2013 was an incredible year for us. We were more delighted than we can say to win the award for the second year running. We also won their award, and were shortlisted for their and . On top of that, we were shortlisted for the and .
We ended the year the thirteenth biggest publisher by UK sales to customers for picture books, and the seventeenth biggest for fiction, which I think is a remarkable achievement for a publisher without a backlist (we’ve only been publishing books and apps for three years).
We decided that we’d give away a free digital audio book with every one of our paperback picture books: it works for parents, and enables every bookshop to offer a digital component packaged with a print sale. So we launched (see p.2) and downloads, within the year, topped 100,000.
2013 saw us extend our international reach. We sold rights in Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Bulgarian for the first time, bringing the total number of languages in which we’ve sold rights to 22.
We were particularly proud of our UK regional award wins. Chris Edge won his category in with Twelve Minutes To Midnight. Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton won their KS1 category in and Jo Lodge won the category with Icky Sticky Monster. We published three of the twelve books on the shortlist: Weasels, Troll Swap and The Grunts All at Sea
Currently shortlisted for a , our Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale app led to USA Today describing us as ‘the Steven Spielberg of apps’, and Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm is shortlisted for the
Of course, while we were busy publishing the 2013 titles, we were also acquiring the books featured on the following pages. Thank you if you publish with us; support us by reviewing, blogging about or talking about our books or apps; buy something we publish for your shop or your library; or buy one of our books or apps to share with or give to a child. Here’s to an equally successful 2014, and to your health, happiness and success.
Kate Wilson Founder and Managing Director
We’re very excited to have found a way to build great audio content into each of our paperback picture books:
. Each book provides access to a free audio reading of the story using children’s voices, complete with sound effects and original music.
to your smartphone, iPod Touch or tablet.
on the inside front cover of new Nosy Crow paperback picture books with your smartphone or tablet.
Once the webpage has loaded, press play to hear the story for free.
‘A neat bundle of joy’ The Bookseller
As all parents know, very little children love to play ‘I-spy’, but they also adore making animal sounds. So a flap book in which they can spot a bit of an animal, lift the flap to reveal the complete creature, and then make its noise is guaranteed to be a winner!
Sturdy flaps and simple texts combine with friendly artwork in these fantastic first books that are great for sharing with children who are just starting to talk.
Age: 9 months+
See p.35 and p.64
Featuring a riotously rhythmic text and vibrant illustrations, this brand new picture book in a hugely successful series is packed with adventure and a rabble of roaring, rescuing dinosaurs!
‘These dinosaurs practically leap from the page’ The Independent
‘From start to finish, this cleverly constructed and well-designed title is a winner’
Kirkus Reviews
Age: 2+
Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB Extent: 32pp
Format: 290 x 230mm
HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 166 4
PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 167 1
A new paperback edition of 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!
Is it a story book? Is it a doodle book? No, it’s both! This new A4 edition of a Nosy Crow favourite offers oodles of opportunities for readers to make their own mark on this mad Martian story by adding to the illustrations!
But the big question is, will a wooden catapult and some Dinosaur poo save the day? Readers must finish the illustrations to find out.
Princess Sapphire and Witch Emerald live in the mixed-up land of Mixtopia, where everything is just a little bit odd . . . let’s face it, perfect princesses and scruffy witches are not usually best friends.
‘Will encourage creativity’ Library Mice
Age: 6+
Format: 294 x 210mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 337 8
When there’s a terrible muddle-up over a party, Sapphire and Emerald are just the girls to lend a hand, but can they sort it on their own? No, they can’t! They need the reader to finish the illustrations in this re-formatted favourite so the party of the year can happen.
The tenth terrific tale in this sparkling series about plucky princesses, animals in danger and magic jewels.
Princess Maya is delighted to welcome the Rescue Princesses to the Kingdom of Lepari, where the King has sworn to protect the rare snow leopards. But Maya and her new friends are devastated to learn of a plot to harm the animals, and this time their cunning and ninja moves won’t be enough. They must learn to use the magic of the beautiful Ice Diamond.
‘Glamour and guts are finely blended in this right royal adventure’ www.lovereading4kids.com
See p.23, 31 and p.91
7+
Format: B-format ISBN: 978 0
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!
‘Love
this. Laugh-out-loud funny’ The Bookseller
‘Enjoyable for its childlike sense of adventure, humour and imagination’ Sunday Times Book of the Week See p.41 and p.94
Gripping finale of a highly-acclaimed, historical series packed with intrigue and adventure.
When Penny receives a story for the magazine about a supernaturally-tinged crime, she’s instantly gripped. However, when the story is published, she’s shocked to discover that it describes a recent crime. With the police perplexed, and all of London living in fear, Penny faces a race against time to track the anonymous author down before his story reaches its chilling conclusion…
‘Gripped me till the last page’
The Guardian
‘A serious (and playful) intelligent historical thriller for children’
The Telegraph
Age: 10+
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 054 4
EBook: 978 0 85763 055 1
See p.102
Pull the board sliders to reveal the faces in this chunky little peekaboo book!
Designed for the smallest of hands, this robust, colourful book will delight little readers again and again. With a simple story, repeated refrains and a host of faces to spot and name, this is perfect for engaging and entertaining the very young.
Age: 1+
A joyful celebration of the physical book in all its glory, now in board 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.
Age: 1+
Price: £5.99 BB
Extent: 26pp
Format: 170 x 170mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 259 3
‘Exuberant’ The Guardian
‘Every new baby and parent should be given a copy’ Library Mice
See p.74
Pip and Posy are the best of pals (most of the time!) in this perfectly pitched, brilliantly observed series about the dramas of preschool life. Illustrated by multi-award-winning Axel Scheffler, whose modern classic, The Gruffalo, has sold over four million copies worldwide.
See p.27, p.57and p.71
See p.107
‘Full of comfort and gentle humour’
Age: 2+
Price: £5.99 PB
ISBN: 978 0 85763 144 2
Toot’s little car has a most unusual feature – it has a magical sat nav system! So, when he presses the special button, off he zooms on an adventure with his trusty toy puppy for company. But where will he go first? To Dinosaurland, of course! He meets dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes but, watch out Toot, there are some VERY big dinosaurs about!
This adorably inquisitive new character from a much-loved picture book team is perfect for dinosaur-mad pre-schoolers.
Age: 2+
Format: 250 x 250mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 240 1
Paperback edition of 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+
Format: 290 x 230mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 084 1
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 domination!
Now in paperback, this hilarious debut is packed with humour that will amuse children and adults alike.
Age: 3+
Price: £6.99 PB Extent: 32pp
Format: 294 x 294mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 200 5
‘Insanely brilliant’ The Telegraph
With buckets of yuck-appeal and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this laugh-outloud, rip-roaring romp of a story by highly acclaimed author, Lucy Coats, is spot-on for the target audience, and brilliantly brought to life by Chris Mould’s dynamic illustrations.
Captain Beastlie is the grubbiest pirate on the high seas. But as he eagerly counts down the days to his birthday, little does he know that his crew has a huge – and very soapy – surprise lined up for the big day!
‘A great read for confident emerging readers’ We Love This Book
Age: 5+
Price: £4.99 PB
Extent: 128pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 234 0
EBook: 978 0 85763 235 7
The fourth fur-tastic story in this highly collectible series featuring a go-getting central character, talking animals, compelling storylines and evocative illustrations.
How can Zoe welcome a sad little seal pup to the zoo if it might be closing down?
They’re black-hearted vagabonds with space galleons and laser cutlasses, and they LOVE singing space-shanties (and bowling)!
In this third book in the 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! This time they are joined by a new pirate. Goldstar is flashy and takes them to Pirate Paradise, before making them get rid of poor old Captain Comet. It’s mutiny! But Goldstar is not all that he seems…
A winning combination of rhyming text, popular pets and pictures that will make toddlers chuckle, while encouraging their counting skills.
Toddlers will love counting down from ten and back again as a group of adorable guinea pigs enjoy all the fun and chaos of a toddler party in this brand new board book edition of a popular picture book.
‘Gorgeously whimsical’ www.theresabook.com
for
princesses everywhere . . .
Princess Ruby really is a horrid child – the most spoilt princess you could ever meet. And when it’s her birthday, there are so many presents, the palace literally bulges at the seams. Was there ever a more selfish princess? But when the palace and gifts finally collapse upon the poor king, the tiny tyrant realises that she has overlooked the most precious thing of all. And, luckily for Ruby, it’s never too late to make amends.
A comic tale for pampered princesses everywhere.
Age: 3+
Price: £10.99 HB
Extent: 32pp plus ends
Format: 290 x 250mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 260 9
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+
ISBN: 978 0 85763 148 0
www.lovereading4kids.com
Growing up on an embattled estate in South Wales, Gemma is bored and surrounded by crime. With a dad in prison and a mum who has given up hope, she’s holding on to memories of happier times.
When Gemma’s search for the scene of a perfect childhood day takes her to into the hills, she encounters the legendary Cowgirl. Everyone at school knows she’s a weirdo, and that the only conversations she has are with the cows on her dad’s farm. But with her arrival in Gemma’s life, everything starts to look different. And with her only friends in mortal danger of the abattoir, it turns out she and Gemma have a mission on their hands.
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99 PB
Extent: 272pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 281 4
Ebook: 978 0 85763 282 1
Rich in visual detail and touches of humour, Bizzy Bear’s action-packed adventures in exciting settings inspire imaginative play.
With chunky sliders to push and pull, these robust novelty board books are perfect for inquisitive toddlers, and ideal for reading aloud.
Age: 2+
Not so long ago, in a galaxy fairly far away, a fearless crew of furry animals have found The Lost Nuts of Legend, a mythical snack rumoured to give the bearer the gift of eternal life, and the ability to stay up as long as they want. Now all they have to do is go home, but everyone is starving, the Star Nav is broken, and it was a REALLY bad idea to stop at the Death Banana. Will the crew ever find their way home? And, most importantly, will they get there before someone EATS The Lost Nuts of Legend!?
This engaging new Pip and Posy picture book features richly-detailed scenes, a conversational, friendly text and Axel Scheffler’s characteristic touches of humour.
The ‘Can you find these things?’ panel along the bottom of each page provides an added ‘I-spy’ game element for extra fun –an ideal book for parent and child to share.
Age: 2+
On sunny days, the friends go shopping in the town. What a busy place it is! Today, Pip has bought a big, red balloon.
Format: 290 x 230mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 267 8
Packed with domestic dottiness and chuckle-inducing charm, this second young fiction title from the creators of the highly-acclaimed Hubble Bubble picture books is ideal for newly independent readers.
From bringing pirate pandemonium to the school play and livening up a wedding, to building Pandora the best bedroom ever, Granny’s certainly marvellous at making mayhem!
‘Ideal for newly fluent readers… expressively and generously illustrated’
The Scotsman
Age: 6+
Price: £5.99 PB
ISBN: 978 0 85763 224 1
Capturing all the fun of a toddler’s busy world, this is ideal for dipping into and sharing with pre-schoolers who are ever eager to explore, learn and, of course, have loads of fun!
The book is split into six sections – World, On the Move, Playtime, Learning, Story Time and Quiz – and is packed with activities, things to spot and stories to enjoy. Whether identifying objects or sharing a favourite fairy tale, this brilliant, bright book helps build essential skills.
In the Town
Age: 2+
Price: £12.99 HB
Extent: 50pp
Format: 300 x 300mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 345 3
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 princesses 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.
‘Wonderfully tactile … Stylish illustrations add to the joy of this hilarious book. I love it!’ www.parentsintouch.co.uk
‘Coolly illustrated’
Independent
In this final book in the series, Sam and his Space Pirate friends have found Planet X (at last)! Now they just have to rescue Sam’s parents and carry off all the lovely treasure. But it’s not that simple. Not when Black-hole Beard is right behind them…
Age: 8+
Price: £5.99
Extent: 160pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 105 3
EBook: 978 0 85763 106 0
How do you save the planet when your parents have a private jet and couldn’t live without their outdoor swimming pool? And what if you really want to be a vegetarian but you love bacon sandwiches sooo much?
Best-selling author Holly Webb explores these questions and MUCH more in this fabulously fun new series about four friends who want to make the world a better place.
Maya plans to stage a fashion show for her school project and can’t wait to tell her friends about it. The problem is, to make it work she’s going to have to tell them the truth about who she really is…
See p.42, p.61 and p.97
‘Philip Ardagh’s Grunts are the 21st-century Twits and his wonderful wordplay is as fabulous as ever in The Grunts All at Sea’ The Telegraph, Best Books of the Year
Age: 7+
Price: £5.99 PB Extent: 304pp
Format: 185 x 129mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 280 7
EBook: 978 0 85763 072 8
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?
See p.54 and p.96 Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize Free games app available. See p.107
As all parents know, very little children love to play ‘I-spy’, but they also adore making animal sounds. So a flap book in which they can spot a bit of an animal, lift the flap to reveal the complete creature, and then make its noise is guaranteed to be a winner!
Sturdy flaps and simple texts combine with friendly artwork in these fantastic first books that are great for sharing with children who are just starting to talk.
Age: 9 months+
See p.3 and p.64
See p.22 and p.72
From New York to Australia and lots of lands in between, this second Littleland picture book features a stunning scene on every spread and is perfect for developing vocabulary and exploring different cultures.
Princess Ruby really is a horrid child –the most spoilt princess you could ever meet. And when it’s her birthday, there are so many presents, the palace literally bulges at the seams. Was there ever a more selfish princess? But when the palace and gifts finally collapse upon the poor king, the tiny tyrant realises that she has overlooked the most precious thing of all. Luckily for Ruby, it’s never too late to make amends.
A comic tale for pampered princesses everywhere.
The fifth fabulous story in this highly collectible series featuring a go-getting central character, talking animals, compelling storylines and evocative illustrations.
The rescue zoo’s new baby elephant is very lively and always getting into tricky situations. Then one day he gets into very hot water indeed and Zoe must use all her prowess with animals to help it.
See p.18, p.53 and p.89
Age: 5+
Shot-through with action, adventure and a genuine love of horses, The Palomino Pony Comes Home is the first in a new series of soon-to-beclassic pony books.
All Georgia ever wants to do is spend time with the gorgeous horses at Redgrove Farm stables. The week she spends away from them in Wales is almost unbearable, until she finds a beautiful but mistreated palomino pony on a windswept mountainside. Georgia feels an instant bond with Lily and knows she must help her escape from her cruel owner, whatever the cost…
See p.47, p.62 and p.99
Age: 9+
Price: £5.99
Extent: 208pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 303 3
EBook: 978 085763 365 1
It’s Mouse’s first day at Miss Moon’s Moonlight School for all the small creatures of the night, but she is VERY shy, too shy to even say hello. Luckily, with help from Miss Moon and her new friends Bat, Cat and Owl, a game of hide-and-seek makes Mouse feel right at home.
From the author of The Baby that Roared!, this gentle, reassuring tale is perfect for all little ones who are about to start school.
Age: 2+
Price: £10.99 HB/£6.99 PB
HB ISBN: 978 0 85763 118 3
PB ISBN: 978 0 85763 119 0
This second, brilliantly bonkers book from the author of Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! is loaded with laughs and crazy capers!
Izzy’s suspicions are aroused when new girl Mathilde actually likes school dinners (also known as poison) and even has seconds. The only logical explanation for this is that Mathilde is a spy who has come to uncover their secrets. Can they stop her before it’s TOO LATE?!
Age: 7+
Price: £5.99 PB
ISBN: 978 0 85763 257 9
EBook: 978 0 85763 258 6
See p.9 and p.94
The second brilliant book in a new series about four friends who want to make the world a better place, from best-selling author Holly Webb.
Izzy is horrified by the state of the river that runs near her house. People have even thrown old bikes into it! She decides to clean it all up, and brings together the community at the same time.
Extent: 160pp
Format: B-format
All Lottie wants to do is have adventures, but no such luck. Until she meets Sophia, a girl with an intriguingly mysterious history. When the two run away from a staged kayak accident to find Sophia’s mum, Lottie learns a lot about having adventures (they’re mostly brilliant but not the bits where you nearly die…).
With sturdy, split pages, spiral binding and 121 possible combinations of crazy creatures, silly names and strange noises, the second book in this sequence of hilarious rhyming flip-flap books is perfect for pre-schoolers.
ISBN: 978 0 85763 294 4
See p.107 for the Flip Flap Farm and Animal SnApp: Farm apps
The third in this series of ingenious novelty packages is perfect for inspiring imaginative play in pre-schoolers. The storybook unfolds and transforms into a fabulous 3D playmat, complete with a pop-up castle and stunning scenery.
Extra features include press-out characters and pieces to play with – everything you need to enjoy incredible interactive adventures!
Rabbit is bored, but, luckily, Wolf has the perfect solution. “Why not write a story?” he suggests. “I am a librarian, you know.” And so Wolf teaches Rabbit to use his imagination to create an exciting story. Rabbit is DESPERATE to know what happens, when it suddenly becomes clear that Wolf is very, very hungry…
An inventive, entertaining story about how an imaginative rabbit outwits a wolf and becomes the hero of his own adventure.
‘Destined
to be loved’
The Scotsman
In this second action-packed Palomino Pony adventure, Georgia’s beloved pony Lily has a foal, but Redgrove Farm stables are under threat of closure. Does Georgia have what it takes to keep them open?
The third fabulous book in a series that’s laugh-out-loud funny and perfect for 9+ year olds.
When Jessica gets roped into the school play she finds herself strangely allied with arch-enemy Amelia when her best friend Natalie becomes crazed with stardom. Meanwhile, Jessica’s dad is concerned at plans to build a new road through nearby parkland and is now living up a tree. So far, so normal!
‘Hilarious’ Harry Hill
‘Brilliantly funny and painfully true’ Jenny Colgan
p.98
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A lavish, large-format, casebound book with robust mechanisms and flaps to lift – perfect for toddlers who love to play at being builders!
Bizzy Bear has a very special DIY project planned and he needs lots of tools to do the job. Young children will love helping Bizzy and his friends as they measure and saw, hammer and paint. But whatever can they be making? A richly-illustrated, ingeniously designed book with enormous child-appeal.
See p.25, p.67 and p.106 for the Bizzy Bear board book series and see p.114 for the Bizzy Bear apps
Age: 2+
Price: £9.99
Extent: 12pp
Format: 230 x 230mm
Cased board book with sliders
ISBN: 978 0 85763 213 5
Pull the board sliders to reveal the faces in this chunky Halloween peekaboo book!
Designed for the smallest of hands, this robust, colourful book will delight little readers again and again. The simple story, repeated refrains and host of faces to spot and name make this perfect for engaging and entertaining the very young.
Age: 1+
ISBN: 978 0 85763 284 5
‘Will encourage creativity’ Library
Age: 6+
Princess Sapphire and Witch Emerald live in the mixed-up land of Mixtopia, where everything is just a little bit odd . . . let’s face it, perfect princesses and scruffy witches are not usually best friends.
In this new activity adventure Emerald asks her best friend Sapphire to join her at Spell Summer Camp to brush up on their magic skills. But mayhem ensues and the reader is invited to draw, design, colour and doodle to help the story along.
Format: 297 x 210mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 189 3
Ideal for newly independent readers with a thirst for magic and mayhem, this third young fiction title from the creators of the highly-acclaimed Hubble Bubble picture books sees Granny’s halloween party go off with a bang, a birthday trip to a build-a-teddy factory career out of control, and well, you can probably guess who magics up penguins at the local swimming pool!
‘Three great stories in one beautifully illustrated volume for children reading independently’
Julia Eccleshere, www.lovereading4kids.com
Age: 6+
Price: £5.99 PB
Extent: 128pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 317 0
The sixth fabulous story in this highly collectible series featuring a go-getting central character, talking animals, compelling storylines and evocative illustrations.
The usually sweet little snow leopard cub has started to be very naughty. Could it be because his mother is pregnant and he is not looking forward to being a big brother? Thankfully Zoe is on hand to help out.
Age: 5+
Price: £4.99 PB
Extent: 128pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 377 4
EBook: 978 0 85763 378 1
The third book in this superlatively silly series sees the gloriously grubby Grunt family head to a country fair so Mrs Grunt’s mother can enter her homemade jam in the Preserves, Jams and Jellies Competition. There’s nothing in that plan to suggest they’ll encounter sabotage, bad poetry and prison, is there? Hmm. This is The Grunts we’re talking about…
Age: 7+
Price: £8.99 HB
Extent: 304pp
Format: 185 x 129mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 075 9
EBook: 978 0 85763 076 6 ‘Daft and
See p.34 and p.96
Sunday Times Book of the Week See p.107
The first book in a new series about thoroughly modern witches.
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny Spellsticks and super-whizzy Skyriders instead. And no one has a cauldron any more, just a cupboard full of Potions2Go.
Flo Skritchett lives with her mother, the editor-in-chief of celebrity and lifestyle magazine, Hocus Pocus, and her witchteen sister. All is well, until her grandmother flies in to town and warns them that Witchworld is in danger from a Ghoul Attack! No one believes her - after all, Ghouls died out years ago and she still rides around on a broomstick, for goodness’ sake! But Grandma’s right, and soon Flo starts to wonder if modern witchcraft can save them or whether they’ll have to look to the Old Ways after all…
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99
Extent: 224pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 417 7
EBook: 978 0 85763 418 4
A lovingly told tale celebrating the joy of giving. The cheering art and sparkly foiled cover give this soon-to-be Christmas classic instant child-appeal.
One snowy Christmas Eve, the king buys some soft red cloth to make a cloak for the princess. Little does he know that the left-over cloth will be used to make presents for many more of the kingdom’s inhabitants, right down to the last teeny bit of cloth, which is just right to make a scarf that will protect the smallest mouse from the winter chill.
Age: 3+
Format: 170 x 185mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 252 4
‘Delivers a warm glow’ Sunday Telegaph
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.
This seasonal story sees Pip and Posy enjoying the perfect snowy day until they decide to build a snowman, when things start to go a bit pear-shaped. Pip wants a snowRABBIT, but Posy wants a snowMOUSE! Luckily they resolve their differences over a cosy craft session indoors.
See p.13, p.27 and p.71
Age: 2+
Format: 250 x 250mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 296 8
‘Full of comfort and gentle humour’
‘A cheery, comforting, sparkling winter’s tale’ The Observer
Featuring a cute, kindly bunny and a flurry of foil on every page, this is an ideal Christmas 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!
See p.2
Age: 3+
Format: 250 x 270mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 435 1
From the creator of the highly-acclaimed Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish, comes this brand new tale about the little bunny with a big heart, and the true gift of friendship.
Little Snow Bunny loves nothing better than playing with her friends in the wintry forest. Every day holds the promise of adventure for Snow Bunny, Fox, Bear and Mouse. But one particularly cold day, no one wants to play and Snow Bunny is left all alone. Whatever will she do?
With a little luck and a LOT of imagination, she makes cosy winter gifts for all her friends, just in time for Christmas Eve.
This gorgeous compendium of Christmas games, activities, stories and songs will keep excitable toddlers entertained throughout the whole festive period! From learning how to make Christmas decorations and bake special biscuits, to snuggling up with a seasonal story, this is ideal for sharing, and sure to sprinkle more than a little magic over the Christmas countdown!
Age: 2+
Price: £12.99 HB
Extent: 50pp
Format: 300 x 300mm
ISBN: 978 0 85763 346 0
The third fab book in Holly Webb’s new series about four friends who want to make the world a better place.
There’s a competition at school to come up with the best design for a section of the playground. Poppy’s design is beautiful, but will she be able to prove that she hasn’t cheated?
Age: 8+
Price: £5.99
Extent: 160pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 318 7
EBook: 978 0 85763 319 4
p.33, p.42 and p.97
Shot-through with action, adventure and a genuine love of horses, this is the third in a new series of soon-tobe-classic pony books. Can Georgia come to terms with Secret, the new foal, moving away from the stables?
Age: 9+
Price: £5.99
Extent: 208pp
Format: B-format
ISBN: 978 0 85763 323 1
EBook: 978 0 85763 367 5
As all parents know, very little children love to play ‘I-spy’, but they also adore making animal sounds. So a flap book in which they can spot a bit of an animal, lift the flap to reveal the complete creature, and then make its noise is guaranteed to be a winner!
Sturdy flaps and simple texts combine with friendly artwork to make four fantastic first books that are great for sharing with children who are just starting to talk.
Age: 9 months+
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.
Age: 9 months+
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.
Rich in visual detail, and featuring chunky sliders to push and pull, these robust board books inspire imaginative play and are ideal for reading aloud.
A lavish, large-format, casebound book with robust mechanisms and flaps to lift – perfect for toddlers who love to play at being builders!
Price: £9.99
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+
Board with pop-ups, play pieces and box
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!
A delightfully girly and ingeniously interactive book for all toddlers who enjoy playing mummies and babies –with robust pull-tabs and clever touch-and-feel elements.
3+
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 sturdy pop-ups are perfect for messy little monsters to get stuck into!
Age: 3+
Price: £9.99
hilarious rhyming flip-flap books is perfect for playful pre-schoolers.
Age: 3+
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.
Price: £7.99 HB/£5.99 PB
This engaging Pip and Posy picture book features richly-detailed scenes, a conversational, friendly text and Axel Scheffler’s characteristic touches of humour.
bottom of each page provides an added ‘I-spy’ game element for extra fun –an ideal book for parent and child to share.
Designed to stimulate speech and build vocabulary, these busy books are full of conversational narrative, this series is the perfect step on from board books.
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.
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.
Price: £6.99 PB
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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.
Two irresistible new characters turning everyday activity into imaginative adventures.
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+
is an inventive, entertaining story about how an imaginative rabbit outwits a wolf and becomes the hero of his own adventure.
Age: 3+
and sharing with toddlers who are ever eager to explore, learn and, of course, have tonnes of fun!
Perfectly pitched for pre-schoolers, this adorably inquisitive new character from a much-loved picture book team is a classic in the making.
Price: £9.99 padded HB
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.
Price: £9.99 padded HB
With sparkly glitter on every page, this tactile treat from a new picture book talent follows Princess Penelope’s search for her mischievous kitten.
It’s Mouse’s first day at Miss Moon’s Moonlight School, but she is too shy to even say hello. Luckily, with help from Miss Moon and her new friends, a game of hide-and-seek makes Mouse feel right at home.
Perfect for all little ones who are about to start school.
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+
A comic tale for pampered princesses everywhere . . .
Princess Ruby is the most spoilt princess makes amends after an unfortunate mishap involving a pile of presents and a collapsing palace? A comic tale that’s perfect for all pampered princesses!
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Age: 3+
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…
Age: 3+
What happened when Goldilocks and 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: £6.99 PB
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.
Age: 3+
A winning combination of rhyming text, popular pets and pictures that will make toddlers chuckle, while encouraging their counting skills.
Price: £9.99 HB/£6.99 PB/£5.99 BB
An energetically illustrated picture book for anyone who’s ever suspected their baby sibling might be a little monster!
Age: 3+
Price: £6.99 PB
With buckets of yuck-appeal and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this laughout-loud, rip-roaring romp of a story is spot-on for the target audience.
Age: 3+
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!
Age: 3+
Price: £6.99 PB
A highly original, laugh-out-loud funny debut about what weasels really get up to (they plot world domination…).
Age: 3+
A fearless crew of furry animals have found The Lost Nuts of Legend, but can they find their way home before
An enormously inventive picture book that’s full of humour and action-packed pages to pore over.
Age: 3+
An uplifting fable in which Dog discovers that life is much more fulfilling and fun when shared with a friend.
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A lovingly told tale celebrating the joy of giving. The cheering art and sparkly foiled classic instant child-appeal.
Age: 3+
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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.
Age: 6+
This sensational sister series to the acclaimed Mega Mash-Up books invites readers characters and fabulous themes and settings, readers can both enjoy the stories and contribute their own unique illustrations and designs.
Age: 6+
Price: £6.99 PB
When Great-Uncle Horace brings back lost and homeless animals from his travels
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)!
Age: 5+
Age: 6+
Price: £5.99 PB
This sparkling series for 7+ year-olds is a winning combination of plucky princesses, animals in danger and magic jewels.
Age 7+
madcap thrills, spills and hilarious heroes.
A 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!).
Price: £5.99 PB
awesome illustrations.
Age: 9+
Price: £5.99 PB
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!
Age: 7+
The Grunts in Trouble Price: £7.99 HB/£5.99 PB
The Grunts All at Sea/In a Jam
Ace new series about four friends who want to make the world a better place from best-selling author Holly Webb.
about friendship, secrets and family life.
with a talent for creating comics, this sidesplittingly funny sequence of novels is sure to strike a chord with 9+ year-olds.
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99 PB
Shot-through with action, adventure and authenticity, this series for 9+ year olds is perfect for pony-mad girls.
Age: 9+
The pedestrian crossing started beeping. “Come on, girls,” I said. I gave one of the waiting drivers a nod, like it was every day I crossed the High Street with five cows.
An uplifting, gently funny story of a Welsh community coming together and happy endings in unexpected places – Michael Morpurgo meets Jacqueline Wilson.
Age: 9+
If Gemma ever stops to think about it, she knows hiding a load of cows from Cowgirl’s farm on a housing estate is a bit mad. After all, Cowgirl’s a weirdo and the estate is no place to bring up a cow. But it’s exciting, and she loves it, and it’s making things better. The only question is, how long can it last?
Price: £6.99 PB
performer Shabat and his majestic white tiger, this first book in a lyrically told sequence of novels is packed with drama, intrigue, magic and myth.
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99 PB
The first book in a novel new series about thoroughly modern witches.
The witches of Witchworld have no need for old-fashioned wands or broomsticks, not when they have shiny
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99
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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.
Age 9+
Price: £6.99 PB
A thrilling sequence of spine-tingling historical novels packed with period detail, pageturning intrigue and cinematic scope.
Price: £6.99 PB
A sparkling mix of circus performance, family saga and school story, written by the theatre critic for The Guardian.
Age 9+
Price: £6.99 PB
All Lottie wants to do is have adventures, but no such luck. Until she meets Sophia, a girl with an intriguingly mysterious past… An action-packed and thoughtprovoking novel about friendship and searching for the truth, from the acclaimed author of Dear Scarlett.
Age: 9+
Price: £6.99
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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+
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Age: 3+
Price: $5.99/£3.99/¤5.49
TBC 2014 Jack and the Beanstalk Age: 3+
Price: $5.99/£3.99/¤5.49
As well as publishing books, we also make innovative, multimedia, highly interactive apps for the iOS platform. Our apps have won numerous awards from parenting, literacy, technology and children’s media organisations and are specially created to take advantage of the devices to tell stories and provide information to children in new and engaging ways. Below is an overview of our apps. Please visit for further information.
TBC 2014
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Jack and the Beanstalk Age: 3+
Price: $5.99/£3.99/¤5.49
TBC 2014 Jack and the Beanstalk Age: 3+ Price: $5.99/£3.99/¤5.49
TBC 2014
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