The Magical Wheel of the Year
A Tale of the Pagan Festivals with Activities and Crafts
Written and illustrated by Bérengère Demoncy and Victoria Ruiz y Lopez
The perfect book to teach children about pagan faiths and help them discover the magic of the seasons.
As winter passed, longer and brighter.
Holly trees slowly lost their bright red berries, while strong oak trees begun to bloom with spring’s arrival.
Marketing & Publicity Plan:
Pre-order campaign with activity pack
Partner with pagan & occult bookstores to run virtual events with activities from the book for the 8 seasonal celebrations throughout the year
Submit to key global Spiritual, Druid, Pagan, Wiccan publications for early endorsements, such as Wicca Magazine, Sabat Magazine, Witchology Magazine, patheos.com, PaganPages Magazine, The Pagan Federation, Witches & Pagans Magazine, Wicca Magazine, Spirit & Destiny and, of course, Watkins’ own Kindred Spirit magazine.
Seasonal posts and newsletter for each of the Wheel of the Year and pagan holidays
ISBN: 9781917194099
Interactive downloadable / printable activity guide (each 4 pages) for 2–5 age range and 6–9 age range on the Wheel of the Year and Pagan Holidays
Wheel of the Year Poster (18” x 24”) for bookstores, schools & libraries.
Downloadable Educator / Parent Guide
Pitch for key esoteric, spiritual and nature podcasts
ON SALE DATE: 3 June 2025
PRICE: £14.99
FORMAT: HB 225 x 175
EXTENT: 136 pages
FINISHES: Matt lamination, gold foiling
AGE RANGE: 6–9
THEMA CODE: YXD (Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem)
For all marketing & publicity queries, please email: publicity@watkinspublishing.com
Features 40 easy, fun and accessible activities and rituals perfect for all ages!
ISBN: 9781917194211
PRICE: £14.99
PUBLICATION: 26 August 2025
FORMAT: Hardback 222 x 168 mm
PAGE COUNT: 96
FINISHES: embossing and spot UV
THEMA CODE: YFP
AGE RANGE: 7–10 years
Hete Netle’s Handbook for Hedgewitches
Writen and illustrated by Claire Barker
By Ash, Oak and Thorn meets The Junior Witch’s Handbook
Dive into Hete Netle’s secret notebook about the Wild Wood in this fctonal guide to becoming a hedgewitch – a magical guardian of nature.
Filled with enchantng watercolour illustratons of the amazing things Hete fnds and the magical beings she encounters, this stunning month-by-month guide reveals:
◊ how to perform spells
◊ how to behave around fairies
◊ how to celebrate the 8 sabbaths on the Wheel of the Year
◊ how to interview celebrites in the Wild Wood (such as the Moon and Jack Frost)
CLAIRE BARKER is the Devon-based author of the Knitbone Pepper series (Winner of The Book Factor, shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize, shortlisted for the Fantastc Book Award) and the Picklewitch + Jack series (Winner of the Surrey Libraries Children’s Book Award, the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award and the Inspired Read Award 2020). Find out more: clairebarkerauthor.com.
Endorsed by
Michelle Harrison, Andy Shepherd and Cathy Cassidy
How to be an Eco Explorer
Fun Activities for Exploring Nature and Saving the Planet
By Yussef Ra k Illustrated by Holly Astle
This gorgeously illustrated book invites kids to go on an eco-adventure through 10 important ecosystems, with fascinating nature facts and planet-saving activities.
Marketing & Publicity Plan:
Submission to UK parenting trade publications for advance reviews and endorsements, including The Green Parent magazine, JUNO, Creative Steps, Junior, Natural Parent, ABC Magazine, Happy Families magazine, My Child Magazine and more.
Pitch for kids-oriented publications that cover nature, conservation and DIY activities, including The Week Junior, National Geographic Kids, Eco Kids Plant, Andy’s Amazing Adventures, BBC Wildlife, Science and Nature and more.
Pre-order campaign with How to Be an EcoExplorer activity pack and postcards
Host online author-led workshops for parents on helping children understand easy ways to explore nature and save the planet
9781917194037
Interactive downloadable activity guide (four pages) for 2–5 age range, 3–6 age range, 5 –7 age range and 6–8 age range
Downloadable Educator / Parent Guide.
ON SALE DATE: 27 May 2025
PRICE: £14.99
FORMAT: HB 264 x 190
EXTENT: 96 pages
FINISHES: Matt lamination, embossing
AGE RANGE: 7–10
Debut
book from CBBC / BBC Earth zoologist & wildlife TV Presenter Yussef Ra k (CBeebies, BBC Bitesize, Bugface)
THEMA CODE: YNN (Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world)
For all marketing & publicity queries, please email: publicity@watkinspublishing.com
Quiet Riot
True Tales of Shy Superheroes Who Changed the World
By Nadia Finer
Illustrated by Holly Farndell
An inspirational hardback book for children (7+) lled with the stories of 40 diverse, extraordinary individuals—from Ghandi to Zendaya, Mozart to Taylor Swift, Beyoncé to pioneering explorer Matthew Henson—who have embraced and turned their shyness into their superpower.
Marketing & Publicity Plan:
Submission to key UK parenting & tween / teen trade publications for advance reviews and endorsements, including First News, The Week Junior, Adventure Box, Britannica’s What on Earth Magazine, Aquila, Cubic Magazine, Cocoa Girl, Owl, and Discovery Box.
Pre-order campaign with Quiet Riot posters and trading cards
Partner with children’s only bookstores to run virtual events around key sporting & entertainment events & school holidays
ISBN: 9781917194020
UK-oriented writing competition for readers to submit own nominations for Quiet Rioters
Interactive downloadable / printable activity guide (4–6 pages) on Moon + Bird website
Downloadable Educator / Parent Guide
Pitch for key parent / tween / family podcasts
ON SALE DATE: 29 April 2025
PRICE: £16.99
FORMAT: HB 228 x 180
EXTENT: 216 pages
FINISHES: Matt lamination, foil
AGE RANGE: 7+
Author is the UK’s leading expert on shyness!
THEMA CODE: YXD (Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem)
For all marketing & publicity queries, please email: publicity@watkinspublishing.com
Nadia Finer
Written by Anna McQuinn
Illustrations
by Ruth Hearson
Series: Zeki Books / 11
ISBN: 9781907825613
Publishing Date: May 25
BIC: YBCH
CBMC: A3M69
Price: £7.99
Format: Card, rounded corners
200 x 185mm
Extent: 24 pages
Ages: 10 months +
Explores: First experiences, new foods, relationships, exploring new tastes, communication, inclusion.
Key selling points:
• Perfect gift for babies
• Celebrates food and fresh produce
• Celebrates time spent with family
Advance Information
Zeki Goes to the Market
Zeki, let’s go to the market! The stalls are a feast for the senses: spices for Zeki to smell, honey buns to taste, belly butter to touch and oodles of noodles to take home. It’s a busy and tasty day!
Anna McQuinn is the creator of inclusive series Booky Girl Lulu and Zeki Booksover 2 million sold in the world. She has written more than 30 picturebooks published by Annick Press, Barefoot Books, Chicken House, Scholastic, O’Brien Press and Alanna Max www.annamcquinn.com
Ruth Hearson has a BA and Masters degree in Visual Communication.She has illustrated and written several children’s books published by Little Tiger, Orchard, DayOne and Alanna Max
The Big Picture: Prehistoric Wildlife
The Big Picture:
Prehistoric Wildlife
In Prehistoric Wildlife you will walk in the footprints of 20 extinct animals, the like of which will never be seen again. These dinosaurs, early mammals, fishes and more ruled the continents, oceans, rivers and skies. Learn what they looked like, how they existed and where they lived. Remarkable illustrations, age appropriate text and a colour map showing worldwide fossil sites and bring the lives these fascinating prehistoric creatures into sharp focus.
Who’s Behind the Book?
Illustrator
Gilang Ayyoubi Hartantois an illustrator and toy designer. He graduated in 2017 from the Bandung Institute of technology with design degree. He specialises in complex illustrations of wildlife. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia with his wife, child, a bearded dragon and two Indonesian blue tongue skinks!
Specifications
Pub month July 2025
Publisher Green Android
BIC code YNNR
ISBN 9781912188680
Format 224 x 280mm
Price £9.99 (no VAT)
Age 7 years and up
Extent 48 pages
Binding Paperback
Illustrations Full colour
Author Lyn Coutts
Illustrator Gilang Ayyoubi Hartanto
Author
Lyn Coutts is a highly-experienced publisher, editor and author of nonfiction books for adults and children. Originally from Australian, Lyn has made the UK her home for many years. She lives in Sussex with her husband.
The Big Picture: Wildlife Conservation 9781912188345
Cover
Internal spreads
Titles in the series
Price: £7.99
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AT LAST IT’S HERE ………
Ninety-nine years of winter.
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The Concluding Fourth Book in the prize-wining, best-selling, Emily Knight series
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APRIL 2025
The trailblazing fantasy series by award-winning author Abiola Bello concludes in the page-turning, explosive, jaw-dropping manner Emily Knight readers have grown accustomed to! The eagerly anticipated fourth book follows the incredible success of Emily Knight I am... Becoming, Emily Knight I Am... Awakened (which received a prestigious Carnegie nomination and enjoyed first place in the London’s BIG Read 2019) and the debut – Emily Knight I Am.
Murder Club, a collection of mysteries from exciting and diverse children's writers published by Farshore, and selected as Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. Her debut YA for Simon & Schuster, Love in Winter Wonderland, published in November 2022 and was an Amazon's Editor's Choice and was featured in The Guardian's Children's and Teens Best New Novels. Only For The Holidays was her second YA book with S&S, followed by The Love Dare, which released in summer 2024 In March 2025, Abiola’s “Wild Magic” children’s fiction series will launch (also with S&S) its first title: Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion.
Ninety-nine years since the first white-haired, three-thumbed slettbyrd - the scourge of the Gördish people - was born. arrived to baby sister will have to relearn
Abiola is a finalist for The Black British Business Awards 2023 for Arts and Media, she won The London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards 2018 and is the co-founder of Hashtag Press, Hashtag BLAK, The Diverse Book Awards and Ink! as well as the Ink Book Prize. She has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Female First Magazine, The Mirror, BBC1XTRA to name a few. As well as being a writer, Abiola is a professional dancer. She performed for more than a decade in prestigious venues including The Royal Opera House, The Barbican, Sadler's Wells, Hammersmith Apollo and Unicorn Theatre. Abiola has also appeared on BBC's The Apprentice, Got To Dance and Street Dance AllStars The Movie.
He'll have to take on the wild, snowy wastelands and the brutal long regime. He'll have to defeat the all-
Abiola wrote her first novel at the age of eight – when she fought monsters and dragons on a daily basis – and experienced her first taste of ‘being published’ after winning a school poetry competition at the age of 12. Seeing her words in print fuelled a passion for writing that remains to this day.
Diagnosed as autistic just before joining a new school, 90s- obsessed Jessie is determined to make a fresh start. She plans to keep her diagnosis a secret and creates a list of goals to keep her on track acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss. But when two very different boys steal her heart, Jessie finds herself re-writing her plans.
Perfect for fans of Adiba Jaigirdar Jenny Han
An integrated reviews, marketing, and promotion campaign by LITPR.
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When Summer’s best friend Cee dies from cardiac arrest after both girls have taken pills, the accusations on social media begin. Everyone believes Summer is to blame but she isn't... and she wants to clear her name.
As the bullying intensifies, Summer grows closer to revealing the secret both families are harbouring. Who
No One Keeps A Secret
Genre: YA, Mystery
No One Keeps A Secret
By Denise Brown
“Fans of Holly Jackson, Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Kathleen Glasgow, and Kit Frick, will love this new YA murder mystery set in Scotland, from the brilliant Denise Brown.”
When three teens track down a missing chihuahua to an abandoned theme park, they stumble upon a chilling discovery: a corpse, strangled by his own camera strap. The victim was meant to be 400 miles away in London, where he'd promised a lot of people a lot of money. But every one of them has a solid alibi. As Haigh, Cherry, and Sunrise get pulled into the murder investigation, they uncover mafia connections, a still-operating ghost train, and gossiping grannies, revealing their quiet village is far erous than they ever imagined.
No One Keeps A Secret
By Denise Brown
“Fans of Holly Jackson, Faridah Abike-Iyimide Glasgow, and Kit Frick, will love this new mystery set in Scotland, from the brilliant Denise
No One Keeps A Secret
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Denise Brown is a writer, housekeeper, proofreader, and single parent of
“Fans of Holly Jackson, Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Kathleen Glasgow, and Kit Frick, will love this new YA murder mystery set in Scotland, from the brilliant Denise Brown.”
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Title: No One Keeps A Secret
Author: Denise Brown
When three teens track down a missing chihuahua abandoned theme park, they stumble upon discovery: a corpse, strangled by his own camera The victim was meant to be 400 miles away where he'd promised a lot of people a lot of every one of them has a solid alibi. As Haigh, Sunrise get pulled into the murder investigation, uncover mafia connections, a still-operating and gossiping grannies, revealing their quiet more dangerous than they ever imagined.
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Title: No One Keeps A Secret
Author: Denise Brown
Genre: YA, Mystery
Publisher: Hashtag Press
OTHER BOOKS BY DENISE BROWN: It All Started With A Lie We
Publication date: Jul 3 2025
1st Aug 2025
Availability: Paperback, eBook, International distribution
ISBN: (paperback) 9781913835392
Price: £8.99
Genre: YA, Mystery
Her latest novel with Hashtag Press, It All Started With A Lie, became an instant hit following a successful debut at YALC 2023, and the second edition release of We Know What You Did (November 2024) was a resounding hit at YALC 2024. Denise has had short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies and was also longlisted for the 2019 Mslexia Children's Novel Competition. In 2019 she was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award.
Publisher: Hashtag Press
Publication date: Jul 3 2025
Availability: Paperback, eBook, International distribution
About the Author
Born in East London, Denise has now settled in Scotland where she feels certain she must have lived in a previous life. She loves dogs and snow globes and has a teensy obsession with Jack Skellington.
ISBN: (paperback) 9781913835392
Price: £8.99
Denise Brown is a writer, housekeeper, proofreader, and five children.
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When three teens track down a missing chihuahua to an abandoned theme park, they stumble upon a chilling discovery: a corpse, strangled by his own camera strap. The victim was meant to be 400 miles away in London, where he'd promised a lot of people a lot of money. But every one of them has a solid alibi. As Haigh, Cherry, and Sunrise get pulled into the murder investigation, they uncover mafia connections, a still-operating ghost train, and gossiping grannies, revealing their quiet village is far more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Media requests & enquiries: publicity@hashtagpress.co.uk www.hashtagpress.co.uk
About the Author
OTHER BOOKS BY DENISE BROWN: 978 It All Started With A Lie
Her latest novel with Hashtag Press, It All Started With instant hit following a successful debut at YALC 2023, edition release of We Know What You Did (November resounding hit at YALC 2024. Denise has had short stories various online magazines and anthologies and was also 2019 Mslexia Children's Novel Competition. In 2019 for the Bath Novel Award.
Denise Brown is a writer, housekeeper, proofreader, and single parent of five children. Her latest novel with Hashtag Press, It All Started With A Lie, became an instant hit following a successful debut at YALC 2023, and the second edition release of We Know What You Did (November 2024) was a resounding hit at YALC 2024. Denise has had short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies and was also longlisted for the 2019 Mslexia Children's Novel Competition. In 2019 she was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award.
Born in East London, Denise has now settled in Scotland certain she must have lived in a previous life. She loves globes and has a teensy obsession with Jack Skellington.
Born in East London, Denise has now settled in Scotland where she feels
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Farts in Space Scratch and Sniff
Our best-selling scratch 'n' sniff Fart Books offer a unique and pungent sensory experience that is sure to tickle your funny bone! Each spread features a different character, a flap to lift and a delicious smell to scratch and sniff! Our scratch 'n' sniff books are perfect for story time with the whole family whilst encouraging curiosity, imagination and sensory development.
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Take a trip back in time to the Ancient World and discover those who ruled it with our amazing Seek & Find Ancient Histories book! Have you ever wanted to explore how Ancient Egypt built the pyramids or wondered how Kings and Knights ruled entire kingdoms? Unfold one of the four illustrated pages and marvel at the detailed illustrations and dozens of fun facts capturing a piece of our world's history.
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WHERE'S MY PARROT?
SKU: PTAB01 | Published: July 2025
'S MY PA RR OT?
Pirate Pip's pet parrot has gone missing! Could she be at the mermaid's lagoon, or maybe hanging out with shipwrecked sailors? Help find her by pulling out the extendable pages to
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These chunky books feature exciting extendable pages! Slide the giant tabs out to reveal new areas in each scene and help the characters find their missing pets. Made of sturdy board, these innovative books are designed to be
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