Next wednesday 20th June is the Awards Day for the Rotherham Children’s Book Prize. Giles Paley-Phillips is a finalist with his book, ‘The Fearsome Beastie’ I understand over 600 children attend the event so it should be extremely lively! Everyone here at Maverick wishes Giles the very best of Luck and enjoy the day.
After winning the People’s Book Prize, we are pleased to have a very good review in the Sun newspaper by Natasha Harding. The lead article features the very good work at Booktrust celebrating 20 years of Bookstart. Modern day children have a huge amount of distractions, our aim here at Maverick Publishing is to create books that will hold childrens and parents interest and help the campaign to keep our children… Read More »Beastie in the Sun!
The Jelly that Wouldn’t Wobble by Angela Mitchell has just received five stars from BookBag! Here are a few quotations from the review: “This is a delightfully entertaining book that is bound to bring a smile and a giggle. It’s a fun tale that uses wonderful descriptive language that make it a pleasure to read…My daughter loves all of the characters from the crotchety old princess to the clever smallest… Read More »Five Stars for ‘Jelly’ from BookBag!
Lovely pictures from the children’s department last saturday Waterstones, Greenwich. Lots of colouring in by children for Angela’s new book, The Jelly that Wouldn’t Wobble. Children  also made their own Jelly Crowns, which were ever so popular…but not as much as the delightful mini jellies that wobbled magnificently and were quickly eaten by the children. Angela read and signed lots of books and has been invited back for later in… Read More »Jellies Wobble at Waterstones, Greenwich!
A lovely review from a very well respected parenting site. To read the full review please click here
G.B here. Just got back from my first job since what happened in my book Grandma Bendy. I had noticed how there seems to be litter everywhere and the poor bin men seemed to be struggling to cope. Â All the bins had been knocked over or moved… So anyway I got up really really early (it was still dark) and set about putting the dustbins back in the right place… Read More »Grandma Bendy on Dustbin Duty
Fantastic news for us here at Maverick Publishing. We are so thrilled for Giles Paley-Phillips winning the Children’s People’s Book Prize with his amazing book, The Fearsome Beastie. To buy your copy of this Award Winning Book please click here Many congratulations Giles!
Children’s Author Izy Penguin will be reading and signing her new book, ‘Grandma Bendy’ in bookshops during this summer. Saturday June 16th  from 12.30 to 4.00 at Waterstones, Putney Saturday June 23rd 12.20 to 4pm at Waterstones, Islington Saturday June 30th 3 to 5pm at Waterstones, Kensington Saturday July 7th  from 11.30 to 1.30 at Waterstones, Newcastle Saturday July 7th  from 2.30 to 4.30 at Waterstones, Hexham Saturday… Read More »Grandma Bendy Summer Readings
Children’s author Angela Mitchell will be reading and signing her new book, ‘The Jelly That Wouldn’t Wobble’ in bookshops during this summer. Saturday June 9th  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Greenwich Saturday June 30th  from 11.00 to 12.30 at The Big Green Bookshop Saturday July 7th  from 11.00 to 1.30 at Waterstones, Bromley Saturday July 21st  from 11.00 to 3.00 at Waterstones, Ashford… Read More »Summer Book Readings
(It’s not children) Â The Fearsome Beastie has recently been after! Its Votes, Votes , Votes… It all makes sense now… he has been working his way up to London to take part in the awards ceremony at The Stationers Hall on May 30th! To vote please click here. To buy the book from the Maverick Shop please click here.
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