What a glorious sight to be seen in the window of Waterstones Warrington….Queen Fluff would thoroughly approve! Â 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. Â Set to be a fantastic event!
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
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
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
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.”
Welsh Mummy blogs has written a fantastic review, on behalf of primary times, of Loud Daniel O’Dowd by Julie Fulton. “I really enjoyed reading this book to my son. The words flowed very nicely and the story kept my sons attention very well.” Her 3 year old son adding; “I really liked this book, we read it twice in one sitting because I like the alien in the spaceship and… Read More »“Great illustrations, another great book by Julie Fulton.”
At Maverick, some of our characters are too big for just one book and the biggest and boldest characters of all are, of course, the bizarre citizens of Hamilton Shady. Julie Fulton‘s Ever So series, featuring some of Hamilton Shady’s slightly flawed characters, has become an everlasting favourite. So with the fifth book due for release, we decided to give the whole series a bit of a lift, with brand… Read More »“A combination of colourful, quirky characters, bold illustrations and addictive, sing-along rhyming verse.”
Melissa, who writes at Honey Bee Books, has tried and tested our early readers and has written us a lovely review! We completely agree with her that children need high quality early readers to encourage and enhance their reading skills. We take high quality, engaging stories and work to carefully edit them to be the best possible tools to help children learn to read. Here’s what Melissa had to say:… Read More »“Beginner readers need quality books to read.” Early readers review
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than with a brilliant review for our favourite science lover and inventor, Professor McQuark? Booklover Jo has reviewed the quirky McQuark, created by Lou Treleaven and brought to life by Julia Patton and has said it ‘will have a real pride of place in her school library.’ “‘Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip’ […] is a brilliantly, entertaining gem of a read. Wacky, wild… Read More »“A brilliantly, entertaining gem of a read” Booklover Jo reviews Professor McQuark
Phil and Charlotte, who write for the brilliant book review blog, Read it Daddy, have reviewed Strictly No Crocs by Heather Pindar. “Strictly No Crocs is the debut children’s book from Heather Pindar, with fab artwork by Susan Batori spinning the tale of three hungry crocodiles  who are sneaky as well as starving. This hilarious tale is fun, fresh and original – and we shout a huge hooray to see… Read More »“Fun, fresh and original.” Review for Strictly No Crocs.
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