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‘Just perfect for newly confident readers’ Early Readers get a big thumbs up from An Awfully Big Blog Adventure!

Chitra Soundar just posted a great review on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure for two new Early Readers by Clare Helen Welsh: ‘The stories are well structured with the necessary repetition to enable word recognition, learning by sight as much as sounding out unfamiliar words with phonics. The stories are engaging and fun. These will definitely appeal to young children who are reading on their own. At this age children… Read More »‘Just perfect for newly confident readers’ Early Readers get a big thumbs up from An Awfully Big Blog Adventure!

‘Would make a great fun story for bedtime or happy reading in the classroom’ What’s Good to Read jumps for joy at Froggy Day!

What’s Good to Read recently posted a hopping great review for picture book Froggy Day by Heather Pindar: ‘Froggy Day is a fun and engaging story. It is different and the children loved reading about frogs falling from the sky, creating problems and certainly gave them a giggle. The illustrations, beautifully drawn by Barbara Bakos, are bright and fun and bring the story fully to life. As for educational value,… Read More »‘Would make a great fun story for bedtime or happy reading in the classroom’ What’s Good to Read jumps for joy at Froggy Day!

5 STAR review for Not Yet a Yeti from What’s Good to Read!

Another corker of a review from What’s Good to Read! This time for a fab new picture book which is winning a lot of hearts, Not Yet a Yeti by Lou Treleaven: ‘An excellent story of family values, differences, courage, being yourself and finding your own path in life. It has a great message about a family supporting their child’s decision to do something different, and the sentiment on the… Read More »5 STAR review for Not Yet a Yeti from What’s Good to Read!

‘If you have children that love dinosaurs, adventure, danger and fun then order a copy today!’ What’s Good to Read 5 out of 5 for Dino Wars!

David at What’s Good to Read just loved the second book in the Dino Wars series The Trials of Terror by Dan Metcalf and illustrated by Aaron Blecha so much he gave it 5 out of 5!: ‘Dino Wars: The Trials of Terror is a fun and engaging story, featuring a cast of characters that children can enjoy and relate to. With plenty of twists, turns, adventure, danger and best… Read More »‘If you have children that love dinosaurs, adventure, danger and fun then order a copy today!’ What’s Good to Read 5 out of 5 for Dino Wars!

‘Little ones will be hopping with joy’ Lancashire Evening Post has some fun with a shower of frogs!

Pam at the Lancashire Evening Post recently ran a frog-tastic review of picture book Froggy Day by Heather Pindar, illustrated by Barbara Bakos: ‘Little ones will be hopping with joy when they get their hands on this super soggy story from picture book duo Heather Pindar and Barbara Bakos as they have fun with a shower of frantic frogs. Youngsters will love counting their way through the fantastic array of… Read More »‘Little ones will be hopping with joy’ Lancashire Evening Post has some fun with a shower of frogs!

‘Speaks loudly to little ones about courage, acceptance and finding yourself’ Lancashire Evening Post reviews Not Yet a Yeti!

Pam at the Lancashire Evening Post has got to the heart of the matter in her great review for new picture book Not Yet a Yeti by Lou Treleaven with illustrations by Tony Neal: ‘Wise storyteller Lou Treleaven brings out both our smiles and our thinking caps in this clever and captivating story from Maverick. Starring an adorable little yeti called George, who has a fancy to be something other… Read More »‘Speaks loudly to little ones about courage, acceptance and finding yourself’ Lancashire Evening Post reviews Not Yet a Yeti!

‘This is a wonderful, quirky and totally silly story’ Madge Eekal Reviews takes on an unusual weather front!

Zoe at Madge Eekal Reviews has come through again with a wonderful review for new picture book Froggy Day by Heather Pindar with illustrations by Barbara Bakos: ‘This is a wonderful, quirky and totally silly story. I absolutely loved it and fully expect it to become a firm favourite with young readers too. There isn’t the traditional story structure with a neatly defined beginning, middle and end. Instead, we have… Read More »‘This is a wonderful, quirky and totally silly story’ Madge Eekal Reviews takes on an unusual weather front!

‘Engaging and relevant to a teenage audience’ The Learning Hub reviews some new Graphic Reluctant Readers!

The Learning Hub at the University of Reading Institute of Education recently posted some lovely comments about our new Graphic Readers for reluctant teenage readers: ‘We were excited to receive a new selection of Graffix Books from Maverick this week, particularly as the next two books in the ‘Helix’ series were included and we couldn’t wait to find out what happened next to Mato, Kes and Shak! Graffix readers are… Read More »‘Engaging and relevant to a teenage audience’ The Learning Hub reviews some new Graphic Reluctant Readers!

‘A truly delightful story’ Madge Eekal reviews Not Yet a Yeti!

Madge Eekal Reviews has published a wonderful review of new picture book Not Yet a Yeti by Lou Treleaven with illustrations by Tony Neal: ‘This is a truly delightful story that brings an original and unexpected twist to the traditional tale of the importance of accepting yourself.  While I thoroughly enjoyed the story, I was equally impressed by the fact it is told in so few words. The language will… Read More »‘A truly delightful story’ Madge Eekal reviews Not Yet a Yeti!

Early Readers make a big hit in Taiwan!

We are thrilled to see a lovely review for our Early Readers reading scheme and new Maverick Early Readers dedicated website in Taiwan based Ai Xiaoyi’s Book Blog: ‘The story structure and sentence patterns are all designed as age appropriate, and the illustrations are cute. The best part is that Maverick Press has an open online Resource Pack for parents to download and for teachers there are very useful teaching materials.’… Read More »Early Readers make a big hit in Taiwan!

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