Preposterous Rhinoceros

The Letterpress Project interviews Maverick author Tracy Gunaratnam!

Karen at The Letterpress Project has just run an exclusive interview with Tracy Gunaratnam author of picture books Preposterous Rhinoceros and the new Hamster Sitter Wanted. Find out what inspires Tracy, what her favourite books are and what she thinks makes an extraordinary picture book here. Buy a copy of Preposterous Rhinoceros here or a copy of Hamster Sitter Wanted here See The Letterpress Project’s review of Hamster Sitter Wanted… Read More »The Letterpress Project interviews Maverick author Tracy Gunaratnam!

Tracy and her Horde of Hamsters Tour Croydon Libraries!

Tracy Gunaratnam has been very busy with her horde (yes, that is the correct collective term!) of hamsters touring three Croydon libraries this month. She read her latest book Hamster Sitter Wanted (with brilliant illustrations by Hannah Marks) and the ever popular Preposterous Rhinoceros (illustrated by the talented Marta Costa) and joined in various craft activities with her young fans. L to R: New Addington Library (15th August), Bradmore Green… Read More »Tracy and her Horde of Hamsters Tour Croydon Libraries!

Author Tracy Gunaratnam reads Preposterous Rhinoceros at Thornton Heath Library, 28th January

As part of National Storytelling Week author Tracy Gunaratnam will be reading her book Preposterous Rhinoceros at the Thornton Heath Library at 11am on Saturday the 28th of January! Book your place here.

Lollipop puppets and sing-a-longs with Tracy Gunaratnam!

Last week, Tracy Gunaratnam joined Ashburton Library for their regular Book Buddies session and read her charming story, Preposterous Rhinoceros. The children joined Tracy for jungle sing-a-long and then made Preposterous Rhinoceros badges and lollipop puppets! Tracy will be at Croydon Library for National Storytelling Week in February 2016. Check out our other author’s events in our event calendar. Buy preposterous Rhinoceros here.

Big thumbs up for our Early Readers from Madhouse Family Reviews

We’ve had another great endorsement for our early readers, this time from Madhouse Family Reviews! The Early Readers have retained the atmosphere, fun stories and appealing illustrations of the originals, just in a simplified, more accessible form. As Pierre already knows the stories from listening to me read him the originals, he’s been really excited about trying to read them himself. The fact that he already knows the essence of… Read More »Big thumbs up for our Early Readers from Madhouse Family Reviews

Praising scarves and rhinos!

Last Friday, everyone at Maverick got some lovely good news which put us in amazing spirits for the weekend! Two of our authors have had their first picture books nominated for the Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amanda Brandon’s first Granny Mutton Yarn story, A Scarf and a HalfÂ and Tracy Gunaratnam‘s first storyÂ Preposterous RhinocerosÂ have both been nominated. It is… Read More »Praising scarves and rhinos!

Happy International Literacy Day from Preposterous Rhinoceros!

Yesterday Tracy Gunaratnam attended Croydon Library’s International Literacy Day event. She read her story Preposterous Rhinoceros which is all about encouraging children to persevere with reading and the joy of reading a book by yourself for the very first time. The children were very enthusiastic and had plenty of advice for Preposterous Rhinoceros on how he might go about reading a book. Tracy played the hairy, scary guessing game with… Read More »Happy International Literacy Day from Preposterous Rhinoceros!

Another great review for our Early Readers

We’ve had another fantastic review from regular Maverick reviewer – Laura who writes at the blog Yummy Mummy Flabby Tummy. These Early Readers are a great addition to the Maverick Book collection and I love that they aren’t brand new stories but ones that Miss C is familiar with. I felt that they boosted her confidence when she was reading them because we had read the picture books before. We’re… Read More »Another great review for our Early Readers

“Adapting picture books that are already well-loved into early readers.”

One of our favourite Maverick reviewers has reviewed our brand new Early Readers. Mary, who writes at Over 40 and a Mum to One, has given our Early Readers an amazing review. She has also aptly published it the day that her son starts his first day of Year One. Apparently he wasn’t too thrilled to say goodbye to summer! Mary explains the difference between each of the three book… Read More »“Adapting picture books that are already well-loved into early readers.”

This Day I Love loves our Early Readers today!

We’ve had another review for our wonderful early readers which were released last Friday. This time from Leyla who writes for the blog This Day I love. She shared the early readers with her two daughters, her oldest is just starting her second year of school and her youngest is starting her first, so they are the perfect readers for our new venture! Leyla made the excellent point that children… Read More »This Day I Love loves our Early Readers today!