OWLET PRESS
NEW TITLES Autumn - Winter 2020
A warm welcome
to our autumn-winter 2020 catalogue! Our roots outside publishing have provided Owlet Press with an appetite to always look for fresh angles to challenge conventions - cultivating a unique, inclusive, and authentic list for 2020/21. We nurture and champion authors and illustrators from all walks of life and being LGBT run, diversity flows in our veins. We were a ‘one-man’ operation in our infancy, but we have grown with help and guidance from a close-knit group of industry experts in freelance/ consulting roles. We’re now a tiny but respected inclusive press, publishing stories that help create more positive futures for all children, celebrating characters, authors and illustrators from all backgrounds and communities. This is the way we’ve always been, from ‘incidentally inclusive’ illustrations across every title, to searching for the best talent in undiscovered and neglected areas of society. Every author has an important story to tell either within or behind their books. To date, our books have shown young readers of colour, those from non-traditional families and readers with additional physical or emotional needs, joyful characters that are like them experiencing the magic of playful, imaginative stories; and for more privileged, white, non-disabled readers to see children that don’t always look like them in picture books too. As Owlet Press has continued to grow and get noticed, we have been able to work with new authors who have the same beliefs as we do, from even more underrepresented communities. Our new signings for 2021/22 will enable us to continue publishing stories that speak more directly towards diversity, which is even more important now, due to the challenges that are erupting within our society today. We hope you enjoy the selection of titles from our a/w season and look forward to sharing our new content for spring/summer ‘21 in the not too distant future. Stay safe.
Sam Langley-Swain. Founder and Managing Director.
ROBO-BABIES
MARNEY'S MIX-UP
By Laura Gallagher, Illustrated by Nicci Martin
By Jane Rushmore, Illustrated by Sally Darby MARN EY'S MIXUP
A ‘silly squirrel sto ry’ that shows how easily we can mis when actually our judge others, similarities are gre ater than our diff As Marney erences.
ISBN: 978-1-913339-04-3 Picture Book - Paperback - 3+ Size: 210 x 210 mm - Extent: 32pp RRP: £7.99 Publication: 06.10.20 Publication: 25.08.20 Illustrator location: South Af rica
JANE RUSHM ORE AND SALLY DARB Y
the grey squirrel struggles to find across a strange food for winter, he creature hoardin stumbles g nuts on the far Marney’s worries side of the park. and frustrations build matters into his own , until he decides to take hands. When he confronts the crea realises that ther ture, Marney e may have been a rather embarra ssing mix-up!
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RRP: £7.99
ISBN: 978-1-913339-07
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A STORY THAT HELPS YOUNG READERS DISCOVER THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH BABIES ARRIVE INTO THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING IVF, DONATION, SURROGACY AND ADOPTION.
The next time you look up at the night sky, if you stare really hard; you might be lucky enough to see the sparkling metal planet with all its robots and all their robo-babies.
AUGUST
As Marney the grey squirrel confronts a strange creature, hoarding nuts on the far side of the park, he realises there may have been a rather embarrassing mix-up!
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A ‘SILLY SQUIRREL STORY’ ON RACIAL BIAS, SHOWING HOW EASILY WE MISJUDGE OTHERS, WHEN OUR SIMILARITIES MAY ACTUALLY BE GREATER THAN OUR DIFFERENCES.
ISBN:978-1-913339-07-4 Picture Book - Paperback - 3+ Size: 245 x 245 mm - Extent: 32pp RRP: £7.99 | Series Publication: 22.09.20 Illustrator location: United Kingdom
OCTOBER
WE'RE OFF TO MEET A MERMAID
WE'RE OFF TO FIND A FAIRY
By Eloise White, Illustrated by Cory Reid
By Eloise White, Illustrated by Cory Reid
AN INCLUSIVE SPIN ON THE CLASSIC STORY, WHICH USES THE POPULARITY OF MERMAIDS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN OUR OCEANS. YOUNG READERS CAN FIND THE HIDDEN MERMAID DRAWN ACROSS THE VARYING SEASCAPE SPREADS BY CORY REID, ONE OF ONLY FIVE BLACK ILLUSTRATORS WORKING WITHIN UK PUBLISHING.
ISBN: 978-1-913339-00-5 Picture Book - Paperback - 2+ Size: 245 x 245 mm - Extent: 32pp RRP: £7.99 | Series Publication: 06.10.20 Illustrator location: United Kingdom
OCTOBER
As our family searches for the splishy splashy mermaid, their quest takes them deeper and deeper into the ocean; while they discover many creatures along the way that have a magic all of their own.
THE THIRD STORY IN THIS INCLUSIVE SERIES (WHICH FEATURES A MIXED RACE FAMILY AND THIS TIME LEADS WITH A BLACK FAIRY) USES THE POPULARITY OF FAIRIES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ENDANGERED COUNTRYSIDE WILDLIFE. YOUNG READERS CAN FIND THE HIDDEN FAIRY WITHIN THE VARYING LANDSCAPES.
ISBN: 978-1-913339-01-2 Picture Book - Paperback - 2+ Size: 245 x 245 mm - Extent: 32pp RRP: £7.99 | Series Publication: 06.10.20 Illustrator location: United Kingdom
As our family take their final search for the fabulous fluttery fairy, their quest takes them to many areas of the countryside; while they discover many magical creatures, until it's time for bed.
OCTOBER SEPTEMBER
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SECRETS REVEALED
TRADITIONS REWRITTEN
BRAND NEW TOOTH FAIRY TALES
978-1-913339-14-2 | £7.99 | PB | Autumn/Winter 2020
978-1-913339-16-6 £7.99 | PB | A/W 2020
As Ollie and Grace lose their first tooth, Grandpa’s magical stories reveal generations of coin makers and tooth fairies working secretly together from The Royal Mint, taking them from The Tower Of London, to the land of magic and dragons . . . Did someone say DRAGONS? 978-1-913339-15-9 £7.99 | PB | A/W 2020
NOVEMBER AUGUST
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WHAT WESLEY WORE
By Samuel Langley-Swain Illustrated by Ryan Sonderegger This story helps children build empathy, by exploring bullying from both the victim’s and bullies’ perspectives. Wesley shows us is it important to believe in yourself as he forgives the other weasels, while they all learn to accept and even love others, despite their differences.
Did you know a group of weasels is called a curious? Strange then, that all the weasels in Westburrow Wood are actually very boring, with nothing curious about them at all! Then there's Wesley, a Weasel who is obsessed with clothes - curious indeed! Find out how the weasels drive Wesley away just because they 'don't like different'.
Age:3+ Price: £7.99 Extent: 32pp Format: 245 x245mm PB: 978 1 99976 284 1 Illustrator Location: Utah, USA
DISCOVER AMAZING STORIES KINDNESS AT CHRISTMAS - RRP £5.99
ISBN: 9781999762803
SELFESTEEM&CONFIDENCE-RRP£7.99
ISBN: 9781999762889
EXCITES RELUCTANT READERS - RRP £6.99
ISBN: 9781999762810
Reading age: 2-5 A modern, rhyming re-write of the Christmas classic, which encourages families to give back and think of others who may be less fortunate.
Reading age: 2-5 Teaches younger readers not to judge by appearances, to be proud of their uniqueness and to believe in their own strengths.
Reading age: 4-7 Children are inspired to finish diverse story scenes, creating magic in storytelling and injecting energy and enthusiasm into their learning.
FROM OUR INCLUSIVE BACKLIST WILDLIFE & CONSERVATION - RRP £7.99
ISBN: 9781999762896
FOSTERING & ADOPTION - RRP £7.99
Reading age: 3-6 In this wonderful adventure, readers will enjoy trying to find the hiding unicorn, while meeting endanered wildlife along the way.
Reading age: 3-7 Helping young adopted children and peers understand the entire adoption process in an accurate, sensitive adoption story.
ISBN: 9781999762858
LOSS & TOGETHERNESS - RRP £7.99
ISBN: 9781999762865
Reading age: 3-6 A tear-jerking story about the calamities for the family next door (who have an autistic child) as they remember a loved one at Christmas.
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