Nosy Crow 2013 catalogue

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NO SY C ROW 2013 NEW T IT LES & CO MP LE T E C ATA LO GUE

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New Titles & Complete Catalogue

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Nosy Crow’s second catalogue and stocklist, with information about all of our 2013 titles and backlist.

We had a great time in 2012, which was our second year of publishing. We won several awards, including the Independent Publishers Guild Children’s Publisher of the Year award. We published 35 new books and six apps. We launched seven debut authors, and published nine further authors or illustrators who were new to our list though they’d been published before. We sold rights to our books in 18 languages. We grew our website readership, our email subscription list, and our number of Twitter followers and Facebook fans. We made a picture book in three weeks, from idea to delivery to John Lewis (on whose Christmas TV ad it was based). We sold, throughout the world, over £2,000,000 of books and apps.

In 2013, we’ll publish 50 more books and another handful of highly-ambitious, ground-breaking apps. In January 2013, we launched Stories Aloud, a way of delivering free digital audio content with every one of our paperback picture books (see p58). So the year started with a project that we think is very true to Nosy Crow: innovative, supportive of retailers and librarians, parent-friendly and child-focussed.

We really like to hear from you, so please email us at hello@nosycrow.com; follow us on Twitter, where we tweet as @nosycrow, @nosycrowapps and @nosycrowbooks; find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nosycrow); and visit our website, www.nosycrow.com, where we update our blog (www.nosycrow.com/blog) every weekday.

We look forward to working with you throughout the coming year.

Thank you for your support.

Kate Wilson Founder and Managing Director

CONTENTS 2013 NEW TITLES JANUARY ........................................................ 2 FEBRUARY ...................................................... 7 MARCH ........................................................... 13 APRIL ............................................................... 18 MAY .................................................................. 23 JUNE ................................................................ 27 JULY ................................................................. 32 AUGUST ......................................................... 37 SEPTEMBER ................................................... 43 OCTOBER ..................................................... 52

COMPLETE CATALOGUE STORIES ALOUD AUDIO READINGS ... 58 NOVELTY ....................................................... 61 PICTURE BOOKS ........................................ 66 ACTIVITY/FICTION ..................................... 77 FICTION ......................................................... 79 APPS ................................................................. 90 EXTRA RESOURCES ................................... 92 INDEX ............................................................. 94 1

JANUARY

Bizzy Bear: Pirate Adventure Over 375,000 copies Bizzy Bear: Fire Rescue sold!

Benji Davies

Bizzy Bear is back, and busier than ever! Featuring chunky sliders to push and pull, these two new, action-packed, novelty board books see the adorably intrepid adventurer set sail on a swashbuckling pirate voyage, and lend a hand at the fire station.

‘Babies and toddlers will enjoy this sturdy board book with lots of slides and tabs to push and pull’ Bookstart

See p90 for the Bizzy Bear apps!

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Age: 2+ Price: £4.99 • Extent: 10pp Format: 180 x 180mm • Board book with sliders Pirate Adventure ISBN: 978 0 85763 132 9 Fire Rescue ISBN: 978 0 85763 133 6 Illustrator location: London

See p63

JANUARY

Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter Axel Scheffler Real-life stories with real heart!

Stunning paperback editions of the first two titles in this perfectly pitched, brilliantly observed series about the emotional rollercoasters and dramas of pre-school life.

See p44, p45, p66 and p92

Now in paperback!

Pip and Posy Fun and Games app available. See p91

‘Full of comfort and gentle humour’ The Guardian Stories Aloud See p58 Age: 2+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 250mm The Little Puddle ISBN: 978 0 85763 078 0 The Super Scooter ISBN: 978 0 85763 079 7 Illustrator location: London

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JANUARY The Princess and the Peas Caryl Hart Illustrated by Sarah Warburton Perfect for all little princesses who aren’t fond of eating their greens, this beautifully illustrated, wittily told rhyming take on a classic fairy tale is a joy to read aloud.

Lily-Rose May will not eat her peas. Even when her father turns them into sensational smoothies, shakes or cupcakes, Lily can always tell they are there. Luckily, the doctor knows exactly what to do. He diagnoses an incurable case of Princess-itus and sends Lily to live at the palace. Unfortunately the perfect food for a princess is not all it’s cracked up to be…

For royally fussy eaters everywhere!

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Stories Aloud See p58

Age: 3+ Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 250mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 108 4 Author location: Peak District Illustrator location: Bristol

JANUARY The Rescue Princesses The Snow Jewel Paula Harrison

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

This hugely successful series for 7+ year-olds sparkles with plucky princesses, animals in danger and magic jewels.

Set in stunning, snowy Northernland, this fifth adventure sees Princess Freya’s bravery put to the test when a mischievous kitten runs away from the castle. Can feisty Freya rescue the flighty feline from its perilous perch on a branch above an icy pond? And will her bravery prove to her father that princesses have plenty of pluck?!

‘Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure’ www.lovereading4kids.com

Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 141 1 EBook: 978 0 85763 142 8 Author location: Milton Keynes

See p16, p25, p30, p34, p50, p80 and p92

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JANUARY Shadows of the Silver Screen Christopher Edge

A spine-chilling page-turner!

This second title in a thrilling sequence of spine-tingling historical novels is packed with period detail, page-turning intrigue and cinematic scope.

When a furtive filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful magazine with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch’s sinister stories into motion pictures, Penny finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand. Can she uncover the mysterious moviemaker’s shadowy secret before it’s too late?

‘A serious (and playful) intelligent historical thriller for children’ The Telegraph ‘Gripped me till the last page’ The Guardian

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Age: 10+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 256pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 052 0 EBook: 978 0 85763 053 7 Author location: Gloucestershire

See p89

FEBRUARY Noodle Loves the Zoo Noodle Loves the Park Marion Billet Two gorgeous new titles in this brilliant little series of board books, featuring rhyming text, a tactile element on every spread, a mirror on the final page and lots of lovely things to spot and name.

‘Charming’ www.parentsintouch.com

‘Beautiful and irresistibly tactile’ The Guardian

Age: 9 months+ Price: £5.99 • Extent: 10pp • Format: 160 x 160mm Cased board book with touch-and-feel Noodle Loves the Zoo ISBN: 978 0 85763 138 1 Noodle Loves the Park ISBN: 978 0 85763 139 8 Illustrator location: Paris

See p64

See p61 7

FEBRUARY Dinosaur Zoom!

Penny Dale A bright board book edition of the popular picture book in which the dynamic dinosaurs roar, rev and race to a very special occasion… a surprise birthday party in the woods!

‘Practically faultless… the stuff of any child’s dreams and a real delight’ Books for Keeps

See p59 and p68

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Age: 1+ Price: £5.99 BB • Extent: 26pp Format: 184 x 148mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 140 4 Author location: South Wales

FEBRUARY Open Very Carefully Nick Bromley Illustrated by Nicola O’Byrne

An energetic picture book about the chaos created by a cranky croc as he tries to free himself from the confines of a book – full of fun and fantastic for sharing.

With cut-through pages

A book with bite!

Stories Aloud See p58 Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB • Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 047 6 Paperback edition publishing in September 2013. See p47.

Author location: Oxford Illustrator location: Cambridge

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FEBRUARY Vulgar the Viking and the Terrible Talent Show Odin Redbeard

Horrid Henry in a horned helmet!

Illustrated by Sarah Horne The fourth title in a fiercely funny series that’s perfectly pitched for 7+ year-olds with a thirst for madcap thrills, spills and hilarious heroes.

From singing and dancing, to doing things with pickled herring, the villagers of Blubber are gifted in many ways, and they’ve decided to hold a talent contest to prove it. Vulgar knows it’s his time to shine. Will he perform his armpit ‘music’ or juggle some elk poo? No! He will act out a Viking legend, with fighting and dragons and giants and all that stuff. And he will win! Won’t he…?

‘Young readers with a taste for adventure and the disgusting will love this crazy tale of Viking vulgarity!’ The Scotsman ‘Has all the ingredients to become a firm favourite with young boy readers’ Library Mice

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See p24, p40, p81 and p92

Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 96pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 062 9 EBook: 978 0 85763 063 6 Author location: Scotland

FEBRUARY Mega Mash-Up Cowboys v Trolls in the Arctic Nikalas Catlow and Tim Wesson

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The Featuring stories involving eed crazy characters and settings books n that are perennially popular, you! this series also offers oodles of opportunities for readers to make their own mark through adding to the illustrations.

This sixth title in the series poses some MEGA questions, like what if some cool cowboys and hairy trolls went digging for gold in the Arctic? What if they floated out to sea? Would they sink without a trace? Readers must finish the illustrations ‘Absolutely brilliant’ to find out…

Parents in Touch

See p77 and p93

Get stuck into the story!

Create your own cartoon!

Age: 6+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 96pp Format: 210 x 148mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 123 7 Authors’ locations: London and Suffolk

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FEBRUARY Dear Scarlett Fleur Hitchcock

A funny, moving and absorbing story about a young girl’s quest to learn more about her dead father through the objects she finds in a cardboard box he’s left her.

Scarlett and her friend, Ellie, go on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary, journey of discovery, following the clues and always remembering to ‘keep looking up’. Was Scarlett’s dad a thief? Was he a spy? And what does it mean to be his daughter?

Fleur Hitchcock is a brilliant new voice in children’s literature, and Dear Scarlett is an incredible book.

‘Refreshingly original’ www.lovereading4kids.com

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Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 272pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 150 3 Ebook: 978 0 85763 151 0 Author location: London

MARCH Baby and Me Emma Dodd If you had a little baby, a baby of your very own, how would you look after her? Well, you’d take her for walks and give her milk to drink and change her nappy, of course!

Packed with robust pull-tabs and clever touch-and-feel elements, this is an ingeniously interactive book for toddlers who enjoy playing mummies and babies.

Tabs to pull and a real nappy to tie!

Age: 3+ Price: £8.99 HB • Extent: 16pp Format: 230 x 230mm • Cased card with pull-tabs and touch-and-feel ISBN: 978 0 85763 064 3 Author location: Surrey

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MARCH Books Always Everywhere Jane Blatt Illustrated by Sarah Massini A joyful celebration of the physical book in all its glory! For the very young, books can be anything – from a chair, to a tower, to a hat – but the best thing they can be . . . is a book.

The simple text is brought to life by Sarah Massini’s delightful and nostalgic illustrations of babies and toddlers discovering the magical world of books.

Hardback edition

Paperback edition

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Age: 1+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 270 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 089 6 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 090 2 Author location: Glasgow Illustrator location: Sussex

Stories Aloud See p58

MARCH Littleland Marion Billet Hello and welcome to Littleland!

Fresh from her success with the Noodle series, Marion Billet returns with a picture book for the very young.

Designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary, this busy book is full of familiar scenes and fascinating detail.

With a ‘Can you see?’ feature on every spread and a simple, chatty narrative, Littleland mimics the daily conversations between parent and child and makes the perfect step on from board books.

Age: 2+ Price: £9.99 HB • Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm • Padded HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 147 3 Illustrator location: Paris

A world to explore, a book to share!

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MARCH The Rescue Princesses The Magic Rings Paula Harrison

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

The sixth story in this sparkling series sees the plucky new princess pals in detective mode.

Princess Lottie and her three friends are the new Rescue Princesses. They embark on their first adventure when a beautiful foal mysteriously disappears from the palace stables. The girls have a plan of action, but Lottie is worried. What if they’re not brave enough? Or can’t keep a secret?

After all, it takes more than a few ninja moves to make a proper Rescue Princess…

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Age 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 157 2 EBook: 978 0 85763 158 9 Author location: Milton Keynes

See p5, p25, p30, p34, p50, p80 and p92

MARCH Olivia and the Great Escape Lyn Gardner A sparkling mix of circus performance, family saga and school story, written by the theatre critic for The Guardian.

This sixth theatrical extravaganza sees Olivia’s dad, Jack Marvell, attempt to stay up on a high-wire for thirty days and nights. While she’s worried for him, Olivia is also very proud. But then the rumours start, and word spreads that Jack is cheating. Olivia must find the strength to give her all to her role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, while working to prove to the world that her father is no fraudster…

Malory Towers meets Cirque de Soleil!

‘Timeless’ The Telegraph ‘Gripping’ The Guardian

Age 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 288pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 152 7 EBook: 978 0 85763 153 4 Author location: London

See p36 and p88

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APRIL Tiny Tabs Teeny Weeny looks for his mummy!

Bunny Boo has lost her teddy!

Jannie Ho

Pull the board sliders to reveal the faces in these chunky little peekaboo books.

Designed for the smallest of hands, these robust, colourful books will delight baby readers again and again.

With simple stories, repeated refrains and a host of faces to spot and name, they are the perfect books to engage and entertain the very young.

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Age: 1+ Price: £4.99 • Extent: 10pp Format: 190 x 190mm • Board book with sliders Teeny Weeny ISBN: 978 0 85763 195 4 Bunny Boo ISBN: 978 0 85763 196 1 Illustrator location: Boston, USA

See p37 and p62

APRIL Guinea Pig Party Holly Surplice Paperback edition of a popular picture book in which a gaggle of excitable guinea pigs enjoy all the fun and chaos of a birthday party.

A winning combination of rhyming text, popular pets and pictures that make toddlers chuckle, while encouraging their counting skills.

Age: 2+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 250mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 088 9 Author location: Oxfordshire

Stories Aloud See p58

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APRIL Troll Swap Leigh Hodgkinson A warm, witty picture book packed with colourful characters, inventive illustrations, and child-centred story-telling.

Timothy Limpet feels out of place in the troll family – he likes things to be just so, and most trolls, frankly, don’t. Tabitha Lumpet likes things loud, loopy and messy and feels like a fish out of water in her very neat family. So, when Timothy and Tabitha meet on the bridge, they decide to swap places, but soon come to realise that home is where the heart is.

From a rising picture book star!

Stories Aloud See p58

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Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 290 x 230mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 162 6 Paperback edition publishing in June 2013. See p27.

Author location: Sussex

APRIL Weasels Elys Dolan Weasels. What do they do all day? Eat nuts and berries? Frolic in leaves? Argue with squirrels? Hide in their weasel holes? All wrong!

What they really do is… plot world determination!

A hilarious debut packed with humour that will amuse children and adults alike.

Exceptional debut

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB • Extent: 32pp Format: 294 x 294mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 199 2 Author location: Cambridge

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APRIL Magical Mix-Ups Pets and Parties Marnie Edwards Illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson

New A4 activity format!

Is it a story book? Is it a doodle book? No, it’s both! This sensational sister series to the acclaimed Mega Mash-Up books invites readers to make magical mayhem in the muddled-up land of Mixtopia. Featuring feisty female characters and fabulous themes and settings, readers can both enjoy the stories and contribute their own unique illustrations and designs.

It’s Sapphire’s birthday and she longs for a pet of her own.

Emerald’s present is the next best thing – tickets for an amazing animal magic show! But the star – a performing cat – has mysteriously disappeared. What a mix-up! Can the girls find her on their own?

No, they can’t! The readers must finish the illustrations to make sure Sapphire’s birthday is princess-perfect.

Complete the scene!

Tuck into the tale!

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Age: 6+ Price: £7.99 PB • Extent: 96pp • Format: 297 x 210mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 189 3 Author location: London Illustrator location: Sussex

See p78 and p93

‘Will encourage creativity’ Library Mice

MAY Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Steven Lenton Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two hopeless, hapless robber dogs who cook up a career change after one bungled burglary too many, proving that while crime doesn’t pay, cupcakes certainly do!

A funny, quirky story, deliciously dished up by debut illustrator, Steven Lenton.

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 290 x 230mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 145 9 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 146 6 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: London

New talent!

Stories Aloud See p58

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MAY Vulgar the Viking and a MidsummerNight’sScream Odin Redbeard

Horrid Henry in a horned helmet!

Illustrated by Sarah Horne The fifth, fiercely funny story in a series that’s perfectly pitched for 7+ year-olds with a thirst for madcap thrills, spills and hilarious heroes.

The best Viking festival of the year is fast approaching and Vulgar is REALLY excited! There’ll be feasting, staying up all night and a massive bonfire for burning stuff! Bring on Midsummer’s Eve! But what’s that about dancing around the maypole with Princess Freya in a special costume? Vulgar’s dream is about to become a total nightmare…

‘Young readers with a taste for adventure and the disgusting will love this crazy tale of Viking vulgarity!’ The Scotsman ‘Has all the ingredients to become a firm favourite with young boy readers’ Library Mice

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See p10, p40, p81 and p92

Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB Extent: 96pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 203 6 EBook: 978 0 85763 204 3 Author location: Scotland

MAY The Rescue Princesses The Lost Gold Paula Harrison

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

This seventh Rescue Princesses adventure sees the intrepid friends take on troublesome treasure hunters in a tropical setting.

Princess Isabella loves her rainforest kingdom and its amazing creatures. So she’s very worried when treasure hunters start digging up the forest and scaring all the animals. A baby monkey becomes trapped and Isabella needs all her bravery to save it. Thank goodness her fellow Rescue Princesses are on hand to help!

‘Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure’ www.lovereading4kids.com

Age 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 164 0 EBook: 978 0 85763 165 7 Author location: Milton Keynes

See p5, p16, p30, p34, p50, p80 and p92

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MAY Faerie Tribes The Crystal Mirror Paula Harrison From the author of The Rescue Princesses comes this new series of quest-driven epics.

Ideal for older readers with a thirst for the fantastical.

Laney is surrounded by magic. She also has great magic of her own – she just doesn’t know it yet. And when Laney eventually discovers the truth about who she is, it is at a time of extreme danger. The faerie tribes are under threat from a dark power that wants to steal their magic and reign supreme. Laney will need all her new-found skills to do battle with the darkness and hold the faerie world together.

Out-ofthis-world new series!

See p42 and p86

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Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 224pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 201 2 Ebook: 978 0 85763 202 9 Author location: Milton Keynes

JUNE

Troll Swap Leigh Hodgkinson Paperback edition of a warm, witty tale from a rising picture book star in which a tidy troll (Timothy Limpet) and a loud, loopy girl (Tabitha Lumpit) swap families, Paperback but discover that the edition grass isn’t always greener…

Stories Aloud See p58

Age: 2+ Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 163 3 Author location: Sussex

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JUNE

The Grunts in Trouble Philip Ardagh • Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

New paperback edition

Meet Mr and Mrs Grunt. Oh, go on.

They’re not that bad. No, actually, they ARE. Maybe worse, even.

But Sunny, their sort-of son, is okay.

They stole him from a washing line as a baby, where he was hanging by his ears, which probably explains why they’re so wonky (but not why he has sticky-up hair that NEVER lies flat, even if you pour glue into it).

Stick around and you’ll also meet Lord Bigg of Bigg Manor, Mimi the Bigg Manor bootboy (yup, she’s a girl), a little old lady with a great big blunderbuss and... Well, you’ll have to READ the book to find that out. But I should mention the bees.

Did I warn you about the bees?!

‘Daft and comic’ Sunday Times Book of the Week ‘Gloriously repulsive’ The Telegraph

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Age: 7+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 272pp • Format: 185 x 129mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 272 2• EBook: 978 0 85763 070 4 Author location: Kent Illustrator location: London

See p29, p82 and p93

JUNE

The Grunts All at Sea Philip Ardagh • Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

The Twits for a new generation!

Oh dear. The Grunts are back.

In this second Grunts adventure, Mr Grunt’s a man with a mission.

He has to get a Person of Great Importance (or POGI) to someone called Mrs Bayliss by the twentyfifth. But no one else can know: there are sinister people interested in staging a POGI-snatch, so the POGI must be transported in a way that is secret.

But the Grunts’ stolen son, Sunny, has a few questions. Why does the POGI have to wear a barrel all the time? Who are Max and Martha and why are they sharing a false moustache? Is Rodders Lasenby a lovely person or simply the rudest man on the planet? And how long will it be before they find themselves All At Sea?

‘Fans of Andy Stanton’s Mr Gum and Roald Dahl’s The Twits will delight in this disgusting but amiable family’ The Guardian Check out the buzz at www. meetthegrunts.com!

Free Beard of Bees games app available.

See p91.

Age: 7+ Price: £8.99 HB • Extent 304pp • Format: 185 x 129mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 071 1 • Ebook: 978 0 85763 072 8 Author location: Kent Illustrator location: London

See p28, p82 and p93

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JUNE

The Rescue Princesses Animals in Danger Paula Harrison

Sensational summer bind-up – three books in one!

Sparkling with plucky princesses, animals in danger, magic jewels and sumptuous settings, this bind-up of three rip-roaring Rescue Princesses adventures is an ideal holiday read.

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See p5, p16, p25, p34, p50, p80 and p92

Age: 7+ Price: £7.99 PB • Extent: 384pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 271 5 Author location: Milton Keynes

JUNE

Tiger Thief Michaela Clarke A beautifully told debut, packed with adventure, intrigue, magic and myth.

Dazzling debut

Sharat and his majestic white tiger, Emira, are two halves of the same soul. The thought of being separated is unbearable. So when Emira mysteriously disappears in the middle of their circus act, Sharat is devastated, but determined to get her back, despite the full force of the Empire being directed against him. His journey through the deadly places of the city will be perilous and revealing, and shot through with magic.

Age: 8+ Price: £6.99 PB Format: B-format • Extent 352pp ISBN: 978 0 85763 137 4 Ebook: 978 0 85763 067 4 Author location: London

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JULY

Digger Dog William Bee Illustrated by Cecilia Johansson Diggers, dogs and a rhythmic text that dances off the tongue, this vibrant picture book is destined to become a bedtime favourite.

Digger Dog loves to dig up bones . . . the bigger the better. But for the biggest bone in the world, what will Digger Dog need?

The biggest digger in the world, of course!

With a fantastic, fold-out surprise at the end, this is a brilliant picture book for pre-schoolers – especially for boys.

Features fantastic fold-out digger!

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Age: 2+ Price: £10.99 HB/£7.99 PB • Extent: 36pp Format: 250 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 128 2 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 129 9 Author location: Sussex Illustrator location: Stockholm

Stories Aloud See p58

JULY

Just Right For Two Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw An uplifting fable about friendship, fulfilment and the fun of sharing.

Dog thinks he has everything he needs in his big blue suitcase. It’s perfect for all the little treasures he’s collected, and he’s certain he needs nothing more to keep him happy, until he meets Mouse…

Through Mouse, Dog sees that life is richer and much more fun when shared with a friend. He also realises that his big blue suitcase is the perfect fit for two!

Features stunning foiled cover

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 250 x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 176 3 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location:York

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JULY

The Rescue Princesses The Shimmering Stone Paula Harrison

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

The Rescue Princesses are visiting Amina for her cousin’s grand wedding. While they’re gathering flowers for the table decorations they see a mother tiger and her two cubs playing by the bank of the river. The cubs are sweet and quite cheeky, but they look so tiny and vulnerable, too. So when the girls see the mother tiger being taken to the animal hospital later that evening, they know they have to find her cubs before disaster strikes…

‘Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure’ www.lovereading4kids.com

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Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 172 5 EBook: 978 0 85763 173 2 Author location: Milton Keynes

See p5, p16, p25, p30, p50, p80 and p92

JULY

Space Pirates Stowaway!

Jim Ladd • Illustrated by Benji Davies Meet the Space Pirates! They’re black-hearted vagabonds with space galleons and laser cutlasses, and they LOVE singing space-shanties (and bowling)!

When Sam’s adventurous parents crash-land their spaceship on Planet X, they demand that Sam rescues them. Luckily, Sam has neighbours he can ask for help. Unluckily, they are notorious Space Pirates who wouldn’t help their own grandmothers lift a bowling ball.

Unless their grandmothers had a map to a planet that’s made entirely of treasure. Which Sam does…

Next thing, Sam’s aboard the Jolly Apollo and embarking on an intergalactic adventure with his new shanty-singing, bowling-loving buddies. But evil pirate Black-Hole Beard is right behind them…

Swash-buckling in space – Astrosaurs meets Beast Quest!

Age: 8+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 154 1 Ebook: 978 0 85763 155 8 Author location: Planet X

See p56 and p84

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JULY

Olivia’s Curtain Call Lyn Gardner The thrilling finale of this highly acclaimed, hugely popular stage school-set series by the theatre critic for The Guardian.

Olivia and her friends are auditioning for a West End production of Romeo and Juliet, which makes Olivia realise just how much she wants to be an actress, like her mum was. But her father asks her to perform with him in a high-wire stunt instead. How can she choose between her parents?

And that’s not all – love is in the air at the Swan School of Theatre and Dance. But when the curtain falls, will everyone get their fairytale happy ending?

‘Timeless’ The Telegraph

Malory Towers meets Cirque de Soleil!

‘Gripping’ The Guardian

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Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Format: B-format • Extent TBC ISBN: 978 0 85763 207 4 Ebook: 978 0 85763 208 1 Author location: London

See p17 and p88

AUGUST Tiny Tabs Little Bubba looks for his elephant!

Pookie Pop plays hide and seek!

Jannie Ho

Babies and toddlers will love meeting a second pair of playful peekaboo pals in this series of fresh, chunky, board books.

Featuring sturdy sliders and simple, engaging stories, there’s plenty to point out and keep little hands busy.

See p18 and p62

Age: 1+ Price £4.99 • Extent: 10pp Format: 190 x 190mm • Board book with sliders Little Bubba ISBN: 978 0 85763 214 2 Pookie Pop ISBN: 978 0 85763 215 9 Illustrator location: Boston, USA

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Zoe’s Rescue Zoo The Lonely Lion Cub Amelia Cobb • Illustrated by Sophy Williams

Highly collectible new series featuring a go-getting, kind-hearted central character, talking animals, compelling storylines and evocative illustrations.

When Great-Uncle Horace brings back lost and homeless animals from his travels around the globe, it falls to Zoe to settle them into the rescue zoo. Not only does she have a tremendous talent for this, but she also can understand what they say and even talk to them (but that’s a secret!)

In this first book, a tiny lion cub comes to stay at the zoo and Zoe must ask Leonard, the grumpy old lion, for his help.

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

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Age: 5+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 197 8 Ebook: 978 0 85763 198 5

See p39, p55 and p79

AUGUST Zoe’s Rescue Zoo The Puzzled Penguin Amelia Cobb • Illustrated by Sophy Williams Second exciting adventure in this new illustrated series about a little girl with a big talent - she can actually talk to the animals in her uncle’s rescue zoo!

Zoe’s uncle has just brought the cutest baby penguin to the zoo. But Zoe thinks there’s something puzzling about the little animal. It just doesn’t seem to know it’s a penguin…

Dr Dolittle meets Animal Ark!

Age: 5+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 205 0 Ebook: 978 0 85763 202 9

See p38, p55 and p79

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AUGUST Vulgar the Viking and the Battle of Burp Odin Redbeard

Exciting series finale!

Illustrated by Sarah Horne In this final book in the series, Vulgar can’t believe his luck. He’s going on a school trip in a real, live longboat, with oars and everything! And they’re going to visit Burp, where a long-ago battle once took place between the Vikings and the, er, Burpers. It was a mighty battle, which the Vikings totally lost. But this time, Vulgar’s going to re-write history. He’s up for a bit of historical re-enactment and, in Vulgar’s version, victory will be his!

‘Young readers with a taste for adventure and the disgusting will love this crazy tale of Viking vulgarity!’ The Scotsman ‘Has all the ingredients to become a firm favourite with young boy readers’ Library Mice

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Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB Extent: 96pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 218 0 EBook: 978 0 85763 219 7 Author location: Scotland

JANUARY AUGUST

Baby Aliens Got My Teacher Pamela Butchart Laugh-out-loud funny debut that captures the craziness of primary school, where (of course!) your teacher might just be an alien and your best friend is frightened of peas.

One day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher is actually being nice to them (this is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair). There can only be one conclusion: she’s been taken over by aliens, and now she wants to make them all aliens too!

More crazy capers coming soon!

Fab fluorescent cover!

Age: 7+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 237 1 Ebook: 978 0 85763 238 8 Author location: Dundee

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Faerie Tribes The Wildwood Arrow Paula Harrison The second fantasy adventure in an epic new series from the author of The Rescue Princesses.

With the crystal mirror safely hidden, the hunt is on for the wildwood arrow. This object is sacred to the Thorn tribe and must never fall into the hands of the Shadow Faerie. Laney, Claudia and Fletcher must battle to keep it safe, and prevent the collapse of the Faerie world…

See p26 and p86

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Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 224pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 209 8 Ebook: 978 0 85763 210 4 Author location: Milton Keynes

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS SEPTEMBER Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm Axel Scheffler What do you get when you cross a chicken with a turkey?

Why, a churkey, of course!

What about a mouse with a rabbit? That would be a mabbit.

And a sheep with a horse... well, you get the idea.

With 12 possible1 combin ations!

With its sturdy, split pages and spiral binding, this fun format is perfect for preschoolers. Little readers will adore flipping Axel Scheffler’s animals again and again to see what crazy creatures they can create – and to find out what strange noises they make too!

Age: 3+ Price: £8.99 • Extent: 24pp Format: 185 x 235mm • Cased with split pages and spiral binding ISBN: 978 0 85763 245 6 Illustrator location: London

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NOVELTY SEPTEMBER BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS Pip and Posy The Scary Monster Axel Scheffler Real-life stories with real heart!

Pip and Posy are the best of pals (most of the time!) in this perfectly pitched, brilliantly observed series about the dramas of pre-school life.

When Pip comes to Posy’s house wearing a scary monster mask, he gives Posy a bit of a fright! Oh, dear!

But when she works out it’s only Pip, she feels much better, and they share the biscuits she’s made. Hooray!

Now in paperback

‘Sweet, bright and true to a toddler’s life’ Evening Standard See p3, p45, p66 and p92

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Age: 2+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 250mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 243 2 Illustrator location: London

Stories Aloud See p58

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS SEPTEMBER Pip and Posy The Bedtime Frog

Brand new adventure!

Axel Scheffler Real-life stories with real heart!

When Posy goes to stay at Pip’s house they have lots of fun together before bedtime. But, just as they switch out the light, disaster strikes: Posy realises that she has forgotten to pack her favourite frog toy. Pip offers Posy a range of different toys as a substitute, including his nice frog moneybox, but none of them will do. They are all WRONG! Thankfully, disaster is averted when quick-thinking Pip magnanimously gives Posy his own, very favourite, pig toy.

‘Full of comfort and gentle humour’ The Guardian See p3, p44, p66 and p92

Age: 2+ Price: £7.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 220 x 220mm • Padded HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 115 2 Illustrator location: London

Pip and Posy Fun and Games app available. See p91

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Playbook Pirates Corina Fletcher Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup This ingenious novelty package is perfect for pre-schoolers and packed with plenty of piratical treasures!

The pop-up storybook unfolds and transforms into a 3D seascape play-mat, revealing a pop-up pirate ship, mermaid island and shipwreck. Extra features include press-out pirate characters, rowing boats and sea-creatures – everything you need for a sensational swashbuckling adventure!

97,000 copies sold!

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Age: 3+ Price: £14.99 • Extent: 12pp • Format: 200 x 200mm Board with pop-ups, play pieces and box ‘A wonderful gift’ ISBN: 978 0 85763 181 7 Author location: East Sussex www.webchild.com Illustrator location: Berlin

See p65

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS SEPTEMBER Open Very Carefully Nick Bromley Illustrated by Nicola O’Byrne Paperback edition of an energetic picture book about the chaos created by a cranky crocodile as he tries to free himself from the confines With of a book – full of fun cut-through and fantastic for sharing.

pages

A book with bite!

Age: 3+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 084 1 Author location: Oxford Illustrator location: Cambridge

Stories Aloud See p58

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Spells-a-Popping!Granny’sShopping!

Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Joe Berger The third hilarious adventure in this picture book series about a little girl whose Granny is a (shhh, whisper it!) a witch.

While Pandora likes things to be normal (ish), her Granny just loves to magic things along and their trip to the supermarket is anything but ordinary. As fishfingers start flying around, Pandora tells Granny to behave herself. But when Pandora spots a couple of robbers up to no good, an extraordinary Granny is exactly what’s needed!

‘Corderoy’s rhymes are zappy, and Berger’s drawings are amusing’ New York Times

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Age: 3+ Price £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Stories Aloud See p58 Format: 290 x 230mm Extent: 32pp HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 220 3 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 221 0 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: Bristol

See p72 See p49 for new young fiction

NOVELTY PICTURE SEPTEMBER BOOKS Hubble Bubble fiction The Glorious Granny Bake Off Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Joe Berger

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Features three spook-tacular stories!

A fabulous new series of first fiction from the creators of the highlyacclaimed Hubble Bubble picture books.

A bewitching brew of domestic dottiness, fizzy fun and chuckle-inducing charm, this delightful series about a little girl and her rather unusual granny (she’s an actual witch!) is ideal for newly independent readers with a thirst for magic and mayhem.

Age: 6+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: TBC Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 222 7 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: Bristol

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Picture books also available. See p72

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS SEPTEMBER PICTURE The Rescue Princesses The Silver Locket Paula Harrison

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

Rosalind and the other princesses are in the Kingdom of Taldonia for the Autumn Ball. They love playing with their new friend, a little brown and white puppy called Patch. But they can’t stop arguing, and Rosalind decides it’s easier to be friends with animals than with silly princesses. She goes off on her own, and that’s when disaster strikes! Patch gets lost in the woods and Rosalind needs the other Rescue Princesses to help find him. But what if they’re not her friends any more?

‘Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure’ www.lovereading4kids.com

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Age: 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 191 6 EBook: 978 085763 192 3 Author location: Milton Keynes

See p5, p16, p25, p30, p34, p80 and p92

NOVELTY PICTURE SEPTEMBER BOOKS My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters Catherine Wilkins This fabulously funny follow-up to My Best Friend and Other Enemies sees Jessica start a new term with high hopes, especially as Natalie has chosen to work with her on the class wildlife project. Her comic book is coming along brilliantly, too. If only Jessica can concentrate and not mess it all up…

But then Scarlett rolls into town, with her super-cool attitude and alternative lifestyle. Oh, and her cartoons…

‘Hilarious’ Harry Hill ‘Brilliantly funny and painfully true’ Jenny Colgan

Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 208pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 159 6 EBook: 978 0 85763 160 2 Author location: London

‘Properly funny’ The Independent See p85

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS OCTOBER PICTURE Because I Love You David Bedford Illustrated by Rebecca Harry It’s bedtime for Little Bear, but as his mummy tucks him into bed, he wonders if he’s had enough love that day. So Mummy Bear takes Little Bear on a journey, reminding him of everything they’ve done during the day and, most of all, of the love they’ve shared.

Packed with painterly detail and adorable characters, this is destined to become a firm family favourite that will warm the hearts of readers young and old.

Foiled throughout

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Age: 2+ Price: £12.99 HB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270 mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 236 4 Author location: Norfolk Illustrator location: Cardiff

NOVELTY PICTURE OCTOBER BOOKS Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish Rebecca Harry Featuring a cute, kindly bunny and flurry of foil on every spread, this paperback edition of a soon-to-be Christmas classic is an ideal seasonal gift.

One snowy Christmas Eve, a small bunny goes in search of Santa to ask him to make her Christmas wish come true. On the way she meets many other animals in need of a little help – which she gladly offers – and in the offering makes her very own wish come true!

‘A cheery, comforting, sparkling winter’s tale’ The Observer

Foil on every spread!

Stories Aloud See p58 Age: 3+ Price: £7.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 233 3 Illustrator location: Cardiff

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS OCTOBER PICTURE Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten Alison Murray Featuring a princess, cute kitten and glitter galore, this stunning story is a tactile treat.

Princess Penelope’s naughty little kitten is all tangled up in wool and has scampered off! Little girls will love helping her track the trail of pretty pink glitter left by her kitten as it runs through the palace and its grounds, encountering lots of animals on the way.

Glitter on every page!

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Age: 3+ Price: £9.99 HB • Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 231 9 Illustrator location: Scotland

NOVELTY PICTURE OCTOBER BOOKS Zoe’s Rescue Zoo The Playful Panda Amelia Cobb

Dr Dolittle meets Animal Ark!

This third book in an exciting new series sees a pair of panda cubs arrive at Zoe’s Rescue Zoo. They’re very sweet, but they don’t seem to get on very well. In fact, they fight all the time! If they don’t stop, one of them might have to go to another zoo, so Zoe has to work really hard to find a way to help the pandas become friends, before it’s too late…

Features foiled covers and inside illustrations

Age: 5+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 216 6 EBook: 978 0 85763 217 3

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS OCTOBER PICTURE Space Pirates Stranded!

Jim Ladd • Illustrated by Benji Davies Climb aboard the second title in this new intergalactic adventure series.

Sam and the crew of the Jolly Apollo are still searching for Planet X, where they hope to find Sam’s parents and a whole load of treasure. But the dastardly Black-Hole Beard is on their tail, which is why they are forced to hide in the scariest, most deadly nebula in the universe. And get stranded…

A fast-paced, funny series with gags galore, this is a chase through space that will have you cackling from start to finish!

Age: 8+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 211 1 Ebook: 978 0 85763 212 8 Author location: Planet X

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NOVELTYALOUD BOOKS STORIES PICTURE BOOKS We’re very excited to have found a way to build great audio content into each of our paperback picture books: Nosy Crow Stories Aloud. Each book provides access to a free audio reading of the story using children’s voices, complete with sound effects and original music.

Stories Aloud

A step-by-step guide to Stories Aloud • Download a free QR code reader to your smart phone, iPod Touch or tablet.

• Scan the code on the inside front cover of a Nosy Crow paperback picture book with your smart phone, iPod Touch or tablet.

• Hear the story! Once the webpage has loaded, press play to hear the story for free.

‘A neat bundle of joy’ The Bookseller

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Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter ISBN: 978 0 85763 079 7 • £5.99 January 2013. See p3.

Goldilocks & Just the One Bear ISBN: 978 0 85763 044 5 • £6.99 January 2013. See p71.

Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle ISBN: 978 0 85763 078 0 • £5.99 January 2013. See p3.

Dinosaur Dig! ISBN: 978 0 85763 094 0 • £6.99 January 2013. See p68.

The Princess and the Peas ISBN: 978 0 85763 108 4 • £6.99 January 2013. See p4.

Books Always Everywhere ISBN: 978 0 85763 090 2 • £6.99 March 2013. See p14.

Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble!

ISBN: 978 0 85763 028 5 • £6.99 January 2013. See p72.

Guinea Pig Party ISBN: 978 0 85763 088 9 • £6.99 April 2013. See p19.

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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam ISBN: 978 0 85763 146 6 • £6.99 May 2013. See p23.

Spells-a-Popping! Granny’s Shopping!

ISBN: 978 0 85763 221 0 • £6.99 September 2013. See p48.

Troll Swap ISBN: 978 0 85763 163 3 • £6.99 June 2013. See p20 and p27.

Pip and Posy: The Scary Monster ISBN: 978 0 85763 243 2 • £5.99 September 2013. See p44.

Digger Dog ISBN: 978 0 85763 129 9 •£7.99 July 2013. See p32.

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish ISBN: 978 0 85763 233 3 • £7.99 October 2013. See p53.

Open Very Carefully ISBN: 978 0 85763 084 1 • £6.99 September 2013. See p9 and p47

Just Right for Christmas ISBN: 978 0 85763 136 7 • £6.99 October 2013. See p75.

NOVELTY BOOKS Noodle series Marion Billet 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.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 021 6

ISBN: 978 0 85763 020 9

ISBN: 978 0 85763 022 3

ISBN: 978 0 86763 023 0

ISBN: 978 0 85763 041 4

ISBN: 978 0 85763 042 1

ISBN: 978 0 85763 138 1 February 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 139 8 February 2013

Age: 9 months+ Price: £5.99 • Extent: 10pp • Format: 160 x 160mm • Cased board book with touch-and-feel Illustrator location: Paris See p7

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NOVELTY BOOKS Tiny Tabs series Jannie Ho With sturdy board sliders to pull, cute characters and engaging stories, this series of chunky little peekaboo books is perfect for entertaining the very young.

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ISBN: 978 0 85763 195 4 April 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 196 1 April 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 214 2 August 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 215 9 August 2013 Age: 1+ Price £4.99 • Extent: 10pp Format: 190 x 190mm • Board book with sliders Illustrator location: Boston, USA See p18 and p37

NOVELTY BOOKS Bizzy Bear series Benji Davies With chunky sliders to push and pull, these robust board books are perfect for active toddlers. Rich in visual detail and touches of humour, Bizzy Bear’s action-packed adventures are spot-on for little readers.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 002 5

ISBN: 978 0 85763 015 5

ISBN: 978 0 85763 003 2

ISBN: 978 0 85763 024 7

ISBN: 978 0 85763 132 9 January 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 133 6 January 2013

Age: 2+ Price: £4.99 • Extent: 10pp Format: 180 x 180mm • Board book with sliders Illustrator location: London See p2

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NOVELTY BOOKS Baby and Me Emma Dodd If you had a little baby, a baby of your very own, how would you look after her? Well, you’d take her for walks and give her milk to drink and change her nappy, of course!

An ingeniously interactive book for all toddlers who enjoy playing mummies and babies – with robust pull-tabs and clever touch-and-feel elements.

Age: 3+ Price: £8.99 • Extent: 16pp Format: 230 x 230mm • Cased card with pull-tabs and touch-and-feel ISBN: 978 0 85763 064 3 Author location: Surrey See p13

Icky Sticky Monster Jo Lodge A monster, mess and a whole lot of mayhem! – a winning combination for toddlers, created by a multi-awardwinning illustrator and paper engineer.

The riotously funny, rhyming text makes this ideal for reading aloud, while the hardback format and big bold flaps make this a great, grimy gift!

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Age: 3+ Price: £9.99 • Extent: 12pp Format: 245 x 245mm • Cased card with pop-ups ISBN: 978 0 85763 046 9 Author location: West Sussex

NOVELTY BOOKS Playbook series Corina Fletcher Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup In one easy move, these bright, bold 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 Author location: East Sussex Illustrator location: Berlin

ISBN: 978 0 85763 124 4

ISBN: 978 0 85763 181 7 See See p46

Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm Axel Scheffler With 121 crazy creatures to create (from a churkey to a mabbit!), this sturdy split page, spiral-bound book is perfect for playful pre-schoolers.

Age: 3+ Price: £8.99 • Extent: 24pp Format: 185 x 235mm • Cased with split pages and spiral binding ISBN: 978 0 85763 245 6 Illustrator location: London See p43

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Pip and Posy series Axel Scheffler Real-life stories with real heart!

Pip and Posy are the best of pals (most of the time!) in this perfectly pitched, brilliantly observed series about the dramas of pre-school life. Illustrated by multi-award-winning Axel Scheffler, whose modern classic, The Gruffalo, has sold over four million copies worldwide.

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HB: 978 0 85763 005 6 PB: 978 0 85763 079 7 January 2013

HB: 978 0 85763 004 9 PB: 978 0 85763 078 0 January 2013

HB: 978 0 85763 031 5 PB: 978 0 85763 243 2 September 2013

HB: 978 0 85763 100 8

HB: 978 0 85763 115 2 September 2013

HB: 978 0 85763 126 8

Age: 2+ • Extent: 32 pp Price: £7.99 HB/£5.99 PB Format: 220 x 220 HB/ 250 x 250 mm PB Illustrator location: London See p3, p44, p45, p59, p60, p91 and p92

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Littleland Marion Billet Designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary, this busy book is full of familiar scenes and fascinating detail.

With a ‘Can you see?’ feature on every spread and a simple, conversational narrative, this is the perfect step on from board books.

Age: 2+ Price: £9.99 HB Extent: 32pp Size/format: 290 x 230mm • Padded HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 147 3 Illustrator location: Paris See p15

Books Always Everywhere Jane Blatt Illustrated by Sarah Massini A joyful celebration of the physical book in all its glory.

The simple text is brought to life by Sarah Massini’s delightfully nostalgic illustrations of babies and toddlers discovering the new, magical world of books.

Age: 1+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Size: 270 x 250mm See p14 and p59

HB: 978 0 85763 089 6

PB: 978 0 85763 090 2

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Dinosaur Dig! / Dinosaur Zoom!

Penny Dale Packed with roaring, revving, racing dinosaurs, this series of picture and board books by a best-selling, award-winning author–illustrator is perfect for the target toddler audience.

HB: 978 0 85763 087 2 PB: 978 0 85763 094 0 BB: 978 0 85763 099 5

HB: 978 0 85763 080 3 PB: 978 0 85763 081 0 BB: 978 0 85763 140 4

Digger Dog William Bee Illustrated by Cecilia Johansson Diggers, dogs and a rhythmic text that dances off the tongue, this vibrant picture book is destined to become a bedtime favourite and features a fantastic foldout surprise at the end.

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Age: 2+ Price: £10.99 HB/£7.99 PB Extent: 36pp Format: 250 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 128 2 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 129 9 Author location: Suffolk Illustrator location: Stockholm See p32 and p60

Age: 2+ Price: £10.99 HB/ £6.99 PB/£5.99 BB Extent: 32pp HB/PB; 26pp BB Format: 290mm x 230mm HB/PB; 184 x 148mm BB Author location: South Wales See p8 and p59

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Guinea Pig Party Holly Surplice A winning combination of rhyming text, popular pets and pictures that will make toddlers chuckle, while encouraging their counting skills.

Age: 2+ Price: £9.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp Format: 230 x 250mm HB / 250 x 250 mm PB HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 086 5 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 088 9 Author location: Oxfordshire See p19

The Baby That Roared!

Simon Puttock Illustrated by Nadia Shireen An energetically illustrated picture book for anyone who’s ever suspected their baby sibling might be a little monster!

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 250 x 270mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 018 6 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 019 3 Author location: Edinburgh Illustrator location: London

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Open Very Carefully Nick Bromley Illustrated by Nicola O’Byrne An energetic picture book about the chaos created by a cranky crocodile as he tries to free himself from the confines of a book – full of fun and fantastic for sharing.

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp Format: 290 x 230mm HB ISBN: 978 085763 047 6 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 084 1 Author location: Oxford Illustrator location: Cambridge See p9, p47 and p60

Troll Swap Leigh Hodgkinson A warm, witty tale in which a tidy troll (Timothy Limpet) and a loud loopy girl (Tabitha Lumpet) swap families to discover that the grass isn’t always greener…

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Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 290 x 230mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 162 6 • PB ISBN: 978 085763 163 3 Author location: Sussex See p20, p27 and p60

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Goldilocks and Just the One Bear Leigh Hodgkinson What happened when Goldilocks and Baby Bear grew up? Find out in this funny, gorgeously designed sequel to a popular fairy tale. This is a book to treasure, and a story to read over and over again.

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp plus ends • Format: 290 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 043 8 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 044 5 Author location: Sussex See p60

The Princess and the Peas Caryl Hart Illustrated by Sarah Warburton Perfect for all little princesses (or princes) who don’t like to eat their greens, this beautifully illustrated, wittily told rhyming take on a classic fairy tale is a joy to read aloud.

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp plus ends • Format: 290 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 107 7 • PB ISBN: 978 085763 108 4 Author location: Peak District Illustrator location: Bristol See p59

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Hubble Bubble picture book series Tracey Corderoy • Illustrated by Joe Berger The charming combination of a 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.

HB: 978 0 85763 130 5 PB: 978 0 85763 131 2

Spells-a-popping!

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HB: 978 0 85763 220 3 PB:s 978 0 85763 221 0 September 2013

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 290 x 230mm Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: Bristol See p48, p59 and p60

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Weasels Elys Dolan A highly original, laugh-out-loud funny debut about what weasels really get up to (they plot world domination…).

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 294 x 294mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 199 2 Author location: Cambridge See p21

Zac and Zeb and the Make Believe Party Sarah Massini Two irresistible new characters turning everyday activity into imaginative adventures.

Age: 2+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 270 x 250mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 085 8 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 091 9 Author location: Sussex

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten Alison Murray With sparkly glitter on every page, this tactile treat from a new picture book talent follows Princess Penelope’s search for her mischievous kitten.

Age: 3+ Price: £9.99 HB• Extent: 32pp Format: 250 x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 231 9 Author location: Scotland See p54

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Steven Lenton After one bungled crime too many, a pair of hapless, hopeless hounds decide to make a radical career change, proving that while crime doesn’t pay, cupcakes do!

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Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 290 x 230mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 145 9 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 146 6 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: London See p23 and p60

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Just Right for Two Tracey Corderoy Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

An uplifting fable in which Dog discovers that life is much more fulfilling and fun when shared with a friend.

Age: 2+ Price: £10.99 HB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 250 x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 176 3 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location:York See p33

Just Right for Christmas Birdie Black Illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw A lovingly told tale celebrating the joy of giving. The cheering art and sparkly foiled jacket give this soon-to-be Christmas classic instant child-appeal.

Age: 3+ Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp • Format: 250 x 270mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 030 8 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 136 7 Author location: London Illustrator location: York See p60

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS PICTURE Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish Rebecca Harry Featuring a cute, kindly bunny and flurry of foil of every spread, this paperback edition of a soon-to-be Christmas classic is an ideal seasonal gift.

Age: 2+ Price: £12.99 HB/£7.99 PB • Extent: 32pp plus ends Format: 250 x 270mm HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 125 1 • PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 233 3 Illustrator location: Cardiff See p53 and p60

Because I Love You

Age: 2+ Price: £12.99 HB Extent: 32pp Format: 250mm x 270mm ISBN: 978 0 85763 236 4 Author location: Norfolk Illustrator location: Cardiff See p52

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It’s bedtime for Little Bear but as his mummy tucks him in, he wonders if he’s had enough love that day. Packed with painterly detail and adorable characters, this is destined to become a firm family favourite.

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David Bedford Illustrated by Rebecca Harry

ACTIVITY/FICTION NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS Mega Mash-Up series Nikalas Catlow & Tim Wesson Is it a story book? Is it a doodle book? No, it’s both! Featuring stories involving crazy characters and settings that are perennially popular with boys, this series also offers oodles of opportunities for readers to make their own mark by adding to the illustrations.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 001 8

ISBN: 978 0 85763 008 7

ISBN: 978 0 85763 009 4

ISBN: 978 0 85763 010 0

ISBN: 978 0 85763 103 9

ISBN: 978 0 85763 123 7 February 2013

Age: 6+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 96pp Format: 210 x 148mm Authors’ location: London and Suffolk See p11 and p93

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS ACTIVITY/FICTION PICTURE Magical Mix-Ups series Marnie Edwards • Illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson This sensational sister series to the acclaimed Mega Mash-Up books invites readers to make magical mayhem in the muddled-up land of Mixtopia. Featuring feisty female characters and fabulous themes and settings, readers can both enjoy the stories and contribute their own unique illustrations and designs.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 104 6

ISBN: 978 0 85763 122 0

Age: 6+ Birthdays and Bridesmaids/Friends and Fashion Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 96pp • Format: 210mm X 148mm Pets and Parties Price: £7.99 PB • Extent: 96pp • Format: 297mm x 210mm

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ISBN: 978 0 85763 189 3 April 2013

Author location: London Illustrator location: Surrey See p22 and p93

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS Zoe’s Rescue Zoo series Amelia Cobb • Illustrated by Sophy Williams Highly collectible new series featuring a go-getting central character, talking animals, compelling storylines and evocative illustrations.

When Great-Uncle Horace brings back lost and homeless animals from his travels around the globe, it falls to Zoe to settle them into their rescue zoo. Not only does she have a tremendous talent for this, but she also can understand what they say and even talk to them (but that’s a secret)!

ISBN: 978 0 85763 197 8 August 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 205 0 August 2013

Age 5+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp Format: B-format See p38, p39 and p55

ISBN: 978 0 85763 216 6 October 2013

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS FICTION PICTURE The Rescue Princesses series Paula Harrison This sparkling series for 7+ year-olds is a winning combination of plucky princesses, animals in danger and magic jewels.

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ISBN: 978 0 85763 097 1

ISBN: 978 0 85763 101 5

ISBN: 978 0 85763 109 1

ISBN: 978 0 85763 116 9

ISBN: 978 0 85763 141 1 January 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 157 2 March 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 164 0 May 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 271 5

ISBN: 978 0 85763 172 5

June 2013

July 2013

Age 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 128pp • Format: B-format Animals in Danger • Price: £7.99 PB • Extent: 384pp • Format: B-format Author location: Milton Keynes See p5, p16, p25, p30, p34, p50 and p92

ISBN: 978 0 85763 191 6 September 2013

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS Vulgar the Viking series Odin Redbeard • Illustrated by Sarah Horne Fiercely funny, accessible new series that’s perfectly pitched for 7+ year-olds with a thirst for madcap thrills, spills and hilarious heroes.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 056 8

ISBN: 978 0 85763 058 2

ISBN: 978 0 85763 0 60 5

ISBN: 978 0 85763 062 9 February 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 203 6 May 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 218 0 August 2013

Age 7+ Price: £4.99 PB • Extent: 96pp • Format: B-format Author location: Scotland See p10, p24, p40 and p92

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS FICTION PICTURE The Grunts series Philip Ardagh • Illustrated by Axel Scheffler This quirkily comic series by multi-award-winning Philip Ardagh and Axel Scheffler is packed with ingeniously implausible adventures, larger-than-life characters and all manner of disgusting delights – The Twits for a new generation!

HB: 978 0 85763 071 1

HB: 978 0 85763 069 8 PB: 978 0 85763 272 2

Age: 7+ Format: 189 x 129mm The Grunts in Trouble Price: £7.99 HB/ £5.99 PB Extent: 272pp The Grunts All at Sea Price: £8.99 HB Extent: 304pp Author location: Kent Illustrator location: London See p28, p29, p91 and p93

Hubble Bubble fiction The Glorious Granny Bake Off Tracy Corderoy • Illustrated by Joe Berger

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A fabulous new series of first fiction titles about a little girl and her rather unusual granny (she’s an actual witch!) from the creators of the highly-acclaimed Hubble Bubble picture books.

Age: 6+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: TBC Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 222 7 Author location: Gloucestershire Illustrator location: Bristol See p49

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS Baby Aliens Got My Teacher Pamela Butchart Laugh-out-loud funny debut that captures the craziness of primary school, where (of course!) your teacher might just be an alien and your best friend is frightened of peas.

Age: 7+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent 128pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 237 1 Author location: Dundee See p41

Danny Danger series Adam Frost Funny, fast-paced adventures packed with villainous villains, gadgets galore and awesome illustrations.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 017 9 Age: 9+ Price: £5.99 PB • Extent: 277pp/256pp Format: B-format Author location: London

ISBN: 978 0 85763 029 2

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS FICTION PICTURE Space Pirates series Jim Ladd Illustrated by Benji Davies A new series of epic inter-planetary adventures packed with piratical exploits, swashbuckling space beings and duels to the death (with the odd space-shanty thrown in for good measure!).

ISBN: 978 0 85763 154 1 July 2013

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ISBN: 978 0 85763 211 1 October 2013

Age 8+ Price: ÂŁ5.99 PB Extent: 128pp Format: B-format Author location: Planet X See p35 and p56

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS My Best Friend and Other Enemies My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters Catherine Wilkins Friendships, fallings-out, plus a plucky heroine with a talent for creating comics, this side-splittingly funny sequence of novels is sure to strike a chord with 9+ year-olds.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 095 7

ISBN: 978 0 85763 159 6 September 2013

Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 208pp/ TBC Format: B-format Author location: London See p51

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS FICTION PICTURE Faerie Tribes series Paula Harrison New series of fantastical quest-driven epics in which Laney discovers she has magical powers, and must use her newfound skills to hold the faerie world together.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 201 2 May 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 209 8 August 2013

Tiger Thief Michaela Clarke

A beautifully told debut in which Sharat embarks on a perilous quest to find his beloved lost tiger. Packed with adventure, intrigue, magic and myth.

Age: 8+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 352pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 137 4 Author location: London See p31

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Age 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 224pp Format: B-format Author location: Milton Keynes See p26 and p42

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS Dear Scarlett Fleur Hitchcock Suspense, spies, secrets and friendship: this is a gripping, beautifully written novel by a new talent, and ideal for pre-teen girl readers.

Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 272pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 150 3 Author location: London See p12

The Secret Hen House Theatre Helen Peters Shortlisted for the 2013 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, this is a moving, character-rich debut about friendship, secrets and family life.

Age 10+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 320pp Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0 85763 065 0 Author location: London

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS FICTION PICTURE Olivia series Lyn Gardner A sparkling mix of circus performance, family saga and school story, written by the theatre critic for The Guardian.

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ISBN: 978 0 85763 016 2

ISBN: 978 0 85763 025 4

ISBN: 978 0 85763 026 1

ISBN: 978 0 85763 134 3

ISBN: 978 0 85763 152 7 March 2013

ISBN: 978 0 85763 207 4 July 2013

Age 9+ Price: £5.99/£6.99 PB • Extent: 256pp/ 272pp • Format: B-format Author location: London See p17 and p36

ISBN: 978 0 85763 048 3

NOVELTY PICTURE FICTION BOOKS Small Blue Thing trilogy S.C. Ransom Love, death, memory, betrayal... the highly acclaimed Small Blue Thing trilogy is a lyrically told epic, offering an inventive twist on the paranormal romance genre.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 000 1

ISBN: 978 0 85763 012 4

ISBN: 978 0 85763 013 1

Age 11+ Price: £6.99 PB • Extent: 320pp/ 288pp • Format: B-format Author location: Surrey

Twelve Minutes to Midnight Shadows of the Silver Screen Christopher Edge A thrilling sequence of spine-tingling historical novels packed with period detail, page-turning intrigue and cinematic scope.

Age 10+ Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 256pp Format: B-format Author location: Gloucestershire See p6

ISBN: 978 0 85763 050 6

ISBN: 978 0 85763 052 0 January 2013

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NOVELTYBOOKS BOOKS APPS PICTURE As well as publishing books, we make award-winning, highly interactive apps for tablets, smart phones and other touchscreen devices. These are specially created to take advantage of the devices to tell stories and provide information to children in new and engaging ways.

Below is an overview of our apps. Please visit www.nosycrow.com/apps for further information.

3-D Fairy Tales Illustrated and animated by Ed Bryan

The Three Little Pigs

Cinderella

Little Red Riding Hood

‘A masterpiece’ The Huffington Post

‘Sophisticated’ BBC Radio

New for 2013

The Three Little Pigs Age: 3+ Price: $5.99/£3.99/€4.99 Available

Cinderella Age: 3+ Price: $5.99/£3.99/€4.99 Available

Little Red Riding Hood Age: 3+ Price: $7.99/£5.49/€5.99 March 2013

Bizzy Bear Story Books Illustrated by Benji Davies

Bizzy Bear On the Farm

Bizzy Bear Builds a House Age: 2+ Price: $3.99/£2.49/€2.99 Bizzy Bear On the Farm: Available Bizzy Bear Builds a House: Available

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‘Charming’ Digital Storytime

‘Extraordinary’ www.apps4kids.net

NOVELTY PICTURE BOOKS APPS Rhyming Stories Animal SnApp: Farm Illustrated by Axel Scheffler Age: 2+ • Price: $5.99/£3.99/€4.99 Available

‘Simply magical’ Digital Storytime

Games Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Pip and Posy: Fun and Games

The Grunts: Beard of Bees Narrated by Philip Ardagh Pip and Posy: Fun and Games Age: 2+ Price: $2.99/£1.99/€2.39 Available The Grunts: Beard of Bees Age: 5+ • Price: free Available

‘Charming’ Padgadget

‘Top notch’ Padgadget

Rounds non-fiction Emma Tranter • Illustrated by Barry Tranter

Franklin Frog

Parker Penguin Age: 3+ Price: $3.99/£2.49/€2.99 Available

‘Fabulous’ USA Today

‘Delightful’ The Guardian

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EXTRA RESOURCES The following free point-of-sale and activity material is available for UK customers to order from GBS. Visit www.nosycrow.com to see inside all our board and picture books, and to read the first chapter of each of our fiction titles.

Pip and Posy standee ISBN: 978 0 85763 143 5

Axel Scheffler’s Real life stories with real heart! www.wo rldo f pipandpo s y.c o m

To find out more about using our Pip and Posy costume at your event, or to request Pip and Posy stickers and balloons, email publicity@nosycrow.com.

The Rescue Princesses activity pack ISBN: 978 0 85763 188 6 Contains: • Event information sheet • Poster to advertise an in-store activity event • Queenly character quiz • Sheet of forty stickers • Two colouring-in sheets

Vulgar the Viking activity pack ISBN: 978 0 85763 187 9 Contains: • Event information sheet • Poster to advertise an in-store event • Viking fact sheet • Rock Cake recipe sheet • Sheet of forty stickers • ‘Decorate a Viking shield’ activity sheet 92

EXTRA RESOURCES Magical Mix-Ups badges Two magical designs supplied in packs of 20.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 186 2

Mega Mash-Up badges Five mega designs supplied in packs of 25.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 185 5 Mega Mash-Up activity leaflet/poster A5 activity leaflet that folds out into an A3 poster.

Supplied in packs of 25.

ISBN: 978 0 85763 184 8

The Grunts standee ISBN: 978 0 85763 182 4

w w w. m eet t h eg ru n t s. c o m

The Grunts activity pack ISBN: 978 0 85763 183 1 Contains: • Event information sheet • Poster to advertise an in-store activity event • Beard of Bees mask activity sheet • ‘Pin-the-tail on the Donkeys’ game sheet • Character quiz sheet • 25 x badges • 25 x postcards The Grunts A3 poster ISBN: 978 0 85763 190 9

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INDEX Index of titles and series Animal SnApp: Farm

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Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm

43, 65

Baby Aliens Got My Teacher

41, 83

Baby and Me

13, 64

Because I Love You

52, 76

Bizzy Bear Builds a House storybook app

90

Bizzy Bear Fire Rescue

2, 63

90

Magical Mix-Ups series

78

Magical Mix-Ups: Pets and Parties

22, 78

Magical Mix-Ups badges

93

Mega Mash-Up: Cowboys v Trolls in the Arctic

8, 77

Mega- Mash Up series

77

Mega Mash-Up point of sale

93

Bizzy Bear On the Farm storybook app

90

My Best Friend and Other Enemies 85

Bizzy Bear Pirate Adventure

2, 63

My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters 51, 85

Bizzy Bear series

63

Noodle Loves the Zoo

7, 61

Books Always Everywhere

14, 59, 67

Noodle Loves the Park

7, 61

Cinderella 3-D Fairy Tale app

90

Noodle series

61

Danny Danger series

83

Olivia’s Curtain Call

36, 88

Dear Scarlett

12, 87

Olivia and the Great Escape

17, 88

Digger Dog

32, 60, 68

Olivia series

88

Dinosaur Dig!

59, 68

Open Very Carefully

9, 47, 60, 70

Dinosaur Zoom!

8, 68

Parker Penguin app

91

Faerie Tribes series

86

Pip and Posy: Fun and Games app 91

Faerie Tribes: The Crystal Mirror

26, 86

Pip and Posy point of sale

92

Faerie Tribes: The Wildwood Arrow 42, 86

Pip and Posy series

66

Franklin Frog app

Pip and Posy: The Bedtime Frog

45, 66

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear 59, 71

Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle

3, 59, 66

Guinea Pig Party

19, 59, 69

Pip and Posy: The Scary Monster

44, 60, 66

Hubble Bubble fiction: The Glorious Granny Bake Off

Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter

3, 59, 66

49, 82

Playbook Pirates

46, 65

Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble!

59, 72

Playbook series

65

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Hubble Bubble picture book series 72

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Little Red Riding Hood 3-D Fairy Tale app

Icky Sticky Monster

64

Princess Penelope and the Runaway Kitten

54, 74

Just Right for Christmas

60, 75

Rounds non-fiction apps

91

Just Right for Two

33, 60, 75

Shadows of the Silver Screen

6, 89

Littleland

15, 67

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

23, 60, 74

INDEX Small Blue Thing trilogy

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Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish

53, 60, 76

Space Pirates series

84

Space Pirates: Stowaway!

35, 84

Space Pirates: Stranded!

56, 84

Tiny Tabs: Little Bubba looks for his elephant! 37, 62 Tiny Tabs: Pookie Pop plays hide and seek!

37, 62

Tiny Tabs series

62

Spells-a-Popping! Granny’s Shopping! 48, 72

Tiny Tabs: Teeny Weeny looks for his mummy! 18, 62

Stories Aloud audio readings

58, 59, 60

Troll Swap

20, 27, 60, 70

The Baby That Roared

69

Twelve Minutes to Midnight

89

The Grunts All at Sea

29, 82

Vulgar the Viking activity packs

94

The Grunts: Beard of Bees game app 91 The Grunts In Trouble

28, 82

The Grunts Point of Sale

93

The Grunts series

82

The Princess and the Peas

4, 59, 71

Vulgar the Viking and a Midsummer Night’s Dream 24, 81 Vulgar the Viking and the Battle of Burp

40, 81

Vulgar the Viking and the Terrible Talent Show

10, 81

The Rescue Princesses activity packs 92

Vulgar the Viking series

81

The Rescue Princesses: Animals in Danger

Weasels

21, 73

30, 80

Whizz, Pop, Granny Stop!

72

The Rescue Princesses: The Lost Gold

25, 80

Zac and Zeb and the Make Believe Party

73

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo series

79

The Rescue Princesses: The Magic Rings

16, 80

The Rescue Princesses series

80

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo: The Lonely Lion Cub

38, 79

The Rescue Princesses: The Shimmering Stone

34, 80

The Rescue Princesses: The Silver Locket

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo: The Playful Panda

55, 79

50, 80

The Rescue Princesses: The Snow Jewel

Zoe’s Rescue Zoo: The Puzzled Penguin

39, 79

5, 80

The Secret Hen House Theatre

87

The Three Little Pigs 3-D Fairy Tale app

90

Tiger Thief

31, 86

Tiny Tabs: Bunny Boo has lost her teddy!

18, 62

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Ardagh, Philip

28, 29, 82, 91

Ho, Jannie

18, 37, 62

Beardshaw, Rosalind

33, 60, 74, 75

Hodgkinson, Leigh

20, 22, 27, 59, 60, 70, 71,

Bedford, David

52, 76

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Bee, William

32, 60, 68

Horne, Sarah

10, 24, 40, 81

Berger, Joe

48, 49, 59, 60, 72, 82

Johansson, Cecilia

32, 60, 68

Billet, Marion

7, 15, 61, 67

Ladd, Jim

35, 56, 84

Black, Birdie

60, 75

Lenton, Stephen

23, 60, 74

Blatt, Jane

14, 59, 67

Lodge, Jo

64

Bromley, Nick

9, 47, 60, 70

Massini, Sarah

14, 59, 67, 73

Bryan, Ed

90

Murray, Alison

54, 74

Butchart, Pamela

41, 83

O’Byrne, Nicola

9, 47, 60, 70

Catlow, Nikalas

11, 77

Peters, Helen

87

Clarke, Michaela

31, 86

Puttock, Simon

69

Cobb, Amelia

38, 39, 55, 79

Ransom, S.C.

89

Corderoy, Tracey

23, 33, 48, 49, 59, 60, 72,

Redbeard, Odin

10, 24, 40, 81

74, 75, 82

Scheffler, Axel

3, 28, 29, 43, 44, 45, 59,

Dale, Penny

8, 59, 68

60, 65, 66, 82, 91

Davies, Benji

2, 35, 56, 63, 84, 90

Shireen, Nadia

69

Dodd, Emma

13, 64

Surplice, Holly

19, 59, 69

Dolan, Elys

21, 73

Teckentrup, Britta

46, 65

Edge, Christopher

6, 89

Tranter, Barry

91

Edwards, Marnie

22, 78

Tranter, Emma

91

Fletcher, Corina

46, 65

Warburton, Sarah

4, 59, 71

Frost, Adam

83

Wesson, Tim

11, 77

Gardner, Lynn

17, 36, 88

Wilkins, Catherine

51, 85

Harrison, Paula

5, 16, 25, 26, 30, 34, 42,

Williams, Sophy

38, 39, 55, 79

50, 80, 86

Harry, Rebecca

52, 53, 60, 76

Hart, Caryl

4, 59, 71

Hitchcock, Fleur

12, 87

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