Maverick

David at What’s Good To Read has ventured back to the Neolithic period in Saviour Pirotta’s latest release, the third addition to the Wolfsong series, The Mysterious Island. Wolf’s rival, Rain, has stolen his precious amulet! Furious, Wolf is determined to retrieve it but following Rain takes him and Crow on a journey far beyond the world he knows—over oceans to mountains filled with fire and a mysterious island at… Read More »‘The Mysterious Island is a brilliant continuation in The Wolfsong series’ What’s Good To Read Heads Back to 2500BC in Saviour Pirotta’s Latest Release

Lucy and her little’uns over at Nourised By Books have delved into Julie Fulton’s first narrative non-ficiton picture book, based on the life and inventions of television extraordinaire, John Logie Baird. John Logie Baird loves inventing things! When he hears about another inventor who has built a machine to show real live pictures, John sets about trying to do the same. Equipped with bits and bobs found in his house,… Read More »‘This is the most engaging and entertaining biographical book aimed at children that we have read.’ Nourished By Books Reviews Julie Fulton’s, Mister T.V.

Ciara, also known as Picture Book Snob, has dropped anchor and settled into David Crosby’s award winning debut picture book, Pirates Vs. Monsters; Pirates Hector, Sue and George are crafty, bold and all very proud about besting some of the most grizzly, gruesome monsters. But are they telling the truth? A few new visitors might just set the record straight… What’s it about? Three pirates meet in a tavern and exchange… Read More »‘This fresh and original take on the traditional pirate story will make you and your family laugh out loud.’ Picture Book Snob Reviews Pirates Vs. Monsters

It was a David vs Goliath challenge, and David has emerged victorious! We are beyond excited to announce that Pirates Vs. Monsters, the debut picture book from David Crosby and Lee Cosgrove, has beaten the likes of Julia Donaldson and Sarah McIntyre to bring home the gold; winning the 2021 Bishops Stortford Picture Book Award! Voting for the award, now in its 12th year, is usually restricted to primary schools in… Read More »‘X Marks the Spot’ David Crosby’s Debut Picture Book Wins Bishop Stortford Award!

Our 5 Bestselling Early Readers as Featured on Hive.co.uk We know that home-schooling is tough, and there are a lot of great books out there to help the little’uns! So we’ve taken a look at Hive.co.uk for the best of our Maverick Guided Reading Scheme; Rob is Max’s robot. Rob is being a bad robot, what will happen? Our level 3 Yellow readers continue to challenge learners. Though familiar and… Read More »Maverick Early Readers – Top Sellers From Hive.co.uk

Karen over at The Letterpress Project has read and reviewed two of our latest Chapter Readers; Our brand new range of Chapter Readers are designed to follow straight on from level 10, or the White band of Early Readers. With increased pagination and a more complex language style, these longer texts build children’s reading stamina and help them to prepare for junior fiction titles. I was so pleased to see… Read More »The Letterpress Project ‘Strongly recommend[s]’ Our Maverick Chapter Readers

Temporary Read-Aloud Permissions We are committed to our fabulous list of authors and illustrators as well as the readers who enjoy their books. In these challenging times, we want to help protect the hard work and creativity of our contributors whilst also supporting schools, libraries and bookshops! If you are a school, library, or bookshop and are wanting to use our books to support your students and supporters via distance… Read More »Maverick Permissions For Virtual Readings

Karen, over at The Letterpress Project has reviewed the Turquoise colour band from our second batch of 2020 Early Readers; I genuinely look forward to receiving a new batch of Early Readers from this impressive publisher. We have already published several reviews on our website and remain impressed at the way in which they successfully marry eventful stories with detailed illustrations from a wide range of authors and illustrators. This latest selection… Read More »‘I genuinely look forward to receiving a new batch of Early Readers from this impressive publisher.’ The Letterpress Project Reviews Our Early Readers

Lorraine, otherwise known as The Merry Bookworm, has read and reviewed our brand new Maverick Chapter Readers. It also turns out that two little hands have helped themselves to them too! Our brand new range of Chapter Readers are designed to follow straight on from level 10, or the White band of Early Readers. With increased pagination and a more complex language style, these longer texts build children’s reading stamina and… Read More »‘They get a massive thumbs up from us’ The Merry Bookworm Takes a Look at Our New Chapter Readers

Aarrrr Me Hearties! Pirates Vs. Monsters, the debut picture book from David Crosby, has been shortlisted for the Bishops Stortford Picture Book Award! Now in its 12th year the annual Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award invites schools to participate by sharing the shortlisted books and casting votes for their favourite titles. Join children’s book author and illustrator, and last year’s winner, Ross Collins, as he introduces a show of short… Read More »Get Voting! Pirates Vs. Monsters Has Dropped Anchor on ‘The Bishops Stortford Picture Book Award’ Shortlist