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Queen Fluff or Marie Antoinette? Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff.

Mary at Over 40 and a Mum to One has written a lovely review for Rachel Lyon‘s latest picture book, Not Enough for Queen Fluff. She’s event pointed out the similarities between Marie Antoinette and our little snobby bunny queen… “So what could the picture book, written by Rachel Lyon, have in common with a French queen?  Well Queen Fluff is just the grandest of bunnies, she has it all… Read More »Queen Fluff or Marie Antoinette? Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff.

George and the New Craze – review!

Lovely new review for the latest adventure from George the Giraffe and his friends at the Heavenly Hippo Wildlife park! Jill has reviewed George and the New Craze on Red Reading Hub. “The doings of the Wildlife Park inhabitants continue to delight  and I particularly love that spread of Kimberley Scott’s displaying all ninety-nine cards plus spares. Did I notice a certain MD of a certain publishing company thereon?? Spot… Read More »George and the New Craze – review!

Enough Posters for Queen Fluff!

What a glorious sight to be seen in the window of Waterstones Warrington….Queen Fluff would thoroughly approve!  All in preparation for Rachel Lyon’s event on the 3rd July (have a look on our calendar page for more details). Of course Mucky (I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn) and the Childe (Childe of Hale) have also made an appearance.  Set to be a fantastic event!

Rachel Lyon on the cover of Local Life

Maverick author, Rachel Lyon makes the front cover of her local edition of Local Life magazine.   Rachel is very proactive in her local area and does lots of events with her three Maverick books, The Cautionary Tale of the Childe of Hale, I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn and her newly published, Not Enough for Queen Fluff. Not Enough for Queen Fluff is sitting in pride of place in… Read More »Rachel Lyon on the cover of Local Life

“I couldn’t help but smile.” Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff

Cheryl and the madhouse kids have reviewed the newest royal addition to the Maverick list – Not Enough for Queen Fluff! Written by Rachel Lyon in beautiful rhyme and illustrated by the talented Catalina Echeverri, this book is the product of a Maverick dream team! Cheryl seems to agree! “Stories told in rhyme always get a particularly enthusiastic response from the Madhouse kids for reading at bedtime and Pierre has… Read More »“I couldn’t help but smile.” Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff

“A wonderful addition to any classroom” – review for Maverick early readers

Laura, who blogs at The Butterfly Mother has written a lovely review for our new set of Maverick early readers. She called them, “a wonderful addition to any classroom as their humorous content will really engage the children.” And she had lots of lovely things to say about each of the stories as well! Grumpy King Colin “A fabulous message to any unruly toddler or preschooler in my opinion! Caterpillar… Read More »“A wonderful addition to any classroom” – review for Maverick early readers

Heart of Hawick

This year we had not one, but two of our lovely books shortlisted for the Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award. A Scarf and a Half by Amanda Brandon and Preposterous Rhinoceros by Tracy Gunaratnam      Amanda and Tracy took a jolly little jaunt up to Hawick to take part in the awards. Amanda said: “ I didn’t need A Scarf and a Half when [we] visited the Scottish Borders… Read More »Heart of Hawick

Submissions update!

Hello lovely writers and authors! We have news from the submissions desk. Unfortunately, we will no longer be accepting postal submissions. I know, it’s sad news! We do apologise, but due to a lack of space and the wellbeing of our editorial team, we can no longer accommodate a mountain of physical manuscripts in the office. It’s threatening to topple over and, trust us, squashed editors, aren’t happy editors. We… Read More »Submissions update!

“There are giggles aplenty to be found” in Bossy Jonathan Fossy

Jill Bennett from the Red Reading Hub has written a nice little piece on Bossy Jonathan Fossy by Julie Fulton. “Meet Jonathan Fossy, a real bossy boots if ever there was one: he’d issue orders to his mum, his neighbours, the whole town in fact. Eventually PC Moran decides something has to be done and at dead of night a plan is hatched.” “Jonathan Fossy is the latest addition to… Read More »“There are giggles aplenty to be found” in Bossy Jonathan Fossy

“Irresistible little books to inspire and entertain new readers.”

Pam, who writes for the Lancashire Evening Post, has written a great review for the our latest Early Reader, which “has proved so popular with teachers, librarians and – most important of all – young readers.” A Gold Star for George by Alice Hemming  “Alice Hemming, who is passionate about picture books, provides the ‘aah’ factor in this appealing and heart-warming story while illustrator Kimberley Scott turns the menagerie of animals into… Read More »“Irresistible little books to inspire and entertain new readers.”

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