Julie Stewart wanted to reward her 6 year old grand-daughter Kara for receiving a great school report – so she bought her a copy of The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble! Well done Kara, and thank you Julie! A special thank you to Joe Dibley at Waterstones for taking the photograph, and to Leila Gilholy the store manager.
Just received news that Sparkle’s Song by Samantha Hale has received a Bizzie Baby Bronze Award! Here are a few lines from the reviews: “A beautiful book and I would have picked it up if I had seen it in a bookshop.” – Lisa Clark – Georgia 5 years “The illustrations were superb and really captivated Jessica’s attention.” – Harriet Hanley – Jessica 5 Years “Lovely looking cover, with colours,… Read More »Sparkle’s Song Wins Bizzie Bronze Award
Jelly well and truly wobbled at Forest Hill at their last Chatterbooks session before the Summer holidays begin, when Angela read her book The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble. The enthusiastic regulars made jelly crowns, or princess crowns first, then they all settled down for the story – lots of suggestions for making the jelly wobble from the children, such as ‘put it in the oven’ and ‘push it’! The children… Read More »Angela at Chatterbooks Session
As you know we are launching eleven of our books onto the Barnes and Noble Nook. (If you haven’t read about this then you can find out more here.) Well today our news was featured in the Bookseller!  Here is the article:
The Author feels this is one of the best reviews for The Fearsome Beastie. Helen Grant is a freelance journalist who writes for Marie Clare, the Express and This Morning! It is well worth reading and makes some very sensible points about how we bring up our children! To enjoy the Review please click here You can buy this book from the maverick shop, dozens of online companies and… Read More »A serious Review for the ‘Beastie’
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A new review from the American site BIG BOOK LITTLE BOOK where ‘The Jelly that wouldn’t wobble’ took part in the British Book Challenge To see the review please click here To buy the book from the publishers in the UK please click here Also pleased to announce that this book will be on the NOOK from Barnes & Noble in the USA & Canada from August 14th.
From July 20th customers in the USA & Canada will be able to download Maverick e books which will be the Barnes & Noble NOOK. The NOOK® is a lovely device for children. Customers can also download the free NOOK® APP to use on a PC or mobile phone! Customers can download a free sample before buying the complete ebook! Sales will be restricted to North America and the launch price… Read More »Maverick books on the NOOK!
A lovely story told to Angela at her book event at Waterstones, Bromley “As  little boy, we use to catch the bus to North End Road market to do our shopping on a Saturday morning. Mum always included on her shopping list ‘wobble for jelly’! I never did find which shop or market stall she bought it from!” Norman Train, aged 59, going on 3 … Read More »Wobble for the Jelly!
Absolutely thrilled to see that ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ is now in ‘The Top Ten Books’ section on the LoveReading4kids Review Website. LoveReading4kids is one of the most repected review sites for parents with over 250,000 browsers each month and 90,000 members who receive the regular email recommending the very best books for children. To see more about this award winning book on the site please click here
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