Frances Lincoln Children's Catalogue Sprin 2013

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PICTURE BOOKS

Elizabeth Dale Illustrated by Erika Pal Hop aboard Joe’s bus on its way to the market! Here come families carrying fruit and vegetables and boxes and coats, and some chickens . . . and goats! Soon the bus is full to the top and little Keb has to sit right at the back with the animals.

And when the bus reaches a hill it just can’t go any further.

How can they lighten the load and get to market on time?

Elizabeth Dale’s lively and humorous text is brought vividly to life by Erika Pal’s colourful artwork.

Elizabeth Dale lives in rural West Sussex.

Erika Pal’s first picture book, Azad’s Camel was published

by Frances Lincoln, followed by I See the Moon and Little Lion.

Erika lives in London. £11.99 • Hardback • 235 x 278mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 338 2 • January 2013

East of the Sun, West of the Moon Jackie Morris

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Off to Market

From the moment she saw him, she knew the bear had come for her. How many times had she dreamt of the bear…. Now, here he was, as if spelled from her dreams.

“I will come with you, Bear,” she said.

It is the beginning of an extraordinary journey for the girl. First to the bear’s secret palace in faraway mountains, where she is treated so courteously, but where she experiences the bear’s unfathomable sadness, and a deep mystery…

As the bear’s secret unravels, another journey unfolds… a long and desperate journey, that takes the girl to the homes of the four Winds and beyond, to the castle east of the sun, west of the moon.

This beautifully illustrated story of love, loyalty and above all, freedom, is inspired by a fairy tale, and is magically told and illustrated by Jackie Morris.

Jackie Morris lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with children, dogs and cats. Her internationally acclaimed picture books include Tell Me a Dragon, The Ice Bear, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Snow Leopard, Can You See A Little Bear? and How the Whale Became by Ted Hughes. She regularly exhibits her paintings in galleries nationwide. £9.99 • Hardback • 170 x 140mm • 176pp • 11+ 978 1 84780 294 1 • February 2013 3

The Great Big Book of Feelings

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Mary Hoffman Illustrated by Ros Asquith

Happy, sad, excited, bored, silly, shy, confident... Explore lots of different feelings with the children in this book, including how to share and talk about feelings, and how to help yourself feel better. Mary Hoffman and Ros Asquith look at feelings in family life, at school and everywhere with the same warmth, wit and sensitivity that they brought to their award-winning The Great Big Book of Families.

Mary Hoffman has written over 90 books for children, that range from picture books to novels. Amazing Grace, first published in 1991, was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and has since become a modern classic. Together with the other Grace books, it has sold around 1.5 million copies. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and three Burmese cats, and has three grown-up children, all working in the arts.

Ros Asquith contributes Doris, a regular cartoon feature, to The Guardian.

She is the author of the Teenage Worrier books which explore the many anxious moments facing teenagers, suggesting how to solve them with humour and self-reliance. Ros lives in north London. £11.99 • Hardback • 300 x 220mm • 40pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 281 1 • March 2013

Two Nests

Laurence Anholt Illustrated by Jim Coplestone Betty and Paul are two little birds who build a nest together in a cherry tree. Betty lays an egg and out pops Baby Bird. Everyone is happy and all the other animals come to see the baby. But the nest is small, Betty and Paul squabble, and they decide that Paul should live in a different nest on the other side of the tree… Now there are two nests in the cherry tree. But Betty and Paul both love Baby Bird, and soon he is able to fly over the cherry tree, visiting his Two Nests.

Laurence Anholt has produced more than 90 children’s books which are published in dozens of languages around the world, many of them in collaboration with his wife, Catherine. He lives in Colyton, Devon.

Jim Coplestone is an artist, illustrator and sculptor who has illustrated many acclaimed children’s picture books. His first collaboration with Laurence Anholt was Seven for a Secret, praised for its sensitive treatment of the relationship with a grandparent, and bereavement. He lives in Charmouth, Devon. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 32pp • 3+ 978 1 84780 323 8 • March 2013

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Troll Wood

Kathryn Cave Illustrated by Paul Hess

An enchanting picture book about dealing with change and overcoming obstacles, by the award-winning author of Something Else, brought vividly to life by Paul Hess’s whimsical illustrations.

Kathryn Cave has written many books for children. In 1997, Something Else, illustrated by Chris Riddell, won the UNESCO Prize for children’s literature in the service of tolerance. She lives in Hampstead, London.

Paul Hess was born in Australia in 1961. He went to art college in Sydney and then worked as a graphic designer and Art Director for various companies both in Sydney and London from 1981 to 1991.

He has worked as a freelance art director and illustrator since then.

He lives in Northumberland. £11.99 • Hardback • 278 x 214mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 238 5 • March 2013

Moon Forest

Patricia MacCarthy In Moon Forest, night is coming. The moon rises and illuminates the coming and going of nocturnal creatures foraging in the wilderness. The fox must find food for its young. The deer are stampeding! And meanwhile the hare, the owl, the badger and the bats are out and about. All through the night the fox is prowling, hunting. The rabbit manages to escape, but as dawn breaks the fox spots a flock of geese. Maybe this is his last chance to find a meal to take back to his cubs.

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A family in need of a new home find themselves in the mysterious Troll Wood and are forced to take shelter there, but within the wood they find a world of unpicked flowers, uneaten fruits and unexplored paths, just waiting to be discovered. Can you see the trolls in Troll Wood? And will you join them there?

Patricia MacCarthy has illustrated many books for children, including several picture books by Margaret Mahy. Her books have been published extensively in the US and Europe.

She lives in Brighton. £11.99 • Hardback 260 x 300mm • 32pp • 3+ 978 1 84780 283 5 • March 2013

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The Magic Bojabi Tree

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Dianne Hofmeyr Illustrated by Piet Grobler

The animals are so, so hungry. Then they see a beautiful tree, covered in red, ripe fruit smelling of sweetest mangoes, fat as melons, juicy as pomegranates. But wrapped tightly round the tree is the largest python they have ever seen. And Python will only let the animals eat the fruit if they can tell him the name of the tree. What could it be? Only the King of the Jungle knows, and he is far, far away…

Dianne Hofmeyr grew up on the tip of Southern Africa. She graduated as an art teacher in Cape Town and has written several teenage novels and picture books. She has won the M-Net Award for fiction and has two IBBY Honour Books.

Piet Grobler grew up on a farm in Limpopo, South Africa. After working as a church minister, he made a career in illustration and now lectures at the University of Worcester. He is the recipient of many international illustration awards, including the IBBY Honours List. His books for Frances Lincoln include The Great Tug of War and Aesop’s Fables with Beverley Naidoo, and Fussy Freya with Katharine Quarmby. He lives in Great Malvern. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 295 8 • April 2013

We Have Lift-Off!

Sean Taylor Illustrated by Hannah Shaw The astonishing and hilarious tale of a group of brave animals. To escape from the smog and smoke of Mr Tanner’s farm they build an INTERGALACTIC ROCKET... to boldly go where no farm animals have gone before. All narrated by the first chicken in outer space.

This is a funny, action-packed cautionary tale about looking after our planet, from the team who were shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize with Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All. Sean Taylor is a children’s author, storyteller and teacher with experience of creative writing teaching in three continents. His enthralling debut novel for teenagers, A Waste of Good Paper, is published by Frances Lincoln. He lives partly in England and partly in Brazil.

Hannah Shaw graduated from Brighton University with a BA in Illustration. Since then she has become a leading picture book author and illustrator. She lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Sean and Hannah’s books include Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All, The Grizzly Bear with the Frizzly Hair and Who Ate Auntie Iris?. £11.99 • Hardback • 276 x 240mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 322 1 • April 2013

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The Book of Dreams Shirin Adl

A colourful and imaginative journey through the night, with lots of different kinds of dreams, funny, fantastic, wish-fulfilling, exciting.

The pictures have a dream-like quality, with lots to discover and explore. This is a beautiful and unusual picture book for sharing at bedtime or any time.

Shirin Adl was born in the UK but was brought up in Iran. She studied Illustration at Loughborough University, going on to win the Hallmark M&S Talented Desginer Award. She was Booktrust’s official illustrator for Children’s Book Week in 2010. Her books for Frances Lincoln include Shahnameh and Pea Boy: Stories from Iran with Elizabeth Laird, Ramadan Moon with Na’ima B Robert, and Let’s Celebrate with Debjani Chatterjee. Shirin lives in Oxford. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 32pp • 5+ 978 1 84780 383 2 • May 2013

Max the Champion

Alex Strick Sean Stockdale Illustrated by Ros Asquith

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Dreams come in many different shapes and forms. Some dreams are nice and simple, some dreams are confusing – and some are scary.

But even these can be exciting!

Max is mad about sport. As he gets up, has breakfast and heads off to school he is dreaming of competing in world class sporting events. In his real day he and his class win the school football match, and in his imagination he and his friends are winning the World Cup. This is a lively and fun approach to sport, and a very inclusive picture book showing disabled children and children without disabilities mixing and enjoying different sports in a natural way. The sports include football, rugby, athletics, cricket, diving, discus throwing and cycling.

Alex Strick has worked in the children’s book world for much of the past fifteen years. At Booktrust, she managed Bookstart and Children’s Book Week, was deputy executive director and regularly reviewed children’s books for the Guardian. She is now a consultant to Booktrust on all aspects of disability and diversity, as well as working with various other agencies and charities. She is co-founder of Outside In, the UK organisation dedicated to exploring books from around the world.

Sean Stockdale is an ex-teacher who is now Communications Manager for NASEN. He has extensive experience of working with disabled children and promoting equality and inclusion.

Ros Asquith contributes Doris, a regular cartoon feature, to The Guardian. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are The Great Big Book of Families, It’s Not Fairy, Can It Be About Me? and the forthcoming The Great Big Book of Feelings. Ros lives in north London. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 388 7 • June 2013 7

Lenny Goes to Playschool

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Ken Wilson-Max

It’s Lenny’s first day at playschool and he’s a bit nervous. Mum takes him there, and he meets a little girl called Lucy, who looks after him. Lenny and Lucy sing a song, do some drawing, ride tricycles and play ball. Then, after a drink of juice it’s time for a story. When it’s time to go home Lenny wants to stay a bit longer to play with his new friend. And he can’t wait to come back tomorrow. £9.99 • Hardback • 190 x 190mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 84780 317 7 • June 2013

Where’s Lenny?

Lenny plays hide and seek with his dad... Is he in the cupboard? No. Or in the sitting room? No, it’s only the dog. He’s not in the kitchen either. What about on the stairs? No, just blobs of jam. At last Dad and Mum see a little giggly lump under the bedclothes in Lenny’s bedroom. Here’s Lenny, ready for a tickle and a hug! £9.99 • Hardback • 190 x 190mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 84780 318 4 • June 2013 Ken Wilson-Max was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. He is the creator of several award-winning books including The Big Yellow Taxi and The Little Red Plane. He now lives in Finsbury Park, London. His other titles for Frances Lincoln are Lenny has Lunch and Lenny in the Garden. He lives in Finsbury Park.

Dominic Grows Sweetcorn Mandy Ross Illustrated by Alison Bartlett

Grandpa shows Dominic how to grow sweetcorn, the way he used to grow it back in Jamaica. While they work, Grandpa tells Dominic about his life in Jamaica, and talks about how he met Dominic’s grandma and what happened when they came to Britain. When the sweetcorn is ready to harvest, Grandpa and Dominic trade it for apples from the next-door neighbour, just like Grandpa used to in the Caribbean, and everyone ends up having a lovely feast together.

Mandy Ross has written over 60 children’s books. Twice shortlisted for Birmingham Poet Laureate, she is a member of Secret City Arts, works widely in schools, and teaches all sorts of writing workshops. Mandy has also worked with CBSO, Ikon Gallery, Ledbury and Wenlock Poetry Festivals and the Birmingham Book Festival. She is currently working on a radio play about pigeon fancying. Mandy takes inspiration from the lively streets of Birmingham where she lives with her partner and 13-year-old son – just across the road from her neighbour Grandma Brown, whose story sowed the seed for this book.

Alison Bartlett writes and illustrates children’s books for major publishers in Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States. She lives in Bath. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 32pp • 6+ 978 1 84780 327 6 • June 2013 8

Bob and Rob Sue Pickford

The ending sees Rob behind bars, while Bob is adopted by the family to whom he returned the toys. He now has a lovely life as a proper dog, with no more robbing and stealing.

Sue Pickford is a British artist of Hong Kong Chinese origin.

She specialised in Illustration for her Higher Diploma in Advertising, and subsequently worked as an Art Director in the Advertising industry for ten years. Bob and Rob is her first published book, and a second, When Angus Met Alvin, is also under development with Frances Lincoln. Sue lives with her husband and son in Bournemouth, Dorset. £11.99 • Hardback • 276 x 240mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 343 6 • July 2013

The Very Noisy House

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Rob is a burglar and he’s bad. Really bad. Bob is his dog, and he is really good, baking cakes and helping old ladies across the road. But he remains faithful to his horrible owner, helping him with robberies. One night Bob and Rob see some inviting packages through the window of a house, and can’t resist stealing them all. When the parcels turn out to be children’s toys Rob is disgusted, but Bob feels sorry for the children and returns the toys.

Julie Rhodes Illustrated by Korky Paul

This rickety old house can be very noisy. Clomp! Clomp! Clomp! goes the old lady’s walking stick. In the room above, the dog wonders if that noise is a knock at the door - Woof! Woof! Woof! And that wakes up the ginger cat in the room above who thinks the dog is chasing her - Meow! Meow! Meow! Then the frightened cat wakes up the baby in the room above - Waaah! Waah! Waah!

Follow the riotous noises on each floor of the creaky old house as each resident makes their own crazy din. This delightful rhyming text is ideal for sharing with young children, providing many opportunities for them to join in.

Julie Rhodes is a professional wildlife artist who lives in Cornwall. Her boxer dog Archie inspired Julie to write The Very Noisy House. Julie says, “Archie is always barking and running about, so our house is very noisy!”

This is her first published book.

Korky Paul was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is the best-selling illustrator of the highly-successful Winnie the Witch series. He lives in Oxford. £11.99 • Hardback • 214 x 280mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 84507 983 3 • July 2013

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Little Evie in the Wild Woods Jackie Morris Illustrated by Catherine Hyde

Little Evie ventures into the wild woods with her basket of jam tarts and walks further and further into the trees, far from home. In a deep dark cave she finds – a huge wolf. The wolf comes closer and closer and then – Evie and the wolf share the tarts, sitting on the grass. Afterwards the wolf gives Evie a ride home on his back. This picture book is a powerful combination of menace and beauty, with the sensual surroundings of the woods and the wild creatures who live there.

Jackie Morris lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with children, dogs and cats. Her internationally acclaimed picture books include Tell Me a Dragon, The Ice Bear, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Snow Leopard, Can You See A Little Bear? and How the Whale Became by Ted Hughes. She regularly exhibits her paintings in galleries nationwide.

Catherine Hyde is an artist who exhibits her paintings in galleries across the UK. She has also published greetings cards and stationery as well as two previous picture books. This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. £11.99 • Hardback • 276 x 240mm • 40pp • 4+ 978 1 84780 371 9 • August 2013

POETRY Here Come the Creatures!

Wes Magee

A varied collection of poems for very young children, suitable for early years and Key Stage One. Funny, sad, silly, sing-along, the poems are about friends and families, pets and creatures, school, space travel, and more. There is something for everyone in this sparkling collection – with lots of action and joining in.

Wes Magee was born in Scotland, and worked as a teacher and head-teacher until he became a full-time writer twenty years ago. He has published 100 books for children, including poetry, picture books and storybooks. He regularly visits schools, libraries and festivals across the UK and abroad with his poetry show, training days and writing workshops. He lives in Yorkshire. £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 4+ • 978 1 84780 367 2 • May 2013

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The Monster Sale Brian Moses

Brian Moses has been a professional poet since 1988. He spends half his time writing and the rest of the time he visits schools across the UK and Europe, performing his poetry and percussion show. His solo collections and anthologies have sold over 1 million copies and he is featured on the National Poetry Archive.

The Monster Sale is his first book for Frances Lincoln. Brian lives in a small Sussex village with his wife, their loopy labrador and a collection of bad-tempered chickens. £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 6+ • 978 1 84780 366 5 • May 2013

Cosmic Disco

Grace Nichols Illustrated by Caroline Holden A sparkling galaxy of new poems by one of the UK’s most exciting contemporary poets. From Aurora Borealis, Sun – You’re a Star and A Matter of Holes, to Lady Winter’s Rap, the Earthworm Sonnet and You – a Universe Yourself, this is brilliant poetry with an astonishing range – comic riddles, animals and nature, home truths and the explosive wonder of the cosmos.

Grace Nichols was born and brought up in Guyana, but has lived in the UK since 1977. Her first poetry collection for adults, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and was dramatised for radio and film. Since then she has written many highly regarded poetry books for adults and children. Grace lives in Lewes, Sussex, with her husband, the poet John Agard.

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Chickens who wear jumpers, all kinds of monsters, a puppy’s favourite chews (a lucky dip of forgotten socks), staying awake waiting for your birthday, a bear in his underwear… . In his first collection for younger children, well-known poet Brian Moses has provided a funny and witty snapshot of family life, with a bit of fantasy added in. Perfect for sharing at home or at school.

£5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 11+ 978 1 84780 365 8 • August 2013

The Dragon with a Big Nose Kathy Henderson

Read about the dragon with the big nose, the gutter creature who rustles litter, and the dustcart dragon with his raging, rusty belly; watch the train rattling by, clacketyclack, clickety-click. Then find out if the new baby is magic, and whether Uncle Clem really had a blue mouse. But DON’T turn your grandmother into a frog!

Kathy Henderson is an artist, printmaker, illustrator and author. She has written many books for children of all ages, including The Little Boat, with Patrick Benson, which won the Kurt Maschler Award and was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, and The Storm, which she illustrated herself, and which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her titles for Frances Lincoln include Hush Baby Hush, a collection of lullabies from around the world, Pets, Pets, Pets!, and 15 Ways to Get Dressed.

Kathy lives in Muswell Hill, London. £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 7+ 978 1 84780 365 8 • August 2013 11

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FICTION Black Sheep

Na’ima B. Robert Dwayne, 16, meets high-flying, uni-bound Misha, and sparks fly.

To Misha it feels like true love, but her mum is adamant that Dwayne is bad news and forbids her to see him. When Misha decides to follow her heart, the web of secrets and lies begins to tighten…

For Dwayne is not quite who he says he is. And as he struggles to turn his life around while hiding his darker side from Misha, his ties with Trigger, Jukkie and the rest of his boys draw him deeper and deeper into gang violence, more serious and bloody than any he has ever seen. One night, Dwayne’s two lives collide, with devastating consequences.

Fast, furious and unflinching, Black Sheep explores the fatal attraction of gang life, and the redemptive power of love, hope and self-belief.

Na’ima B. Robert is descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father’s side and the Zulu people on her mother’s side. She was born in Leeds, grew up in Zimbabwe and went to university in London. She has written several books for children, and is the author of three previous novels for young adults: From Somalia with Love, Boy vs Girl and Far From Home. Her other titles for Frances Lincoln are Going to Mecca and Ramadan Moon. She divides her time between London and Cairo. For more information about Na’ima visit naimabrobert.co.uk. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 272pp • 13+ 978 1 84780 235 4 • January 2013

In Too Deep Tom Avery

“It’s Father,” my brother said. “He’s in trouble. We’ve got to get him.”

Prince and Emmanuel are stunned to hear that someone who says she’s their mother is looking for them. Can it really be her, after four long years of separation? The boys are scared and suspicious. And then there’s another shock – they learn that their father is trapped in Tanzania, blackmailed by gangsters to pay off an impossible debt. The boys make a big decision – somehow they must find the money to get to Africa, bring their father home and reunite their family. Even if it means going back to stealing…

Prince takes up the story, in Tom Avery’s searing, nail-biting sequel to his awardwinning debut Too Much Trouble.

Tom Avery grew up in Lewisham and trained as a primary teacher at the University of Greenwich. He taught in South London for two years, and then in inner-city Birmingham. He is now co-ordinator of English, Communication and Language at a primary school in Kentish Town, London. He loves working with young people, helping them to develop their interests and encouraging them to think about the world around them. Tom lives in North London with his wife and young son. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 176pp • 8+ 978 1 84780 389 4 • January 2013

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Poppy’s Angel Rachel Billington

Rachel Billington’s dramatic follow-up to Poppy’s Hero features two opposing kinds of London kids, with Poppy straddling the gulf between them as she and her friends are drawn into a strange, unimaginable world.

Rachel Billington is a renowned and successful novelist for adults and children. She has been an editor and regular contributor to Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners, since it was founded over twenty years ago.

She is vice-president of English PEN and has recently been appointed an OBE. Rachel is married to the film and theatre director, Kevin Billington. They have four children and five grandchildren, all keen readers, and live in Notting Hill and near Sherborne, Dorset. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 288pp • 9+ 978 1 84780 362 7 • January 2013

PICTURE INFORMATION BOOKS The Secrets of Stonehenge Mick Manning Brita Granström

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Mum’s away, Dad’s in prison, and Poppy, who is staying with her friend Jude, feels stifled. She needs Angel – he’s wild, funny and mysterious. But Angel, like Poppy, is feeling a bit orphaned, and has joined a gang. One day Poppy finds him lying under the kitchen table bleeding. Has he been stabbed? Who else is involved? What will her parents think? Poppy is torn between two worlds. Will she be able to help her friend without getting dragged into trouble herself?

Why was this amazing monument erected? How did our Stone-Age ancestors bring such massive stones to the site from so far away?

How did they raise the enormous stones to their upright positions?

What was Stonehenge used for, and who lived around the site?

With captions and pictures, and using up-to-the-minute research discoveries, Mick Manning and Brita Granström tell the incredible true story of this awe-inspiring monument – one of the greatest ancient sites in the world.

Mick and Brita have won many awards for their unique non-fiction picture books, including the Silver Smarties Award and the English Association Award. They are married with four young sons, and they spend their time between the Scottish Borders and Brita’s homeland of Sweden. Their books for Frances Lincoln include Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw (shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Young People’s Prize 2011), Taff in the WAAF (winner of the English Association KS2 Award 2011), Tail-End Charlie, Yuck!, Snap!, Dino-Dinners, Woolly Mammoth, the Fly on the Wall series and Nature Adventures. £11.99 • Hardback • 235 x 278mm • 32pp • 7+ 978 1 84780 346 7 • April 2013 13

LOOK AT THIS! Frances Lincoln Children’s Books

Ifeoma Onyefulu A brand new series, photographed in Mali, West Africa, by a multi-award-winning author. These are unique and culturally diverse books for very young children portraying daily life in a fascinating country, with lots to look at and talk about.

Home Cooking pot, stool, water pot, sleeping mat…

All kinds of things around the home, both Western and traditional African objects. £11.99 • Hardback • 220 x 220mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 84780 266 8 • January 2013

Play Hopscotch, cat’s cradle, football, Waly…

Many different ways to play, with games that are familiar all over the world as well as traditional African games. £11.99 • Hardback • 220 x 220mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 84780 267 5 • January 2013 Ifeoma Onyefulu was brought up in a traditional village in Eastern Nigeria. Her highly acclaimed children’s books are renowned for countering negative images of Africa by celebrating both its traditional village life and urban life. A is for Africa, her first book, has become a classic title in the genre of cultural diversity and was praised

by Publishers Weekly for its “incisive view of her country’s rich heritage.” Ifeoma lives in London.

Also available: Clothes £11.99 • Hardback • 220 x 220mm 32pp • 2+ • 978 1 84780 264 4 Food £11.99 • Hardback • 220 x 220mm 32pp • 2+ • 978 1 84780 265 1

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Suzi Eszterhas

A spread at the back of each book gives further conservation information, including useful websites.

Suzi Eszterhas is a professional wildlife photographer, based in California. She specialises in documenting the family lives of endangered species and is well-known for her unprecedented work with newborn animals.

Her images are published in books, magazines and newspapers around the world. She has won numerous awards for her photogrpahy. Suzi is on the road for many months of the year, undertaking commissions and leading photography tours and workshops everywhere, from the poles to the tropics. She lives in California.

Orang-utan £10.99 • Hardback • 978 1 84780 313 9 £6.99 • Paperback • 978 1 84780 312 2

Sea Otter £10.99 • Hardback • 978 1 84780 203 3 £6.99 • Paperback • 978 1 84780 306 1 260 x 240mm • 32pp • Age 4+ • February 2013

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Award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas documents the lives of wild animals, from birth to adulthood, including close-up photographs of each animal’s family group in its natural habitat.

Also available: Gorilla £10.99 • Hardback • 978-1-84780-202-6 £6.99 • Paperback • 978-1-84780-305-4 Cheetah £10.99 • Hardback • 978-1-84780-204-0 £6.99 • Paperback • 978-1-84780-307-8 Brown Bear £10.99 • Hardback • 978-1-84780-205-7 £6.99 • Paperback • 978-1-84780-308-5 Lion £10.99 • Hardback • 978-1-84780-310-8 £6.99 • Paperback • 978-1-84780-311-5 15

FIRST EXPERIENCES Ifeoma Onyefulu

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Set in Nigeria, these gentle and reassuring First Experiences stories will strike a chord with young children everywhere. The first time for anything can be daunting, and these books set out to familiarise children, through simple read-aloud words and beautiful photos, with what seems at first unfamiliar but will eventually become a routine part of everyday life. These beautiful books brilliantly capture these universal early childhood experiences from the relatively unusual and revealing perspective of a country in the developing world. £11.99 • Hardback • 240 x 220mm • 32pp • 4+

Ife’s First Haircut Chineze thinks her little brother Ife’s hair is messy!

But soon it’s time for Ife to have his first haircut.

Uncle Mike very carefully cuts Ife’s hair with his scissors and a comb, and afterwards there’s a party for Chineze and her family to celebrate Ife’s very first haircut.

978 1 84780 364 1 • August 2013

Vicky Goes to the Doctor Vicky doesn’t want to eat or play with her friends.

She’s not feeling well, so Mama takes her to see the doctor. The kind doctor takes her temperature and listens to her chest, and gives Mama good advice. Soon Vicky is better again, and playing with her friends.

978 1 84780 363 4 • August 2013

Also available: Deron Goes to Nursery School 978 1 84507 864 5 Grandma Comes to Stay 978 1 84507 865 2 New Shoes for Helen 978 1 84780 128 9 Omer’s Favourite Place 978 1 84780 129 6 16

Ifeoma Onyefulu was brought up in a traditional village in Eastern Nigeria. Her highly acclaimed children’s books are renowned for countering negative images of Africa by celebrating both its traditional village life and urban life. Ifeoma has twice won the Children’s Africana Book Award: Best Book for Young Children in the USA. Here Comes our Bride won the award in 2005 and Ikenna Goes to Nigeria in 2008. Ifeoma lives in London with her two sons.

NEW PAPERBACKS Look! Really Smart Art Gillian Wolfe

“A wonderful, bright and intelligent introduction to art for readers of any age.” - Armadillo

Life in an African Slum Karen Lynn Williams Wendy Stone £7.99 • Paperback 270 x 214mm • 32pp Age 9+ 978 1 84780 418 1 February 2013 “Gives young readers an honest picture of the realities of life in one of the world’s most difficult places.” - School Librarian

R is for Russia

Taff in the WAAF

£6.99 • Paperback 214 x 270mm • 32pp Age 4+ 978 1 84780 427 3 February 2013

£7.99 • Paperback 214 x 270mm • 40pp Age 8+ 978 1 84780 415 0 February 2013

Vladimir Kabakov Prodeepta Das

“A fascinating glimpse of Russia.” - Armadillo

Mick Manning Brita Granström

New Paperbacks

£8.99 • Paperback 270 x 214mm • 48pp Age 8+ 978 1 84780 414 3 February 2013

Beatrice’s Dream

“An absorbing, exciting and thoughtful account of one woman’s war in all its aspects.” - Books for Keeps “Deserves to become a children’s classic.” - Parents in Touch

P is for Poland

Agnieszka Mrowczynska Prodeepta Das £6.99 • Paperback 214 x 270mm • 32pp Age 4+ 978 1 84780 352 8 March 2013 “Contains a weath of information about modern Poland and together with the well-chosen photographs may encourage even young pupils to want to learn more about Poland, her peoples and her history.” - IBBY Link

Pugwash in the Pacific John Ryan

£6.99 • Paperback 250 x 195mm • 32pp Age 4+ 978 1 84780 291 0 March 2013 With free audio CD read by Jim Broadbent

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A Song for Jamela

No More Kisses for Bernard

Niki Daly

Niki Daly

New Paperbacks

£6.99 • Paperback 280 x 214mm • 36pp Age 4+ 978 1 84780 429 7 April 2013

“A wonderful book, written with great sympathy and love, admitting the reader into a world so real, so funny and interesting that all any child will want to do after reading this, is to read it all over again.” - Armadillo

“Laugh aloud fun for over-kissed four to six year olds. Daly’s illustrations hit just the right note.” - Irish Examiner

Snail Trail

Persephone

Jo Saxton

Sally Pomme Clayton Illustrated by Virginia Lee

In Search of a Modern Masterpiece

A Journey from Winter to Spring

£6.99 • Paperback 220 x 220mm • 32pp Age 3+ 978 1 84780 423 5 May 2013 “There have been lots of books which introduce modern art to young children of late but few have been as engaging as Snail Trail. This unpretentious book offers an intriguing primer to modern masterpieces.” - Bookseller

Red Car Red Bus Susan Steggall

£6.99 • Paperback 215 x 350mm • 32pp Age 3+ 978 1 84780 425 9 July 2013 “5 stars... This book is a good one for an adult to share with a child, savouring the pictures together, but it is large and robust enough for showing and chatting about to a nursery group.” - Books for Keeps

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£6.99 • Paperback 252 x 260mm • 32pp Age 3+ 978 1 84780 428 0 April 2013

£7.99 • Paperback 276 x 240mm • 32pp Age 5+ 978 1 84780 422 8 June 2013 “An excellent version of the myth.” - Carousel

BIG BOOKS Bubble Trouble

Margaret Mahy Illustrated by Polly Dunbar £16.99 • Paperback 455 x 360mm • 40pp Age 3+ 978 1 84780 401 3 March 2013

“A joy to read aloud and gorgeously illustrated.” - Bookseller

... because everyone loves a good story

What Are You Playing At? Marie-Sabine Roger Illustrated by Anne Sol

But the pictures tell a different story and show that in real life men and women do a whole range of things.

Marie-Sabine Roger has enjoyed making up words since she was four years old. With over seventy books published, it’s a pleasure she continues to enjoy every day. The film My Afternoons with Margueritte starring Gerard Depardieu is based on her novel, La Tete en Friche.

Anne Sol was born in Colombes in France. As a teenager, she spent three years in Ireland, then went to Paris to study photography at l’école des Gobelins. She now works as a photographer and illustrator, and has illustrated three children’s books. She lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.

Alanna Books

Boys don’t play with dollies - that would be silly!

Girls can’t play football – that would be ridiculous!

Boys don’t play skipping – that would be absurd!

£14.99 • Hardback with fold-outs • 235 x 235mm • 40pp • 2+ 978 1 90782 502 6 • March 2013

Lulu Reads to Zeki Anna McQuinn Rosalind Beardshaw

Book-loving Lulu has no trouble adjusting to her new role as big sister. When baby Zeki is upset, she reads him a funny story; when he needs a new nappy, she reads him her favourite potty book and when he cries in the bath, she reads him her best duck book. Perfect for new big sisters (and brothers) everywhere.

Like Lulu, Anna McQuinn has been devouring books ever since she was a little girl. She is now the author of more than twenty books for children and has worked as an editor, publisher and writer for over 20 years. When Anna’s not writing or working in a library running parent & toddler groups, her nose is in a good book. This is her third Lulu story with Rosalind. This year they won the Coventry Inspiration Award for the second book, Lulu loves Stories.

Rosalind Beardshaw has been illustrating for over 12 years. Not long after graduating from Manchester Polytechnic she moved into book illustration and her first book, Fran’s Flower, was shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Prize. When she’s not drawing Lulu, she mostly draws delightful moles, and foxes, and goats. £6.99 • Paperback • 245 x 210mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 90782 505 7 • March 2013 19

PICTURE BOOKS Go Jojo, Go! A Little Penguin on a Big Swim Tessa Bickford Jennifer Castles

Allen & Unwin

Jojo is a little penguin who just can’t wait to go to sea. When Jojo’s fuzzy baby down becomes a shiny penguin coat, and she can swim across the biggest rock pool, she is ready at last!

Flippa-flap, snippa-snap, go Jojo go!

Tessa Bickford was born in Queensland and grew up by the Great Barrier Reef. She spent several years working on boats on the reef and in the Sub Antarctic as a Fur Seal researcher.

Jennifer Castles is a writer, editor and actor who lives in Melbourne. £12.99 • Hardback • 215 x 280mm • 32pp • 3+ 978 1 74331 017 5 • January 2013

Ten Scared Fish Ros Moriarty

Ten Scared Fish is an animal counting book with a difference.

Following the river to the sea, the reader meets and counts the animals until finally ten little fish meet a big scary shark!

A delightfully playful text that helps readers familiarise themselves with prepositions as well as animals and numbers. £6.99 • Paperback • 210 x 210mm • 24pp • 0+ 978 1 74237 912 8 • January 2013

Kangaroos Hop Ros Moriarty

Kangaroos Hop helps children identify favourite Australian animals in the Australian landscape. The kangaroos hop, the butterflies fly, the echidnas shuffle across the land and down to the water’s edge where a sleepy crocodile lies...Shhhh!

Ros Moriarty, formerly a journalist with Radio Australia, is managing director of Australia’s leading Indigenous design studio, Balarinji, a business she established with her husband in 1983.

Listening to Country was her much-acclaimed first book. £6.99 • Paperback • 210 x 210mm • 24pp • 0+ 978 1 74237 915 9 • February 2013

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Tania Cox and Lorette Broekstra have paired up to create two gift books that explore the joy of both childhood and parenthood through beautiful illustrations...

What Makes My Mum Happy Tania Cox Illustrated by Lorette Broekstra

What makes Mum happy? When I start her day with breakfast on a tray; when I make her a crown to wear into town; when she watches me dance, skip, hop and prance. What makes your mum happy?

What Makes My Dad Happy Tania Cox Illustrated by Lorette Broekstra

What makes Dad happy? When I’m just being me, or buzzing like a bee; when he builds me a tower and I pick him a flower; when he watches me swing and listens to me sing. What makes your dad happy? £9.99 • Hardback • 210 x 210mm • 24pp • 2+ 978 1 74237 838 1 • June 2013

Allen & Unwin

£6.99 • Hardback • 210 x 210mm • 24pp • 0+ 978 1 74237 837 4 • February 2013

Tania Cox has written several popular picture books, some of which have been published internationally.

Lorette Broekstra worked as a freelance illustrator in The Netherlands for eight years, before returning to Australia in 1996.

Lorette has since written and illustrated many popular picture books, including a series featuring Hugo the Elephant.

The Dream of the Thylacine Margaret Wild Ron Brooks

The Dream of the Thylacine is a lament for a lost species, and a celebration of the Australian landscape. It interposes arresting text and images of the last known thylacine in a concrete cage with sweeping colour paintings of the animal in its natural environment. Intense, poetic and beautiful, this book will haunt you.

Margaret Wild is one of Australia’s most highly respected and popular children’s authors. Since her first book in 1984, Margaret has published over 40 books and has won numerous awards.

Ron Brooks is a picture book artist with a career spanning over 35 years. His previous books with Margaret Wild are Old Pig, Rosie and Tortoise, and Fox. £11.99 • Hardback • 263 x 279mm • 32pp • 8+ 978 1 74237 383 6 • March 2013

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Alex and the Watermelon Boat Chris McKimmie

The river had burst its banks. The dam was overflowing.

‘Don’t go outside, Alex!’ Mum shouted.

But just then Rabbit hopped out the window...

This evocative and stunningly beautiful picture book recreates the scary, surreal atmosphere of floods with a unique child’s-eye perspective.

Allen & Unwin

As the floods cause chaos all around, Alex’s main aim is to find his beloved toy, Rabbit. So he sets off in a watermelon boat (what else?!) to find him.

Chris McKimmie is a writer, illustrator and artist. Three of his five picture books with Allen & Unwin have been shortlisted for Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards.

The Coat

Julie Hunt Ron Brooks

£11.99 • Hardback • 300 x 250mm • 32pp • 4+ 978 1 74331 007 6 • April 2013

The story begins with the once-handsome coat stuffed like a scarecrow and stuck in a strawberry field. ‘What a waste of me!’ it yells. Then a disappointed-looking man comes down the road. ‘I could do with a coat like that,’ the man says. The coat and the man travel to the Big Smoke, to the Cafe Delitzia on Viva Street. At first the man hangs back, but the coat is feisty; together they play exotic music and all the guests dance, finding the virtuoso performance irresistible. The audience goes wild.

A poetic, gutsy story to savour – a brilliant fable about embracing life, a story about freedom and transformation, a metaphor for the human potential that’s in every one of us. A surprising and delicious tale that will lift you off your feet and whirl you away.

Julie Hunt is a poet and performer who has written several picture books.

Ron Brooks has won three CBCA Picture Book of the Year Awards, and is published in many languages around the world. £11.99 • Hardback • 263 x 279mm • 32pp • 4+ 9781741146059 • May 2013

Ruby Learns to Swim

Philip Gwynne Illustrated by Tamsin Ainslie A joyous learn-to-swim book for the very young.

Philip Gwynne won several awards for his first novel, and an AFI award for best adapted screenplay for the film adaptation. Philip has also written several books for younger readers. His first picture book, The Queen With The Wobbly Bottom, was published in 2012. Philip lives with his wife and children in Bali.

Splash the water. Floaties on.

Eyes wide open. Blow big bubbles.

Legs straight out. Kicking hard.

Ruby’s swimming now!

Ruby’s swimming fast!

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Tamsin Ainslie spends most of her time illustrating children’s books, designing book covers, drawing and printmaking. Her work can be seen in books and magazines for adults and children, on book covers, stationery, greeting cards, posters, promotional material and in advertising. £11.99 • Hardback • 230 x 230mm • 32pp • 2+ 978 1 74237 750 6 • May 2013

On the Farm Our Holiday with Uncle Kev Roland Harvey

In this sixth picture book in Roland Harvey’s hilarious and delightful holiday adventure series, Uncle Kev has a farm, where the pigs do the polishing and the cows are the happiest in all the hills. Kev invites the family for a ‘holiday’, then sets them to work. There’s lots to be done before the big Harvest Festival - and Kev is distracted, because he’s fallen in love!

£11.99 • Hardback • 250 x 240mm • 32pp • 6+ 978 1 74175 882 5 • May 2013

The Selfish Giant

Oscar Wilde Illustrated by Ritva Voutila Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of forgiveness is one of the most beautiful stories in the English language. With magnificent illustrations by Ritva Voutila, this is a book for the whole family to treasure.

Ritva Voutila was born in Nokia, Finland, and has made Australia her home since 1981. Ritva has illustrated over 50 books for children. She divides her time between fine art practice and illustration, and her artwork is held in collections worldwide.

Allen & Unwin

Roland Harvey is one of Australia’s best-loved illustrators. His recent books include the best-selling At the Beach, In the Bush, In the City, To the Top End and All the Way to WA.

£11.99 • Hardback • 290 x 235mm • 32pp • 6+ 978 1 74237 650 9 • June 2013

Monsieur Albert Rides to Glory Peter Smith Illustrated by Bob Graham

Monsieur Albert Larousse is a cycling fanatic who lives in a tiny Parisian attic, up six flights of stairs in apartment 6A, a ten-minute ride from the Rue de la Paix.

He picks up the paper at breakfast one day, and reads it while drinking his café au lait.

‘Grand Cycle Race - fabulous prize to be won!’

‘Magnifique!’ exclaims Albert, and butters a bun.

The gently humourous rhyming text, teamed with Bob Graham’s distinctive and endearing illustrations, make for a friendly and heart-warming picture book. How Monsieur Albert wins the world’s most exciting bike race will charm and thrill young and old.

Bob Graham’s books have won the Smarties Gold medal, the Kate Greenaway medal, and four Australian Children’s Book of the Year Awards. His books are known for their simplicity and humour.

Peter Smith, Bob Graham’s brother-in-law, is a cycling fanatic. He lives in Sydney. £11.99 • Hardback • 230 x 230mm • 32pp • 6+ 978 1 74237 680 6 • June 2013 23

Heather Fell in the Water Doug MacLeod Illustrated by Craig Smith

Heather was a little girl who always fell in the water. She didn’t mean to do it. She didn’t enjoy it. But she fell in the water nearly every day, especially when she was wearing her good clothes. Heather started to hate the water, and she was sure that the water felt the same about her. Why else would it make her fall in all the time?

Allen & Unwin

Find out how Heather learns to love the water in this hilarious story about overcoming fear.

Doug MacLeod has written 26 books, several of which have been illustrated by Craig Smith, including the award-winning bestseller Sister Madge’s Book of Nuns.

Craig Smith has illustrated over 370 books in his 30-year career. £11.99 • Hardback • 300 x 280mm • 32pp • 3+ 978 1 74237 648 6 • July 2013

BOARD BOOKS Alison Lester is the well-known creator of many popular and award-winning children’s books, including Magic Beach, Imagine, My Farm and Alison Lester’s ABC. Her books are Australian classics, and favourites with children and adults around the world. In 2012, Alison became Australia’s first Children’s Book Laureate, a position shared with Boori Monty Pryor.

Noni the Pony Noni the Pony lives on a farm by the bay. She’s friendly and funny and her best friends are Jac Dog and Coco the Cat. In the day time she gallops and canters and entertains the other farm animals, but sometimes at night, when the leaves sigh in the breeze, Noni gets spooked…and that’s when her friends snuggle in to help Noni go to sleep. £5.99 • Board book • 148 x 196mm • 26pp • 1+ 978 1 74331 209 4 • April 2013

Growl Like a Tiger

978 1 74331 328 2 • April 2013

Run Like a Rabbit

978 1 74331 327 5 • June 2013 Alison Lester’s Read Along books are for little children discovering the world around them. The simple, rhyming text can be read over and again, and parents and carers can encourage children to join in.

Have fun making the sounds and mimicking the actions of animals and birds, and learning new words together. £5.99 • Board book • 170 x 188mm • 20pp • 1+

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JUNIOR FICTION The Quicksand Pony Alison Lester

Biddy’s pony is trapped and she is forced to abandon her. Next day the only signs of Bella are hoofprints in the sand, with small footprints alongside, and the paw marks of a dog. Who could be out there? The tracks lead Biddy to a wild secret valley, and into the heart of a mystery. This is a real horseback adventure set in the rugged yet romantic Australian coastal bush.

4F for Freaks Leigh Hobbs

It’s Miss Corker’s first day at her new school (in fact, it’s her first day at any school) and she is looking forward to meeting her class. Leigh Hobbs turns his sharply observant eyes to the oddballs and misfits in Grade 4 in this hilarious illustrated story for 7-11 year olds. £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 7+ • 978 1 74114 091 0 • March 2013

Freaks Ahoy!

Allen & Unwin

£6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 168pp • 8+ • 978 1 74237 800 8 • January 2013

Leigh Hobbs

4F are all at sea. Who’d have thought so many Freaks could fit on a boat? £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 7+ • 978 1 74114 983 8 • March 2013 Leigh Hobbs is an artist, painter, sculptor, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator and author. Before that he was a teacher for twenty-five years.

Diary of a Cricket God

£5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 108pp • 8+ • 978 1 74237 826 8 • April 2013

Diary of a Soccer Star

£5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 8+ • 978 1 74237 825 1 • April 2013 Shamini Flint Illustrated by Sally Heinrich Marcus is a math whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to... with hilarious results.

In illustrated diary format, these humorous novels are quick, fun reads, full of gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings that will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about cricket and football.

Shamini Flint lives in Singapore with her husband and two children, and makes up for her ‘evil past’ as a corporate lawyer by being a stay-at-home mum, writer and environmental activist.

Sally Heinrich is a freelance illustrator who has illustrated more than twenty books.

She lives in Adelaide.

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Mr Badger and the Big Surprise Leigh Hobbs

Mr Badger is the Special Events Manager at the Boublés Grand Hotel (pronounced ‘Boublay’). He is in charge of parties, weddings, balls - well anything really that is a special occasion. In this story, Mr Badger and Miss Pimms are preparing the hotel for Sylvia Smothers-Carruthers’ seventh birthday. Hilarity follows, but this story has a very touching ending, as it is also Mr Badger’s birthday the very same day.

Allen & Unwin

£5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 6+ • 978 1 74237 417 8 • May 2013

Mr Badger and the Missing Ape Leigh Hobbs

‘Just who IS Charlie the stuffed ape and what is he doing in the foyer?’ asks nearly every guest at the Boublés Grand Hotel. But Charlie’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this hotel’s secrets. Mr Badger knows them all and he’s not telling...until one day when Charlie disappears... £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 6+ • 978 1 74237 418 5 • May 2013

Mr Badger and the Difficult Duchess Leigh Hobbs

Mr Badger is used to dealing with guests good and bad. But one day - the day of the Philatelic Society Annual Dinner - an extremely difficult guest arrives, demanding the Royal Suite. Just who is this tall and troublesome woman, and why does she look a little familiar? £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 6+ • 978 1 74237 419 2 • July 2013

Mr Badger and the Magic Mirror Leigh Hobbs

Mr Badger never expected to discover a magic mirror at the Boublés Grand Hotel. He certainly never expected to be able to climb into or through one - and what he finds on the other side is astonishing. Life is always full of surprises at the Boublés Grand Hotel. £5.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 96pp • 6+ • 978 1 74237 420 8 • July 2013

Leigh Hobbs has lived and worked in Sydney, Melbourne and London. He is an artist who works across a wide range of mediums, as well as writing and illustrating children’s books. He is best known for his children’s books. Leigh has twice been shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of theYear Award and his books have won every major children’s choice award in Australia.

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FICTION 10+ Black Painted Fingernails Steven Herrick

James is heading into the country on a teaching round, but his life takes a new direction when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: he lives with his parents and they bought him this car, and a very nice car it is too… But gradually James gets past her wild hair and attitude, and Sophie trusts him with a secret she’s been keeping too long. Black Painted Fingernails is a captivating and tender-hearted story about living the life that’s true for you and being open to love.

£6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 240pp • 14+ • 978 1 74237 459 8 • January 2013

Only Ever Always Penni Russon

Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole. But inside Claire is broken, frozen with grief after the death of her beloved uncle. All she can do is try to survive, the best way she knows how. Soon Claire dreams of Clara, a girl who looks just like her, with a precarious freedom in a dystopian reality that Claire can barely imagine. But which world is real? And who dreams the dreamer?

Allen & Unwin

Steven Herrick writes for children and teenagers and visits many schools each year.

He loves talking to the students and their teachers about poetry and football.

Penni Russon used to write poetry until she discovered novels were a lot more forgiving. She also maintains a sometimes daily blog called Eglantine’s Cake. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 180pp • 12+ • 978 1 74175 044 7 • February 2013

Step Up and Dance Thalia Kalkipsakis

Saph’s life is pretty perfect. At sixteen, she’s already doing what she loves: dancing in a cheerleading squad for a professional basketball team. So when she gets a Valentine from her secret crush, all her dreams seem to be within reach. But then her real life starts to get in the way. A funny, energetic story about forgetting the moves and remembering what’s important.

Thalia Kalkipsakis used to be a semi-professional dancer. Now she works from home as a writer and editor. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 180pp • 13+ • 978 1 74237 769 8 • February 2013

The Tunnels of Tarcoola Jennifer Walsh

When Martin goes exploring under the cliffs with his friends, they find every kid’s dream: a network of tunnels running under the park, with a secret exit under a mysterious ruined house. It’s a great place for adventures, but soon they begin to suspect that the old house is hiding something else, something very important to the ancient lady who once lived there.

Jennifer Walsh has worked as a teacher, in the theatre, and as a commissioned writer – a job which took her all round the world. Jennifer now lives in Sydney and The Tunnels of Tarcoola is her first novel for children. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 228pp • 10+ • 978 1 74237 675 2 • February 2013

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The Wilful Eye

£6.99 • Paperback • 234 x 138mm • 320pp • 16+ • 978 1 74237 440 6 • March 2013

Wicked Wood

£6.99 • Paperback • 234 x 138mm • 368pp • 16+ • 978 1 74237 441 3 • June 2013

Allen & Unwin

Isobelle Carmody Nan McNab These collections contain universal themes of envy and jealousy, deception and abandonment, control and power, courage and sacrifice, violence and deception.

Characters are enchanted, they transgress, they yearn, they hunger, they hate and sometimes, they kill.

Each story is surprising, fresh, thought-provoking and spell-binding. Like Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber, the plots and characters diverge from the original tales but resonate with the same deep feelings and mysterious atmosphere. Each story will be accompanied by an author note explaining what drew them to a particular tale.

Some of the stories inhabit a traditional fairytale world, while others are set in the distant future. Some are set in the present and some in an alternative present. The stories offer no prescription for living or moral advice - and none belong in a nursery.

Green Monkey Dreams Isobelle Carmody

This is the unforgettable world of Isobelle Carmody, presented in fourteen stories written over a period of thirteen years. Within it you will find roads of paradox on which an angel might be a torturer, or a princess reject a prince to save a rooster; here a boy searches for his true name, a group of pilgrims is led by a song on an ancient journey, and a beast discovers hope. Enter this world and you will never again be sure where reality ends and imagination begins, for sometimes the greatest truths can only be told through imagination. £7.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 228pp • 15+ • 978 1 74237 947 0 • March 2013

Metro Winds Isobelle Carmody

In these brand new stories, a girl seeks a lost sister in a park where winter lasts forever, and another is sent across the world to discover her destiny in the dark tunnels of the Metro; a young man travels to meet a woman in place of a man who has died, and a mother works magic to summon a true Princess for her son; a man seeks an ending to his story, and an old man travels in search of his shadow.

These strong and beautiful fantasy stories explore the interface between old cultures and new, innocence and wisdom, danger, adventure and coming home, the natural world and the dark beating heart of wise women and shape-shifters. Metro Winds is sensuous, gritty, sometimes dark though seldom bleak. £7.99 • Paperback • 234 x 153mm • 304pp • 16+ • 978 1 86508 444 2 • May 2013 Isobelle Carmody has written several much-loved fantasy novels and short stories which have been acclaimed worldwide. She is perhaps best known for her Obernewtyn Chronicles and for her novel The Gathering (joint winner of the 1993 Children’s Literature Peace Prize and the 1994 CBC Book of the Year Award). Isobelle divides her time between Prague in the Czech Republic and her home in Australia.

Nan McNab is a writer and editor whose books include Body Bizarre Body Beautiful and Victoria’s Market.

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The Ink Bridge Neil Grant

The compelling story of two young men: Omed, an Afghani refugee who, after his tongue is cut out and his father is murdered by the Taliban, undertakes a perilous journey through Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia to seek asylum in Australia; and Hector, an Australian boy consumed by grief, who has given up on school and retreated into silence.

Their paths meet at a candle factory where they both find work. But secrets fester behind the monotonous routine: secrets with terrible consequences.

Neil Grant has lived and worked in many countries and is the author of four previous books.

NON-FICTION Maralinga The Anangu Story In words, traditional artwork and pictures which movingly evoke a lost age, Yalata and Oak Valley community elders, as storytellers, translators and artists, with renowned author Christobel Mattingley, join together to tell the story of what happened in the Maralinga Tjarutja lands of South Australia before and after the British nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s.

Allen & Unwin

£6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 288pp • 13+ • 978 1 74237 669 1 • April 2013

£7.99 • Paperback • 243 x 280mm • 72pp • 10+ 978 1 74237 842 8 • February 2013

LOLs: Best Jokes for Kids June Factor Illustrated by Mic Looby

Ink pink, you stink, Ink onk, you ponk!

What was the chicken doing on the runway?

Two kilometres an hour!

Packed with jokes, riddles, rhymes and sayings, not to mention funny drawings by Mic Looby, this is the joke book every child should have.

June Factor is a writer and folklorist with a special interest in the lore and language of childhood. Her compilations Far Out Brussel Sprout! and Unreal Banana Peel! have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and remained in print for well over 20 years.

Mic Looby is a writer, editor, illustrator and cartoonist. He works for the Age newspaper.

He lists his hobbies as chewing pens and humming softly. £4.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 120pp • 5+ 978 1 74331 256 8 • June 2013

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Hickory

“Exquisitely adorable creatures fit to rival Peter Rabbit.” - The New York Times

Hickory is a mouse who lives in a grandfather clock with the rest of his family, but he longs to smell fresh air and nibble on wild strawberries in the fields.

So one day in early spring he strikes out on his own. Hickory befriends Hop the grasshopper, who warns him that when the days get shorter and the goldenrod begins to fade, the “song she sings will soon be done.” How Hickory and Hop confront and eventually accept the end of summer forms the core of Palmer Brown’s poignant and beautiful story, beautifully rendered in his most colorful and joyous drawings.

Palmer Brown (1920-2012) was born in Chicago. He wrote and illustrated five books for children, all of which have been reissued by The New York Review Children’s Collection.

Junket is Nice

£7.99 • Hardback • 235 x 185mm • 56pp • 3+ 978 1 59017 627 6 • May 2013

Dorothy Kunhardt

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That’s a good question! And one that the old man poses to the crowds that gather to watch him eat his enormous bowl of junket. The whole world wants to know the answer to this riddle, and only one little boy has the answer.

US

JUNKET IS NICE

by D O R O T H Y KU N H A R D T

DOROTHY KUNHARDT

you’d put on your jacket, then your shirt and pants, and over those your underwear, because after all, backward is backward, and on a backward day backward is the way everything has to be. you’d walk downstairs backward and sit on your chair backward with your back to the table, and when your parents greeted you in the morning you’d say, of course, “good night.” but how long can a backward day go on?

Just long enough for a smart kid to reverse the spell he’s cast on the whole household and return everything to normal. this delightfully stylish picture book by the caldecott prize–winning team of marc Simont and ruth krauss brings to life a humorous and engaging reversal of ordinary reality that will enchant young children, as well parents.

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Junket is a delicious custard that makes a lovely dessert. Why is the old man with a red beard and red slippers eating such an enormous bowl of junket, and what could he possibly be thinking about while he feasts? end.

JUNKET IS NICE

$14.95 CAN $19.95 UK £9.99

Dorothy Kunhardt (1901–1979) was an influential American author of books designed for small children. She wrote nearly fifty books, including her interactive Pat the Bunny (1940), the best-selling American children’s book of all time.

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New York Review Children’s Collection

Palmer Brown

T H E N E W YO R K R E V I E W C H I L D R E N ’S C O L L E C T I O N

£8.99 • Hardback • 216 x 140mm • 72pp • 4+ 978 1 59017 628 3 • June 2013

Jim Wilkins

On one of her rare days off, Britain’s much-admired monarch and her loveable pet corgi Mr Brown go in search of dinosaurs at London’s Natural History Museum. Armed with sandwiches and biscuits they encounter immense skeletons, huge teeth and a thigh bone as big as Her Majesty.

There are aliens from outer space and some smelly dinosaur dung too.

After so much exploring it is no surprise when they both fall asleep – which is when the real excitement begins! Can Her Majesty manage to ride a mighty Megalosaurus? Who will win the Ascot Dinosaur Derby? Will Mr Brown make it back safely to his warm basket in the palace?

Beautifully illustrated and affectionately told, Her Majesty and Mr Brown is a delightful tale of two friends and their eventful day with the dinosaurs.

James Francis Wilkins studied painting at Chelsea College, UK, and worked in the animation film industry in London and Germany, where he also worked as a newspaper cartoonist. He now lives in Greece, where he enjoys writing and illustrating and exploring the country’s abundant plant life. £11.99 • Hardback • 270 x 214mm • 48pp • 4+ 978 0 56509 325 9 • June 2013 30

Natural History Museum

Her Majesty and Mr Brown

SOS Lusitania Kevin Kiely

Thirteen-year-old Finbar Kennedy runs away from home to follow his sea-captain father onto the Lusitania. On the return journey from New York, Finbar works as a deck-hand, and running messages gives him a lot of information. He begins to understand that something strange is happening. But what can he do? And whom can he trust?

Kevin Kiely has written A Horse Called El Dorado, also for young readers. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 256pp • 10+ • 978 1 84717 230 3 • February 2013

The Hidden Gift Ian Somers

After the terrifying events of Million Dollar Gift, it might seem like Ross Bentley would be glad of some peace and quiet. But when that involves being holed up in a remote Scottish farmhouse, Ross finds he’s never felt so alone. Cut off from family and friends, separated from the girl he loves, and miles from civilisation, he has to train, study and practice his powers if he ever has a hope of joining the Guild – an organisation of gifted people – and use his gifts to protect others.

The O’Brien Press

Fact is stranger than fiction: In May 1915 the huge liner, the Lusitania, sank off the Cork coast. Unlike the Titanic tragedy, this was no accident. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine. Rumour had it that there were spies and arms on board the Lusitania. These rumours were true. This book merges fact and fiction to reveal an extraordinary spy story with disastrous consequences.

The monotony is broken when a gifted child is kidnapped. The search for the missing child, and the dangers it uncovers, take Ross to the darkest place he’s ever been. He must face danger and great grief, and learn to harness his powers to face down his greatest nemesis yet.

Ian Somers lives in Dublin and works as a graphic designer. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 416pp • 12+ 978 1 84717 308 9 • March 2013

Stories from Glenmore Valley Anna McQuinn

£6.99 each • Paperback • 240 x 190mm • 32pp • 6+

A Rosette for Maeve

978 1 84717 340 9 • March 2013 Join Lisa as she prepares for the competition with her calf Maeve, and find out how she does at the local agricultural show. A perfect insight to farming and country life for young readers.

Colm’s Lambs

978 1 84717 339 3 • March 2013 This story follows Colm on the farm, as he works with his father, helping with the arrival of the new spring lambs.

A warm-hearted account of life on the farm, it is a must read for any young boy or girl with an interest in animals, the country-side and farming, as they find out how Colm helps save a newborn lamb’s life.

Anna McQuinn has been working in children’s publishing since 1988, as an editor, publisher and author.

She has a BA in English and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, specializing in children’s literature.

She grew up in the West of Ireland, which inspired the Glenmore Vally series.

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Favourite Legends from Ancient Ireland * New Translations * Eithne Massey Illustrated by Lisa Jackson

The O’Brien Press

£3.99 each • Hardback • 146 x 107mm • 64pp • Picture Books These are unique books, the only French and German translations available of Irish legends. The stories are from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation.

The Salmon of Knowledge • How Cú Chulainn Got His Name The Children of Lir • The King with Donkey’s Ears Fionn and the Giant • The White Wolfhound • Oisín

Les Plus Belles Légendes Irlandaises French language edition

978 1 84717 357 7 • May 2013

Die Beliebtesten Irischen Sagen German language edition

978 1 84717 358 4 • May 2013 Eithne Massey is a graduate of UCD and NUI Maynooth. She is the author of The Secret of Kells, The Silver Stag of Bunratty and The Dreaming Tree for children, and the acclaimed Legendary Ireland for adults. She lives in both Dublin and Brittany.

Fintan’s Fifteen

Ireland’s Worst Hurling Team Wants You! Alan Nolan

Something has to be done…Ray is getting tired of losing every match he plays with his team, the Ballybreen Terries. Not only are they constantly at the bottom of the league, they have to face the gloating of rival Dennis ‘Dirty Den’ Conway.

Before they become the laughing stock of the leadership, Ray persuades Fintan Heffernan, ex-star player of U10’s to leave his early retirement and computer games to help bring ‘Dirty Den’ down and lead the Ballybreen Terries to the victory they deserve.

Alan Nolan is a comics writer, graphic designer, artist and cocreator of the horror series Sancho. He is the creator of The Big Break Detectives Casebook, a graphic novel for younger readers, and the ‘Murder Can Be Fatal’ mysteries. Born in Dublin, he studied at the National College of Art and Design. He lives in Bray, County Wicklow, with his wife and three sons. £6.99 • Paperback • 198 x 129mm • 128pp • 8+ 978 1 84717 253 2 • May 2013

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Animal Seasons

Anita Loughrey Illustrated by Daniel Howarth Discover new spring life as Rabbit finds his way home, find out what is sparkling on the summer pond with Mouse, search for food in the autumn leaves with Squirrel, and save the day in a winter wonderland with Owl. Anita Loughrey was a primary school teacher for 17 years before becoming a full-time writer. She has a talent for delighting young readers with beautiful stories.

Daniel Howarth has illustrated a number of successful children’s books, charming young audiences with his mesmerising artwork. £4.99 • Paperback • 253 x 230mm • 24pp • 4+

978 1 84835 877 5 • January 2013

Squirrel’s Autumn Search

QED

Mouse’s Summer Muddle 978 1 84835 878 2 • January 2013

Owl’s Winter Rescue

978 1 84835 875 1 • March 2013 Also available in this series:

Rabbit’s Spring Adventure 978 1 84835 876 8

Marvellous Manners Timothy Knapman Illustrated by Jimothy Oliver

Sometimes it’s hard to know how to be well behaved – and why! Join little children with big imaginations as they learn that saying please, making friends, sharing and being kind are both easy and fun.

Timothy Knapman studied at Oxford University and has written plays, opera libretti and children’s books.

His books have been translated into 12 languages and are read on the BBC’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories.

Jimothy Oliver is a UK-based illustrator. In his spare time Jimothy paints, draws and teaches illustration. £4.99 • Paperback • 253 x 230mm • 24pp • 4+

Cowboys Can Be Kind

978 1 84835 900 0 • January 2013

Princesses Love to Share

978 1 84835 898 0 • January 2013

The Friendliest Ballerina 978 1 84835 899 7 • March 2013

The Pirate Who Said Please 978 1 84835 897 3 • March 2013

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Tales from Shakespeare Caroline Plaisted Illustrated by Yaniv Shimony

Some of Shakespeare’s most popular and well-known plays are retold as stories, using clear and contemporary language. Lively illustrations bring these popular plays to life, captivating the imagination and interest of the young readers.

Caroline Plaisted has written more than 60 books for children. She lives in Kent.

Yaniv Shimony is an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer. He lives in Jerusalem. £4.99 • Paperback • 225 x 170mm • 48pp • 7+

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth

The Tempest

QED

978 1 84835 940 6 • January 2013

978 1 84835 941 3 • January 2013

978 1 84835 942 0 • January 2013 978 1 84835 943 7 • January 2013

Classic Collection Adapted by Ronne Randall

Fall in love with the next four editions in QED’s beautiful Classic Collection set! Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with delightful illustrations, these favourite classic stories will capture the heart and imagination of young readers.

Ronnie Randall has been editing and writing children’s books since the 1980s, and has published more than 130 titles on both sides of the Atlantic. Ronnie was born and raised in New York City. Her interests include art, psychology and folklore. £4.99 • Paperback • 225 x 170mm • 48pp • 7+

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Pinocchio

Heidi

The Wizard of Oz

978 1 84835 944 4 • February 2013

978 1 84835 945 1 • February 2013

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978 1 84835 946 8 • February 2013 978 1 84835 947 5 • February 2013

Storytime

The Storytime range of picture storybooks introduces young children to the thrills of sharing and reading stories.

A. H. Benjamin is the author of more than 20 books for children. His work has been translated into over 20 languages and has also been adapted for radio, television and theatre.

Steve Smallman worked for 20 years as a children’s book illustrator. Now he writes for children as well. He won the 2009 Sheffield Children’s book award. £4.99 • Paperback • 275 x 250mm • 24pp • 4+

Hens Don’t Crow

A.H. Benjamin • 978 1 84835 880 5 • February 2013 Steve Smallman • 978 1 84835 882 9 • February 2013 Also available in this series:

Little Chick and the Secret of Sleep

QED

Listen Up, Pup!

Malachy Doyle • 978 1 84835 879 9

My Friend the Weather Monster Steve Smallman • 978 1 84835 881 2

Animal Diaries Steve Parker

Plenty of natural history books look at animal life from an outsider’s viewpoint. Now it’s time for some inside knowledge! A narrative diary text combined with up-to-date scientific knowledge to provide an entertaining and informative account of the daily lives of these creatures.

Steve Parker is an author, editor and consultant specialising in illustrated information books on the natural world and general sciences, and has written over 250 books. He has a First Class Honours BSc in Zoology and is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. £5.99 • Paperback • 265 x 210mm • 32pp • 6+

Elephant

Spider

Shark

Tyrannosaurus Rex

978 1 84835 948 2 • March 2013 978 1 84835 949 9 • March 2013

978 1 84835 950 5 • March 2013 978 1 84835 951 2 • March 2013

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My First Bible Stories Katherine Sully Illustrated by Simona Sanfilippo

These beautifully illustrated classic Bible stories are perfect for reading together as well as reading alone. The most popular stories from the Old Testament are retold in easy-to-read language and provide a perfect way to introduce young readers to the Bible.

Katherine Sully has written over 40 books for young children. After studying Narrative Method at college, she began work in children’s publishing where she developed a particular interest in the teaching of reading and in children’s book design. Katherine lives with her family in Bath.

Simona Sanfilippo is a talented children’s book illustrator from Italy. She has created illustrations for books, postcards and greetings cards as well as advertising campaigns. Simona has participated in illustration contests in Italy and other parts of Europe, and has received several awards.

QED

£4.99 • Paperback • 253 x 230mm • 24pp • 4+

Daniel and the Lions

Joseph’s Colourful Coat

David and Goliath

Moses and the Bullrushes

Jonah and the Whale

Noah’s Ark

978 1 84835 894 2 • March 2013 978 1 84835 892 8 • March 2013 978 1 84835 895 9 • March 2013

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978 1 84835 893 5 • March 2013 978 1 84835 896 6 • March 2013 978 1 84835 891 1 • March 2013

Art Smart Unlock the inner artist with this fantastically creative series. Learn how to print, draw, paint and create textiles with imaginative projects that will inspire and delight.

Traci Bunkers, Kath Durkin, Melanie Grimshaw and Wendy Walker are all passionate advocates of crafts and fine arts. They are all dedicated artists and incredibly adept in their chosen fields. They have extensive teaching knowledge for children of all ages, with a combined experience of over 50 years of teaching art and design in both schools and private classes. £5.99 • Paperback • 250 x 195mm • 32pp • 6+

Draw It!

Paint It!

Make It!

Print It!

Wendy Walker • 978 1 84835 903 1 • April 2013 Melanie Grimshaw • 978 1 84835 901 7 • April 2013

Kath Durkin • 978 1 84835 902 4 • April 2013 Traci Bunkers • 978 1 84835 904 8 • April 2013

QED

When I Was...

Rachel Elliot Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello Illustrated stories cover these four important feelings (happiness, sadness, fear, anger) with a gentle and sweet approach. A happy hippo, an angry tiger, a sad zebra and a scared elephant allow very young children to understand these emotions and to learn how to cope with them.

Rachel Elliot was born in Cornwall and now lives in Devon, where she also grew up. She previously worked as a children’s book editor but now writes full-time from her home.

John Bendall-Brunello has illustrated over 60 children’s books, with best-sellers in Europe and the USA. £4.99 • Paperback • 210 x 240mm • 24pp • 4+

The Elephant Who Was Scared

The Tiger Who Was Angry

The Hippo Who Was Happy

The Zebra Who Was Sad

978 1 84835 890 4 • April 2013 978 1 84835 887 4 • April 2013

978 1 84835 888 1 • April 2013 978 1 84835 889 8 • April 2013

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INDEX

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 32 4F for Freaks, 23 Adl, Shirin, 5 Ainslie, Tamsin, 20 Alex and the Watermelon Boat, 20 Anholt, Laurence, 2 Asquith, Ros, 2, 5 Avery, Tom, 10 Bartlett, Alison, 6 Beardshaw, Rosalind, 17 Beatrice’s Dream, 15 Benjamin, A.H., 33 Bickford, Tessa, 18 Billington, Rachel, 11 Black Painted Fingernails, 25 Black Sheep, 10 Bob and Rob, 7 Book of Dreams, The, 5 Broadbent, Jim, 15 Broekstra, Lorette, 19 Brooks, Ron, 19, 20 Brown, Palmer, 28 Bubble Trouble, 16 Carmody, Isobelle, 26 Castles, Jennifer, 18 Cave, Kathryn, 3 Clayton, Sally Pomme, 16 Coat, The, 20 Colm’s Lambs, 29 Coplestone, Jim, 2 Cosmic Disco, 9 Cowboys Can Be Kind, 31 Cox, Tania, 19 Dale, Elizabeth, 1 Daly, Niki, 16 Daniel and the Lions, 34 Das, Prodeepta, 15 David and Goliath, 34 Diary of a Cricket God, 23 Diary of a Soccer Star, 23 Die Beliebtesten Irischen Sagen, 30 Dominic Grows Sweetcorn, 6 Dragon with a Big Nose, The, 9 Draw It!, 35 Dream of the Thylacine, The, 19 Dunbar, Polly, 16 East of the Sun, West of the Moon, 1 Elephant Who Was Scared, The, 35 Elephant, 33 Elliot, Rachel, 35 Eszterhas, Suzi, 12 Eye on the Wild, 13 Factor, June, 27 Fintan’s Fifteen, 30 Flint, Shamini, 23 Freaks Ahoy!, 23 Friendliest Ballerina, The, 31 Go Jojo, Go!, 18

Graham, Bob, 21 Granström, Brita, 11, 15 Grant, Neil, 27 Great Big Book of Feelings, The, 2 Green Monkey Dreams, 26 Grimshaw, Melanie, 35 Grobler, Piet, 4 Growl Like a Tiger, 22 Gwynne, Philip, 20 Harvey, Roland, 21 Heather Fell in the Water, 22 Heidi, 32 Heinrich, Sally, 23 Henderson, Kathy, 9 Hens Don’t Crow, 33 Here Come the Creatures!, 8 Her Majesty and Mr. Brown, 28 Herrick, Steven, 25 Hess, Paul, 3 Hickory, 28 Hidden Gift, The, 29 Hippo Who Was Happy, The, 35 Hobbs, Leigh, 23, 24 Hoffman, Mary, 2 Hofmeyr, Dianne, 4 Holden, Caroline, 9 Hunt, Julie, 20 Hyde, Catherine, 8 Ife’s First Haircut, 14 In Too Deep, 10 Ink Bridge, The, 27 Jackson, Lisa, 30 Jonah and the Whale, 34 Joseph’s Colourful Coat, 34 Junket is Nice, 28 Kabakov, Vladimir, 15 Kalkipsakis, Thalia, 25 Kangeroos Hop, 18 Kiely, Kevin, 29 Knapman, Timothy, 31 Kunhardt, Dorothy, 28 Lee, Virginia, 16 Lenny Goes to Playschool, 6 Les Plus Belles Legendes Irelandaises, 30 Lester, Alison, 22, 23 Listen Up Pup, 33 Little Evie in the Wild Woods, 8 LOLs: Best Jokes for Kids, 27 Looby, Mic, 27 Look at This: Home, 12 Look at This: Play, 12 Look! Really Smart Art, 15 Loughrey, Anita, 31 Lulu Reads to Zeki, 17 Macbeth, 32 MacLeod, Doug, 22 Magee, Wes, 8

Magic Bojabi Tree, The, 4 Mahy, Margaret, 16 Make It!, 35 Manning, Mick, 11 15 Maralinga, 27 Massey, Eithne, 30 Max the Champion, 5 MacCarthy, Patricia, 3 McKimmie, Chris, 20 McNab, Nan, 26 McQuinn, Anna, 17, 29 Metro Winds, 26 Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, 32 Monsieur Albert Rides to Glory, 21 Monster Sale, The, 9 Moon Forest, 3 Moriarty, Ros, 18 Morris, Jackie, 1, 8 Moses and the Bullrushes, 34 Moses, Brian, 9 Mouse’s Summer Muddle, 31 Mr Badger and the Big Surprise, 24 Mr Badger and the Difficult Duchess, 24 Mr Badger and the Magic Mirror, 24 Mr Badger and the Missing Ape, 24 Mrowczynska , Agnieszka, 15 Nichols, Grace, 9 No More Kisses for Bernard, 16 Noah’s Ark, 34 Nolan, Alan, 30 Noni the Pony, 22 Off to Market, 1 On the Farm, 21 Only Ever Always, 25 Onyefulu, Ifeoma, 12, 14 Orang-utan, 13 Owl’s Winter Rescue, 31 P is for Poland, 15 Paint It!, 35 Pal, Erika, 1 Parker, Steve, 33 Paul, Korky, 7 Persephone, 16 Pickford, Sue, 7 Pinocchio, 32 Pirate Who Said Please, The, 31 Plaisted, Caroline, 32 Poppy’s Angel, 11 Princesses Love to Share, 31 Print It!, 35 Pugwash in the Pacific, 15 Quicksand Pony, The, 23 R is for Russia, 15 Randall, Ronne, 32 Red Car, Red Bus, 16 Rhodes, Julie, 7 Robert, Na’ima B., 10

Roger, Marie-Sabine, 17 Romeo and Juliet, 32 Rosette for Maeve, A, 29 Ross, Mandy, 6 Ruby Learns to Swim, 20 Run Like a Rabbit, 22 Russon, Penni, 25 Ryan, John, 15 Saxton, Jo, 16 Sea Otter, 13 Secrets of Stonehenge, The, 11 Selfish Giant, The, 21 Shark, 33 Shaw, Hannah, 4 Smallman, Steve, 33 Smith, Craig, 22 Smith, Peter, 21 Snail Trail, 16 Sol, Anne, 17 Somers, Ian, 29 Song for Jamela, A, 16 SOS Lusitania, 29 Spider, 33 Squirrel’s Autumn Search, 31 Steggall, Susan, 16 Step Up and Dance, 25 Stockdale, Sean, 5 Stone, Wendy, 15 Strick, Alex, 5 Sully, Katherine, 34 Taff in the WAAF, 15 Taylor, Sean, 4 Tempest, The, 32 Ten Scared Fish, 18 Tiger Who Was Angry, The, 35 Troll Wood, 3 Tunnels of Tarcoola, The, 25 Two Nests, 2 Tyrannosaurus Rex, 33 Very Noisy House, The, 7 Vicky Goes to the Doctor, 14 Voutila, Ritva, 21 Walsh, Jennifer, 25 We Have Lift-Off!, 4 What Are You Playing At?, 17 What Makes My Dad Happy, 19 What Makes My Mum Happy, 19 Where’s Lenny?, 6 Wicked Wood, 26 Wild, Margaret, 19 Wilde, Oscar, 21 Wilful Eye, The, 26 Wilkins, Jim, 28 Williams, Karen Lynn, 15 Wilson-Max, Ken, 6 Wizard of Oz, The, 32 Wolfe, Gillian, 15 Zebra Who Was Sad, The, 35

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