MAY

Look, it’s . . . series

Roar Roar Lion Moo Moo Cow

Camilla Reid • Illustrated by Clare Youngs

An exciting new multi-novelty series featuring tuggable felt flaps, decorative foil highlights and a surprise mirror ending.

All preschoolers will adore the friendly animals with their high-contrast, collage artwork style and signature noises – but there's also a tiny creature to find behind a felt flap on each spread, too! With a final ‘recap’ animal noises page, and the question, ‘But what noise do YOU make?’, little readers can lift the last flap . . . and say ‘hello’ to themselves in the surprise mirror!

978 1 83994 369 0

6 months+ • £7.99 • 12pp 190 x 165mm Cased board book with felt flaps, foil and mirror Author location: Oxfordshire, UK Illustrator location: Kent, UK 978 1 83994 368 3

Coming in September! Twit Twoo Owl and Woof Woof Dog (p. 103)

Also available (p. 142)

Where’s Baby Chick?Where’s Baby Chick? Felt flaps and a mirror !

Felt Flaps series

Where’s Mr Digger?

Illustrated by Ingela P Arrhenius

A brilliant vehicle-themed addition to the must-have novelty series featuring bright felt flaps and a surprise mirror ending.

6 months+ • £6.99 • 12pp • 180 x 180mm Cased board book with felt flaps and mirror ending ISBN: 978 1 78800 666 8 Illustrator location: Stockholm, Sweden As all parents know, lift-the-flap books are a brilliant way to draw tiny readers into a book. But, as those same parents will tell you, card flaps can suffer in the hands of an enthusiastic toddler! And that’s why they love the Felt Flaps series: they’re beautiful, interactive, AND amazingly durable.

Coming soon! Mrs Ladybird Buggy Book in June (p. 63) Frida Kahlo in July (p. 77) Mr Snowman in October (p. 119)

Over 4 million Felt Flaps books sold worldwide!

100 Words series

100 First Words: Nature

Illustrated by Edward Underwood

A beautiful first words book for toddlers.

With friendly characters and clever card flaps, this beautiful title has a wit and charm that sets it apart from other first word books. Informative and engaging, this is the perfect introduction to the natural world for little ones. Includes a final seasons spread to prompt discussions about weather and life-cycles.

9 months+ • £12.99 • 16pp 290 x 240mm Cased board book with flaps ISBN: 978 1 78800 998 0 Illustrator location: Sussex, UK

Also available (p. 141)

This is NOT a Dinosaur!

Barry Timms • Illustrated by Ged Adamson

Fantastically funny follow-up to This is NOT a Unicorn! with neon ink throughout.

Get ready for a magical and hilarious adventure about the most fantastic dinosaur EVER!

This book is NOT about a dinosaur! Well . . . OK, maybe it is! But THIS dinosaur can become the most amazing things – a footballer, pirate, magician and even a hairdresser! Join the adventure and prepare to be amazed by your brilliant new friend. With wonderful wordplay and a funny and sweet friendship at its heart, this is a dinosaur book NOT to be missed!

Stories Aloud

p.2 3+ • £12.99 HB / £6.99 PB 32pp • 270 x 270mm HB: 978 1 83994 494 9 PB: 978 1 83994 495 6 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: London, UK

Also available (p. 180)

When I Became Your Grandad

Susannah Shane • Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup

A heart-warming picture book about the love between grandfathers and grandchildren – with gold foil on every page!

For one little lion cub, days spent with Grandad are always the best days of all. From playing in the golden grass to watching a rainbow and snuggling up as night falls, Grandad is there to share, play, help and cuddle. With a beautifully reassuring, rhyming text and stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup, this picture book makes the perfect gift for Father's Day.

When I Became Your Grandad When I Became

Your Grandad

2+ • £12.99 • 24pp 250 x 250mm Hardback ISBN: 978 1 83994 445 1 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: Berlin, Germany

Susannah Shane Britta Teckentrup

Also available (p. 178)

Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush

Patrice Lawrence • Illustrated by Camilla Sucre Stories Aloud

p.2

This heart-warming debut picture book from multi-award-winning author Patrice Lawrence will help ensure that the struggles and achievements of the Windrush generation are never forgotten.

GRANNY CAME HERE ON THE EMPIRE WINDRUSH

Granny Granny Came Here Came Here on the on the Empire Empire Windrush Windrush

3+ • £12.99 HB / £7.99 PB • 32pp 290 x 250mm HB: 978 1 78800 814 3 PB: 978 1 83994 231 0 Author location: St Leonards, UK Illustrator location: Maryland, USA

PATRICE LAWRENCE

Illustrated by Camilla Sucre

Ava must dress as an inspirational figure for assembly at school, but who should she choose? Granny suggests famous figures such as Winifred Atwell and Rosa Parks but when Granny begins to share her own history, and how she first came to England on the Empire Windrush, Ava swiftly realises that there is a hero close to home that she wants to celebrate more than anyone – her own brave and beloved granny.

Great Elizabethans

HM Queen Elizabeth II and 25 Amazing Britons From Her Reign

Imogen Russell Williams • Illustarted by Sara Mulvanny

The incredible history of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, told through the enthralling life stories of 25 amazing people who have called Britain home.

The reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II has been long and eventful. Over the past 70 years, Great Britain has seen incredible changes in the ways we live, think and feel, shaped by the inspiring people who were born in Britain or arrived on its shores.

As we approach the Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, learn about the Queen’s life and some of these amazing history-makers.

‘This illustrated volume of 50 lively and engaging biographies demonstrates the breadth of precious contributors to our Britishness’ The Sunday Times on Great Britons

7+ • £9.99 • 64pp • 290 x 250mm Paperback ISBN: 978 1 83994 639 4 Author location: London, UK Illustrator location: Surrey, UK

How to Be series

How to be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs

Dr Punam Krishan • Illustrated by Sol Linero

A fascinating and timely introduction to medical jobs, written by family doctor and TV presenter Dr Punam Krishan.

6+ • £11.99 HB / £6.99 PB • 32pp 290 x 230mm HB: 978 1 83994 170 2 PB: 978 1 83994 232 7 Author location: Glasgow, UK Illustrator location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Learn all about doctors and what it takes to become one, from studying at medical school to mastering the skills of surgery. Children can also discover what other life-saving jobs there are, including virologists, public health workers, midwives, psychiatrists, physiotherapists and more.

Also available (p. 187)

Writes of Passage

Words To Read Before You Turn 13

Selected by Nicolette Jones

An inspiring, accessible and powerful collection of words that matter, Writes of Passage is a beautiful gift book that will be treasured forever.

9+ • £12.99 • 160pp Unjacketed hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 978 1 78800 502 9 Author location: London, UK A collection of 100 pieces of writing – poems, prose, letters, speeches, song lyrics, quotations and more – from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman and from John Donne to Oliver Jeffers, which are in turn powerful, funny, moving, wise and thought-provoking, expertly selected and with accessible, thoughtful commentary by Nicolette Jones, children’s book critic for The Sunday Times.

from THE LITTLE PRINCE

All grown-ups were once children . . . but only few of them remember it.

Antoine de Saint-Exupe´ ry

from TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE

How wonderful is it that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!

Anne Frank

Princess Minna series

The Enchanted Forest The Unicorn Mix-Up

Kirsty Applebaum • Illustrated by Sahar Haghgoo

Coming in October! The Big Bad Snowy Day (p. 133)

A fresh and cheerful new chapter book series with full colour illustrations! These short, funny stories are perfect for visual readers and those just moving on from picture books.

Princess Minna is very good at lots of things. She's good at taming unicorns, kissing frogs, and fighting dragons. Princess Minna always saves the day, though she is often in great peril and gets very grubby. And she's always helped out by her excellent friends. This is a fresh and funny take on what a princess should be and who is allowed to have adventures. Turns out, EVERYONE'S allowed to have adventures!

PB: 978 1 78800 953 9 EB: 978 1 78800 954 6 PB: 978 1 78800 975 1 EB: 978 1 78800 976 8

4+ • £6.99 • 96pp B-format paperback Author location: Winchester, UK Illustrator location: London, UK

The Insiders

Cath Howe

A moving, contemporary story of friendship and family from the highly-acclaimed author of Ella on the Outside.

9+ • £7.99 • 256pp • B-format paperback PB: 978 1 78800 612 5 EB: 978 1 78800 613 2 Author location: London, UK

Also available (p. 211) Callie, Ted, Zara, and Nico are best friends – more than friends; they’re like family to each other. But Ted has stopped talking to everyone and won’t spend time with the rest of the gang anymore. And when Callie, Zara and Nico discover that someone has been living in their school – and sleeping in the building at night – they decide to get to the bottom of it.