Nosy Crow 2018 Complete Catalogue

2018

New Titles & Complete Catalogue

Welcome to the Nosy Crow catalogue

2017 was a big year for Nosy Crow. We were hugely proud to win the Children’s Publisher of the Year award at the British Book Awards and, for the fourth time in our seven-year publishing history, at the Independent Publishing Awards. We ended the year, in sales terms, twice the size we were at the end of 2015. We sold rights in four new languages – Farsi, Luxembourgish, Albanian and Ukranian – to take our tally of languages into which our books have been translated to 39. We moved our ofce – just around the corner, really, but it has given us a bit of room to breathe. We are now the 13th biggest children’s publisher, based on Nielsen figures, in the UK.

We’d like to thank everyone who has helped for all their support – our brilliant authors and illustrators (and their agents), without whom we have nothing to publish; the printers who turn ideas into physical books for us; and anyone who has bought one of our books, ebooks or apps. We are grateful to every single one of our customers, whether they’re individuals or a library, or retailer, or publisher outside the UK.

In our 2018 catalogue, you’ll find 107 original books (plus paperbacks and board books) – this is the first year in which we’ll publish over 100 books. Our publishing in collaboration with our partners, the National Trust and the British Museum, goes from strength to strength, and our most ambitious book ever will be published as part of our National Trust partnership: I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree is a huge, beautiful book containing a nature poem for every day of the year and with full-colour illustrations by Frann Preston Gannon on every one of its 336 pages. We’ve other ambitious projects coming out this year too, particularly on our evolving full-colour non-fiction list, including HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook The World and Welcome To Our World: A Celebration of Children Everywhere, which we feel is a much-needed book in these fragmented times.

We’ve superb new books from established stars of our list including Axel Schefer, Ross Collins, David Solomons, and Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, who will reach a whole new audience as the author and illustrator of Nosy Crow’s first World Book Day £1 book, The Baby Brother from Outer Space. We have new books for many of our strongest series, from new Rescue Princesses stories by Paula Harrison to a new Benji Davies Bizzy Bear book and three new books in our spectacularly successful Felt Flaps series by Ingela P Arrhenius, one of which, Where’s Mr Lion?, won the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year prize. And we’re proud to present new writing talent too, including Cath Howe, author of Ella on the Outside, contemporary 9+ fiction that will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy, and Sarah Todd Taylor, author of Max The Detective Cat, a witty mystery with a detective who has a fine set of whiskers and a penchant for fish. New illustrators include Elly Jahnz who is illustrating A Year in Nature: The Children’s Almanac 2019, written by Anna Wilson and published in collaboration with the National Trust.

We hope you enjoy our books as much as we’ve enjoyed making them!

Kate Wilson Founder and Managing Director

Bring stories to life with Stories Aloud

Stories Aloud

FREE audio content accompanying Nosy Crow paperback picture books Scan

the code, hear the story!

Each paperback picture book comes with a free audio reading using children’s voices, complete with sound ef ects and original music. Just scan the QR code with your smartphone or tablet and hear the story.

Look out for the Stories Aloud logo to see which titles ofer this amazing extra!

A step-by-step guide to Stories Aloud

• Download a QR code reader app (they’re free) to your smartphone or tablet from your device’s app store.

• Scan the code on the inside front cover of each Nosy Crow paperback picture book with your smartphone or tablet.

• Hear the story! Once the webpage has loaded, press play to hear the story – with sound efects and original music – streamed to your phone or tablet. You need a 3G or Wi-Fi connection to do this: you can listen to it whenever and wherever you are connected to the internet.

Introducing Nosy Crow audiobooks

We’ve produced a launch list of twelve fiction audiobooks.

Now available to download from Audible, Amazon and iTunes.

Read by Susan Calman 978 1 78800 318 6 £6.99

Read by Susan Calman 978 1 78800 327 8 £6.99

Read by Joe Thomas 978 1 78800 320 9

Read by Susan Calman 978 1 78800 317 9

Read by Adjoa Andoh 978 1 78800 319 3 £9.99

Read by Joe Thomas 978 1 78800 321 6

Read by Susan Calman 978 1 78800 322 3

Read by Louiza Patikas 978 1 78800 316 2 £9.99

Read by Ewan Goddard 978 1 78800 324 7

Read by Susan Calman 978 1 78800 325 4 £6.99

Read by Juliet Stevenson 978 1 78800 326 1

Read by Ewan Goddard 978 1 78800 323 0

Look, There’s a Helicopter! Look, There’s a Tractor!

Illustrated by Esther Aarts

Follow the vehicle on its journey in these bold board books with a peekaboo die-cut on every page!

Trace the holes to read the story in these interactive adventures! Little ones will love finding the holes with their fingers, peeping through and turning the page to see what they become. With a gentle rhyming text encouraging children to say what they can spy in every scene, these are books to visit time and time again.

Age: 9 months +

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with die-cut holes

Illustrator Location: The Netherlands

I Love You, Little One

Holly Surplice

A heart-warming picture book with rhyming lullaby text which introduces the fve senses.

One guinea pig mummy loves her little one so much more than she can say. As they spend a fun-filled day together, she finds lots of dif erent ways to show the very special love between a mother and child.

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 26pp

Format: 203 x 203mm cased board book

ISBN: 978 1 78800 096 3

Author Location: Oxfordshire

Also available p.143

Neon Leon

Jane Clarke

Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

Now available in paperback! Help Leon on his journey in this interactive picture book complete with bright neon ink.

Everyone knows that chameleons are the best at fitting in. But not Leon. Leon is SO bright that he keeps all the other chameleons awake at night. Will he ever find a place he can fit in...? In this vibrant interactive picture book, children can help Leon by counting his steps, suggesting colour changes and giving him lots of reassurance when he’s feeling down.

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 270 x 232mm

ISBN 978 0 85763 807 6

Author Location: Leicestershire

Illustrator Location: Berlin, Germany

‘Joyously written and illustrated.’ The New Statesman

Firefly Home

Jane Clarke

Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

Age: 3+

From acclaimed duo Jane Clarke and Britta Teckentrup comes a second stylish interactive picture book with vibrant neon ink on every page!

Price: £11.99 HB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 270 x 232mm

ISBN 978 1 78800 023 9

Author Location: Leicestershire

Illustrator Location: Berlin, Germany

There’s no place like home, but poor Florence Firefl y is lost, and there are so many bright lights shining in the night sky she doesn’t know which way to go. She’ll need some help to find her way back home. In this brilliant interactive picture book, children can help Florence on her journey by encouraging her to fl y faster, suggesting which direction to take and making a wish.

Also available p.144

Lionel and the Lion’s Share

Lou Peacock

Illustrated by Lisa Sheehan

Full of fun and with stylish artwork, this lively tale explores popular themes of friendship and the importance of sharing.

Lionel the lion does NOT like to share. After all, lions always get the lion’s share. He buys all the best instruments from the music shop, all the smartest hats from the hat shop and all the brightest balloons from the balloon stall. But at Chloe’s birthday party, Lionel goes too far and eats ALL the cake. That’s when Lionel’s friends decide that something has to be done . . .

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250 mm

HB 978 1 78800 092 5 PB 978 1 78800 093 2

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Bedfordshire

Stories Aloud p.2

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo

The Giggly Girafe

Amelia Cobb

Illustrated by Sophy Williams

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 0 85763 985 1

EB 978 0 85763 986 8

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Also available p.158

Over 360,000 series sales!

Perfect for fans of Holly Webb, this fantastic series flled with the cuddliest, cutest baby animals will delight young animal lovers everywhere!

Zoe loves living at her uncle’s rescue zoo because there’s always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. . . She can actually TALK to the animals!

Coming soon!

The Curious Kangaroo (March 2018 p.32)

The Super Sloth (July 2018 p.69)

The Little Llama (October 2018 p.106)

A Pony Called Secret A

Friend in Need

Olivia Tuffn

The second adventure in an action-packed pony series for 9+ readers.

Alice is so excited to finally join the pony club with her gorgeous pony, Secret! Things get of to a great start when Alice is invited to super-popular Hannah’s birthday party. But on the night of the party the snow starts to fall and a pony escapes into the night. Alice and Finn must go to the rescue ... but will their friendship survive the storm?

Can You Say It Too? Tweet! Tweet!

Illustrated by Sebastien Braun

Perfect for children who are just starting to talk, this is the latest in the acclaimed lift-the-fap series with sales of over 675,000 copies!

Age: 9 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with flaps

ISBN: 978 1 78800 143 4

Illustrator Location: Gloucestershire

Five lavishly illustrated spreads, sturdy flaps and a whole host of familiar garden birds to spot, name and mimic combine in this delightful little board book for the very young. Includes a surprise double flap on the last page!

Also available p.117

Sing Along With Me! Five Little Ducks

Illustrated by Yu-hsuan Huang

Scan the QR code to sing along! A bright, slider board book which bursts with energy and cheering illustrations.

Each book comes with fi ve slider mechanisms, and both an instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme.

Coming in July 2018!

This is the Way We Go to School p.62

Also available p.119

Age: 9 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 200 x 200mm

board book with sliders

ISBN: 978 0 85763 863 2

Illustrator Location: Taiwan

First Concepts First Words

Animals

Discover amazing objects and simple frst concepts in this stylish photographic board book series for curious little ones.

Featuring amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning about dif erent objects from around the world, with gorgeous photographic images on every page. Scan the QR code on the last spread to find out more about each object.

Age: 6 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 200 x 200mm cased board book

‘Enormously appealing . . . with inexhaustible potential for interaction.’ The Sunday Times

Also available p.123

Books Always Everywhere

Jane Blatt

Illustrated by Sarah Massini

New cased board book edition! A joyful celebration of the physical book in all its glory.

For the very young, books can be anything from a chair to a hat, but the best thing they can be is a book! And it’s never too soon to share a good book with your little ones. The simple text is brought to life by Sarah Massini’s delightful and nostalgic illustrations of babies and toddlers discovering the new, magical world of books.

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

‘A rollicking celebration of children, books and reading.’

The Guardian

Extent: 26pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book

ISBN 978 1 78800 145 8

Author Location: Glasgow

Illustrator Location: Sussex

Superhero Mum

Timothy Knapman

Illustrated by Joe Berger

Also available p.135

A super-funny celebration of all the amazing things a mum can do – perfect for Mother’s Day!

Mums are just brilliant and the mum in this story is no exception. She doesn’t wear a cape or fl y to earth from outer space, but she runs for the bus so fast it feels like fl ying, uses her super strength to carry her daughter’s boots, coat, bag AND scooter, and can make bumps and bruises better with just a kiss. This mum really DOES have superpowers!

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

HB 978 1 78800 022 2

PB 978 1 78800 144 1

Author Location: Surrey

Illustrator Location: Bristol

Stories Aloud p.2

Make and Play Easter

Illustrated by Joey Chou

Make 3D Easter decorations with this innovative board book of pressouts with hours of activity fun!

Featuring 25 unique and colourful designs, the press-out pieces can be simply slotted together to create bright and cheerful decorations, from adorable chicks to cute Easter bunnies. Includes songs, recipes and craft ideas such as baking Easter cookies and cakes, and making a bonnet and an Easter tree.

Age: 4+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 30pp

Format: 158 x 210mm

cased board book, spiral bound ISBN 978 1 78800 083 3

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

Also available p.146

Nativity (Available now)

Farm (April 2018 p.41)

Safari (July 2018 p.66)

Halloween (September 2018 p.88)

Christmas (October 2018 p.103)

A Lamb Called Lucky

Helen Peters

Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon

Also available p.168

Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation.

Jasmine has her hands full with a tiny motherless lamb who needs her attention. She’s determined to look after little Lucky and keep him safe. But there are bigger dangers facing the flock, ones that come in the dead of night . . .

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 144pp

Format: B-format paperback PB 978 1 78800 024 6 • EB 978 1 78800 025 3

Author Location: Brighton

Illustrator Location: Cambridge

The Baby Brother From Outer Space!

Pamela Butchart

Illustrated by Thomas Flintham

Age: 7+

Price: £1.00 PB

Extent: 112pp

Format: A-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 118 2

EB: 978 1 78800 119 9

Shrinkwrap pack of 50: 978 1 78800 281 3

Author Location: Dundee

Illustrator Location: Penzance

A brand new laugh-out-loud short story created especially for World Book Day 2018!

When Haroon’s mum brings his baby brother into school, Izzy and her friends are ALARMED! The baby is clearly using mind control because the ofce ladies are being really nice. He spells space words with his blocks and he really likes school dinners! But it’s when he starts using his alien phone that they know. Haroon’s baby brother is from outer space and he’s MAKING CONTACT WITH ALIENS!

Also available p.156

The Phantom Lollipop Man!

Pamela Butchart

Illustrated by Thomas Flintham

Hilarious fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham. The latest instalment in the hugely popular Izzy series, with over 290,000 series sales!

Izzy and her friends are SURPRISED to find that their lollipop man has DISAPPEARED! Maisie thinks he’s gone to Rome but if that’s true, why do they keep seeing a strange floaty cloud around the school? Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and he’s come to spook them all?!

‘Punchy short chapters, genuinely laugh-out-loud humour and Flintham’s zany pictures make the series an absolute must.’

Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

‘Enjoyable for its childlike sense of adventure, humour and imagination.’ The Sunday Times

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 272pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 048 2

EB: 978 1 78800 049 9

Author Location: Dundee

Illustrator Location: Penzance

Coming in October 2018! There’s a Yeti in the Playground! p.105

Unicorn Academy Sophia and Rainbow

Scarlett and Blaze

Julie Sykes

Illustrated by Lucy Truman

A new series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers!

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and go on adventures with them! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on the enchanted Unicorn Island. With a dif erent girl and her unicorn in each story, this is the beginning of a unique, hugely collectible magical school series.

PB 978 1 78800 158 8

EB 978 1 78800 159 5

PB 978 1 78800 160 1 EB 978 1 78800 161 8

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 112pp

Format: B-format paperback

Author Location: Hampshire

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

See the full series p. 171

Ava and Star (April 2018 p.42)

Isabel and Cloud (June 2018 p.60)

Layla and Dancer (August 2018 p.77)

Olivia and Snowfake (October 2018 p.107)

Make More Noise!

New Stories in Honour of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Sufrage

A timely collection of ten new short stories from ten of the UK’s leading women writers. £1 from the sale of each copy will be given to charity Camfed.

A fantastic mix of modern fairy tales, ghost stories, real-life contemporary drama, historical fiction and more.

KATHERINE WOODFINE

ALLY KENNEN

CATHERINE JOHNSON

KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE

M. G. LEONARD

EMMA CARROLL

PATRICE LAWRENCE

SALLY NICHOLLS

JEANNE WILLIS

ELLA RISBRIDGER

“You have to make more noise than anybody else.”

Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British Suffragette movement

9+

The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop

Philip Ardagh

Illustrated by Jamie Littler

Fact meets fction in this exciting story of Tudor espionage from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh and with hilarious illustrations from Jamie Littler.

Perfect for fans of Horrible Histories, this is the latest instalment in the Secret Diaries series which combines great characters, fascinating historical facts and exciting plotlines.

Thomas Snoop is in training to become a SPY. Entrusted with a TOP SECRET mission by the mysterious Lord Severn,Thomas must travel to the magnificent Goldenhilt Hall in order to uncover traitors plotting against the crown . . .

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 192pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 055 0

EB 978 1 78800 056 7

Author Location: Kent

Illustrator Location: London

Also available p.155

A Tiny Little Story Farm

Illustrated by Lisa Jones and Edward Underwood

Age: 0+

Price: £10.99

Extent: 8pp

Format: 160 x 160mm cloth book in a box with Velcro buggy strap

ISBN: 978 1 78800 128 1

Illustrators’ Location: East Sussex

A brilliant new title in this series of bright cloth books for babies combining colourful illustrations, simple words and crinkly, tactile pages.

With bold images of faces and animals, high-contrast patterns, first words and the simplest of stories, these charming little cloth books are perfect for the tiniest of babies. Includes Velcro buggy strap and presented in a sturdy see-through box.

Coming in October 2018!

Christmas p.95

Also available p.114

Where’s Mrs Zebra?

Where’s Mr Dog?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

With over 170,000 copies sold in the UK in its frst year of publication, this stylish, interactive board book series continues!

Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of friendly animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. And there’s a mirror on the final page! These are perfect books to share with very little ones. From Swedish children’s product designer-illustrator, Ingela P Arrhenius.

Age: 9 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with felt flaps and mirror ending Illustrator Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2017!

Coming soon!

Mrs Bear (Sep 2018) p.79

Mr Penguin (Sep 2018) p.79

Santa Claus (Oct 2018) p.93

A Bear is a Bear (except when he’s not)

Karl Newson

Illustrated by Anuska Allepuz

A funny, rhyming romp about an adorably baffed bear, with warm, humorous illustrations from fresh talent Anuska Allepuz.

Poor old Bear. He’s sleepy and all confused. Is he a bird? Or a moose? A fox perhaps? Or even a squirrel? No! He’s definitely a BEAR and it’s time he went for his winter sleep . . .

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 098 7

PB: 978 1 78800 099 4

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Cambridge

Stories Aloud p.2

HerStory 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

Katherine Halligan

Illustrated by Sarah Walsh

A gloriously illustrated, empowering book about 50 remarkable women who changed the world.

Compelling, motivating and visually arresting in equal measure, this is the perfect introduction to just some of the amazing women who have shaped our world. From Anne Frank to Frida Kahlo, and Marie Curie to Malala, these writers, leaders, artists, scientists and heroines shook the world with their vision, bravery and hope. This beautiful book features inspiring words from all of these women, the stories of their childhood, the challenges they faced and the changes they made in the world, with photographs and portraits by the highly talented Sarah Walsh.

Age: 9+

Price: £16.99 HB

Extent: 112pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

ISBN 978 1 78800 138 0

Author Location: California, USA

Illustrator Location: Kansas City, USA

Look and Say What You See in theTown

Illustrated by Sebastien Braun

With busy scenes full of wildlife and lots to talk about, this spot-and-say book is designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary.

This look-and-say book for little ones is a great way to start learning about nature. There’s so much to recognise in each landscape in this beautiful interactive book for the very young.

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

ISBN 978 0 85763 943 1

Illustrator Location: Gloucestershire

Also available p.151

Stories Aloud p.2

Who’s Hiding? On the River On the Farm

Illustrated by Katharine McEwen

1 78800 142 7

1 78800 182 3

Beautiful lift-the-fap books full of facts about nature . . . and full of fun too!

In this innovative lift-the-flap book series, little ones can pore over the beautiful collaged pages and explore dif erent habitats to find out lots of interesting facts about nature. This is the perfect introduction to the outdoors. Little ones will love discovering who is hiding under all the sturdy flaps – over 20 in each book!

Age: 1+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent:12pp

Format: 200mm x 180mm

cased board book with flaps

Illustrator Location: Kent

Nature Origami

Illustrated by Clover Robin

Perfect gift book for children and adults alike! Features 13 animals and objects to create, plus 50 sheets of origami paper.

This stunning gift book features enticing nature artwork from Clover Robin, alongside simple instructions to make 13 dif erent origami animals and objects plus an extract from a nature poem. With 3 difculty levels, this book will suit complete beginners as well as more experienced origami fans and includes a handy QR code linking to how-to videos.

Age: 6+

Price: £9.99 PB

Format: 250 x 250mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 245 5

Illustrator Location: London

Extent: 30pp + 50 origami sheets

Max the Detective Cat The Disappearing Diva

Sarah Todd Taylor

Illustrated by Nicola Kinnear

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 208pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 035 2

EB 978 1 78800 110 6

Author Location: Mid Wales

Introducing Max the crime-busting cat!

New middle-grade mystery series with plenty of fun and drama with a vintage crime feel.

Max is a pampered cat, used to the finer things in life, until a fun mouse chase goes badly wrong and he finds himself scrufy and alone and hiding out at the Theatre Royal. It’s here that Max takes on his first case as a detective cat, when he notices that famous singer Madame Emerald is acting strangely. Why is her maid so terrified? And what kind of singer doesn’t like to sing in public? Soon Max is trapped in a complicated web of crime, dashing round dancers’ legs and over the rooftops of London in a race to catch a clever thief. . .

Illustrator Location: Kent Coming in September 2018!

Running On Empty

S. E. Durrant

Compelling fction for 9+ readers, this is a beautifully told story of unorthodox families, grief, adolescence and running.

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 0 85763 740 6

EB: 978 0 85763 843 4

Author Location: Brighton

AJ’s grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don’t really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief and to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he and his grandfather did best: running. Round and round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials, running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster.

‘Beautiful writing about family, loss, dreams and small pleasures that packs a real emotional punch.’

The Bookseller

Coming in July 2018! Little Bits of Sky reissue p.67

Nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal

Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award

Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2017

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo

The Curious Kangaroo

Amelia Cobb

Illustrated by Sophy Williams

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 148 9

EB 978 1 78800 149 6

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Also available p.158

Over 360,000 series sales!

Perfect for fans of Holly Webb, this fantastic series flled with the cuddliest, cutest baby animals will delight young animal lovers everywhere!

Zoe loves living at her uncle’s rescue zoo because there’s always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. . . She can actually TALK to the animals!

Coming soon!

The Super Sloth (July 2018 p.69) The Little Llama (October 2018 p.106)

Animal ABC

Illustrated by Jannie Ho

Bold, stylish and sturdy ABC book featuring smiling animal faces and bright colours and shapes to hold babies’ attention.

As well as first letter sounds to say out loud, there are bright pictures featuring lots of familiar animals to spot and talk about, providing hours of first-word fun!

Also available p.117

Age: 1+

Price: £5.99 BB

Extent: 28pp

Format: 170 x 170mm cased board book

ISBN 978 1 78800 248 6

Illustrator Location: Boston, USA

Vehicles ABC coming July 2018!

Listen to the . . . Birds from Around the World Music from Around the World

Illustrated by Marion Billet

Over 5.7 million copies sold internationally! A captivating series of board books with six real-life sounds.

Aimed at the very young, this book has a button on every spread, which triggers one of six dif erent sounds to join in with.

Coming in October 2018! Listen to the Dance Music Listen to the Nutcracker p.94

Age: 9 months+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 14pp

Format: 150 x 150 mm with six sounds

Illustrator Location: Paris, France

Hello Farm

Hello Zoo

Illustrated by Nicola Slater

A new novelty book series with cute gatefold faps, die-cut holes and a surprise tactile ending – perfect to share with an inquisitive toddler!

All toddlers will love to peek behind the flaps to say hello to the animal friends. But where are they all going? And can you wake the sleeping animal to come and join in with the fun?

Age: 1+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 14pp

Format: 180 x 180mm with gatefold flaps, die-cut holes and touch-and-feel element

Cheshire

Bizzy Bear Racing Driver

Illustrated by Benji Davies

New series look coming September 2018! p.80

The hit series for preschoolers – over 3 million copies sold!

Today, Bizzy Bear is taking part in a big race – ready, steady, go!

Rich in visual detail and with fi ve chunky sliders to push and pull in each book, Bizzy Bear’s adventures encourage preschoolers to get involved in the storytelling.

‘This is toddler publishing at its best’ Waterstones

Age: 2+

Price: £5.99 BB

Extent: 10pp

Format: 180 x 180mm

board book with sliders

ISBN: 978 1 78800 244 8

Illustrator Location: London

Lucy Rowland

Illustrated by Kate Hindley

A brilliantly observed rhyming picture book with charming illustrations from Kate Greenaway nominated illustrator Kate Hindley.

The Knight Who Said “No!”

Ned the knight ALWAYS does exactly what he’s told. When his parents ask him to pick up his toys, dig up the cabbages or go to bed on time, he does it all with a smile. And when the dragon swoops into town every night, he always runs inside, just as he’s asked. But one morning, instead of saying ‘yes,’ Ned says ‘NO!’ And, refusing to go inside that night, he confronts the dragon . . . making a very unlikely best friend in the process.

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Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 207 3 PB: 978 1 78800 208 0

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Birmingham

What’s Next Door?

Nicola O’Byrne

Now in paperback! Carter the crocodile, hero of the Waterstones Prize-winning Open Very Carefully, is back!

In this unique interactive book, with brilliantly designed die-cut pages, children are encouraged to take part in the story, to create a door in the page and use their imagination to guide Carter into new environments, from stormy seas to hot deserts and icy lands. But will that cranky croc and the little friends he’s made ever find their way home?

Also available p.138

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm with die-cuts

ISBN: 978 0 85763 833 5

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

Coming

September 2018!

The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin p.84

Stories Aloud p.2

Mixed-Up Masterpieces

Amusing Animals

‘Endless fun.’

The Observer on Funny Faces

Age: 3+

Price: £9.99 HB

Extent: 26pp

Format: 188 x 254 mm split page, spiral-bound

ISBN 978 1 78800 080 2

Featuring fascinating artefacts from the British Museum, this is a hilarious mix-up book that will provide hours of fun!

In this seriously silly series, featuring artefacts from the British Museum, children can solve the puzzle by matching up the correct animals on the split pages – and then mix them all up again to create 2,000 hilarious combinations! Scan the QR code on the last spread to find out more about each object.

Also available p.152

So You Think You’ve Got It Bad?

A Kid’s Life in Ancient Egypt

Chae Strathie

Illustrated by Marisa Morea

Packed with historical facts, this is a hilarious and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in ancient Egypt.

Developed in consultation with one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and written by award-winning author Chae Strathie, this fascinating and hilarious book explores just how difcult life really was for children in ancient Egypt, from dodging Deathstalker scorpions to cleaning up cow dung! Brought to life with rich, humorous illustrations by newcomer Marisa Morea, this is a funny and accessible introduction to ancient Egypt . . . and is probably the first book about ancient Egypt that involves bubble wrap and skateboards!

Age: 7+

Price: £12.99 HB

Extent: 64pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 135 9

Author Location: Fife

Illustrator Location: Madrid, Spain

Make and Play Farm

Illustrated by Joey Chou

Make your own 3D farmyard characters with this innovative activity board book with fantastic play value!

Featuring 20 unique and colourful designs, the press-out pieces can be simply slotted together to create fun farmyard characters. After putting them together, children can sing the farmyard songs and get creative with crafts, including making animal masks and growing radishes.

Age: 4+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 30pp

Format: 158 x 210mm

cased board book, spiral bound

ISBN: 978 1 78800 202 8

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

Also available p.146

Nativity (Available now)

Easter (February 2018 p.16)

Safari (July 2018 p.66)

Halloween (September 2018 p.88)

Christmas (October 2018 p.103)

Unicorn Academy

Ava

and

Star

Julie Sykes

Illustrated by Lucy Truman

A new series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers!

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 112pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 162 5

EB 978 1 78800 163 2

Author Location: Hampshire

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

See the full series p.171

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and go on adventures with them! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on the enchanted Unicorn Island. With a dif erent girl and her unicorn in each story, this unique, hugely collectible magical school series continues!

Sophia and Rainbow (February 2018 p.20)

Scarlett and Blaze (February 2018 p.20)

Isabel and Cloud (June 2018 p.60)

Layla and Dancer (August 2018 p.77)

Olivia and Snowfake (October 2018 p.107)

Get Me Out of Witch School!

Em Lynas

Illustrated by Jamie Littler

The second hilarious instalment of the spellbinding adventures of Twinkle Toadspit the reluctant witch. Daisy Wart is now Twinkle Toadspit, the witchiest witch of all, AND she is still an amazing actress! How can she do all her school stuf AND tour her play? By doing all the magic spells really, really fast and without practising first, that’s how! Even if it means CHAOS and DISASTER, the show MUST go on!

‘Em Lynas has successfully conjured up her very own mix of school and magic.’ Books for Keeps

‘Funny and magical, a fantastic adventure I just couldn’t put down!’ Bookseller, Foyles

Also available p.167

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 038 3

EB 978 1 78800 111 3

Author Location: Saltburn

Illustrator Location: London

Book 3 coming in September 2018! p.89

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

Christopher Edge

A mind-bending mystery for 9+ readers combining cutting-edge science, gripping adventure and real heart.

It’s Maisie’s birthday and she can’t wait to open her presents. She’s hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness. Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough. . .

“A

NOMINATED FOR THE CARNEGIE

‘A book with a big brain, big laughs and a big, big heart.’ Frank Cottrell Boyce on The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

‘Science fction at its most moving and exciting.’ The Guardian on The Jamie Drake Equation

Also available p.159

“This

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 176pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 029 1 EB 978 1 78800 030 7

Happy Birthday to You!

Illustrated by Nicola Slater

The lyrics and tune of Happy Birthday in a charming gift board book, including a sound button on every spread and a light-up birthday candle ending!

A group of musicians are travelling to a café for a surprise celebration. Press the buttons to hear them play their instruments . . . and join in with the band to wish one very special little otter a very Happy Birthday!

Age: 6 months+

Price: £10.99 BB Extent: 10pp

Format: 200 x 200mm cased board book

ISBN: 978 0 85763 950 9

Illustrator Location: Cheshire

New series from Nicola Slater!

Hello Farm and Hello Zoo p.35

Sound-Button Stories

Illustrated by Nikki Dyson

Chunky board books with hilarious rhyming text, stunning illustrations and a big sound button that children will love pressing again and again!

Join cheeky Elsie Elephant and Monty Monkey as they cause havoc in the jungle! These sound-button books feature a big button to press – and an on-and-of function – and with rounded corners and chunky format, they are ideal for lively toddlers.

Age: 1+

Price: £5.99 BB

Extent: 14pp

Format:125 x 200mm board book with die-cut on every page and front cover, includes sound chip with replaceable batteries

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Pip and Posy

The New Friend

Axel Scheffer

New cased board book edition!

This hugely popular series, with over one million series sales, perfectly captures the drama of preschool life!

Pip and Posy are having a lovely day at the seaside. But when Posy takes a nap, Pip makes friends with a boy called Zac. Zac is very cool AND he’s really good at handstands. So, to her dismay, Posy finds that Pip is more interested in playing with Zac than her. A funny and dramatic story about working out that two’s company and three’s a . . . PARTY!

Coming October 2018!

The Christmas Tree p.99 Book and Blocks set p.98

Also available p.142-3

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 26pp

Format: 170 x 170mm

cased board book

ISBN: 978 1 78800 251 6

Illustrator Location: London

Jan Fearnley

Oh Me, Oh My, A Pie!

From multi-award-winning author/illustrator Jan Fearnley comes a fantastically funny rhyming story.

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 102 1

PB: 978 1 78800 103 8

Also available p.132

Author/Illustrator Location: Limousin, France

A nice old grandma bakes a pie, but – oh me, oh my! – that yummy treat is stolen by a greedy fox, then lost and found by a mouse, snatched by a cat, grabbed by a dog, and plucked away by an owl, before landing back on Grandma’s table for everyone to share . . . or maybe not!

Coming October 2018! New anniversary edition of Little Robin Red Vest p.102

Stories Aloud p.2

‘A hilarious tale of confidence, tricks and comeuppance, with deviously delectable pictures.’ The Metro

This Zoo Is Not For You

Ross Collins

Now available in paperback!

A rollicking rhyming picture book about acceptance and belonging.

When a small platypus visits the zoo, the animals all assume he has come about the vacancy and he is swiftly taken through a rigorous interview process. But the platypus is far too bland for the chameleons, not graceful enough for the flamingos and his tricks will never impress the monkeys. But why did the platypus really come to the zoo?

Also available p.131

Age: 3+

‘Funny but heartfelt and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll.’

The Observer

Coming June 2018!

What Does an Anteater Eat? p.56

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 252 3

Author/Illustrator Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Stories Aloud p.2

Go Wild on the River

Goldie Hawk

Illustrated by Rachael Saunders

Young adventurers will love this funny and informative pocket-sized guide to exploring rivers.

This adventure guide teaches young adventurers about all the fun you can have on the river: what to pack, how to spot river animals and wildlife, how to build your own raft, how to catch a fish, and much, much more! Includes fun games to play on and around the river, interesting information about the water cycle, and a useful chapter on what to do in a river emergency.

Also available p.154

‘Properly useful and not patronising’ The Big Issue

Age: 8+

Price: £7.99 HB

Extent: 96pp

Format: B-format with elastic strap

ISBN 978 1 78800 070 3

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Hampshire

Sharks, Seahorses and Other British Sea Creatures

Illustrated by Nikki Dyson

A beautiful fact-flled sticker book for nature lovers! Includes four pages of animal stickers to add to 11 scenes.

The third in a glorious sticker book series, this book is packed with facts about weird and wonderful sea creatures and their homes. With four pages of wildlife stickers, you can stick porpoises in the harbour, fill the rock pools with sea urchins, add an octopus into the underwater cave, and much, much more. This is an excellent introduction to all types of sea creatures for the very young.

Also available p.147

Age: 3+

Price: £4.99 PB

Extent: 24pp plus 8pp stickers

Format: 300 x 220mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 262 2

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Ella on the Outside

Cath Howe

A gripping debut with an incredibly authentic voice and hugely relatable relationships – ideal for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy.

Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn’t know anyone and she doesn’t have any friends. And she has a terrible secret. Ella can’t believe her luck when Lydia, the most popular girl at school, decides to be her new best friend – but what does Lydia really want? And what does it have to do with Molly, the quiet, shy girl who won’t walk to anyone? A gripping story of secrets, lies and friendship from an exciting new voice in children’s fiction.

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 033 8

EB: 978 1 78800 034 5

Author Location: London

Indigo Island

Susan Moore

The third adventure in the action-packed trilogy for 9+ readers featuring heroine Nat Walker and her amazing robot dragon, Fizz.

Nat has faithfully followed the clues her father has left her from beyond the grave, and she is closing in on the prize. Soon, all will become clear and her future path determined. But it will be a dangerous one, and not for the faint-hearted. . . This is a page-turning story that combines action and adventure from author Susan Moore, who spent many years working in the extraordinary futuristic world of Lucasfilm and the Skywalker Ranch.

Booktrust on Crimson Poison Also available p.167

‘The excitement and adventure jumps of every page, gripping the reader right to the end.’

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 0 85763 958 5

EB: 978 0 85763 959 2

Author Location: Surrey

The Enchanted Ruby

Paula Harrison

The Rescue Princesses

Over one million series sales! The much-loved series returns with a fresh look and wonderful new adventures.

Princess Scarlett has always longed for adventure. When two princesses come to stay at Bearbrook Castle, she takes her new friends to a secret island in the river to meet a special otter family.

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

When a speeding boat injures a flufy baby otter, the princesses must reunite him with his family. They’ll need to learn some brilliant new ninja moves, and even solve a mystery!

Extent: 112pp

Coming August 2018!

The Star Bracelet p.76

Format: B-format paperback

Author Location: Milton Keynes Beautiful reissues! See the full series p.163

Lois looks for Bob At the Seaside At

the Museum

Illustrated by Gerry Turley

Age: 6 months +

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 14pp

Format:180 x 180mm

cased board book

Illustrator Location: Northumberland

What Does an Anteater Eat?

Ross Collins

Also available p.131 Winner of the 2016 Amnesty CILIP Honour Award

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 264 6

Author/Illustrator Location: Glasgow, Scotland

A new picture book from award-winning Ross Collins full of lovable animal characters and a fantastically funny ending.

Anteater is hungry, but he has completely forgotten what anteaters eat. Bafed, and with his tummy rumbling, he consults the other animals. But Sloth is too busy, Toucan is clueless, and Crocodile has his own mouth full. Whatever will Anteater do? It isn’t until the ants all run for their lives that Anteater remembers what he should be eating . . . BANANAS! Of course! A delightfully silly tale that little ones will return to again and again.

Complete Minibeast Explorer’s Kit

Robyn Swift

Illustrated by Hannah Alice

Explore the world of minibeasts with this brilliant activity backpack! Includes magnifying bug collector, toy spider, sheet of minibeast stickers, pencil, notebook and 80pp illustrated guidebook.

Packed with useful information about how to identify creatures whilst out and about, plus facts about life cycles, habitats and much, much more. This complete kit is the perfect introduction to all things creepy-crawly.

Also available p.151

Age: 6+

Price: £9.99 includes PB book, magnifying bug collector, sheet of stickers, notebook and pencil

Extent: 80pp

Format: 222 x 144mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 176 2

Illustrator Location: Finland

Press Out and Decorate Flamingos, Llamas and Other Cool Things

Kate McLelland

Innovative activity board book featuring 20 unique press-out designs with stunning turquoise foil!

Age: 4+

Price: £9.99 BB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 210 x 148mm

cased board book, spiral-bound

ISBN: 978 1 78800 314 8

Illustrator Location: Edinburgh

Also available p.149

Perfect for all ages to decorate, this activity book features 20 unique press-out designs that can be slotted together to create super-cool 3D ornaments or threaded together to make a hanging garland. From llamas with pom-poms to tropical pineapples, these press-out pieces are gorgeous in white and turquoise, but look even better when they’re coloured in.

Welcome to Our World A Celebration of

Moira Butterfeld

Illustrated by Harriet Lynas

Children Everywhere!

Find out how children live all around the world in this beautifully illustrated book packed full of fun facts.

Age: 4+

Price: £12.99 HB

Extent: 64pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 137 3

Author Location: Bath

Illustrator Location: Hertfordshire

In this beautifully illustrated book, young children can learn all about what people in other countries eat, wear and play, and how they speak and celebrate. From breakfasts to birthdays, cakes to clothes, and hiccups to hellos, there are so many ways to say and do things – but everyone shares a love of family, friends, food and fun. This delightful book teaches us that despite dif erent languages, customs and traditions, it really is a small world, after all.

Unicorn Academy Isabel and Cloud

Julie Sykes

Illustrated by Lucy Truman

A new series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers!

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and go on adventures with them! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on the enchanted Unicorn Island. With a dif erent girl and her unicorn in each story, this unique, hugely collectible magical school series continues.

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 164 9

EB 978 1 78800 165 6

Author Location: Hampshire

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

See the full series p.171

Sophia and Rainbow (February 2018 p.20)

Scarlett and Blaze (February 2018 p.20)

Ava and Star (April 2018 p.42)

Layla and Dancer (August 2018 p.77)

Olivia and Snowfake (October 2018 p.107)

My Arch-Enemy Is a Brain In a Jar

David Solomons

The fourth in the hilarious, awardwinning series – over 170,000 copies sold to date! (TCM)

Luke and Zack swapped bodies at the end of their previous adventure and now they have to live with the consequences. Luke finally has the superpowers he craves, but at what price? GCSE physics, that’s what. And then along comes a brain in a jar trying to destroy him. Luke didn’t realise being a superhero was so much work. . .

‘David Solomons writes with huge child appeal, great humour and energy, underpinned with emotional depth.’

The Bookseller

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 288pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 0 85763 991 2

EB: 978 1 78800 114 4

Author Location: Dorset

Also available p.170

Sing Along With Me! This

Is the Way We Go to School

Illustrated by Yu-hsuan Huang

Age: 9 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 200 x 200mm

board book with sliders

ISBN: 978 1 78800 307 0

Illustrator Location: Taiwan

Scan the QR code to sing along! A bright, slider board book which bursts with energy and cheering illustrations.

Each book comes with fi ve slider mechanisms, and both an instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme.

Also available p.119

Vehicles ABC

Illustrated by Jannie Ho

Have some friendly vehicle fun with this bold, stylish and sturdy ABC book for babies and toddlers.

As well as first letter sounds to say out loud, there are bright pictures featuring lots of familiar vehicles to spot and talk about, providing hours of first-word fun!

Age: 1+

Price: £5.99 BB

Extent: 28pp

Format: 170 x 170mm cased board book

ISBN: 978 1 78800 297 4

Illustrator Location: Boston, USA

Also available p.117

Spike The

Hedgehog Who Lost His Prickles

Jeanne Willis Illustrated by Jarvis

Another fantastically funny picture book from the creative partnership behind Poles Apart and I’m In Charge.

Spike, a little hedgehog, has always had impressive prickles. But one morning, after a particularly scary dream, he wakes up completely bare! Oh no! Feeling very embarrassed, he goes in search of something to cover himself, from a paper lampshade to a tea cup to a very stinky sock. But nothing stops the other animals giggling at him. Poor Spike! Then he discovers a big bunch of balloons, which takes him across the world and ends in a very satisfying POP! and a very prickly party.

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB /£6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

HB: 978 1 78800 205 9

PB: 978 1 78800 206 6

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Manchester

Also available p.145

Stories Aloud p.2

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

The Missing Masterpiece

Tracey Corderoy

Illustrated by Steven Lenton

The delightful doggy duo are back in a picture book with action-packed comic detail and a fun, rhyming text.

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam have made it to the magical streets of Paris, baking a spectacular gingerbread Eif el Tower for a VERY important art exhibition at ‘Gallerie Bonbon.’ But – quelle horreur! – a sneaky fox has made of across the Seine with the precious masterpiece. Will Shifty and Sam EVER catch the dastardly Cunningham Sly and dish up their tower in time?

‘Corderoy’s rich, rhyming text is a pleasure to read aloud.’ The Telegraph

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

HB 978 0 85763 974 5

PB 978 0 85763 975 2

Author Location:

Gloucestershire

Illustrator Location: Brighton

Make and Play Safari

Illustrated by Joey Chou

Make your own 3D safari animals with this innovative activity board book with fantastic play value!

Featuring 20 unique and colourful designs, the press-out pieces can be simply slotted together to create bright and cheerful safari animals. After putting them together, children can sing the safari animal song and get creative with crafts, including cardboard binoculars, a bendy monkey and animal cupcakes.

Age: 4+

Price: £7.99 BB Extent: 30pp

Format: 158 x 210mm

cased board book, spiral bound

ISBN: 978 1 78800 253 0

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

See the full series p.146 Nativity (Available now)

Easter (February 2018 p.16)

Farm (March 2018 p.41)

Halloween (September 2018 p.88)

Christmas (October 2018 p.103)

Little Bits of Sky

S. E. Durrant

Striking reissue! Nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the UKLA Book Award, this is a moving debut from an exceptional new talent.

It’s 1987 and Ira and Zac are being uprooted once again, this time to Skilly House, a home for social care children. Their lives over the next few years are beautifully realised amongst the antipathy of the authorities, the drama of the poll tax riots and the moments of peace and hope Ira finds at Skilly and further afield. This is a memorable and moving tale about growing up, making friends and finding a home.

Extent: 208pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 0 85763 399 6

EB: 978 0 85763 400 9

‘A beautiful book … the characters and the emotion are things of joy.’ Jane Sandell, The Scotsman

‘[A] remarkable debut.’ Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

Also available p.31

Author Location: Brighton

A Goat Called Willow

Helen Peters

Illustrated by Ellie Snowdon

Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation.

‘Highly recommended . . . beautifully written, with great heart.’

Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

When Jasmine and Tom secretly rescue a baby goat from the fair, they have no idea how tricky it will be to keep Jasmine’s parents from discovering their mischievous pet, and it’s not long before their secret is out. Can Jasmine convince her family that Willow has hidden talents before she has to say goodbye forever?

Also available p.168

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 144pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 036 9

EB: 978 1 78800 037 6

Author Location: Brighton

Illustrator Location: Cambridge

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo

The Super Sloth

Amelia Cobb

Illustrated by Sophy Williams

Also available p.158

Over 360,000 series sales!

Perfect for fans of Holly Webb, this fantastic series flled with the cuddliest, cutest baby animals will delight young animal lovers everywhere!

Zoe loves living at her uncle’s rescue zoo because there’s always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. . . She can actually TALK to the animals!

Coming soon! The Little Llama (October 2018 p.106)

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 150 2

EB: 978 1 78800 151 9

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Splash

Charli Howard

An exciting middle-grade debut with a natural, authentic voice and an important message of body positivity.

Molly is in her final year of primary school, with secret dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer. Having always lived in the shadow of her manipulative friend, Chloe, Molly finally has the chance to compete in a regional swimming contest and define herself on her own terms. But with the pressure of fitting in, and the sudden arrival of her mysterious mum, will she give up on her dreams for a shot at popularity?

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 224pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 170 0

EB 978 1 78800 171 7

Author Location: London/New York

First Concepts Nature Around the World

Discover amazing objects and simple frst concepts in this stylish photographic board book series for curious little ones.

Featuring amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning about dif erent objects from around the world, with gorgeous photographic images on every page. Scan the QR code on the last spread to find out more about each object.

‘Enormously

Age: 6 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 200 x 200mm cased board book

appealing . . . with inexhaustible potential for interaction.’ The Sunday Times

Toby and the Tricky Things

Lou Peacock

Illustrated by Christine Pym

A touching tale about growing up, brought to life by Christine Pym’s beautifully soft artwork.

Toby is no longer a little elephant. He’s a Big Boy now, much bigger than baby sister Iris. But some things are still very tricky even when you’re big. And when Mummy is too busy with Iris to help him, Toby ends up with bad buttons, wrong wellies and loo paper everywhere! Then Toby gets cross . . . Sometimes being big isn’t as easy as it seems.

Also available p.140

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99

Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

HB 978 1 78800 265 3

PB 978 1 78800 266 0

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

Stories Aloud p.2

Flip Flap Dinosaurs

Axel Scheffer

Dinosaur fans will love this hilarious combination book with over 121 possible prehistoric creations!

What do you get if you cross a mighty Tyrannosaurus rex with a fearsome Triceratops? It’s a Tyrannotops, of course!

With a hilarious rhyming text and brilliant illustrations from Axel Schefer, simply flip the pages to create some seriously silly mixed-up dinosaurs.

Also available p.121

Age: 2+

Price: £8.99 BB

Extent: 28pp

Format: 185 x 235 mm

cased board book with split pages and spiral binding

ISBN 978 1 78800 331 5

Illustrator Location: London

How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

Jess French

Illustrated by Angela Keoghan

Learn how to save endangered animals in this timely book by Jess French, presenter of Minibeast Adventure with Jess on CBeebies.

Age: 5+

Price: £12.99 HB

Extent: 64pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 257 8

Author Location: Norwich

Illustrator Location: New Zealand

In this beautifully illustrated book, children can learn about 13 dif erent habitats – gardens, hedgerows, heathlands, woodlands, highlands, wetlands, the coastline, freshwater, seas and oceans, savannahs, jungles and mountains – and how they can be protected. Filled with animal facts and plenty of creative little ways that nature enthusiasts can make a big dif erence.

A Chase In Time

Sally Nicholls

Illustrated by Brett Helquist

The start of an action-packed series by Sally Nicholls, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2008 and shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Prize 2015!

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 208pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 0 85763 898 4

EB: 978 0 85763 899 1

Author Location: Oxford

Illustrator Location: New York

From multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls, A Chase In Time is the first in a brilliant time-slip adventure series for 9+ readers, beautifully illustrated by Brett Helquist. The old gilt-edged mirror has hung in Alex’s aunt’s house for as long as he can remember. Alex hardly notices it, until the day he and his sister are pulled through the mirror, back into 1912. It’s the same house, but a very dif erent place to live, and the people they meet need their help. Soon they’re caught up in car chases and treasure hunts as they race to find a priceless golden cup – but will they ever be able to return to their own time?

The Rescue Princesses

The Star Bracelet

Paula Harrison

Over one million series sales! The much-loved series returns with a fresh look and wonderful new adventures.

When Princess Lily and her friends find an abandoned baby kangaroo, they must look after the tiny joey and work out who is ruining the palace gardens at night. To solve this mystery the princesses will need a magic jewel, ninja skills and the special power that comes from true friendship!

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB Extent: 112pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 0 85763 987 5

EB 978 0 85763 988 2

Author Location: Milton Keynes

Beautiful reissues!

The Snow Jewel 978 0 85763 141 1

The Magic Rings 978 0 85763 157 2

The Lost Gold 978 0 85763 164 0

The Shimmering Stone 978 0 85763 172 5

See the full series p.163

Unicorn Academy Layla and Dancer

Julie Sykes

Illustrated by Lucy Truman

A new series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers!

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 166 3

EB 978 1 78800 167 0

Author Location: Hampshire

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

See the full series p.171

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and go on adventures with them! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on the enchanted Unicorn Island. With a dif erent girl and her unicorn in each story, this unique, hugely collectible magical school series continues!

Sophia and Rainbow (February 2018 p.20)

Scarlett and Blaze (February 2018 p.20)

Ava and Star (April 2018 p.42)

Isabel and Cloud (June 2018 p.60)

Olivia and Snowfake (October 2018 p.107)

A Pony Called Secret A

Ride to Freedom

Olivia Tuffn

The third adventure in the actionpacked pony series for 9+ readers.

Alice and Secret have won a trip to France to take part in the amazing ‘Festival du Cheval’! The trip starts well as handsome Seb, the stable owner’s son, is keen to help Alice and Secret with their show jumping, and there’s so much to learn from the Rebel Riders display team! But then things start to go missing from the stables and Alice and Secret must work together to catch a thief…

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 043 7

EB 978 1 78800 044 4

Author Location: Dorset

Palomino Pony series p.172

A Pony Called Secret series p.172

Where’s Mrs Bear?

Where’s Mr Penguin?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

With over 170,000 copies sold in the UK in its frst year of publication, this stylish, interactive board book series continues!

Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of friendly animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. And there’s a mirror on the final page! These are perfect books to share with very little ones from Swedish children’s product designerillustrator, Ingela P Arrhenius.

Coming in October 2018! Where’s Santa Claus? p.93 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2017!

Age: 6 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with felt flaps and mirror ending

Illustrator Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Bizzy Bear New series look!

Illustrated by Benji Davies

The hit series for pre-schoolers – over 3 million copies sold – is relaunching with a fresh new look!

Rich in visual detail and with chunky sliders to push and pull, Bizzy Bear’s action-packed adventures inspire imaginative play and are ideal for reading aloud. Now on easy-to-use white board!

Coming in October 2018! p.97

Christmas Helper Pirate Adventure Dinosaur Safari

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 10pp

Format: 180 x 180mm

board book with sliders

Illustrator location: London

I See the Moon

Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Now in board book! A starry, beautifully illustrated collection of favourite lullabies, rhymes and poems perfect for sharing at bedtime – with a sprinkling of silver foil on every page!

Age: 1+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 200 x 200mm

cased board book

ISBN 978 1 78800 308 7

Illustrator Location: York

Includes:

• I See the Moon

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

• Hush-a-Bye, Baby

• Star Light, Star Bright

• Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

• Hush, Little Baby

• Good Night, Sleep Tight and more!

The Boy and the Bear

Tracey Corderoy

Illustrated Sarah Massini

A tender and heart-warming story about friendship and belonging that is perfect for sharing on a frosty evening.

One small boy wishes he had a Best Friend. And when he discovers a message written on a little paper boat, he finds that the perfect friend is sometimes the unlikeliest of all.

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 309 4

PB: 978 1 78800 076 5

Author Location: Gloucestershire

Illustrator Location: Sussex

Also illustrated by Sarah Massini p.137

Stories Aloud p.2

Stardust

Jeanne Willis

Illustrated by Briony May Smith

New in paperback! A wonderfully moving tale about the importance of being true to yourself, with magical illustrations from Briony May Smith.

A little girl dreams of being a star, but, somehow, her big sister always seems to shine brighter. For her grandad she is a star and, as they gaze up at the night sky, he tells her a story that helps her find her own special way to shine.

‘This sweet narrative will make an especially perfect bedtime story.’ Booktrust

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 069 7

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Devon

Stories Aloud p.2

The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin

Nicola O’Byrne

From the creator of Open Very Carefully, winner of the 2014 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, comes the perfect bedtime story.

Rabbit doesn’t want to go to bed, so he decides to kidnap The Dark in a biscuit tin and stay up ALL NIGHT LONG. But The Dark soon reminds Rabbit of all the good things that he does. What about all the nocturnal animals, he asks . . . and you can only have a yummy breakfast of toast and honey and fresh orange juice if you’ve been to bed. But the BEST thing about The Dark, of course, is the chance to read a REALLY good bedtime story . . .

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 271 4

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

Peter Pan

Original story by J.

Retold by Caryl

M. Barrie

Hart

Illustrated by Sarah Warbuton

J. M. Barrie’s beloved text is reimagined in this enchanting rhyming picture book and, with beautiful silver foil on the cover, this is the perfect gift.

Following on from The Velveteen Rabbit, published to great acclaim in 2016, this beautiful Nosy Crow Classic will bring an old favourite to a new generation.

When Peter Pan flies into the Darlings’ room one dusky evening, he convinces Wendy and her brothers to come with him to the magical world of Neverland, where children never grow old. It’s the beginning of an amazing adventure featuring a cast of classic characters, from the mischievous Lost Boys and jealous fairy Tinkerbell, to the villainous Captain Hook and his pirate band. But will the Darlings choose to stay in Neverland or return to London to grow up like normal children?

Also available p.137

Age: 4+

Price: £14.99 HB

Extent: 72pp

Format: 265mm x 240mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 007 9

Author Location: Derbyshire

Illustrator Location: Bristol

I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree

A Poem for Every Day of the

Year

Illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon

Selected by Fiona Waters

This richly illustrated, clothbound collection of nature poems will inspire and delight all year round.

I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree is a lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems – one for every day of the year. Filled with familiar favourites and new discoveries, written by poets, including John Agard, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Dufy, Robert Frost, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy and many more, this is a perfect book for children (and grown-ups!) to share at the beginning or the end of the day.

Age: 3+

Price: £25.00 HB

Extent: 336pp

Format: 365 x 240mm

clothbound with ribbon marker

ISBN 978 0 85763 770 3

Illustrator Location: London

Mother and Daughter Dress-Up Dolls

Costumes From Around the World

Gracie Swan

Illustrated by Felicity French

Featuring eight stand-up dolls, 40 different costumes with shoes, hats and headdresses, and a page full of sticker accessories!

Press out the mother and daughter dolls, then pick which beautiful traditional costume to dress them in, using the easy fold-down tabs, before adding a hat or headdress and sticking on some accessories. From fabulous flamenco dresses to colourful kimonos, there are so many dif erent costumes and cultures to discover.

Age: 4+

Price: £9.99 HB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 250 x 220mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 146 5

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Warwickshire

Make and Play

Halloween

Illustrated by Joey Chou

Make your own 3D Halloween decorations with this innovative activity board book with fantastic play value!

With stunning artwork from hugely talented Joey Chou, these simple die-cut shapes include witches, ghosts and a whole host of Halloween characters. They are easy to press out and slot together to create an eye-catching seasonal display. The book also includes 10 pages of frightfully fun activities, including songs, recipes, and plenty of things to make and do to keep little ones busy for hours during the spooky season!

See the full series p.146

Nativity (Available now)

Easter (February 2018 p.16)

Farm (March 2018 p.41)

Safari (July 2018 p.66)

Christmas (October 2018 p.103)

Age: 4+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 30pp

Format: 158 x 210mm

cased board book, spiral bound

ISBN 978 1 78800 254 7

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

Witch School Book 3

Em Lynas

Illustrated by Jamie Littler

The third instalment in the humorous, actionpacked magical school series for 7+ readers starring Twinkle Toadspit the reluctant witch!

Twinkle Toadspit may well be the witchiest witch of all but she is still an ACTRESS! And her Bottom is not going to perform itself. How will she escape witch school THIS time?

“Em Lynas has successfully conjured up her very own mix of school and magic.” Books for Keeps

“Funny and magical, a fantastic adventure I just couldn’t put down!” Bookseller, Foyles

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 351 3

EB 978 1 78800 352 0

Author Location: Saltburn

Illustrator Location: London Also available p.167 p.43

Max the Detective Cat

The Phantom Portrait

Max is ready to solve another case!

The exciting second instalment in the middle-grade mystery series with plenty of fun and drama with a vintage crime feel.

The entire theatre company have travelled to Lord Fawley’s castle to put on a show for his daughter’s Halloween birthday ball! Rehearsals start well, but soon some ghostly goings-on and talk of a family curse have the actors in a panic. Never fear – Max the detective cat is on the case, and his whiskers are prickling with suspicion that these strange events have more to do with jewels than ghouls…

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 208pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 052 9

EB 978 1 78800 350 6

Author Location: Mid Wales

Illustrator Location: Kent

Also available p.30

Spectre Collectors A New York Nightmare!

Barry Hutchison

The second instalment in a hilarious series for 9+ readers packed with ghosts, gadgets and outrageous battles!

Denzel and Smithy are summoned to the US by the New York branch of the Spectre Collectors, who turn out to be two kids called Weinberg and Martinez. There’s been some weird spectral activity and they need help. Soon Denzel is immersed (literally) in an adventure involving a shark, a massive gorilla and lots and lots of evil ghosts.

‘A funny, high-octane adventure story. Each page is bursting with imaginative details.’

Booktrust

‘Hutchison is a born comedian and this crazy comical caper will leave your spine tingling.’

Lancashire

Evening Post

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format paperback with sprayed edges

PB 978 1 78800 039 0

EB 978 1 78800 040 6

Author Location: Fort William, Scotland

Also available p.165

Storm Witch

Ellen Renner

The frst instalment of a gripping fantasy quartet from the prize-winning author of Tribute and Castle of Shadows.

Child of Air, Water, Earth or Fire: now that she is thirteen Storm must undertake The Choosing and be claimed by one of the Elementals, which will determine her whole life’s work. But for Storm, daughter of a father murdered by Water and a warrior mother claimed by Earth, there will be no easy destiny.

The Elementals bestow her with a great and terrible gift. Storm-bringer. Storm-rider. Storm-queller. Storm has powers that no one, not even the island Elders, can understand. And when the Drowned Ones – a savage band of pirates who roam the seas on floating towns – attack her island, will her powers help her to save the people she loves, or is her fate to betray everything she holds dear? Soon Storm faces a decision which will change her life – and that of everyone who lives on her island – forever.

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 256pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 0 85763 640 9

EB 978 0 85763 641 6

Author Location: Devon

Where’s Santa Claus?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

A special gift title in this bestselling, award-winning series for babies and toddlers. Scandi cool combines with a brilliant novelty to make a future classic.

Five beautifully illustrated spreads show a series of friendly animals hiding behind bright felt flaps. And there’s a mirror on the final page! These are perfect books to share with very little ones from Swedish children’s product designer-illustrator, Ingela P Arrhenius.

Age: 9 months+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with felt flaps and mirror ending ISBN: 978 1 78800 349 0

Illustrator Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2017!

Also available p.115

Listen to the . . . Dance Music

Nutcracker

Illustrated by Marion Billet

Over 5.7 million copies sold internationally! A captivating series of board books with six real-life sounds.

Aimed at the very young, this book has a button on every spread, which triggers one of six dif erent sounds to join in with.

Also available p.116

Age: 9 months+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 14pp

Format: 150 x 150 mm with six sounds

Illustrator Location: Paris, France

A Tiny Little Story Christmas

Illustrated by Lisa Jones and Edward Underwood

Adorable new Christmas title in this series of bright cloth books for babies combining colourful illustrations, simple words and crinkly, tactile pages.

With bold images of faces and animals, high-contrast patterns, first words and the simplest of stories, these charming little cloth books are perfect for the tiniest of babies. Includes Velcro buggy strap and presented in a sturdy see-through box.

Age: 0+

Price: £10.99

Extent: 8pp

Format: 160 x 160mm

cloth book in a box

with Velcro buggy strap

ISBN: 978 1 78800 263 9

Illustrators’ Location: East Sussex

p.23

Alphabet Street

Jonathan Emmett

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

A delightful gift package which works as a lift-the-fap concertina book and a wall frieze AND a play scene – from the award-winning Felt Flaps illustrator Ingela P Arrhenius.

Open each page to see the shop fronts, then lift the flaps to peek inside the shop and the rooms above. Who’s buying a new suit? And who has splashed himself with a hose? A perfect book to share with very little ones.

Age: 1+

Price: £12.99 BB

Extent: 12pp

Format: 293 x 198mm concertina

IBSN: 978 1 78800 216 5

Author location: Nottingham

Illustrator Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Felt Flaps series p.115

Bizzy Bear New series look!

Illustrated by Benji Davies

The hit series for pre-schoolers – over 3 million copies sold – is relaunching with a fresh new look!

Rich in visual detail and with chunky sliders to push and pull, Bizzy Bear’s action-packed adventures inspire imaginative play and are ideal for reading aloud. Now on easy-to-use white board!

Reissues p.80 • Full series p.118

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 10pp

Format: 180 x 180mm

board book with sliders

Illustrator location: London

Pip and Posy Book and Blocks Set

Axel Scheffer

Great value gift package!

Beautiful book-and-blocks pack presented in a chunky card box with a handle! Includes a small board book edition of The Big Balloon and nine picture blocks.

Age: 2+

Also available p.143

Price: £9.99

Extent: 26pp

Format: 170 x 172mm box plus 150 x 150mm board book

ISBN: 978 1 78800 333 9

Illustrator Location: London

Pip and Posy plushes

Back

Pip and Posy

The Christmas Tree

Axel Scheffer

New in the hit series from Axel Scheffer! This festive picture book includes a foiled front cover, making it an extra special gift for little ones.

Age: 2+

Price: £8.99 HB

Extent: 32pp

‘Full of comfort and gentle humour.’ The Guardian

Format: 200 x 200mm

ISBN: 978 1 78800 086 4

Illustrator Location: London

It’s Christmas time and Pip and Posy are busy decorating the tree with candy sticks, and biscuits, and a beautiful sugar star. But the strange thing is that every time Posy goes out of the room, when she returns, there’s one less decoration on the tree. Eventually, there are NO decorations left AT ALL . . . oh, dear! Soon, Pip starts to feel very ill indeed. Can you guess why?

See the full series p.142

The Winter Fox

Timothy Knapman

Illustrated by Rebecca Harry

Fox loves to play, but his friends are worried about him. It’s nearly winter, and it’s time he started getting ready! Each animal knows just what Fox should do, if only he would listen to them . . . When winter finally comes, Fox finds himself cold, hungry and all alone. Can a Christmas wish help him set things right?

With eye-catching foil on every spread, this heartwarming winter tale of friendship and generosity is the perfect Christmas gift. New cased board book edition!

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99 BB

Extent: 24pp

Format: 200mm x 200mm

cased board book

ISBN: 978 1 78800 312 4

Author Location: Surrey

Illustrator Location: Cardif, Wales

Also available p.134

Sammy Claws the Christmas Cat

Lucy Rowland

Illustrated by Paula Bowles

Full of festive fun, this lively rhyming picture book about Santa’s lovable, lazy cat is brought to life by Paula Bowles’ fresh, contemporary illustrations.

Stories Aloud p.2

Sammy Claws, Santa’s cuddly pet cat, will sleep anywhere and as he sleeps he dreams . . . Sammy longs to fl y with Santa on his sleigh, but when he accidentally causes mayhem in the workshop, it looks like he has lost his chance. That is until, snoozing in a box, Sammy finds himself wrapped up as a Christmas parcel and bundled onto the sleigh with the other presents. How will Sammy escape? And how will he save the presents from two rotten robbers with plans to steal them all away?

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 272 1

PB: 978 1 78800 273 8

Author Location: London

Illustrator Location: Bristol

Little Robin Red Vest

Jan Fearnley

Jan Fearnley’s much-loved festive story about a kind little robin is re-illustrated in this special 20th anniversary edition.

One frosty evening, a week before Christmas, Little Robin washes and irons seven warm vests for the chilly nights to come. But, as the days go by, he meets many friends who are shivering in the cold, and kindly of ers them his vests to wear. By the time Christmas Eve arrives, however, there are no vests left and Little Robin finds himself all alone and cold! That is, until a special someone arrives to reward his kindness . . .

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

HB: 978 1 78800 269 1

PB: 978 1 78800 270 7

Author/Illustrator Location: Limousin, France

‘A real winter warmer that deserves to rank with the great timeless Christmas stories.’

Times Educational Supplement

Also available p.132

Stories Aloud p.2

Make and Play Christmas

Illustrated by Joey Chou

Make your own 3D festive decorations with this innovative activity board book with fantastic play value!

Age: 4+

Price: £7.99 BB

Extent: 30pp

Format: 158 x 210mm

With over 20 unique and colourful designs, the press-out pieces can be simply slotted together to create bright and cheerful decorations. Each book also includes ten additional pages of festive activities, including songs, recipes and craft ideas.

See the full series p.146

Nativity (Available now)

Easter (February 2018 p.16)

Farm (March 2018 p.41)

Safari (July 2018 p.66)

Halloween (September 2018 p.88)

ISBN: 978 0 85763 782 6

cased board book, spiral bound

Illustrator Location: Los Angeles, USA

A Year in Nature

The Children’s Almanac 2019

Anna Wilson

Illustrated by Elly Jahnz

Take an inspirational month-by-month journey through the seasons with this beautiful gift book.

Beautifully illustrated by Elly Jahnz and written by nature-lover and wild swimmer Anna Wilson, this fantastic, fully illustrated guide to the year includes nature spotter guides, indoor and outdoor craft and activity ideas, seasonal recipes and celebrations of religious festivals and special days such as the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. This gorgeous almanac will encourage young readers to connect with nature and the world around them.

Age: 7+

Price: £9.99 HB

Extent: 192pp

Format: B-format hardback

ISBN: 978 1 78800 339 1

Author Location: Wiltshire

Illustrator Location: Cornwall

Pamela Butchart

Illustrated by Thomas Flintham

Hilarious fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham. The latest instalment in the hugely popular Izzy series, with over 290,000 series sales!

Izzy and her friends are SCARED! They’re snowed in at school and there’s something HAIRY outside. But it’s when they see the REALLY BIG FOOTPRINT that they know. There’s a YETI in the playground and it’s going to get them!

Also available p.156

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo

The Little Llama

Amelia Cobb

Illustrated by Sophy Williams

Also available p.158

Over 360,000 series sales!

Perfect for fans of Holly Webb, this fantastic series flled with the cuddliest, cutest baby animals will delight young animal lovers everywhere!

Zoe loves living at her uncle’s rescue zoo because there’s always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. . . She can actually TALK to the animals!

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 298 1 EB: 978 1 78800 299 8

Illustrator Location: Wiltshire

Unicorn Academy Olivia and Snowflake

Julie Sykes

Illustrated by Lucy Truman

A new series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers!

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB 978 1 78800 168 7

EB 978 1 78800 169 4

Author Location: Hampshire

Illustrator Location: Derbyshire

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and go on adventures with them! That’s what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on the enchanted Unicorn Island. With a dif erent girl and her unicorn in each story, this unique, hugely collectible magical school series continues!

See the full series p.171

Sophia and Rainbow (February 2018 p.20) Scarlett and Blaze (February 2018 p.20)

Ava and Star (April 2018 p.42)

Isabel and Cloud (June 2018 p.60) Layla and Dancer (August 2018 p.77)

A Pony Called Secret A

Dream Come True

Olivia Tuffn

The fourth adventure in the actionpacked pony series for 9+ readers.

Alice can hardly believe that she and Secret have been invited to compete for a chance to show jump at the famous Olympia Christmas Horse Show!

Will Alice find a way to lead naughty, talented, amazing Secret as far as she dreams they can go?

A Pony Called Secret series p.172

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 224pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 053 6

EB: 978 1 78800 054 3

Author Location: Dorset

Palomino Pony series p.172

Murder at Twilight

Fleur Hitchcock

A gripping thriller, perfect for pre-teens, that will have young readers hooked.

Sara hates Ben with a passion. So when he goes missing, she doesn’t care all that much. So what if the poor little rich boy has run away? But as time passes and Ben shows no sign of coming back, Sara starts to wonder if something more sinister has happened to him…

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 256pp

Format: B-format paperback

PB: 978 1 78800 062 8

EB: 978 1 78800 334 6

Author Location: Bath

Also available p.166

‘Fleur Hitchcock has cornered the market in hard-boiled crime novels for beginners.’ The Times

Snow Sisters

The Silver Secret

The Crystal Rose

Astrid Foss

Cover illustrations by Sharon Tancredi

Inside illustrations by Monique Dong

PB: 978 0 85763 965 3

EB: 978 0 85763 966 0

November 2018

PB: 978 1 78800 015 4

EB: 978 0 85763 016 1

The start of a beautifully illustrated, sparkly fantasy quartet full of magic, adventure and cute animals.

The evil Shadow Witch wants to steal the Everchanging Lights right out of the sky! The Snow Sisters will need all their magic to stop her turning their home, the beautiful, icy island of Nordovia, dark forever . . .

Age: 7+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 128pp

Format: B-format paperback

Cover Illustrator Location: East Sussex

Inside Illustrator Location: China

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Book Banding now available for lots of Nosy Crow books!

Find out what reading level our books are using the key below from Lilac (lowest) to Dark Red (highest band).

For the first time in this catalogue, we are including book band colours for many of our books. We don’t acquire or commission or edit our books to take into account book banding, and not all of our books, it turns out, can be formally banded. Where the books have been banded, the bands given reflect an independent expert’s view of how these books best fit the widely used colour banding levels for KS1 (Lilac to Lime) and the extended popular KS2 book bands (Brown to Dark Red).

Lilac Pink Red Yellow Blue Green Orange

Turquoise Purple Gold White Lime

Brown Grey Dark Blue Dark Red

A Tiny Little Story series

Lisa Jones and Edward Underwood (ill.)

Look There’s a… series

Combining colourful pictures, simple words and tactile pages, these charming little books are perfect for babies from birth. Includes a velcro buggy handle and presented in a sturdy box with crinkly pages.

Follow the vehicle on its journey! With a peekaboo die-cut on every page and rhyming text, children will enjoy saying what they can spy in every scene!

Format: 160mm x 160mm cloth book in a box with Velcro buggy strap and crinkly pages Age: 9 months+ Price: £6.99

Extent: 12pp

Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with die-cut hole

Esther Aarts (ill.)

Felt Flaps series

Ingela P Arrhenius (ill.)

Bestselling and award-winning hide-and-seek board book series with a felt flap on every spread – and a surprise mirror reveal on the final page!

Alphabet Street

Jonathan Emmett • Ingela P Arrhenius (ill.)

Full of lots of friendly faces and familiar shops to spot, this giant lift-the-flap concertina book features an engaging text and vibrant artwork from Ingela P Arrhenius.

3+

Age: 6 months+ Price: £6.99

Extent: 12pp Format: 180 x 180mm cased board book with felt flaps and mirror ending

Marion Billet (ill.)

Over 5.7 million copies sold internationally! Aimed at the very young, each book features six real-life sounds that bring every picture to life.

Lois Looks For Bob series Gerry Turley (ill.)

Little readers will love helping Lois search for her friend Bob in this series of engaging, lift-the-flap board books.

Can You Say It Too? series

Sebastien Braun (ill.)

Designed for children who are just starting to talk, this series of fun lift-the-flap board books feature animals to spot, name and mimic. Plus, there’s a surprise double flap on the last page!

Jannie Ho (ill.)

These bright and sturdy little board books are a gentle introduction to letter sounds and the alphabet sequence.

ABC series

Benji Davies (ill.)

The hit series for toddlers with over 3 million copies sold! Rich in visual detail and featuring chunky sliders to push and pull, these robust board books inspire imaginative play.

Sing Along With Me series

Yu-hsuan Huang (ill.)

This sing-along slider board book series is the ideal introduction to music for little ones! Includes a QR code with a vocal and instrumental version of the nursery rhyme.

Nikki Dyson’s Sound Button Stories series

Nikki Dyson (ill.)

Each chunky board book in this new series has a friendly, rhyming tale and a big sound button –and an on-and-off function!

Noodle series

Marion Billet (ill.)

A series of high quality, robust touch-and-feel board books featuring bright art, rhyming text, a tactile feature on every spread and mirror on the final page.

Tiny Tabs series

Jannie Ho (ill.)

With sturdy board sliders to pull, cute characters and engaging stories, this series of chunky little peekaboo books is perfect for engaging the very young.

Perfect for preschoolers, this series of rhyming flip-flap books has sturdy split pages, spiral binding and over 121 crazy creatures to create!

Age: 2+ Price: £8.99

Extent: 28pp

Format: 185 x 235mm cased with split pages and spiral binding

Friendly farmyard tales from Axel Scheffler with a big sound button to press – and an on-and-off function!

Age: 1+

Price: £5.99

Extent: 12pp

Format: 125 x 200mm board book with die-cut on every page and front cover, includes sound chip with replaceable batteries

by Nikki Dyson

Warthog

Birdie Black

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

The funny, rhyming story of an intrepid little warthog who sets off on an ill-advised solo adventure.

978 0 85763 570 9

Age: 18 months+

Price: £9.99

Extent: 24pp

Format: 250 x 250mm hardback with flaps

Box Min Flyte

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

Featuring flaps, pull-outs and a die-cut cover, this inspiring book celebrates the creative possibilities and limitless joy of the simple cardboard box.

978 0 85763 414 6

Age: 2+

Price: £9.99

Extent: 20pp plus concertina fold-out

Format: 250 x 250mm hardback

Mummy!

Lerryn Korda

With stylish, engaging illustrations and large flaps to lift, this is an imaginative introduction to ancient Egypt. Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

978 0 85763 949 3

Age: 1+

Price: £7.99

Extent: 16pp

Format: 200 x 200mm cased board book

Big Bug Log

Sebastien Braun

(ill.)

With puzzles to solve, flaps to lift and a secret doorway to every page, there’s so much to do inside the Big Bug Log.

978 0 85763 596 9

Age: 18 months+

Price: £6.99

Extent: 24pp

Format: 165 x 200mm cased board book with flaps & die-cut holes

Little Blue Truck

Alice Shertle

Jill McElmurry (ill.)

Over 2 million copies sold worldwide! This rhyming tale is packed with vehicle and animal noises for little ones to join in with.

978 0 85763 734 5

Age: 1+

Price: £6.99

Extent: 32pp

Format: 170 x 190mm cased

Happy Birthday to You! Nicola Slater (ill.)

The perfect gift! A birthday story with sound-buttons to press – and a light-up candle ending!

978 0 85763 950 9 • May 2018

Age: 1+

Price: £10.99

Extent: 10pp

Format: 200 x 200mm cased board book

New for 2018!

First Concepts series

Featuring amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages curious little ones to engage with early learning concepts.

Age: 6 months+

in collaboration with the British Museum.

Hello series

Slater (ill.) Slide and Seek series

An exciting, new novelty board book series with cute gatefold flaps, die-cut holes and a surprise tactile ending.

Age: 1+

Price: £6.99

Extent: 14pp

Format: 180 x 180mm board book with gatefold flaps, die-cut holes and touch-and-feel element

Captivating, toddler-friendly mechanisms combine with Jo Lodge’s brilliantly bold artwork in this hilarious board series.

Baby and Me

Emma Dodd

Ideal for toddlers who enjoy playing mummies and babies, this interactive book has chunky pull-tabs and cosy touch-and-feel elements.

Age: 3+

Price: £8.99

Extent: 14pp

Format: 230 x 230mm cased card with pull-tabs and touch-and-feel

I

Love You Clemency Pearce

A read-aloud board book celebrating three special words: “I love you!”

What’s More Scary?

Min Flyte • Matt Hunt (ill.)

Would you rather sail past a ferocious piranha fish or a truly terrifying crocodile? Journey through the scary jungle in this engaging lift-the-flap adventure story.

Format: 250 x 250mm hardback with flaps

Playbook series

Corina Fletcher • Britta Teckentrup (ill.)

I Saw Anaconda Jane Clarke • Emma Dodd (ill.)

Age: 2+

Price: £6.99

Extent: 24pp

Format: 180 x 180mm

Full of odd animals and ingenious flap reveals, one little boy watches as ALL SORTS of animals are swallowed up by a very hungry anaconda.

Age: 3+

Price: £9.99

Extent: 24pp

Format: 250 x 270mm hardback with flaps and pop-ups

In one easy move, these bright, bold and ingeniously packaged books can be transformed into fabulous 3D playmats, with pop-up buildings, pieces to play with, and cut-out characters.

Age: 3+

Price: £14.99

Extent: 12pp

Format: 200 x 200mm board with pop-ups, play pieces and box

A Walk in the Countryside series

Rosalind Beardshaw

With a gentle narrative, lovable animals and lots of nature to spot and name, this series introduces numbers, letters, colours and opposites – and are a great way of bringing children closer to nature!

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Age: 1+

Price: £6.99 • Extent: 28pp

Format: 200 x 200 mm cased board book

Littleland series

Marion Billet

Spot-and-say fun for little ones! With fascinating detail on every spread and a simple, conversational narrative, these books are perfect for sharing.

Toot Goes to Dinosaurland

Catherine and Laurence Anholt

Because I Love You

David Bedford

Rebecca Harry

(ill.)

I See the Moon

Illustrated by

Rosalind Beardshaw

TOOT and his magic car are off to Dinosaurland in this lively read-aloud picture book.

HB

Age: 2+

Price:

A heart-warming celebration of love between a mother and child with sparkly foil throughout.

HB

2+

Nosy Crow Fairy Tale series

Ed Bryan (ill.)

Favourite lullabies, rhymes and poems with silver foil on every page.

HB

Age: 1+ Price:

1 78800 082 6

Witty, sumptuously illustrated retellings of fairy tale favourites which are based on our highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning apps.

Emma Dodd Animal series

Emma Dodd

Digger Dog

William Bee

Cecilia Johansson (ill.)

Digger Dog loves to dig in this brilliant read-aloud romp with a fantastic foldout surprise at the end.

Just Right for Christmas

Birdie Black

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

A warm and beautiful celebration of Christmas with a sparkly foiled cover.

Heart-warming, rhyming picture books exploring the loving relationship between parent and child.

Funny Face, Sunny Face

Sally Symes

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

Celebrating all things toddler, this delightful book bursts with fun and is a joy to read aloud.

Age: 2+

The Fairiest Fairy

Anne Booth

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

A delightful, rhyming tale of friendship featuring adorable animals and fairy toddlers.

978 0 85763 316 3

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 250 x 270mm

Baxter’s Book Hrefna Bragadottir

Baxter dreams of starring in a book of his own in this amusing celebration of the joy of reading.

HB 978 0 85763 521 1

PB 978 0 85763 522 8

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 230mm

The Christmas Fairy

Anne Booth

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

Full of festive fairies and cute animals, this is a heart-warming Christmas tale.

HB 978 0 85763 411 5

PB 978 0 85763 705 5

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm

Harvey the Hero Hrefna Bragadottir

You don’t need superpowers to be a hero in this picture book brimming with heart and humour.

HB 978 0 85763 887 8

PB 978 0 85763 888 5

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm

Refuge

Anne Booth

Sam Usher (ill.)

A timely and timeless retelling of the Christmas story, inspired by refugee children everywhere.

HB 978 0 85763 741 3

PB 978 0 85763 771 0

Age: 3+

Price: £7.99 Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm PB / 210 x 178mm HB

Cinderella’s Sister and the Big Bad Wolf Lorraine Carey Migy Blanco (ill.)

This hilarious spin on a favourite fairy tale is full of wit and wonder.

978 0 85763 314 9

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 250mm

A Lullaby for Little One

Dawn Casey

Charles Fuge (ill.)

A lyrical, gentle bedtime story for busy bunnies who need their sleep.

HB 978 0 85763 339 2

PB 978 0 85763 340 8

BB 978 0 85763 927 1

Age: 2+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB / £6.99 BB Extent: 32pp HB & PB / 18pp BB Format: 250 x 270mm HB & PB 203 x 203mm BB

How to Look After Your Dinosaur

Jason Cockcroft

Looking after a pet dinosaur can tricky! This witty picture book will charm dinosaur fans.

HB 978 0 85763 928 8

PB 978 0 85763 929 5

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 250mm

Who Woke the Baby?

Jane Clarke

Charles Fuge (ill.)

It’s early morning and one little Gorilla is NOT happy in this rhyming, read-along romp.

HB 978 0 85763 408 5

PB 978 0 85763 409 2

Age: 2+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm

Just Right for Two Tracey Corderoy

Rosalind Beardshaw (ill.)

A heart-warming, gently-told tale of unlikely friendship.

HB 978 0 85763 176 3

PB 978 0 85763 177 0

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm

Old Macdonald’s Things That Go

Jane Clarke

Migy Blanco (ill.)

HB 978 0 85763 406 1

PB 978 0 85763 407 8

Age: 1+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 294 x 294mm HB / 270 x 270mm PB

The Boy and the Bear Tracey Corderoy

Sarah Massini (ill.)

A fun re-imagining of a favourite nursery rhyme packed with vehicles! New for 2018!

A lyrical tale of friendship and belonging that captures the changing of the seasons.

HB 978 1 78800 309 4

PB 978 1 78800 076 5 September 2018

Age: 3+ • Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250mm

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series

Tracey Corderoy

Steven Lenton (ill.)

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam don’t just make amazing cakes, they solve wacky mysteries too! Perfect read-aloud rhyme and action-packed artwork full of comic detail make this series a picture book winner.

Hubble Bubble series

Tracey Corderoy

Joe Berger (ill.)

The charming combination of a fun witchy granny, rhyming text and stylish illustrations make these books a bewitching brew for all little people who like a sprinkling of magic on their stories.

Shifty and Sam fiction series p.157 Hubble Bubble fiction series p. 157

What Does an Anteater Eat?

Ross Collins

This anteater is very hungry, but what on earth do anteaters eat? A fantastically funny picture book with a host of lovable animal characters.

978 1 78800 264 6 June 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Nothing Can Frighten a Bear

Elizabeth Dale

Paula Metcalf (ill.)

This Zoo is Not for You

Ross Collins

Who knew a trip to the zoo would cause such a hullabaloo? This humorous yet heartfelt picture book is an ‘irresistible pleasure’ (The Guardian).

HB 978 0 85763 895 3 PB 978 1 78800 252 3 • May 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Blocks

Irene Dickson

Full of comic surprises and gentle reassurance, this is a brilliant bedtime read. A bold, stylishly illustrated picture book about learning to share at playtime – features a die-cut cover.

HB 978 0 85763 646 1

PB 978 0 85763 647 8

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 250mm

HB 978 0 85763 568 6

BB 978 0 85763 861 8

Age: 1+

Price: £9.99 HB / £6.99 BB Extent: 32pp HB / 28pp BB Format: 270 x 270mm HB / 203 x 203mm BB

There’s a Bear on My Chair

Ross Collins

We do not make a happy pair, a mouse and bear with just one chair. Winner of the 2016 Amnesty CILIP Honour Award.

HB 978 0 85763 393 4 PB 978 1 78800 252 3

Age: 3+

Price: £9.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Stick!

Irene Dickson

There are SO many things you can do with a stick ! This is a joyful celebration of imagination and creative play.

978 0 85763 858 8

Age: 2+

Price: £11.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Dinosaur! series

Penny Dale

Packed with roaring, revving, racing dinosaurs, this series is perfect for the target toddler audience.

Edgar and the Sausage

Inspector

Jan Fearnley

‘A hilarious tale of confidence, tricks and comeuppance, with deviously delectable pictures.’ (The Metro)

Oh Me, Oh My, A Pie!

Jan Fearnley

Everyone wants to get their paws on Grandma’s freshly baked pie in this fun, rhyming picture book.

Little Robin Red Vest

Jan Fearnley

20th anniversary edition of this much-loved, festive tale of kindness with fantastic new illustrations.

3+

The Doughnut of Doom

Elys

Dolan

There’s a monster doughnut on the loose in this hilarious picture book packed with comic detail.

HB 978 0 85763 747 5

PB 978 0 85763 880 9

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 294 x 294mm

The

Mystery of the Haunted Farm

Elys Dolan

A spooky and hilarious tale featuring zombie ducks and ghost cows as well as Frankenhorse and Donkula!

HB 978 0 85763 405 4

PB 978 0 85763 582 2

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 294 x 294mm

Weasels

Elys

Dolan

What do weasels do all day? Plot world domination! A highly original and laugh-out-loud picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 199 2

PB 978 0 85763 200 5

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 294 x 294mm

The

Big Monster

Snoreybook

Leigh

Hodgkinson

There are lots of colourful monsters to spot in this inventive and lively picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 330 9

PB 978 0 85763 331 6

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Nuts in Space

Elys

Dolan

In a galaxy fairly far away a fearless crew of furry animals are on a quest to find The Lost Nuts of Legend!

HB 978 0 85763 322 4

PB 978 0 85763 391 0

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 294 x 294mm

Troll Swap

Leigh

Hodgkinson

Starring a tidy troll and a loud loopy girl, this warm and witty tale celebrates our differences.

HB 978 0 85763 162 6

PB 978 0 85763 163 3

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

The Winter Fox

Timothy Knapman

Rebecca Harry (ill.)

This festive tale of friendship features sparkly foil throughout.

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish

Rebecca Harry

A charming Christmas tale featuring a cute, kindly bunny and a flurry of foil on every spread.

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Gift

Rebecca Harry

With eye-catching foil on every spread, this seasonal story with a warm message is the perfect Christmas gift.

HB 978 0 85763 350 7

Age: 3+

24pp

Princess and the… series

Caryl Hart

Sarah Warburton

(ill.)

3+

Age: 3+

Price: £9.99

270mm

x 200mm BB

Comic adventures starring plucky princesses from an award-winning team.

New in Board!

Goldilocks and the Three Potties

Leigh Hodgkinson

A quirky, gently funny retelling of the Goldilocks story –the perfect potty training companion!

HB 978 0 85763 923 3

PB 978 0 85763 924 0

Age: 18 months+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

Superhero Mum

Timothy Knapman

Joe Berger (ill.)

A super-funny celebration of all the amazing things a mum can do!

HB 978 1 78800 022 2

PB 978 1 78800 144 1

February 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 270 x 270mm

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear

Leigh Hodgkinson

This very funny twist on a much-loved fairy tale will amuse children and parents alike!

PB 978 0 85763 044 5

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 270mm

Superhero Dad

Timothy Knapman

Joe Berger (ill.)

A bold picture book celebrating superhero dads everywhere!

PB 978 0 85763 169 5 BB 978 0 85763 794 9

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 • Extent: 32pp PB / 28pp BB Format: 270 x 270mm PB 170 x 170mm BB

Christmas for Greta and Gracie Yasmeen Ismail

A fabulous festive read featuring wonderfully energetic, sophisticated illustrations.

HB 978 0 85763 311 8

PB 978 0 85763 312 5

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 250mm

Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights

Steven Lenton

A fabulously funny, contemporary fable that proves that anyone can be brave.

HB 978 0 85763 287 6

PB 978 0 85763 288 3

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

Follow That Car

Lucy Feather

Stephan Lomp (ill.)

Think Wacky Races meets Where’s Wally in this funny, interactive book all about cars.

HB 978 0 85763 384 2

PB 978 0 85763 385 9

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 270 x 270mm

Captain Beastlie’s

Pirate Party

Lucy Coats

Chris Mould (ill.)

A laugh-out-loud story with buckets of yuck-appeal and a cast of larger-than-life characters.

HB 978 0 85763 111 4

PB 978 0 85763 112 1

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 230mm

There’s a Moose on the Loose

Lucy Feather

Stephan Lomp (ill.)

Keep up with Moose’s mad dash across town in this zany, interactive picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 585 3

PB 978 0 85763 870 0

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 270 x 270mm

Fairy Felicity’s

Moonlight Adventure

Alison Murray

Follow the raised sparkly trail and help Fairy Felicity find her way to a moonlight surprise!

HB 978 0 85763 581 5

PB 978 0 85763 588 4

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £7.99 PB Extent: 24pp

Format: 250 x 270mm

The Prince and the Pee

Greg Gormley

Chris Mould (ill.)

A fabulously funny, contemporary fable that proves anyone can be brave.

HB 978 0 85763 821 2

PB 978 0 85763 825 0

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten

Alison Murray

Follow the trail of glitter to find the mischievous kitten in this enchanting picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 231 9

PB 978 0 85763 655 3

BB 978 0 85763 632 4

Age: 3+

Price: £9.99 HB / £7.99 PB / £6.99 BB

Extent: 32pp HB / 24pp PB & BB

Format: 250 x 270mm HB & PB 170 x 184mm BB

books

Nosy Crow Classics

This lavishly illustrated series of collectible classics bring favourite tales to a new generation.

The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams

Sarah Massini (ill.)

Age: 4+

Books Always Everywhere

Jane Blatt

Peter Pan

Original story by J.M. Barrie Retold by Caryl Hart • Sarah Warbuton (ill.)

Sarah Massini (ill.) 978 0 85763 696 6

978 1 78800 007 9 September 2018

Age: 4+

Sarah Massini (ill.)

Complete and unabridged, and with heart-warming illustrations. A joyful celebration of the physical book in all its glory! A lively, rhyming retelling of a much-loved classic with magical illustrations.

Love Always Everywhere

1+

Age: 2+ Price:

Zac and Zeb and the Make-Believe Birthday Party

Sarah Massini

A playful tale about turning everyday activities into imaginative adventures.

HB 978 0 85763 085 8

978 0 85763 091 9

Age: 2+

Price: £10.99

/ £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

270 x 250mm

Sarah Massini

A Bear is a Bear

Karl Newson

Anuska Allepuz (ill.)

A funny rhyming romp about an adorably baffled bear with an identity crisis.

HB 978 1 78800 098 7

PB 978 1 78800 099 4 March 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 250mm

Open Very Carefully

Nick Bromley

Nicola O’Byrne (ill.)

Winner of the Waterstones Book Prize 2014! A fantastic, interactive book for sharing.

HB 978 0 85763 047 6

PB 978 0 85763 084 1

BB 978 0 85763 592 1

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB / £5.99 BB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm HB & PB 184 x 184mm BB

Here Comes the Sun

Karl Newson Migy Blanco (ill.)

Follow Little Owl on his journey around the world in this rhyming bedtime story.

HB 978 0 85763 830 4

PB 978 0 85763 831 1

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 250mm

What’s Next Door?

Nicola O’Byrne

Help guide Carter the crocodile home in this exciting follow-up to Open Very Carefully.

HB 978 0 85763 832 8

PB 978 0 85763 833 5 • April 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

The Last Book Before Bedtime

Nicola O’Byrne

With a fold-out feature, this multi-layered book is destined to be a much-requested bedtime story.

HB 978 0 85763 428 3

PB 978 0 85763 598 3

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £7.99 PB Extent: 48pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin

Nicola O’Byrne

Rabbit does NOT want to go to bed. So he decides to kidnap The Dark and pop him in a biscuit tin!

978 1 78800 271 4 • September 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm

New in paperback 2018! New for 2018!

for 2018!

Use Your Imagination

Nicola O’Byrne

An inventive, entertaining story about how an imaginative rabbit outwits a wolf – with a glorious gatefold ending!

HB 978 0 85763 335 4

PB 978 0 85763 392 7

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm

The Treasure of Pirate Frank Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham Jez Tuya (ill.)

A pirate treasure-hunt adventure full of fun and surprises from Carnegie Medal winner Mal Peet.

HB 978 0 85763 889 2

PB 978 0 85763 890 8

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250 mmm

Copy Cat

Ali Pye

Packed with kitten antics, this is a funny tale about finding your own way.

HB 978 0 85763 681 2

PB 978 0 85763 682 9

Age: 2+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm

I Am the Seed that Grew the Tree

Dave’s Cave

Frann Preston-Gannon

Written in hilarious ‘caveman speak’ that is perfect for reading aloud!

HB 978 0 85763 623 2

PB 978 0 85763 624 9

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 250mm

Dave’s Rock Frann Preston-Gannon

Two lovable cavemen endeavour to make their rocks the very best they can.

HB 978 0 85763 820 5

PB 978 0 85763 824 3

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 250mm

Selected by Fiona Waters Frann Preston-Gannon (ill.)

A lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems – one for every day of the year.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

978 0 85763 770 3 • September 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £25.00 HB Extent: 336pp Format: 365 x 240mm clothbound

Moonlight School series

Simon Puttock

Ali Pye (ill.)

An enchanting series, perfect for young children about to start school.

Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School Owl Wants to Share at Moonlight School

Cat Learns to Listen at Moonlight School

Age: 2+

Little Mouse’s Big Breakfast

Christine Pym

Little Mouse is looking for the perfect breakfast in this smart and funny picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 673 7

PB 978 0 85763 674 4

Age: 2+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 230mm

Toby and the Tricky Things

Lou Peacock

Christine Pym (ill.)

A touching tale about the difficulties of growing up, brought to life by beautifully soft artwork.

HB 978 1 78800 265 3

PB 978 1 78800 266 0 August 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 270 x 270mm

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 250mm New for 2018!

The Baby that Roared!

Simon Puttock

Nadia Shireen (ill.)

An energetically illustrated picture book for anyone who’s ever suspected their baby sibling might be a little monster!

978 0 85763 654 6

Age: 3+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm

That Bear Can’t Babysit

Ruth Quayle

Alison Friend (ill.)

A charming and hilarious story of bunny mischief with beautifully detailed illustrations.

HB 978 0 85763 828 1

PB 978 0 85763 829 8

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 270mm

Lionel and the Lion’s Share

Lou Peacock

Lisa Sheehan (ill.)

The Knight Who Said “No!”

Lucy Rowland

Kate Hindley (ill.)

A rambunctious, rhyming story about a little crosspatch knight and a very lonely dragon.

HB 978 1 78800 207 3

PB 978 1 78800 208 0 April 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250mm

Sammy Claws the Christmas Cat

Lucy Rowland

Paula Bowles (ill.)

A fabulously festive tale about a sleepy cat who saves Christmas.

HB 978 1 78800 272 1

PB 978 1 78800 273 8 October 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250mm

Stardust

Jeanne Willis Briony May Smith (ill.)

Oliver Elephant

Lou Peacock

Helen Stephens (ill.)

A simple story full of fun, this picture book explores friendship and the importance of sharing.

HB 978 1 78800 092 5

PB 978 1 78800 093 2 January 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250mm

A wonderfully moving story about the importance of being true to yourself.

HB 978 1

Christmas shopping is FAR more fun with Oliver Elephant . . . until he goes missing!

Pip and Posy series

Axel Schefer

Pip and Posy are the best of friends (most of the time!) in this perfectly pitched, brilliantly observed series about the dramas of preschool life. HB

Pip and Posy: Look and Say

Axel Schefer

Features a fun ‘Can you find these things?’ panel along the bottom of each page.

HB 978 0 85763 267 8

PB 978 0 85763 403 0

Age: 2+

Price: £9.99 padded HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 230mm

I Love You, Little One

Holly Surplice

A heart-warming bedtime picture book all about the love between a parent and child.

978 1 78800 096 3 January 2018

Age: 2+ Price: £6.99 BB Extent: 26pp Format: 203 x 203mm cased board book

Book and Blocks Set

Axel Schefer

The perfect gift for a toddler: a set of colourful blocks and board book edition of The Big Balloon.

978 1 78800 333 9 • October 2018

Age: 2+

Price: £9.99

Extent: 26pp

Format: 170 x 172mm box plus 150 x 150mm board book

Hush-a-Bye Bunny

Holly Surplice

A soothing bedtime book for busy little bunnies.

HB 978 0 85763 401 6

Age: 1+

Pip and Posy Plush Toys

Each plush measures approximately 20cm in height, is machine washable and is suitable for all ages.

978 0 85763 651 5 Pip

978 0 85763 652 2 Posy

978 0 85763 716 1 Pip and Posy Set

Price: £7.99 each / £14.99 for the set

Guinea Pig Party

Holly Surplice

Count from ten and back again with this cute, rhyming picture book.

HB 978 0 85763 086 5

PB 978 0 85763 088 9

BB 978 0 85763 286 9

Age: 2+

Price: £9.99

/ £6.99 PB / £5.99 BB

Extent: 32pp HB & PB / 26pp BB Format: 230mm x 250mm HB

x 250mm PB / 170 x 170mm BB

Firefly Home

Jane Clarke

Britta Teckentrup (ill.)

New for 2018!

Help a little lost firefly find her way home in this interactive picture book with vibrant neon artwork throughout.

978 1 78800 023 9

January 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB Extent: 24pp Format: 270 x 232mm

Don’t Wake Up Tiger!

Britta Teckentrup

A stylish interactive picture book with bright, shiny spot-UV balloons throughout and a surprise birthday ending.

HB 978 0 85763 719 2

PB 978 0 85763 860 1

Age: 2+

Price: £10.99 HB / £7.99 PB Extent: 24pp • Format: 270 x 232mm

Neon Leon

Jane Clarke

Britta Teckentrup (ill.)

New in Paperback!

In this interactive book filled with vibrant neon artwork, help Leon the chameleon find a place to fit in.

HB 978 0 85763 806 9

PB 978 0 85763 807 6

January 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 24pp Format: 270 x 232mm

We Love Dinosaurs Lucy Volpin

A vibrant celebration of dinosaurs in all shapes and sizes, this is sure to be a family favourite!

HB 978 0 85763 517 4

PB 978 0 85763 613 3

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 250 x 270mm

Get Out of My Bath!

Britta Teckentrup

Featuring splashes of spot UV throughout, this interactive picture book encourages readers to get involved.

HB 978 0 85763 332 3

PB 978 0 85763 446 7

Age: 2+

Price: £9.99 HB / £7.99 PB Extent: 24pp

Format: 270 x 232mm

Troll Stroll

Elli Woollard

David Barrow (ill.)

A fantastically funny and modern twist on the Three Billy Goats Gruff story.

HB 978 0 85763 971 4

PB 978 0 85763 972 1

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 250mm

Spike

Jeanne Willis Jarvis (ill.)

This funny, rhyming tale about a hedgehog who loses his prickles is perfectly accompanied by bright, witty illustrations.

HB 978 1 78800 205 9

PB 978 1 78800 206 6 July 2018

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 270 x 270mm

Poles Apart

Jeanne Willis Jarvis (ill.)

A glorious pole-to-pole adventure around the world, full of comic detail and delightful characters.

HB 978 0 85763 492 4

PB 978 0 85763 493 1

Age: 3+

Price: £10.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

I’m in Charge!

Jeanne Willis Jarvis (ill.)

This hilarious toddlertantrum tale is all about being bossy and learning to listen to others.

HB 978 0 85763 645 4

PB 978 0 85763 644 7

Age: 3+

Price: £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp

Format: 290 x 230mm

Violet Rose series

Jannie Ho

With stickers, press-out cards and activities on every page, these are great value and unique activity books.

Make and Play series

Create 3D decorations! Innovative activity board books with press-out pieces and activities for songs, recipes and things to make and do.

Joey Chou (ill.)

Mother and Daughter Dress-Up Dolls

Gracie Swan

Felicity French (ill.)

Features 40 different costumes from around the world and a page of sticker accessories.

Age: 4+

Price: £9.99 BB

Extent: 32pp

Format: 250 x 220mm spiral-bound cased board book

Around the World Colouring Book

Thomas

Flintham (ill.)

Bring spectacular civilisation scenes to life with colour!

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB Extent: 48pp plus 4pp sticker Format: 300 x 220mm

Nature Sticker Book series

Nikki

Dyson (ill.)

Getting Ready for Christmas

Tara Lilly

With over 120 stickers, this festive story book will keep little ones busy for hours.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Age: 5+

Price: £5.99 PB

Extent: 24p plus 8pp stickers

Format: 300 x 220 mm

Packed with facts about animals and their homes, these sticker books are perfect for young nature lovers.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

plus 8pp

Mega Mash-Up series

Nikalas Catlow & Tim Wesson

Is it a story book? Is it a doodle book? No, it’s both in this innovative series combining fiction and activities!

Magical Mix-Up series

Marnie Edwards

Leigh Hodgkinson (ill.)

Doodle, design and draw while you read in this series combining fiction and activities.

Zoe Ingram (ill.)

Kate McLelland (ill.)

Kate McLelland (ill.)

Zoe Ingram (ill.)

Kate

Sarah Walsh (ill.)

Felicity French (ill.)

Eilidh Muldoon (ill.)

The Colouring Book of Cards and Envelopes series

978 0 85763 725 3 978 0 85763 856 4

0 85763 732 1

978 0 85763 862 5

978 1 78800 089 5 978 0 85763 739 0

Innovative and original colouring book format includes 24 unique card and envelope designs, plus a sheet of colourful stickers.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Nature Origami Clover Robin (ill.)

Features 13 animals and objects to create, beautiful art and nature poems – plus 50 sheets of origami paper!

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Rachel Cloyne (ill.)

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

978 0 85763 726 0

978 1 78800 001 7

Rachel Cloyne (ill.)

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

Age: 4+

Price: £9.99 BB

Extent: 74pp, 24pp card, 48pp envelopes, 1 sheet stickers Format: 270 x 285mm

Origami, Poems and Pictures

Read the haiku, enjoy the picture from the British Museum collection and then make the origami figure!

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

Extent: 32pp plus 50 sheets origami paper

85763 938

Activity Backpacks

Complete Minibeast Explorer’s Kit

Robyn Swift

Hannah Alice (ill.)

Complete Night Explorer’s Kit

Robyn Swift

Sara Lyn Cramb (ill.)

Get a closer look at bugs and learn all about them too!

Includes:

• Backpack

• Illustrated guide book

• Magnifying bug collector

• Fold-out minibeast chart

• Notebook and pencil

Age: 6+

Price: £9.99

Extent: 80pp

Format: 222 x 144mm pack

Look and Say series

All you need to become a night-time nature explorer.

Includes:

• Backpack

• Illustrated guide book

• LED torch

• Glow-in-the-dark stickers

• Fold-out constellation map

Age: 6+

Price: £12.99

Extent: 80pp

Format: 222 x 144mm pack

Complete Bird Spotter’s Kit

Mike Langman (ill.)

Become a bird watcher with this brilliant activity backpack!

Includes:

• Backpack

• Illustrated guide book

• Binoculars

• Notebook and pencil

Age: 8+

Price: £12.99

Extent: 96pp

Format: 222 x 144mm pack

With a ‘Can you see?’ strip across every spread and objects to name, this book is designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary.

Sebastien Braun

Who’s Hiding? series

Katharine McEwen (ill.)

Rounds series

Barry Tranter and Emma Tranter

Richly illustrated lift-the-flap books full of facts about nature . . . and full of fun too!

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Fun and informative introductions to animal life cycles with a strong, clear narrative, friendly characters and fascinating facts.

Mixed-Up Masterpieces

Hilarious split-page books featuring fascinating artefacts from the British Museum – over 2000 combinations!

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

HerStory

Katherine Halligan

Sarah Walsh (ill.)

A gloriously illustrated, empowering book about 50 remarkable girls and women who changed the world.

Age: 9+

Price: £16.99 HB Extent: 112pp

290 x 250mm

Secret Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Kate Sparrow

Esther Aarts (ill.)

Discover the incredible sunken treasures of the legendary lost cities of Ancient Egypt!

Welcome to Our World

Moira Butterfield

Harriet Lynas (ill.)

Find out how children live all around the world in this warm-hearted book with stylish artwork throughout.

Age: 4+

Price: £12.99 HB Extent: 64pp

So You Think You’ve Got it Bad?

Chae Strathie

Marisa Morea (ill.)

A hilarious and fascinating look at what life was life for a child in ancient Egypt with humorous illustrations throughout.

How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

Jess French

Angela Keoghan (ill.)

978 1 78800 257 8 August 2018

An illustrated, fact-filled book about different habitats around the world.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Age: 4+

Price: £12.99 HB Extent: 64pp Format: 290 x 250mm

A Year in Nature

The Children’s Almanac 2019

Anna Wilson

Elly Janz (ill.)

Beautifully illustrated throughout, this classic annual guide connects readers with seasonal nature facts and activities.

Age: 6+

Price: £6.99 PB / £11.99 HB Extent: 32pp with 8pp gatefold card press out and 4pp stickers Format: 290 x 217mm

4+

Age: 7+

Price: £9.99 HB Extent: 192pp Format: B-format hardback

Go Wild in the Woods

Goldie Hawk

Rachael Saunders (ill.)

This funny and informative survival guide is ideal for young adventurers.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Age: 8+

Price: £7.99

Extent: 96pp

Format: B-format with elastic strap

Ned the Nature

Nut’s Nutty Nature Facts and Jokes

Andy Seed

Sarah Horne (ill.)

Packed full of hilarious jokes and fascinating facts about nature.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

6+

Go Wild on the River

Goldie Hawk

Rachael Saunders (ill.)

A river adventure guide for boys and girls who love the outdoors.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

8+

Format: B-format with elastic strap

Harry the History Hound’s Hysterical Historical Facts and Jokes

Tracey Turner

Sarah Horne (ill.)

Hysterical jokes and fascinating facts about history.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

50 Things to Do Before You’re 11 ¾

Tom Percival

Help children discover the great outdoors with these 50 fantastic activities.

Published in collaboration with The National Trust.

Age: 6+

Price: £7.99

Extent: 96pp

Format: B-format with elastic strap and pocket

Maurice the Museum Mouse’s Amazing Ancient Facts and Jokes

Tracey Turner

Mark Beech (ill.)

Side-splitting jokes and fascinating facts about amazing ancient worlds.

Published in collaboration with the British Museum.

The

Philip

Diary series

Pamela Butchart’s Izzy series

Pamela Butchart

Thomas Flintham (ill.)

This laugh-out-loud illustrated series captures the craziness of primary school, where your teacher might just be an alien and your head teacher is, without question, an ACTUAL vampire rat!

Wigglesbottom Primary series

Pamela Butchart

Becka Moor (ill.)

Featuring three funny stories in each book and rib-tickling two-colour illustrations, this series is perfect for newly independent readers.

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series

Tracey Corderoy

Steven Lenton (ill.)

Each book includes three hilarious read-aloud stories, all beautifully printed in two colour. Shifty and Sam picture book series p. 130

Tracey Corderoy

Joe Berger (ill.)

Featuring three fabulously funny stories and two-colour illustrations, this series will bewitch newly independent readers.

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo series

Amelia Cobb

Sophy Williams (ill.)

Zoe loves living at her uncle’s rescue zoo because there’s always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret . . . She can actually TALK to the animals!

Perfect for young fans of Holly Webb’s animal books!

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

Christopher

Edge

When Albie’s mum dies, he is heartbroken and sets off on an journey through time and space to find her. This compelling novel combines science, adventure and real heart!

PB 978 0 85763 604 1

EB 978 0 85763 605 8

AB 978 1 78800 324 7

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 208pp • Format: B-format PB

The Jamie Drake Equation

Christopher Edge

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

Christopher Edge

Jamie Drake’s dad is an astronaut, which is cool, but when his mission goes wrong can Jamie prove he’s a hero too? This is a cosmic-scope novel about love, the universe and everything else.

PB 978 0 85763 840 3

EB 978 0 85763 839 7

AB 978 1 78800 323 0

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 208pp • Format: B-format PB

Twelve Minutes to Midnight series

Christopher Edge

When Maisie wakes up on her birthday the house is empty and outside is nothing but darkness. . . A gripping mystery combining science and heart-warming adventure.

PB 978 1 78800 029 1

EB 978 1 78800 030 7 April 2018

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 176pp • Format: B-format PB

A thrilling sequence of spine-tingling historical novels packed with period detail, page-turning intrigue and cinematic scope.

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 256pp Format: B-format PB

Little Bits of Sky

S. E. Durrant

Reissue for 2018!

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 208pp

Format: B-format PB

PB 978 0 85763 399 6 • July 2018

EB 978 0 85763 400 9

AB 978 1 78800 319 3

Nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal! A memorable and moving tale about growing up, making friends and finding a home.

Sweet Pizza

G. R. Gemin

Full of heart, history and drama, a young boy brings a community together by saving the local cafe, and saves his family at the same time.

PB 978 0 85763 630 0

EB 978 0 85763 783 3

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 288pp

Format: B-format PB

Running on Empty

S. E. Durrant

PB 978 0 85763 740 6

EB 978 0 85763 843 4 March 2018

New for 2018!

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format PB

A beautifully told story of unorthodox families, grief, adolescence and running. ‘It packs a real emotional punch.’

(The Bookseller)

Cowgirl

An uplifting, gently funny story of a Welsh community coming together and happy endings in unexpected places.

PB 978 0 85763 281 4

EB 978 0 85763 282 1

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 272pp

Format: B-format PB

A lyrically told novel packed with drama, intrigue, magic and myth.

PB 978 0 85763 137 4

EB 978 0 95763 067 4

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 320pp

Format: B-format PB

G. R. Gemin

Tiger Thief

Michaela Clarke

Snow Sisters series

Astrid Foss

Sharon Tancredi (Cover ill.)

Monique Dong (Inside ill.)

Witchworld series

Emma Fischel

Chris Riddell (ill.)

Danny Danger series

Adam Frost

A new sparkly series full of magic, girl-heroes, and cute animals for 7+ readers.

A thoroughly fantastic series about thoroughly modern witches.

Funny, fast-paced adventures packed with villainous villains, gadgets galore and awesome illustrations.

Rose Campion series

Lyn Gardner

Set in the glitzy world of the Victorian music hall, this all-singing-all-dancing series has more twists and turns than a trapeze artist’s act.

Olivia series

Lyn Gardner

A sparkling mix of circus performance, family saga and school story, written by the theatre critic for the Guardian.

The Rescue Princesses series

Paula Harrison

Red Moon Rising series

Paula Harrison

A world of dark powers and magic awaits in this series of dazzlingly imagined, quest-driven epics.

The Secret Rescuers series

Paula Harrison

Sophy Williams (ill.)

Packed with action and atmosphere, this illustrated series will be adored by readers who love incredible animals, fantastical worlds and epic adventures.

Spectre Collectors series

Barry Hutchison

Benjamin Blank series

Barry

Chris

Hutchison

Mould

(ill.)

Ghosts, gadgets and secret organisations! This is a new series of funny and action-packed adventures from the brilliantly hilarious Barry Hutchison.

In an alternative 15th century, orphan Benjamin Blank battles monsters and discovers fantastic new lands with dragons and steampunk robots. The Invincibles series

Caryl Hart

Sarah Warburton (ill.)

Nell and Freddie are THE INVINCIBLES – they always mean well, but they always spell trouble too. .

Hilarious and true to life (just about), this is a brilliant beginner-reader series.

Murder in Midwinter

Fleur Hitchcock

PB 978 0 85763 638 6

EB 978 0 85763 639 3

Saving Sophia

Fleur Hitchcock

978 0 85763 174 9

978 0 85763 175 6

Dear Scarlett

Fleur Hitchcock

978 0 85763 150 3

978 0 85763 151 0

Gripping page-turning novels combining suspense, humour and friendship that are perfect for pre-teen readers.

Murder at Twilight

Fleur Hitchcock

PB 978 1 78800 062 8

EB 978 1 78800 334 6 October 2018 New for 2018!

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB

Extent: 256pp

Format: B-format PB

Ella on the Outside

Cath Howe

Ella is the new girl at school and is trying to keep a terrible secret. A gripping story of secrets, lies and friendship . . . New for 2018!

PB 978 1 78800 033 8

EB 978 1 78800 034 5 May 2018

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 240pp

Format: B-format PB

Splash

Charli Howard

An exciting middle-grade debut with an important message of body positivity.

PB 978 1 78800 170 0

EB 978 1 78800 171 7 July 2018

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 224pp

Format: B-format PB

Make More Noise! New Stories in Honour of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Sufrage

An incredible collection of brand new short stories, from ten of the UK’s best storytellers, celebrating inspirational girls and women everywhere. New for 2018!

PB 978 1 78800 239 4

EB 978 1 78800 249 3 February 2018

Age: 9+

Price: £7.99 PB

Extent: 320pp

Format: B-format PB

Witch School series

Em Lynas

Jamie Littler (ill.)

The adventures of Daisy the reluctant witch are full of humour, action and plenty of magic!

Space Pirates series

Jim Ladd

Benji Davies (ill.)

A series of epic, inter-planetary adventures with piratical exploits, swash-buckling space beings and duels to the death.

Susan Moore

An exciting, actionpacked adventure series featuring female hero, Nat Walker, and full of high-tech gadgetry and fun.

Jasmine Green series

Helen Peters

Ellie Snowdon (ill.)

Brilliant storytelling and animal adventures that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation.

Evie’s Ghost

Helen Peters

The Secret Hen House Theatre

Helen Peters

Evie must fix the past so that nothing will break apart in the future. . . This is absorbing, brilliant period fiction.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, this is a moving novel about friendship, secrets and family life.

The Farm Beneath The Water

Helen Peters

The exciting sequel to The Secret Hen House Theatre sees Hannah’s farm face a new threat – but Hannah won’t go down without a fight.

9+

A Chase In Time

Sally Nicholls

Brett Helquist (ill.)

August

Age: 7+

Price: £6.99

Alex and his sister are pulled through their aunt’s old mirror into 1912. This is the first instalment in a thrilling time-slip adventure series.

Small Blue Thing series

S. C. Ransom

Love, death, memory, betrayal. . . this highly acclaimed trilogy is a lyrically told epic.

Holly Webb series

Holly Webb

Storm Witch

Ellen Renner

PB

September 2018

Age: 9+

Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 336pp

B-format PB

Storm is bestowed with great and terrible powers in this first instalment of a gripping fantasy quartet.

The Beneath

S. C. Ransom

11+

Lily saves Aria’s life. But Aria is not what she seems. . . A gripping, atmospheric thriller.

Four friends want to make the world a better place in this fabulous series from bestselling author Holly Webb.

New for 2018!

New for 2018!

My Brother Is a Superhero series

David Solomons

The award-winning and bestselling series following the adventures of Luke, who misses out on superpowers because he needed a wee!

Big on laughs but full of character and plot, this series is perfect for readers who like their comedy with a bit of heft.

Vulgar the Viking series

Odin Redbeard

Sarah Horne (ill.)

A fiercely funny, accessible series that’s perfectly pitched for 7+ year olds with a thirst for madcap thrills, spills and hilarious heroes.

Max the Detective Cat series

Sarah Todd Taylor • Nicola Kinnear (ill.)

Unicorn Academy series

Julie Sykes

Lucy Truman (ill.)

Catherine Wilkins series

Catherine Wilkins

Sarah Horne (ill.)

Introducing Max the crime-busting cat! This is an action-packed, richly illustrated mystery series with a feline twist!

Sparkly and beautiful with real adventures, these magical school stories are perfect for young readers.

Books 4-6

Isabel and Cloud • June 2018

164 9

1 78800 165 6

Layla and Dancer • August 2018

978 1 78800 166 3

1 78800 167 0

Olivia and Snowflake • October 2018

1 78800 168 7

1 78800 169 4

Friendships, fallings-out, plus a plucky heroine with a talent for creating comics, this side-splittingly funny series will strike a chord with 9+ year olds.

A Pony Called Secret series

Olivia Tufn

Join Alice and her unruly pony, Secret, in this series of dramatic, exciting adventures which are perfect for pony-mad readers!

The Palomino Pony series

Olivia Tufn

Shot-through with action, adventure and authenticity, this series for 9+ year olds is perfect for pony-mad girls.

As well as publishing books, we also make innovative and highly interactive apps for the iOS platform. Our apps have won numerous awards from parenting, literacy, technology and children’s media organisations and are specially created to take advantage of the devices to tell stories and provide information to children in new and engaging ways. Here is an overview of our apps. Please visit www.nosycrow.com/apps for further information.

‘Nosy Crow are the Steven Spielberg of apps’ USA Today

Flip Flap Series

Little Red Riding Hood

Snow White

Bear

Games

Fairytale Play Theatre

Age: 5+

Free

Pip and Posy

Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Age: 2+

Price: $2.99, £2.29, €2.99

Bizzy Bear

My Brother is a Superhero The Complete Fairytale Play Theatre

Age: 5+ Price: $4.99, £3.99, €4.99

Age: 2+ Price: Free

The Grunts Illustrated by Axel Scheffler Nosy Crow Jigsaws

Age: 5+ Price: Free

Illustrated by Benji Davies Bizzy Bear On the Farm

Age: 2+ Price: Free

Age: 2+

Price: $3.99, £2.99, €3.99

Rounds non-fiction

Emma Tranter • Illustrated by Barry Tranter

Bizzy Bear Builds a House

Age: 3+

Price: $4.99, £3.99, €4.99

Franklin Frog Parker Penguin

‘Delightful’ The Guardian

Index of titles and series

50 Things to do Before You’re 11 3/4 154

Alphabet Street 96, 115

Around the World Colouring Book 147

Axel Scheffler’s Sound Button Stories 121

Cuddly Cow 121

Gobbly Goat 121

Higgly Hen 121

Portly Pig 121

Baby and Me 124

The Baby That Roared! 140

Baxter’s Book 128

A Bear is a Bear 25, 138

Because I Love You 126

The Beneath 169

Benjamin Blank series

The Moon-Faced Ghoul-Thing 165

The Shark-Headed Bear-Thing 165

The Swivel-Eyed Ogre-Thing 165

Big Bug Log 122

The Big Monster Snoreybook 133

Bird Spotter’s Kit 151

Bizzy Bear series

Playtime Park 118

Ambulance Rescue 118

Big Building Book 118

Building Site 118

Christmas Helper 97, 118

Deepsea Diver 118

Dinosaur Safari 97, 118

DIY Day 118

Farmyard Fun 118

Fire Rescue 80, 118

Happy Holiday 118

Knights’ Castle 118

Pirate Adventure 97, 118

Racing Driver 36, 118

Space Rocket 80, 118

Spooky House 80, 118

Zoo Ranger 118

Blocks 131

Books Always Everywhere 14, 137

Box 122

The Boy and the Bear 82, 129

Can You Say It Too? series

Arf! Arf! 117

Brrr! Brrr! 117

Cheep! Cheep! 117

Growl! Growl! 117

Jingle! Jingle! 117

Moo! Moo! 117

Quack! Quack! 117

Roar! Roar! 117

Stomp! Stomp! 117

Tweet! Tweet! 11, 117

Twit! Twoo! 117

Woof! Woof! 117

Captain Beastlie’s Pirate Party 136

Cards and Envelopes

A Year of Celebrations 150

Amazing Animals and Beautiful Birds 150

Christmas 150

Fabulous Flowers and Perfect Patterns 150

Flowers and Butterflies 150

Nature 150

Summertime 150

Unicorns and Rainbows 150

A Chase in Time 75, 169

The Christmas Fairy 128

Christmas for Greta and Gracie 135

Cinderella’s Sister and the Big Bad Wolf 128

Copy Cat 139

Cowgirl 160

Danny Danger and the Cosmic Remote 161

Danny Danger and the Space Twister 161

Dave’s Cave 139

Dave’s Rock 139

Dear Scarlett 166

Digger Dog 127

Dinosaur!

Dinosaur Dig! 132

Dinosaur Pirates! 132

Dinosaur Rescue! 132

Dinosaur Rocket! 132

Dinosaur Zoom! 132

Dinosaurs on the Go! 132

Don’t Wake Up Tiger! 144

Edgar and the Sausage Inspector 132

Ella on the Outside 52, 166

Emily’s Dream 169

Evie’s Ghost 168

The Fairiest Fairy 128

Fairy Felicity’s Moonlight Adventure 136

Nosy Crow Fairytales 126

Cinderella 126

Jack and the Beanstalk 126

Little Red Riding Hood 126

The Three Little Pigs 126

The Farm Beneath the Water 168

Felt Flaps 115

Where’s Mr Dog? 24, 115

Where’s Mr Lion? 115

Where’s Mr Owl? 115

Where’s Mr Penguin? 79, 115

Where’s Mrs Bear? 79, 115

Where’s Mrs Hen? 115

Where’s Mrs Ladybird? 115

Where’s Mrs Zebra? 24, 115

Where’s Santa Claus? 93, 115

Firefly Home 7, 144

First Concepts 123

123 123

ABC 123 Animals 13, 123

Around the World 71, 123

Colours 123

First Words 13, 123 Nature 71, 123

Opposites 123

Flip Flap series

Flip Flap Dinosaurs 73, 121

Flip Flap Dogs 121

Flip Flap Farm 121

Flip Flap Jungle 121

Flip Flap Ocean 121

Flip Flap Pets 121

Flip Flap Safari 121

Follow That Car 136

Funny Face, Sunny Face 127

Get Out of My Bath! 144

Getting Ready for Christmas 147

Gift Boxes series 149

A Year of Celebrations 149

Birds and Blossom 149

Christmas 149

Go Wild in the Woods 154

Go Wild on the River 50, 154

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear 135

Goldilocks and the Three Potties 135

The Grunts 155

The Grunts All at Sea 155

The Grunts in a Jam 155

The Grunts in Trouble 155

The Grunts on the Run 155

Guinea Pig Party 143

Happy 127

Happy Birthday to You! 45, 122

Harry the History Hound’s Facts and Jokes 154

Harvey the Hero 128

Hello Farm 35, 123

Hello Zoo 35, 123

Here Comes the Sun 138

HerStory 26, 153

How to Help a Hedgehog and

Protect a Polar Bear 74, 153

How to Look After Your Dinosaur 129

Hubble Bubble fiction 157

Glorious Granny Bake Off! 157

The Messy Monkey Business! 157

The Pesky Pirate Prank! 157

The Super-Spooky Fright Night! 157

The Wacky Winter Wonderland! 157

Hubble Bubble picturebooks 130

Granny Stop 130

Granny Trouble 130

Granny’s Shopping 130

Hush-a-Bye Bunny 143

I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree 86, 139

I Love You 124

I Love You, Little One 5, 143

I Saw Anaconda 124

I See the Moon 81, 126

I’m In Charge! 145

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day 44, 159

The Invincibles series 165

The Beast of Bramble Woods 165

The Hamster Rescue 165

The Piglet Pickle 165

Izzy series 156

Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies 156

Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! 156

The Baby Brother From Outer Space! 18, 156

My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat 156

The Phantom Lollipop Man! 19, 156

The Spy Who Loved School Dinners 156

There’s a Werewolf in My Tent 156

There’s a Yeti in the Playground! 105, 156

To Wee or Not to Wee 156

Izzy’s River 169

The Jamie Drake Equation 159

Jannie Ho’s ABC 117

Christmas ABC 117

Halloween ABC 117

Vehicles ABC 63, 117

Animal ABC 33, 117

Jasmine Green Adventures 168

A Duckling Called Button 168

A Kitten Called Holly 168

A Piglet Called Truffle 168

A Sheepdog Called Sky 168

A Goat Called Willow 68, 168

A Lamb Called Lucky 17, 168

Just Right for Christmas 127

Just Right for Two 129

The Knight Who Said ‘No!’ 37, 141

The Last Book Before Bedtime 138

Lionel and the Lion’s Share 8, 141

Listen to the. . .series 116

Baby Animals 116

Birds 116

Christmas Songs 116

Countryside 116

Dance Music 94, 116

Farm 116

Jungle 116

Music 116

Pets 116

Things That Go 116

Birds from Around the World 34, 116

Music from Around the World 34, 116

Nutcracker 94, 116

Little Bits of Sky 67, 160

Little Blue Truck 122

Little Mouse’s Big Breakfast 140

Little Robin Red Vest 102, 132

Littleland series 125

All Day Long 125

All Year Round 125

Around the World 125

Lois Looks for Bob series 116

Home 116

Museum 55, 116

Park 116

Seaside 55, 116

Look and Say series 151

Countryside 151

Farm 151

Town 27, 151

Look, there’s a . . . series 114

Look, There’s a Helicopter! 4, 114

Look, There’s a Rocket! 114

Look, There’s a Submarine! 114

Look, There’s a Tractor! 4, 114

Love 127

Love Always Everywhere 137

A Lullaby for Little One 129

Magical Mix-Up series 148

Birthdays and Bridesmaids 148

Friends and Fashion 148

Pets and Parties 148

Spells and Surprises 148

Make and Play 146

Christmas 103, 146

Easter 16, 146

Farm 41, 146

Halloween 88, 146

Nativity 146

Safari 66, 146

Make More Noise! 21, 166

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright 159

Maurice the Museum Mouse’s Facts and Jokes 154

Max the Detective Cat series 171

The Disappearing Diva 30, 171

The Phantom Portrait 90, 171

Maya’s Secret 169

Mega Mash-Up series 148

Aliens vs Mad Scientists 148

Cowboys vs Trolls 148

Pirates vs Ancient Egyptians 148

Robots vs Gorillas 148

Romans vs Dinosaurs 148

Secret Agents vs Giant Slugs 148

Minibeast Explorer’s Kit 57, 151

Mixed-Up Masterpieces series 152

Amusing Animals 39, 152

Funny Faces 152

Moonlight School series 140

Cat Learns to Listen at Moonlight School 140

Mouse’s First Night in Moonlight School 140

Owl Wants to Share at Moonlight School 140

Mother and Daughter Dress-Up Dolls 87, 147

Mummy! 122

Murder at Twilight 109, 166

Murder in Midwinter 166

My Best Friend and Other Enemies 171

My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters 171

My Great Success and Other Failures 171

My School Musical and Other Punishments 171

My Brother is a Superhero series 170

My Arch-Enemy Is a Brain In a Jar 61, 170

My Brother Is a Superhero 170

My Evil Twin Is a Supervillain 170

My Gym Teacher Is an Alien Overlord 170

Nat Walker Trilogy 167

Crimson Poison 167

Emerald Secret 167

Indigo Island 53, 167

Nature Origami 29, 150

Nature Sticker Books 147

Hedgehogs, Hares and Other Animals 147

Robins, Wrens and Other British Birds 147

Sharks, Seahorses and Other Sea Creatures 51, 147

Ned the Nature Nut’s Facts and Jokes 154

Neon Leon 6, 144

Night Explorer’s Kit 151

Noodle series 120

Noodle Loves Bedtime 120

Noodle Loves the Beach 120

Noodle Loves the Farm 120

Noodle Loves the Park 120

Noodle Loves the Zoo 120

Noodle Loves to Cuddle 120

Noodle Loves to Drive 120

Noodle Loves to Eat 120

Nothing Can Frighten a Bear 131

Nuts in Space 133

Oh Me, Oh My, A Pie! 48, 132

Old Macdonald’s Things That Go 129

Oliver Elephant 141

Olivia series 162

Olivia and the Great Escape 162

Olivia and the Movie Stars 162

Olivia Flies High 162

Olivia’s Curtain Call 162

Olivia’s Enchanted Summer 162

Olivia’s First Term 162

Olivia’s Winter Wonderland 162

Open Very Carefully 138

Origami, Poems and Pictures 150

Palomino Pony series 172

The Palomino Pony Comes Home 172

The Palomino Pony On Parade 172

The Palomino Pony Rides Out 172

The Palomino Pony Runs Free 172

The Palomino Pony Steals the Show 172

The Palomino Pony Wins Through 172

Peter Pan 85, 137

Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly

Pigeon 155

Pip and Posy 142-3

Book-and-Blocks Gift Set 98, 143

The Christmas Tree 99, 142

Pip and Posy Look and Say 143

Pip and Posy Plush Toys 143

The Bedtime Frog 142

The Big Balloon 142

The Little Puddle 142

The New Friend 47, 142

The Scary Monster 142

The Snowy Day 142

The Super Scooter 142

Playbook series 124

Playbook Castle 124

Playbook Farm 124

Playbook Pirates 124

Poles Apart 145

A Pony Called Secret 172

A Dream Come True 108, 172

A New Beginning 172

A Friend in Need 10, 172

A Ride to Freedom 78, 172

Poppy’s Garden 169

Press Out and Decorate 149

Birds 149

Butterflies 149

Christmas Decorations 149

Easter Eggs 149

Flamingos, Llamas and Cool Things 58, 149

Unicorns 149

The Prince and the Pee 136

The Princess and the... Series 134

The Princess and the Christmas Rescue 134

The Princess and the Giant 134

The Princess and the Peas 134

The Princess and the Presents 134

Princess Daisy and the Dragon 135

Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten 136

Pugly series 155

Pugly Bakes a Cake 155

Pugly on Ice 155

Pugly Solves a Crime 155

The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin 84, 138

Red Moon Rising series 164

Dark Tree Shining 164

Pale Peak Burning 164

Red Moon Rising 164

Refuge 128

The Rescue Princesses 163

Animals in Danger! 163

The Enchanted Ruby 54, 163

The Star Bracelet 76, 163

The Golden Shell 163

The Ice Diamond 163

The Lost Gold 76, 163

The Magic Rings 76, 163

The Moonlit Mystery 54, 163

The Rainbow Opal 163

The Secret Promise 54, 163

The Shimmering Stone 76, 163

The Silver Locket 163

The Snow Jewel 76, 163

The Stolen Crystals 54, 163

The Wishing Pearl 54, 163

Rose Campion series 162

The Curse of the Doomstone 162

The Stolen Secret 162

Rounds series 152

Cora Caterpillar 152

Franklin Frog 152

Olive Owl 152

Parker Penguin 152

Running on Empty 31, 160

Sammy Claws the Christmas Cat 101, 141

Saving Sophia 166

The Secret Diary series 155

The Secret Diary of Jane Pinny 155

The Secret Diary of John Drawbridge 155

The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop 22, 155

The Secret Hen House Theatre 168

The Secret Rescuers 164

The Baby Firebird 164

The Magic Fox 164

The Sea Pony 164

The Sky Unicorn 164

The Star Wolf 164

The Storm Dragon 164

Secret Treasures of Ancient Egypt 153

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam picturebooks

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam 130

The Cat Burglar 130

The Diamond Chase 130

The Missing Masterpiece 65, 130

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Fiction 157

Jingle Bells! 157

The Spooky School 157

Up, Up and Away! 157

Sing Along With Me! 119

Five Little Ducks 12, 119

Happy Birthday 119

Hey Diddle Diddle 119

If You’re Happy and You Know It 119

Incy Wincy Spider 119

Old Macdonald had a Farm 119

Row, Row, Row Your Boat 119

Sleeping Bunnies 119

The Wheels on the Bus 119

This Is the Way We Go to School 62, 119

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 119

We Wish You a Merry Christmas 119

Slide and Seek series 123

There’s a Cow in My Car 123

There’s a Lemur in My Laundry 123

There’s a Panda in My Picnic 123

There’s a Toucan on My Telephone 123

Small Blue Thing Trilogy series 169

Perfectly Reflected 169

Scattering Like Light 169

Small Blue Thing 169

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Gift 134

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish 134

Snow Sisters series

The Silver Secret 110, 161

The Crystal Rose 110, 161

So You Think You’ve Got it Bad?

Ancient Egypt 40, 153

Sound-Button Stories 119

Elsie Elephant 46, 119

Monty Monkey 46, 119

Space Pirates series 167

Mutiny 167

Stowaway 167

Stranded 167

Treasure 167

Spectre Collectors series 165

A New York Nightmare 91, 165

Too Ghoul For School 165

Spike 64, 145

Splash! 70, 166

Stardust 83, 141 Stick! 131

Storm Witch 92, 169

Superhero Dad 135

Superhero Mum 15, 135

Sweet Pizza 160

That Bear Can’t Babysit 141

The Doughnut of Doom 133

The Mystery of the Haunted Farm 133

There’s a Bear on My Chair 131

There’s a Moose on the Loose 136

This Zoo is Not For You 49, 131

Tiger Thief 160

A Tiny Little Story series 114

Christmas 95, 114

Farm 23, 114

Park 114

Zoo 114

Tiny Tabs series 120

Bunny Boo 120

Cutie Pie 120

Little Bubba 120

Pookie Pop 120

Roly Poly 120

Snuggle Puppy 120

Teeny Weeny 120

Wickle Woo 120

Toby and the Tricky Things 72, 140

Together 127

Toot Goes to Dinosaurland 126

The Treasure of Pirate Frank 139

Troll Stroll 144

Troll Swap 133

Twelve Minutes to Midnight series 159

Shadows of the Silver Screen 159

The Black Crow Conspiracy 159

Twelve Minutes to Midnight 159

Unicorn Academy series 171

Ava and Star 42, 171

Isabel and Cloud 60, 171

Layla and Dancer 77, 171

Oliva and Snowflake 107, 171

Scarlett and Blaze 20, 171

Sophia and Rainbow 20, 171

Use Your Imagination 139

The Velveteen Rabbit 137

Violet Rose activity series 146

The Very Snowy Winter 146

The Little School 146

The Summer Holiday 146

The Surprise Party 146

Vulgar the Viking series 170

Battle of Burp 170

Great Gulp Games 170

Midsummer Night’s Scream 170

Spooky School Trip 170

Terrible Talent Show 170

The Rock Cake Raiders 170

A Walk in the Countryside series 125

123 125

ABC 125

Colours 125

Up & Down 125

Warthog 122

We Love Dinosaurs 144

Weasels 133

Welcome to Our World 59, 153

What Does an Anteater Eat? 56, 131

What’s More Scary? 124

What’s Next Door? 38, 138

Who Woke the Baby? 129

Who’s Hiding? Series 152

Farm 28, 152

River 28, 152

Wigglesbottom Primary series 157

The Magic Hamster 157

The Shark in the Pool 157

Super Dog 157

The Toilet Ghost 157

The Winter Fox 100, 134

Wish 127

Witch School series 167

Witch School 3 89, 167

Get Me Out of Witch School! 43, 167

You Can’t Make Me Go to Witch School! 167

Witchworld series 161

Witchmyth 161

Witchwild 161

Witchworld 161

A Year in Nature:

The Children’s Almanac 2019 104, 153

Zac and Zeb and the Birthday Party 137

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo 158

The Cuddly Koala 158

The Curious Kangaroo 32, 158

The Eager Elephant 158

The Giggly Giraffe 9, 158

The Happy Hippo 158

The Little Llama 106, 158

The Lonely Lion Cub 158

The Lucky Snow Leopard 158

The Pesky Polar Bear 158

The Picky Puffin 158

The Playful Panda 158

The Puzzled Penguin 158

The Scruffy Sea Otter 158

The Silky Seal Pup 158

The Sleepy Snowy Owl 158

The Super Sloth 69, 158

The Wild Wolf Pup 158

Index of authors and illustrators

Aarts, Esther 4, 114, 153

Alice, Hannah 57, 151

Allepuz, Anuska 25, 138

Anholt, Catherine 126

Anholt, Laurence 126

Ardagh, Philip 22, 155

Arrhenius, Ingela P 24, 79, 93, 96, 115

Barrie, J. M. 85, 137

Barrow, David 144

Beardshaw, Rosalind 81, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129

Bedford, David 126

Bee, William 127

Beech, Mark 154

Berger, Joe 15, 130, 135, 157

Billet, Marion 34, 94, 116, 120, 125

Black, Birdie 122, 127

Blanco, Migy 128, 129, 138

Blatt, Jane 14, 137

Booth, Anne 128

Bowles, Paula 101, 141

Bragadottir, Hrefna 128

Braun, Sebastien 11, 27, 117, 122, 151

Bromley, Nick 138

Bryan, Ed 126

Butchart, Pamela 18, 19, 105, 155, 156, 157

Butterfield, Moira 59, 153

Carey, Lorraine 128

Carroll, Emma 21, 166

Casey, Dawn 129

Catlow, Nikalas 148

Chou, Joey 16, 41, 66, 88, 103, 146

Clarke, Jane 6, 7, 124, 129, 144

Clarke, Michaela 160

Cloyne, Rachel 150

Coats, Lucy 136

Cobb, Amelia 9, 32, 69, 106, 158

Cockcroft, Jason 129

Collins, Ross 49, 56, 131

Corderoy, Tracey 65, 82, 129, 130, 157

Correll, Gemma 155

Cramb, Sara Lynn 151

Dale, Elizabeth 131

Dale, Penny 132

Davies, Benji 36, 80, 97, 118, 167

Dickson, Irene 131

Dodd, Emma 124, 127

Dolan, Elys 133

Dong, Monique 110, 161

Durrant, S. E. 31, 67, 160

Dyson, Nikki 46, 51, 119, 121, 147

Edge, Christopher 44, 159

Edwards, Marnie 148

Emmett, Jonathan 96, 115

Fearnley, Jan 48, 102, 132

Feather, Lucy 136

Fischel, Emma 161

Fletcher, Corina 124

Flintham, Thomas 18, 19, 105, 147, 156

Flyte, Min 122, 124

Foss, Astrid 110, 161

French, Jess 57, 74, 151, 153

French, Felicity 87, 147, 149

Friend, Alison 141

Frost, Adam 161

Fuge, Charles 129

Gardner, Lyn 162

Gemin, G. R. 160

Gormley, Greg 136

Graham, Elspeth 139

Halligan, Katherine 26, 153

Hargrave, Kiran Millwood 21, 166

Harrison, Paula 54, 76, 163, 164

Harry, Rebecca 100, 126, 134

Hart, Caryl 85, 134, 137, 165

Hawk, Goldie 50, 154

Helquist, Brett 75, 169

Hindley, Kate 37, 141

Hitchcock, Fleur 109, 166

Ho, Jannie 33, 66, 117, 120, 146

Hodgkinson, Leigh 133, 135, 148

Horne, Sarah 154, 170

Howard, Charli 70, 166

Howe, Cath 52, 166

Huang, Yu-hsuan 12, 62, 119

Hunt, Matt 124

Hutchison, Barry 91, 165

Ingram, Zoe 149

Ismail, Yasmeen 135

Jahnz, Elly 104, 153

Johansson, Cecilia 127

Johnson, Catherine 21, 166

Jones, Lisa 23, 95, 114 Jones, Rebecca 150

Kennen, Ally 21, 166

Keoghan, Angela 74, 153

Kinnear, Nicola 30, 90, 171

Knapman, Timothy 15, 100, 134, 135

Korda, Lerryn 122

Ladd, Jim 167

Langman, Mike 151

Lawrence, Patrice 21, 166

Lenton, Steven 65, 130, 135, 157

Leonard, M. G. 21, 166

Lilly, Tara 147

Littler, Jamie 22, 43, 89, 155, 167

Lodge, Jo 123

Lomp, Stephan 136

Lynas, Em 43, 89, 167

Lynas, Harriet 59, 153

Massini, Sarah 14, 82, 129, 137

McElmurry, Jill 122

McEwen, Katharine 28, 152

McLelland, Kate 58, 149

Metcalf, Paula 131

Moor, Becka 157

Moore, Susan 53, 167

Morea, Marisa 40, 153

Mould, Chris 136, 165

Muldoon, Eilidh 149

Murray, Alison 136

Newson, Karl 25, 138

Nicholls, Sally 21, 75, 166, 169

O’Byrne, Nicola 38, 84, 138, 139

Peacock, Lou 8, 72, 140, 141

Pearce, Clemency 124

Peet, Mal 139

Percival, Tom 154

Peters, Helen 17, 68, 168

Preston-Gannon, Fran 86, 139

Puttock, Simon 140

Pye, Ali 139, 140

Pym, Christine 72, 140

Quayle, Ruth 141

Ransom, S. C. 169

Redbeard, Odin 170

Renner, Ellen 92, 169

Riddell, Chris 161

Risbrider, Ella 21, 166

Robin, Clover 29, 150

Rowland, Lucy 37, 101, 141

Saunders, Rachael 50, 154

Scheffler, Axel 73, 98, 99, 121, 142, 143, 155

Seed, Andy 154

Sheehan, Lisa 8, 141

Shertle, Alice 122

Shireen, Nadia 140

Slater, Nicola 35, 45, 122, 123

Smith, Briony May 83, 141

Snowdon, Ellie 17, 68, 168

Solomons, David 61, 170

Sparrow, Kate 153

Stephens, Helen 141

Strathie, Chae 40, 153

Surplice, Holly 5, 143

Swan, Gracie 87, 147

Swift, Robyn 57, 151

Sykes, Julie 20, 42, 60, 77, 107, 171

Symes, Sally 127

Tancredi, Sharon 110, 161

Teckentrup, Britta 6, 7, 124, 144

Todd Taylor, Sarah 30, 90, 171

Tranter, Barry 152

Tranter, Emma 152

Truman, Lucy 20, 42, 60, 77, 107, 171

Tuffin, Olivia 10, 78, 108, 172

Turley, Gerry 55, 116

Turner, Tracey 154

Tuya, Jez 139

Underwood, Edward 23, 95, 114

Usher, Sam 128

Volpin, Lucy 144

Walsh, Sarah 26, 149, 153

Warburton, Sarah 85, 134, 137, 165

Waters, Fiona 86, 139

Webb, Holly 169

Wesson, Tim 148

Wilkins, Catherine 171

Williams, Margery 137

Williams, Sophy 9, 32, 69, 106, 158, 164

Willis, Jeanne 21, 64, 83, 141, 145, 166

Wilson, Anna 104, 153

Woodfine, Katherine 21, 166

Woollard, Elli 144