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A Scarf and a Half to be at Children’s Book Festival

Amanda Brandon will attend the Southend Children’s Book Festival 2014 on Saturday 18th October. The event will be held at The Forum in Southend-on-Sea between 11.00am and 12.30pm. Amanda will tell the tale of Little Lionel’s extraordinary present from Granny Mutton as well as bringing along her very own ‘scarf and a half’! You can also get involved by making a sheep collage or a bookmark for your own Granny… Read More »A Scarf and a Half to be at Children’s Book Festival

Maverick Meerkats in Paperchase

Just spotted peeking out in Paperchase  stores our pesky Maverick Meerkats. This year they have gone all ‘Western’ Enjoy.

May Contain Nuts! 2015 Calendar

  Look out for a brand new calendar from us here at Maverick! Published under our Icarus Calendar brand it features the hilarious work of photographer Nancy Rose who photographs Red Squirrels in her back yard in Canada. Nancy cleverly creates mini ‘room sets’ and hides, Peanuts! When the squirrels start to look for them, Nancy is patiently waiting for many hours to get these amazing pictures. Look out for… Read More »May Contain Nuts! 2015 Calendar

Hedgehugs finalist for The People’s Book Prize

Hedgehugs is now a finalist for The People’s Book Prize. Voting for Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson’s first children’s book will take place in May 2015, with the winners being announced at The People’s Book Prize 6th Award Ceremony at the end of May 2015. Fingers-crossed for Horace and Hattie to become award-winning hedgehogs! If you enjoyed the book please share your comments on their TPBP page.  

Bibble and the Bubbles

The second book by author Alice Hemming, a magical story about a little boy, Bobby who wonders where all the bubbles go? and 667 million miles away ‘Bibble’ wonders where all the bubbles are coming from? Beautifully, beautifully illustrated by Sara Sanchez. These are the endpapers!  Just imagine how the whole book looks! Alice is taking part with the SCWBI character blog tour, to see more   please click here. To… Read More »Bibble and the Bubbles

I Wish I’d been Born a Unicorn!

The second picture book by children’s author, Rachel Lyon. Out this September delightfully illustrated by Andrea Ringli, the story is about ‘Mucky’ a rather smelly horse who wanted to be a Unicorn believing it would bring him many more friends!  Rachel is one of our very best rhyming authors who brings the full range of emotions with her writing! We often find ourselves going from hilarious laughter to shedding a… Read More »I Wish I’d been Born a Unicorn!

Scarf and a Half

  A knitting loving granny proved the inspiration for an author’s new picture book ‘A Scarf and a Half.’ This is the first book by author Amanda Brandon, we are sure this will be very popular with young children in schools and libraries. To see more about Amanda  please click here. The illustrations are by Catalina Echeverri  who is represented by the illustration agency Plum Pudding. Catalina’s sense of colour… Read More »Scarf and a Half

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