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“A real jewel of a picture book” – Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff

Kerry Trickett who reviews for My Book Corner has reviewed Rachel Lyon’s royally, rhyming tale, Not Enough for Queen Fluff.  “The fun writing in Not Enough For Queen Fluff, combined with the gorgeously detailed illustrations by Catalina Echeverri, make this a real jewel of a picture book, to be read many times over. Be sure to look out for the cheeky frog on the final spread — it always makes us smile!”… Read More »“A real jewel of a picture book” – Review for Not Enough for Queen Fluff

World Book Day Competition!

Happy World Book Day everyone! To celebrate, Kim and Ellie have dressed up as two Maverick characters… Guess who they are for your chance to win your choice of Maverick book! To win all you have to do is: Follow @Maverickbooks on Twitter Like and retweet the competition photo Tweet your guess with the #MaverickWorldBookDay or Reply to the Tweet All entries with the correct titles for both costumes will… Read More »World Book Day Competition!

“Exciting children’s picture books with quirky and inventive themes.”

Pam at the Lancashire Evening Post has reviewed our latest books and given them some great reviews! Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip  “Debut author Lou Treleaven works some imaginative and inventive magic as she combines rhyme, raucous fun and madcap science in an exciting and energetic picture book. Julia Patton’s creative and quirky illustrations add extra vitality and colour to Treleaven’s lively, rhyming story which comes packed with ideas, inventions and… Read More »“Exciting children’s picture books with quirky and inventive themes.”

Maverick are at Frankfurt!

It’s that time of year again when everyone in publishing jets off to Frankfurt for one of the biggest book fairs of the year. This year we have a delightful stand showcasing our latest picture books and the exciting new additions to our publishing schedule, including the launch of Maverick early readers and board books. If you’re wandering the fair pop by and see us or if you would like… Read More »Maverick are at Frankfurt!

Our Submissions are now closed!

We have decided to close our submissions for a short while in order to catch up with the stories we have received. We are hoping that by the time we reopen we will be able to cut down the response time to a short 3 months! Last week we announced that the submissions will be closing and implored all children’s writers out there to get their acts together and submit… Read More »Our Submissions are now closed!

Daniel O’Dowd snapped up a review from the Book Bag!

The latest addition to the Ever So series, Daniel O’Dowd was ever so Loud, just keeps getting great reviews and now it can add a lovely positive review from the Book Bag to the list! We’d like to thank Rachel Spencer for her kind words on the boy with the supersonic voice! She said: ‘Overall I think this is a really fun book, with a nice plot and great illustrations by… Read More »Daniel O’Dowd snapped up a review from the Book Bag!

Amanda Brandon’s mural and a half!

Amanda Brandon, author of ‘A Scarf and a Half‘, visited Jacqson Diego Story Emporium to create the biggest scarf mural the world has ever seen! Amanda read the story of Little Lionel and his Granny to the children and then they enjoyed plenty of fun scarf and knitting related activities! Amanda said that the children most enjoyed seeing just how many people could be wrapped in ‘Granny Mutton’s scarf –… Read More »Amanda Brandon’s mural and a half!

Tracy Gunaratnam’s preposterous visit to Dulwich Books

Tracy Gunaratnam visited Dulwich Books last Saturday to read her first published picture book ‘Preposterous Rhinoceros.’ Tracy is one of Maverick’s newest authors and we are very excited about her book and expect it to become a favourite pick for bedtime in many households! Tracy said about her first book event: ‘I had a lovely time at Dulwich Books, the staff were so helpful and  the children were great. The… Read More »Tracy Gunaratnam’s preposterous visit to Dulwich Books

We’re proud sponsors of blogger Ickle Pickle for Brit Mums Live 2015

Maverick are now the proud sponsors of blogger Ickle Pickle for the blogging event – BritMums Live 2015. Ickle Pickle is one of Maverick’s most loyal supporters and we are pleased that we have the opportunity to support the two year old blogger and his mum just as they have supported us. BritMums Live is the UK’s biggest social media conference and blogger event. It is held for the UK’s… Read More »We’re proud sponsors of blogger Ickle Pickle for Brit Mums Live 2015

Yak visits Dulwich Books

Alex English, author of Yuck! said the Yak, visited Dulwich Books last Saturday for storytime. Alex started the morning by reading one of her favourite picture books from her childhood, The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr. She then read her own book, Yuck! said the Yak to the eager children and then offered her thoughts on their yak masterpieces as they did some colouring in! All in… Read More »Yak visits Dulwich Books