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BILLIE'S BLANKET
Katie Vernon
3+ | Jan 2027 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
A beautiful, two-tone picture book about losing a blanket but finding comfort in change.
Billie and her orange blankie, Frankie, are inseparable. They play, they go on adventures and they share their dreams and germs together.
One day, Frankie is nowhere to be seen and Billie feels completely lost. Who will she share her dreams and meals with? Who will she play with now?
She looks everywhere for Frankie, her grandmother and parents help her, but Frankie cannot be found. Luckily her grandmother knows just what to do . . .
Katie Vernon is an illustrator and author living in the mountains of Arizona. Her art is infused with lush, handmade textures and vibrant colours. Previous books include Ari Arranges Everything
A VERY BIG WAVE
Tilda Rose
3+ | Apr 2027 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
Whatever you do, don’t climb the big rock…
A stunning and stylish picture book about bad moods, being careful and listening to important warnings!
Piper wants to go pebble collecting at the beach and Panko has woken up in a terrible mood. Their Dad gives them a warning about climbing the big rock and tells them all about The Very Big Wave that can wash them out to sea, but Panko is not interested in listening. He's sure The Very Big Wave doesn't even exist. Someone would have made a sign. Right?
Tilda Rose is a Helsinki-based illustrator. She studied Illustration at the University of Arts in Philadelphia. Her work has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators and Bologna Book Fair.
NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY WITH TIGER
Natalia Yaskina
3+ | May 2027 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
No one wants to play with tiger... right?
Tiger is feeling lonely and sad! He is big and beautiful, but also looks very fierce. He looks so fierce that the other animals are afraid of him and hide whenever he’s around! So one day, he leaves the jungle to search for some friends...
A fun, colourful picture book by the brilliantly quirky Natalia Yaskina. No One Wants to Play With Tiger is a lovely story about learning to ask for what you need and not judging a book by its cover.
Natalia Yaskina, a New York-based illustrator, has over 10 award-winning books published globally. She enjoys sketching, traveling and spending time with her three kids.
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Rights Sold: Catalan, Chinese (Complex), Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish
SEE YOU LATER
April Suddendorf
3+ | Apr 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
A quirky and funny cautionary tale about how the grass (or swamp) is not always greener on the other side!
See you later alligator...
Gary the alligator grows tired of his small, soggy swamp and decides a nearby human house would be far more comfortable and luxurious. How wrong he turns out to be!
This charmingly illustrated picture book is darkly detailed with a humorous ending.
April Suddendorf is an illustrator and author based in Dublin. She studied Communication Design and Media and has a Master's in Children’s and Young Adult Literature.
Rights Sold: French
A FOAL CALLED LUNA
Katie Knutton
3+ | Sept 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
A beautiful story about learning that it's OK to be different and finding the magic within yourself.
Wouldn’t the world be boring if we were all the same?
Luna the foal has tiny hooves, a fluffy tail and she loves to play with her friends in the meadow. But Luna also has something special... Luna has wings.
When Luna realises that she’s different from her friends, her mother and friends help her realise that everyone is different and that’s what makes us special.
Katie Knutton graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from Camberwell College of Arts, London and has worked as a designer and Art Director of children's books for over 15 years.
Rights Sold: German
THE LOST ROBOT
Joe Todd-Stanton
4+ | Mar 2026 | £12.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 40pp
A heart-warming story about a lost, broken robot searching for their place in life, their family and their forever home.
Deep in the heart of a rubbish dump, a little broken robot woke up... Mio can't remember where they came from or how long it's been, but they know they're not meant to be there. They go in search of their memories and the home they once knew, only to discover that everything has changed.
A stunning picture book with a beautiful message about belonging.
Joe Todd-Stanton is a Carnegie Medal winner based in London. His book The Secret of Black Rock won the 2018 Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
Rights Sold: Basque, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Complex), Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Turkish
HOW TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO GROWN UPS - SERIES
Zsofi Lang
7+ | Mar 2027 | £9.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 64pp
A brilliantly funny, comic-style overview of key non-fiction topics for younger readers.
How do you explain ANYTHING to a grown up?!
Learn everything you can about wellloved non-fiction topics in Zsofi Lang’s funny, quick-fact style.
These bite-sized, easily digestible facts are super cool, super easy to understand and (most importantly), super easy to explain to a grown-up...
Zsofi Lang is a Hungarian illustrator living in Brussels. She has been doing live illustration and graphic recording for 10 years and this is her debut book series.
EYE OF THE STORM
Catherine Ard & Rômolo D'Hipólito
7+ | Sep 2026 | £14.99
HB | 290 x 232 mm | 64pp
A beautifully illustrated book about storms, exploring their science, forms in nature and symbolism.
Covering the science, their various forms in nature, the amazing scientists that study them and much more, this is the perfect book for budding scientists, artists and extreme weather enthusiasts.
Cath Ard is a writer and editor with over 20 years’ experience in children’s books, bringing scientific and vocational subject matter to life in an engaging way for toddlers through to tweens.
Rômolo D'Hipólito is a Brazilian artist and illustrator. He is the winner of the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention Award and the 2018 Ibero-America Ilustra Catalog Official Selection.
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Rights sold: Chinese (Complex & Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovenian
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex & Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Italian
Rights sold: French, German, Italian
WATCH ME GROW - SERIES
Sara Forster & Bianca Austria
5+ | Aug 2026 | £10.99
HB | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp
Learn all about the life cycles of different species in this introduction to the natural world.
With colourful illustrations, simple explanations and a clear narrative, this is a fun and informative introduction to the natural world. This series takes the reader on a journey through the life cycles of butterflies, frogs, chickens, and sunflowers, learning about these species grow, feed, and defend themselves.
Sara Forster, a children’s book editor in West Sussex, grew up in the Middle East and South Africa. Sara is a keen scuba diver and loves teaching kids about wildlife and the environment.
Bianca Austria, a Filipina painter and illustrator, loves to create whimsical art inspired by her childhood memories of the Philippines, celebrating her cultural heritage.
ROCKO FEATHERBOTTOM: A CAVE OF DARK
Mark Kort
6+ | March 2027 | £9.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 64pp
The first in a series of brilliantly funny stories about an endearing group of friends.
On the edge of the Deep Forest lives Rockwell Cornelius Featherbottom, known simply to his friends as Rocko. Rocko and Pigg have been working on plans for their glider for weeks, and it's finally ready!
When they test it out, the glider soars high into the sky... and zips and loop-deloops into a dark cave. Rocko and Pigg have no idea what could be in the dark cave, but it looks pretty scary so they go home... But they can't just leave the glider in there, can they?
Mark Kort lives in Toronto, where he has worked in animation roles on a range of children's shows. He has been a long-time fan and dabbler of in various mediums of storytelling.
THE RED WITCH
Violet Kelley
7+ | Apr 2027 | £9.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 64pp
A brilliantly dark and funny twist on Red Riding Hood in graphic novel form for independent readers.
Deep in the woods you can find all kinds of magical things and meet new and unfamiliar creatures.
Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad, and sometimes it’s hard to tell between the two. A young witch named Red is searching for ingredients for a very important potion when she feels her hair stand on end, the forest creatures disappear and all becomes quiet. She meets a rather large wolf...
Violet Kelley grew up in Germany before moving back to England, where she now calls Devon home. She was highly commended by the MacMillan prize for her book The Red Witch.
DETECTIVE STANLEY AND THE TROUBLE ON THE TRAIN
Hannah Tunnicliffe & Erica Harrison
COVER NOT FINAL
6+ | Feb 2027 | £12.99
HB | 279 x 202 mm | 64pp
It's a locomotion commotion! There's treachery on the tracks! Hop on board for Detective Stanley's latest adventure.
Detective Stanley is on his way to Gullon-Sea, via a top-notch train, The Grand Gazelle. It’s all luxury on board: plush furnishings, five-star food and a cabin crew of meerkats to attend to guests’ every need. Detective Stanley can finally relax and enjoy his retirement. But will he get the holiday he deserves? Luckily for readers of the Detective Stanley series, our favourite sleuthhound can't seem to catch a break from mysteries and mayhem!
Hannah Tunnicliffe is the author of several books for kids and adults including bestseller, The Colour of Tea, and trilingual picture book, Marjory and the Mouse.
Erica Harrison is an illustrator and children's book designer from Norfolk, UK. She has a degree in Graphic Arts from Leeds Metropolitan and has been working on children's books ever since.
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Rights sold: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Complex), Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Greek, Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Turkish
FROGGY: MAGICAL FOREST MAYHEM!
Paige Walshe
6+ | July 2027 | £9.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 136pp
When Froggy and his friends wake up from hibernation to find the forest in magical chaos, can they work together to set everything right?
Froggy’s pals are waking up from their winter slumber, but their beautiful forest has been turned into a chaotic, enchanted wilderness. With the weather heating up for spring, Froggy would like to be swimming and frolicking, but he's got a magical mystery to solve.
Who did this to the forest, and how can he put it all back the way it was?
Paige Walshe is an illustrator from Montreal. Her previous work includes Lemons, a 3-part comic published as part of Webtoon's Heart Anthology – a collection of heart-warming stories.
HILDA & TWIG: FIND A SPACE ROCK
Luke Pearson
5+ | Nov 2026 | £12.99
HB | 279 x 202 mm | 56pp
Tag along with Hilda and Twig to solve a stellar mystery in this colourful, cosy comic, perfect for readers of all ages!
Hilda and Twig are enjoying a calm camping trip, spotting shooting stars. But when one of these shooting stars lands in the woods nearby and Hilda insists on taking a piece home, Twig’s going to have to save Hilda from a bit of other-worldly danger…
Rights Sold: Bulgarian, Czech, German, Italian, Polish, Slovak
Luke Pearson is the creator of the Hilda comic book series and writer and co-executive producer of the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animated series of the same name.
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Rights Sold: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, French, Galician, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Spanish
HILDA COMICS REISSUE
Luke Pearson
7+ | Aug 2026 | £10.99 | PB | 225 x 163 mm | 176pp
The original, Eisner, BAFTA and Ringo-award winning series for a new generation, resized to a smaller format.
The original Hilda Comics, sold in 28 languages, are now available separately or in bind-ups at a smaller size: 225 x 163mm. The first bind-up contains books 1-4 in the original series, and the second bind-up contains books 5-6 and extra material. Please enquire about co-edition dates.
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Rights sold: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tartar, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
ZOMBIE QUEST
Bobby English
9+ | Sept 2027 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163mm | 160pp
Peter's supernatural podcast is about to get a whole lot weirder…
Exploring a haunted school for their online podcast, Peter and Mitchell fall into the world of the undead. It's not quite the same as life on the surface, and the resident zombies are friendly but slightly gross. But there's a mystery to be solved down there, and with Mitchell in danger and the lives of the zombie folk in peril from an evil overlord, it's up to Peter to battle through the puzzles of the underworld—with the help of a slightly decaying friend or two.
Bobby English is an author-illustrator based in Columbus, Ohio. He loves to tell stories through his illustrations and create fantastical worlds for his characters to live in.
BAD SPELLING
Tom Dearie
9+ | Jun 2027 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 104pp
Watch out evil sorcerers, giant worms, and mean guys who hangout in secret lairs: a young hero is coming your way!
Yondaland is full of adventure, and though the magical world may be tough, Algernon is not about to let that stop him from exploring as much as he can. He might be Yondaland’s most enthusiastic quester, but he’s not the best at casting spells. Or not getting into trouble for that matter.
Can Algernon find his way through a world where he just can’t quite cast spells the same as everyone else? This fun, adventure-filled comic gently touches on growing up dyslexic.
Tom Dearie is a British cartoonist and illustrator. His short comic F is for Fire won the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Comics and Games in Poland 2021.
A PRETTY GOOD WIZARD
Claire Weber
9+ | Aug 2027 | £10.99
PB | 225 x 163 mm | 136pp
A middle-grade comic about an extraordinary wizard attending an ordinary school, with all the mayhem that ensues!
This wizard goes to school like everybody else, and they struggle, just like everybody does. They just don’t understand why they can’t use a bit of magic to help them save more goals in soccer, and they don’t know why their simple potion causes such a commotion in science class. With more and more teachers and kids demanding that the wizard CHILL OUT on the magic, can they ever find their place with their friends and just be a pretty good wizard in peace?
Claire Weber is an illustrator and visual development artist from New Jersey, now based in LA. She has worked in video games and animation.
LEFT UNREAD
John Moore & Neetols
14+ | May 2027 | £16.99
PB | 225 x 163mm | 240pp
An honest, heart-warming graphic novel that spans a friendship over ten years against the backdrop of the social media boom.
Felix meets Caitlin at a party when they’re kids, and after a rocky start, they reconnect at the same social gathering every year.
But every year they’ve both changed and grown and faced new struggles, and with their friendship extending to social media, they’re under real pressure to be the best versions of themselves for everyone else.
John Moore is a writer from Hertfordshire, UK. Subjects such as grief, mental health, childhood, and family are core themes in his work which he frequently tries to examine with humour.
Neetols (they/them) is a graphic designer and illustrator from Manila, Philippines. They are inspired by classic manga, mid-century packaging design, old gig posters and slice-of-life movies.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MAGIC
Adam Allsuch Boardman
YA | Sept 2026 | £16.99
HB | 245 x 185 mm | 128pp
Everything you ever wanted to know about the mysterious, mystical world of magic.
The latest in the Illustrated History series from Adam Allsuch Boardman, An Illustrated History of Magic covers everything from prehistoric ritual, magicians as entertainment and the occult, through to Wicca and new age, crystals and mail-order magic tricks.
Rights sold: Japanese
Adam Allsuch Boardman is an author and illustrator from West Yorkshire, UK. He studied BA Illustration at the Leeds Arts University and graduated in 2016.
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Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Czech, Danish, Estonian, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Danish, Estonian, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), French, Japanese, Russian
