To celebrate the making of the CG Animation of ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ the author Giles Paley – Phillips has created and put forward a Lego set idea based on his award winning children’s picture book. To support and vote for the Beastie to become a Lego set please click here To see more about Lego idea on YouTube please click here The animated film has Brian Blessed as The Fearsome… Read More »The Fearsome Beastie – Logo Ideas
Very pleased to see lots of sales for Phil Allcock on Amazon for ‘Cantankerous King Colin’ following this quirky and fun book being on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Thoroughly well deserved!
We are all extremely pleased that Rachel Lyon’s second rhyming picure book has been selected as ‘Book of the Month’ for the Irish Book Centre Bookchain. Rachel is one of our most talented rhyming authors here at Maverick and we are sure that children are going to enjoy the antics of ‘Mucky’ Please look out for this lovely book in all good bookshops and on line. Â Enjoy.
If you are wondering where Horace and Hattie the very lovable ‘Hedgehugs’ come from please take a look at the video on YouTube here. Have fun!
Rachel Lyon’s verses are great to read aloud and the story is inspiring and funny, a comment on being yourself and learning who true friends are. The art is perfectly matched, Andrea Ringli’s funny and touching illustration telling the story wonderfully. This Delightful Book will Inspire and Entertain!By billymcbrie on 22 Sep 2014 To read the whole review and… Read More »1st Five Star review for ‘Unicorn’
Fantastic to see authors enjoying themselves at the Maverick book party. Presentations were made to; Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson for their ‘Hedgehugs’ Book, ‘Hedgehugs’ Â Family Organiser and ‘Hedgehugs’ 2015 wall calendar. Steve Howson for his book, ‘Hocus Pocus Diplodocus’ Rachel Lyon for her second rhyming book ‘I Wish I’d Been Born a Unicorn’ Amanda Brandon for her first book ‘A Scarf and a Half’ Alice Hemming for her… Read More »Book Party at the Square Pig and Pen
Giles Paley-Phillips will be at the Wigtown Book Festival with his book, The Fearsome Beastie, on Saturday 4th October. Tickets to see Giles in the Children’s Marquee at 2:30pm cost £3.50 and are available on the Wigtown Book Festival website. To buy Giles’ award-winning book please click here. Enjoy.
Izy Penguin will be at the Dreams Fun Day on Saturday 13th September with her book, Grandma Bendy. Izy will be doing readings and signing copies between 1pm and 2pm at the Jubilee Sports Ground in Catford. There will also be some colouring-in activities and the opportunity to make your own ‘Bendy’! To buy Izy’s book please click here
Tom Hollander will be the celebrity reader of Cantankerous King Colin by Phil Allcock for CBeebies Bedtime Stories. The actor, famous for his roles in Pride and Prejudice and Pirates of the Caribbean, will be on CBeebies on Monday 15th September at 6:50pm. To buy Cantankerous King Colin please click here. Enjoy.
Amanda Brandon has knitted her very own Scarf and a Half measuring twelve and a half feet long! Amanda will be taking her hand-knitted masterpiece to all of her ‘A Scarf and a Half‘ book events.
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