Ickle Pickle’s Life, a blog written from the point of view of two year old Pickle, has reviewed our latest books! Pickle read Hedgehugs, Yuck! said the Yak, A Scarf and a Half, and I Wish I’d been born a Unicorn. Hedgehugs was by far Pickle’s favourite book and he even offered a generous give away, meaning one lucky person won a copy of the adorable Hedgehugs! I wish I’d… Read More »Ickle Pickle reviews Maverick’s books!
While the rain made it a miserable Saturday for most of us, Alex English cheered up the book lovers in Leatherhead with her visit to Barton’s Bookshop. She was signing copies of her children’s book Yuck! said the Yak and also sharing a rather fabulous looking Yak cake! Alex will be doing more workshops this week, one at Capel Manor Primary School on Thursday and one with a Toddler group in… Read More »Alex English delighted Barton’s Bookshop!
Rachel Lyon’s second book I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn is proving to be very popular! Teach Nursery has featured it in their Book Shelf section this month! “Lyon’s bouncy verses are a pleasure to read aloud, and beautifully complemented by Andrea Ringli’s bold, affectionate illustrations.” Teach Nursey praised I Wish I’d been born a Unicorn for it’s endearing and relatable tale about wanting to make new friends and… Read More »I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn featured in Teach Nursery’s Book Club!
We have just added Tracy to our authors page and want to give her a true Maverick welcome! Tracy is one of our newest authors who will publish her first children’s picture book, Preposterous Rhinoceros, with us in January. We are really excited about Tracy’s work and cannot wait for everyone else to fall in love with it too. So please join us in welcoming Tracy, the newest member of… Read More »Maverick welcomes Tracy Gunaratnam!
We are delighted that Rachel Lyon’s book I wish I’d been born a Unicorn has been featured in Horse Magazine as a latest equestrian read! “Delight any young horselover this Christmas with the perfect present – an engaging story about mud-monster Mucky…” Now you know what to buy your young horse loving children for Christmas! Get it on Amazon here
Over 40 and a Mum to One are kindly running a competition to give away a copy of ‘Yuck Said The Yak’ “This is a great picture book for discussing what animals and children like to eat. Â Learning about differences and realising that not everyone likes to eat the same thing.” TO ENTER please click here. GOOD LUCK to everyone.
We were delighted to be invited to the Mass Book Launch for SCWBI members at their UK Annual Conference on November 1st in Winchester. A record number of 40 members have been published during 2014.  This bumper year included Alex English pictured with her fantastic book, ‘Yuck Said the Yak’ and Alice Hemming (sporting floppy bat ears!)  with her second book at Maverick ‘Bibble and the Bubbles’ Many congratulations to… Read More »Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference
Here is the link to the reviews of the lovely Maverick books which are now on our Lancashire and Yorkshire websites.
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