration with part-time work as a photographer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Turkish
