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As Quiet as a Mouse

A Triple attack book launch!

Last night we celebrated the book birthdays of three authors: Clare Helen Welsh, Karen Owen and Rebecca Colby. They were celebrating the releases of their latest books: Aerodynamics of Biscuits, As Quiet as a Mouse and It’s Raining Bats and Frogs.         All three authors are members of the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators and have been supporting each other every step of the way through their… Read More »A Triple attack book launch!

“Winningly illustrated.” Lovely review for As Quiet as a Mouse

Jill at Red Reading Hub has written a lovely review for As Quiet as a Mouse by Karen Owen. She praises both the story and the beautiful illustrations by Evgenia Golubeva. “Edgar has fond feelings for his new baby sister but he does find it extremely challenging not to keep waking her up – no matter how much he tries. An extended joke of a story, winningly illustrated, that will… Read More »“Winningly illustrated.” Lovely review for As Quiet as a Mouse

Lovely reviews for our new books from This Day I Love

Leyla at This Day I love has written some lovely reviews for our latest books including our board books which have become the first books her third child, known only as ‘thing 3’ just now, will own when they are born.         Hedgehugs and Horace and Hattiepillar board books. “The girls already love the Hedgehugs stories and these two new board books are based on the Hedgehugs… Read More »Lovely reviews for our new books from This Day I Love

Reviews for As Quiet as a Mouse

As Quiet as a Mouse by new Maverick author Karen Owen, has received two lovely 5 star reviews on Amazon. “A gorgeous feel-good story with wonderful illustrations. Edgar the Elephant can’t help being noisy, which keeps waking up his new baby sister. So it’s up to his best friend Ruby to teach him how to be as quiet as a mouse. A splendid book about friendship and perseverance.” “Sweet story, great… Read More »Reviews for As Quiet as a Mouse

Reviews for our new picture books from Parents in Touch!

Parents in Touch have reviewed our latest picture book and have some very nice things to say about them indeed! As Quiet as a Mouse by Karen Owen  “It’s hard to be quiet when you are an elephant! Edgar keeps waking up his new baby sister but however hard he tries, he can’t help being noisy. Simple text and vibrant illustrations make for a very enjoyable read.” Aerodynamics of Biscuits… Read More »Reviews for our new picture books from Parents in Touch!

Happy publication day to our September authors!

It’s our favourite day of the month – it’s publication day! Happy publication day to our brand new Maverick authors and illustrators : Clare Helen Welsh and Sophia Touliatou - Aerodynamics of Biscuits  Captain Sneaky McSqueaky and his crew of pirate mice are trying to fly to the moon to steal moon cheese, but to get there they need some help from Oliver and his biscuits. A quirky story for children with big… Read More »Happy publication day to our September authors!

Countdown to new picture books!

It just a little over a month until our new picture book titles are released on Monday 28th September! We are so excited about these books because, not only are they amazing stories, but they are also written by three brand new Maverick authors! Please welcome… Clare Helen Welsh author of Aerodynamics of Biscuits!   Captain Sneaky McSqueaky and his crew of pirate mice are trying to fly to the moon… Read More »Countdown to new picture books!

Maverick author day

Last Thursday we had a rather lovely time at the Maverick studio. We invited some of our authors to the studio to have an ideas session on how to best run events and increase the visibility of our books. Usually we only get to see our authors once a year (and even then it’s only one-to-one) so it was lovely to see not just one, but six of our authors… Read More »Maverick author day