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Beastie in etc magazine

      Great full page article on Giles Paley-Phillips winning the People’s Book Prize with The Fearsome Beastie.   To buy this great book please go to the maverick shop

Read it Daddy, a great review for Giles new book

  Thank you to “Read It Daddy”‘ for such a nice quote and review!     “We’re now glued to Maverick Books website to see if they can keep up this fantastic streak of quality children’s picture books. So far they’re knocking it out of the park, and we’ve already noticed that Julie (Mrs MacCready) Fulton and Jona Jung have another book coming out (Tabitha Posy was Ever So Nosy)… Read More »Read it Daddy, a great review for Giles new book

Primary Times – Out Today!

Out today 20th August!  The new issue of Primary Times and we are all thrilled here at Maverick Arts Publishing to have THREE of our books reviewed on The Bookworm page. The Goblin & the Girl, by Neil Irani, The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble by Angela Mitchell, and Izy Penguin with her crazy book…Grandma Bendy! All of these books are in most good bookshops or you can buy on line… Read More »Primary Times – Out Today!

A Book for a Birthday

Here is a great idea for Aunties , Uncles, Grandparents and friends! Why not give a Maverick book for that next special birthday. Our books are suitable for children that don’t mind having a challenge – with readers from four years old to even up to eight!  If you can write a special message your gift will always be remembered and cherished! To see all of our books please click… Read More »A Book for a Birthday

Bella loves ‘The Fearsome Beastie’

  The very popular Bella magazine sells on average over 250,000 copies a week. One of the favorite feature pages is ‘Bella Loves’ where attractive products are recommended. Featured on this weeks page is the People’s Children’s book Prize ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ by Giles Paley-Phillips. Available at Waterstones and many good bookshops and also from our own on line shop

Jelly at Wimbledon

  This saturday August 11th, author Angela Mitchell will be at Waterstones, Wimbledon reading her new book, The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble. Angela’s book has had some great reviews and children can take part in lots of activities including making their own ‘Jelly Crowns’ All welcome from 11.00 to 3.00

Grandma Bendy Book Readings

  Children’s Author Izy Penguin will be reading and signing her new book, ‘Grandma Bendy’ in bookshops during this summer.     Saturday August 18th  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Teddington Saturday September 1st  from 11.30 to 1.30 pm at Waterstones, York   A great opportunity for children to meet Izy and Grandma Bendy!

Jelly events during August

      Children’s author Angela Mitchell will be reading and signing her new book, ‘The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble’ in bookshops during August       Saturday August 11th  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Wimbledon Thursday August 16th  from 11.00 to 12.00 at THE GOLDEN TREASURY, London SW18 5LT Thursday August 23rd  from 11.00 to 3.00 at BAGS OF BOOKS, LEWES Saturday August 25th  from 11.00 to 1.30… Read More »Jelly events during August

‘This Book deserves to be a Classic!’

  An extract of the review from Big Books Little Books This book truly deserves to be a classic. I remember reading Roald Dahl as a child and feeling ‘deliciously scared’ and loving how the ‘bad guys’ always get their comeuppance in the most imaginative ways possible and this book sits in that format perfectly. In a few years time I want to be sitting in front of the tv… Read More »‘This Book deserves to be a Classic!’