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Avril Lethbridge and the Nice Bear Naughty Bear App

Author of Nice Bear Naughty Bear and Please Bear’s Birthday, Avril Lethbridge, has recently had some publicity with the launch of her new app ‘Nice Bear Naughty Bear Reward Chart’, developed by NBNB.  A fantastic aid for parents in teaching children about good behavior. The app is a reward chart for children.  To find out more, click here. Avril has had an article published in Huffington post (click on banner to… Read More »Avril Lethbridge and the Nice Bear Naughty Bear App

Nice Bear Naughty Bear App!

Not developed by Maverick but an app based on the Nice Bear Naughty Bear books… Avril Lethbridge, author of Nice Bear Naughty Bear, has been working with developers to produce an app that rewards children for good behaviour.  The characters from the cards and books easily make the natural step up to becoming an iPhone/iPad application. The app is simple to use with lots of flexibility for parents wanting to reward their… Read More »Nice Bear Naughty Bear App!

Meet the Goblin and the Girl

We all have days when we look in the mirror and see something that we don’t want to see. I look in the mirror and see a goblin.  It pops up every now and then, particularly when I am feeling unhappy. It is large and ugly and has these horrible eyes. I used to hide under a hat so people couldn’t see it but then I met a new friend.  It really… Read More »Meet the Goblin and the Girl

A Terrifying Trailer!

Good day my dearies!  Gran here – reporting on the latest beastie development. It seems our Beastie has been caught on film!  Well actually so have I!  I can’t remember them filming this but they must have else how else did I manage to get onto your computer screen? Looks really exciting doesn’t it…Makes me want to know what happens (which of course I do know).  But those of you… Read More »A Terrifying Trailer!

The Fearsome Beastie Trailer!

A fantastic trailer for Giles Paley-Phillips book ‘The Fearsome Beastie’. Illustrations by Gabriele Antonini Animations & editing by Angie Thomas

Our Book Reviews: The Four Little Pigs

“We have all read stories to our little ones for the umpteenth time and felt like deviating from the plot. Perhaps Jack falls from the beanstalk and can’t climb up…Well that is what Kimara Nye has done here she has made the story fun for adults again as well as the children. The wolf gets a few new nasty shocks as the pigs become wise to all his moves. Beautiful… Read More »Our Book Reviews: The Four Little Pigs

Beastie Success in America

Gran here…It seems our mean Beastie has won an award!  Well actually it is the book, The Fearsome Beastie, that has won it not the beastie. Yep The Fearsome Beastie came highly commended (2nd) in the Forward National Literature Award (an American award!).  My axe weilding skills obviously sealed the deal. Now that we’re on the road to fame – I just hope that they don’t go searching for the Beastie!  He… Read More »Beastie Success in America

The Fearsome Beastie Wins An Award!

The Fearsome Beastie by Giles Paley-Phillips has just come highly commended in the first annual Forward Literature Awards, beaten to first place by Lee Wardlaw’s Won Ton published by Henry Holt & Company. The competition is judged by a panel of experts.  To find out more visit their website by clicking here.

Mrs MacCready Gets in the Festive Mood

Hello all! Well yesterday was a fab day – I accompanied my creator, the lovely Julie Fulton, to the Festive Gift Fair in Birmingham.  Maverick has a stand there (Stand K22 if any of you want to pop along) and it looks lovely and christmassy. Julie was signing copies of Mrs MacCready Was Ever So Greedy, whilst I was off shopping! They had stands with everything – the food stalls… Read More »Mrs MacCready Gets in the Festive Mood

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