Alice Hemming, author of Bibble and the Bubbles, will be reading at the Southend Children’s Book Festival on 27th October between 11:00am and 12:30pm. Alice will also be doing some interactive activities with the children and there will be a few bubbles floating about too.. To buy Alice’s books click here.
Amanda Brandon will attend the Southend Children’s Book Festival 2014 on Saturday 18th October. The event will be held at The Forum in Southend-on-Sea between 11.00am and 12.30pm. Amanda will tell the tale of Little Lionel’s extraordinary present from Granny Mutton as well as bringing along her very own ‘scarf and a half’! You can also get involved by making a sheep collage or a bookmark for your own Granny… Read More »A Scarf and a Half to be at Children’s Book Festival
The second book by author Alice Hemming, a magical story about a little boy, Bobby who wonders where all the bubbles go? and 667 million miles away ‘Bibble’ wonders where all the bubbles are coming from? Beautifully, beautifully illustrated by Sara Sanchez. These are the endpapers!  Just imagine how the whole book looks! Alice is taking part with the SCWBI character blog tour, to see more  please click here. To… Read More »Bibble and the Bubbles
The second picture book by children’s author, Rachel Lyon. Out this September delightfully illustrated by Andrea Ringli, the story is about ‘Mucky’ a rather smelly horse who wanted to be a Unicorn believing it would bring him many more friends! Â Rachel is one of our very best rhyming authors who brings the full range of emotions with her writing! We often find ourselves going from hilarious laughter to shedding a… Read More »I Wish I’d been Born a Unicorn!
A knitting loving granny proved the inspiration for an author’s new picture book ‘A Scarf and a Half.’ This is the first book by author Amanda Brandon, we are sure this will be very popular with young children in schools and libraries. To see more about Amanda  please click here. The illustrations are by Catalina Echeverri who is represented by the illustration agency Plum Pudding. Catalina’s sense of colour… Read More »Scarf and a Half
A picture book in just over 100 words of a conversation between a little boy called Alfie and a Yak! This is the first book by author Alex English, we are sure this will be very popular with young children in schools and libraries. To see more about Alex please click here. The illustrations are by Emma Levey a brilliant young illustraor who already has success with her book… Read More »‘Yuck Said the Yak’
Children are in for more than one treat if they are travelling in London with Mums, Dads, friends  on the underground! Look out for copies of ‘Hedgehugs’ the new children’s picture book by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper. To see more about ‘Books on the Underground’ this please click here. To buy this lovely book please click here. Enjoy! (We know you will! ) Ha!
Fantastic to see our new books heading the review section for the Lancashire Evening Post. “A Perfect Summer of Fun” To read all the reviews please click here. Both books are available at many good bookshops and online. Enjoy
Many thanks to Louise Ellis-Barrett for reviewing Steve Howson’s first picture book. A jolly good review as well! To read the whole review please click here. To buy this lovely book please click here. ENJOY!
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