Maverick Books

This year has flown by, so why not get prepared to start 2022 afresh, and have a beautiful space for jotting down all those missed plans! We have 7 new calendars out now, which ensure you have a beautiful vista to look at every month! For the Nature Lovers! This best-selling calendar features a series of stunning photographs all taken in Britain by talented photographers! Printed on top quality, and… Read More »Start the New Year Afresh With Our 2022 Calendars

Like the Christmas season itself, Lou Treleaven’s story of a treat that keeps on giving is full of charm, surprise, and cheer. Her set up of a royal giant family enjoying their holiday feast lends a magical plausibility to the idea of a crumb large enough to pass down and down and down again to feed multiple families—an idea that brings new delight each time a crumb escapes and finds… Read More »‘An utter delight from beginning to end’ Celebrate Picture Books Reviews Lou Treleaven’s ‘The Christmas Crumb’

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Just in time for Halloween, when kids’ thoughts turn to transforming themselves into all things witchy and scary, comes a humorous and bewitching story of confidence, self-love, and the courage to be yourself. David Crosby’s clever concept—that witches choose their own distinguishing facial feature as a rite of passage gives kids a lighthearted way to think about their own uniqueness in looks, personality, talents, thoughts, and other traits. Along the… Read More »‘An enchanting and uplifting story to inspire kids to be true to themselves’ Celebrate Picture Books is Bewitched by Halloween Tale ‘Which Nose for Witch?’

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If your kids enjoyed the movie Sing, then this is the book for you! Miss Gorilla is hosting a dance show but the rehearsals are not going well. Mrs Sleepy Sloth is fast asleep and the rest of the animals are jittery with nerves. When the curtains open, chaos descends. Mrs Pelican freezes mid tap dance, Mr Elephant trips and falls- squashing the orchestra in the process and then they… Read More »‘If your kids enjoyed the movie Sing, then this is the book for you!’ Home.Read.Play Reviews Jenny Moore’s Latest Release

Anyone like a tale with a slightly dark ending, well here’s one for you. Fifi is a crocodile and as we all know crocodiles are dangerous. Unfortunately for Fifi she has been born with fur so looks very cute which means no one is scared of her. Her sisters tease her and all her plans to help her situation (like spiking her hair up or hiding in the swamp) just… Read More »‘My kids and nursery class loved this book.’ What Emmy Read Reviews Bruna de Luca’s Debut

Fifi a baby crocodile was different from others. Even when she was in an egg, her parents felt that she is going to be a fireball. But to everyone’s surprise, when Fifi was actually born as a furball. Everyone found her cute & very cuddly. But Fifi didn’t like being called cute, she wanted to be a Dangerous crocodile. She tried disguising herself into the mud, putting fake spikey thorns… Read More »‘It will be read over & over again.’ Reading with 2 Boys Reviews Bruna de Luca’s Debut Release ‘I’m Not Cute, I’m Dangerous’

Louse, aged 10This was a really good book. Nicolas lives in the sewers until a strange lady helps him out. Then the lady disappears and he needs to rescue her.  Alex, aged 9I really enjoyed this book. It is exciting all the way through, and has lots of cliff hangers and plot turns. It is fun to read, and I couldn’t put it down.  I also felt like I learnt a… Read More »‘This will definitely hook my year 6s in next year and I can’t wait to share it with them’ Toppsta Reviews

Finding the school issue early readers uninspiring? Our school uses good old Biff, Chip and Kipper early readers, and while I can see their merit for structure and sentence building, I’m on round three of these bad boys and feeling like the stories themselves and the illustrations are less than enticing. We have just discovered Maverick Early Readers. The first BIG difference is the artwork,they are colourful, fun, emotive and… Read More »‘A brilliant aid when learning to read’ Home.Read.Play Reviews Our Latest Purple & Gold Readers