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Sheffield Children’s Book Award

Game of Stones wins Sheffield Childrens Book Award – Picture Books!

Maverick Publishing are delighted to announce the success of their book Game of Stones in last weeks Sheffield children’s book award. The book written by Rebecca Lisle and illustrated by Richard Watson, won the picture book category (5-7 years), from a shortlist of Daisy Doodles (Oxford University Press) and Perfectly Norman (Bloomsbury). The award is voted by children from 222 school groups in the Sheffield area and several hundred children… Read More »Game of Stones wins Sheffield Childrens Book Award – Picture Books!

30th Sheffield Children’s Book Awards announced tomorrow!

Steve and Kim have left for Sheffield and we are crossing all our fingers and toes here in the Maverick office for tomorrow’s announcement of the picture book winner! Our Game of Stones by Rebecca Lisle with illustrations by Richard Watson is on a shortlist of three.  Can’t wait to hear the result of the voting tomorrow!  

‘I was incredibly impressed by the quality of these books’ Book Monster Ally loves our Early Readers!

Sheffield children’s librarian Ally at Book Monsters recently gave what may well be the best Early Readers review we’ve ever had! Ally praised the quality of the writing and the illustrations and said: ‘I must applaud all of the authors and illustrators involved in these books for their brilliant and perfectly pitched work here. It’s a tricky level to target, but all involved have done a superb job. Younger reader… Read More »‘I was incredibly impressed by the quality of these books’ Book Monster Ally loves our Early Readers!

The New LiBEARian shortlisted for Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2017!

We were very excited to learn this week that The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald and illustrated by Alex Willmore has been shortlisted for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2017 (Independent Publishers for Younger Children category)! Children will read the books during the Spring/Summer and their votes will be collated during the summer holidays. The results will be announced at a special award ceremony which will be held in November in… Read More »The New LiBEARian shortlisted for Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2017!

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