FEBRUARY

Peekaboo series

Peekaboo Chick

Camilla Reid • Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

A vibrant, interactive peekaboo board book series that little ones won’t be able to resist!

Easy-to-use peekaboo sliders, super-cute faces and a surprise mirror ending combine in this stylish interactive board book for babies and toddlers! With a total of 10 ingenious mechanisms to push, pull or turn on every spread. Connecting with faces and playing peekaboo is one of the first games that babies play and it's why the very youngest of children will love this adorable book – and want to read it again and again.

6 months+ • £7.99 • 10pp • 180 x 180mm Board book with 10 sliders and mirror ISBN: 978 1 83994 266 2 Author location: Oxfordshire, UK Illustrator location: Stockholm, Sweden ‘A real winner of a board book’ BookTrust

Also available (p. 144)

Sing Along With Me! series

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Illustrated by Yu-hsuan Huang

A sing-along board book story that little ones will love!

This bright slider board book bursts with energy and cheering illustrations. With five slider mechanisms, and both an instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme – simply scan the QR code for little ones to listen and sing along!

Coming in November! Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (p. 135)

9 months+ • £6.99 • 10pp • 180 x 180mm Board book with sliders ISBN: 978 1 83994 269 3 Illustrator location: Taichung City, Taiwan

17 titles in the series! See more (p. 153)

Meekoo series

Meekoo and the Muddy Farm

Camilla Reid • Illustrated by Nicola Slater

Adorable sound-button story perfect for sharing in springtime!

At the farm, Meekoo hears the chugging tractor and feeds the thirsty lamb, then it’s off to the field to see the mooing cows!

All toddlers will enjoy seeing Meekoo fall over in the sticky mud – and hear the squishy sound they make! A funny introduction to the farm, with five sound-buttons to push and a gentle lesson about resilience.

Also available (p. 152)

1+ • £9.99 • 10pp • 200 x 200mm Board book with sound chips ISBN: 978 1 83994 365 2 Author location: Oxfordshire, UK Illustrator location: Cheshire, UK

Frank and Bert

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

A hilarious new picture book from the author of The Suitcase, with neon ink throughout.

Stories Aloud

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Frank and Bert Frank and Bert

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

3+ • £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB • 32pp 270 x 270mm HB: 978 1 78800 840 2 PB: 978 1 78800 841 9 Author/Illustrator location: Solignac, France Frank and Bert are the best of friends and they LOVE to play hide-and-seek. But Bert the bear isn’t quite as good at hiding as he thinks he is . . . and Frank ALWAYS wins! Every. Single. Time. But when it’s Bert’s turn to hide, and Frank has to decide between winning again OR making his friend happy, Frank learns that friendship is always the true winner.'

Praise for The Suitcase ‘A simple, powerful way to introduce the idea of kindness to strangers to young children.’ Axel Scheffler

‘One of the most empathetic children’s books ever published.’ The New Statesman

Also available (p. 174)

When I Became Your Granny

Susannah Shane • Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

A heart-warming story about the love between grandmothers and grandchildren – with silver foil on every page!

2+ • £12.99 • 24pp • 250 x 250mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 83994 446 8 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: Berlin, Germany A beautiful, reassuring picture book about the love between a grandmother and her grandchild. Whether munching on bamboo, playing in the leaves, sheltering from a snowstorm, or snuggling down at bedtime, there’s nothing this panda cub loves more than days spent with Granny. With gorgeous artwork from award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup, this is the perfect gift for Mother's Day and will soon become a bedtime favourite.

Coming in May! When I Became Your Grandad (p. 54)

101 Stickers! series

Stone Age

Illustrated by Sophie Beer

An exciting series where you can explore ancient history and fill your own museum with stickers!

Add mammoths to forests, fill caves with people, and much, much more! Then visit an archaeological dig to uncover amazing artefacts, before curating your very own museum exhibit with real-life photographic object stickers from the British Museum’s collection.

3+ • £5.99 • 24pp plus 8pp stickers 300 x 220mm Paperback ISBN: 978 1 78800 807 5 Illustrator location: Queensland, Australia

Also available (p. 185)

So You Think You’ve Got it Bad? series

A Kid's Life in Prehistoric Times

Chae Strathie • Illustrated by Marisa Morea

A hilarious and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

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A kid's life in prehistoric times might sound like fun, what with all those woolly mammoths and massive stone circles, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard. In this hilarious book, written by award-winning author Chae Strathie, children will learn just how tough life really was, from living in a cave and hunting wild boar to being forced down mines to collect flint . . . and even eating butter kept in a bog.

7+ • £12.99 HB / £7.99 PB • 64pp • 290 x 217mm HB: 978 1 83994 105 4 PB: 978 1 83994 213 6 Author location: Dundee, Scotland Illustrator location: Madrid, Spain Coming in July! A Kid's Life in a Also available (p. 194) Medieval Castle (p. 82)

How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

Dr Jess French • Illustrated by Angela Keoghan

Now in paperback! Learn how you can save endangered animals and make the world a better place, too!

From beetles and butterflies to jaguars and giraffes, there are so many creatures in danger because of the way we live our lives. In this beautifully illustrated book, children (and adults!) can learn about twelve different habitats and how they can be protected. Filled with little-known facts and plenty of fun, creative ways to help out – collecting rainwater, building insect hotels, packing no-rubbish lunches, reusing paper and much, much more – this is the perfect book for little nature and animal enthusiasts.

7+ • £8.99 • 64pp • 290 x 250mm Paperback ISBN: 978 1 78800 707 8 Author location: Norfolk, UK Illustrator location: Hamilton, New Zealand ‘Vibrant colour illustrations bring our fragile, but beautiful world to life and the message that it is worth protecting is an important one.’ Carousel

Goddess

50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief

Dr Janina Ramirez • Illustrated by Sarah Walsh

A beautifully illustrated, empowering book about 50 female figures who have shaped belief.

Tales of goddesses have been told since the beginning of time and this collection brings together diverse figures from around the world that have played an important role in shaping belief today. Based on original sources and including photographic objects from the British Museum, there are important stories of creation and love, action-packed stories of war and death, and heroic stories of great adventure and strength. Divided into thematic chapters, but connected by female power, this incredible book of goddesses, spirits, demons and witches will empower readers to find strength within themselves.

7+ • £16.99 • 112pp • 290 x 250mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 78800 995 9 Author location: Oxford, UK Illustrator location: Kansas City, USA

Also available (p. 187)

Magnificent Mabel series

Magnificent Mabel and the Very Bad Birthday Party

Ruth Quayle • Illustrated by Julia Christians

A truly hilarious series featuring a one-of-a-kind character: Magnificent Mabel!

Sometimes life isn’t fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she has to invite EVERYONE in her class to her birthday party or she won’t get any presents. And her school packed lunches are AWFUL. And when she goes on holiday she doesn’t get a MINUTE to relax. But none of that matters in the end . . . because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT!

Perfect for early readers, each book has three stories filled with perfectly-observed childfriendly humour, highly relatable themes and stylish illustrations.

5+ • £5.99 • 128pp • B-format Paperback PB: 978 1 83994 047 7 EB: 978 1 83994 048 4 Author location: Buckinghamshire, UK Illustrator location: Germany ‘Marvellously funny and warm-hearted’ BookTrust

Also available (p. 215)

Escape Room

Christopher Edge

The latest mind-blowing novel from award-winning Christopher Edge! Escape Room is a thrilling adventure challenging readers to think about what they’ve done to save the world today.

Arriving at The Escape, eleven-year-old Ami is greeted by the Host and introduced to four other children: Oscar, Ibrahim, Min and Adjoa. The Host informs them that they have been chosen to save the world. This is a live-action ‘escape game’ where they must work together to solve the clues and puzzles they find to discover the Answer before time runs out. With this cryptic instruction ringing in their ears, the Host ushers them into the first of the rooms and then locks the door behind them . . .

9+ • £7.99 • 208pp • B-format Paperback PB: 978 1 78800 796 2 EB: 978 1 78800 795 5 Author location: Gloucestershire, UK

‘A writer of genuine originality’ Guardian

Also available (p. 201)

Unicorn Academy series

Sienna and Sparkle

Julie Sykes • Illustrated by Lucy Truman

Magical, action-packed adventures for young readers, with sparkly holographic covers!

7+ • £5.99 • 112pp B-format Paperback PB: 978 1 78800 986 7 EB: 978 1 78800 987 4 Author location: Cornwall, UK Illustrator location: Derbyshire, UK The search for Unicorn Island’s mysterious treasure is almost coming to an end. But the closer the girls get to it, the more danger they find themselves in. Can they find the Unicorn’s Diamond before it’s too late? And will they do the right thing? It’s a dangerous quest, requiring bravery, skill, and lots of unicorn magic!

20 titles in the series! See more (p. 221)