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Stop the Clock!

Pippa Goodhart Illustrated by Maria Christania

Joe’s is late for school AGAIN! On their dash to beat the bell, Mum is stressed, Baby Poppy is crying, and Joe is missing all the exciting things happening around him as they blur into one. When given a task by his teacher to draw everything he saw on his way to school, Joe decides he must stop time to examine everything he saw and figure out why his sister was crying so much! Soon, literally, and metaphorically, things become much clearer, as Joe learns to appreciate the importance of taking your time and noticing what is happening around you.

Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-910328-81-1 | Publication: 03 February 2022 | Price: £7.99 | 32 pp | 240 x 275 mm | Age: 4+ | All rights available "I hope that ‘Stop The Clocks!’ will give children the idea that they can sometimes pause their lives, and notice things. They will discover more of their world to enjoy. And maybe we’ll learn to take better care of it."

Pippa Goodhart - Author

Pippa Goodhart

Pippa Goodhart is the author of over a hundred children’s books, including the prize-winning picture book You Choose, and the Winnie the Witch series which she writes under the pen name of Laura Owen. She trained as a teacher and worked for many years in bookselling before becoming a mother and a writer.

Maria Christania

Born and raised in Indonesia, Maria gained her BA in Design and Visual Communication from Bandung Institute of Technology in 2008. In 2014 she moved to the UK, where she currently lives. Maria received her MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art in 2016.

www.mariachristania.com

Human Town

Alan Durant Illustrated by Anna Doherty

Junior and his elephant family are excited to visit Human Town, where they can observe humans in their own town. The novelty soon wears thin, as they notice major issues humans have caused, which are causing them to become extinct. Junior hopes that this will never happen to the elephants.

Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-910328-83-5 | Publication: 07 April 2022 | Price: £7.99 | 32 pp | 240 x 275 mm | Age: 4+ | All rights available "The first time I visited the South Africa, I was taken on a sundown safari and saw a group of elephants up close, pulling up shrubs and munching and being quietly magnificent. I wondered what the elephants might think if they were observing us. There is a very real and appalling prospect that within the lifetimes of our children these amazing creatures will become extinct, unless we humans change our behaviour and look after our world more caringly. I hope this story will make children laugh but I also hope it will make them think – and be moved to act, because they are the world’s hope. And good luck to them!"

Alan Durant - Author

Alan Durant

Alan Durant has written over one hundred books for children of all ages — from picture books to poetry to young adult thrillers. His picture books include the award-winning Burger Boy, Always and Forever and Dear Tooth Fairy. He regularly visits schools, libraries and festivals in the UK and abroad, giving talks and running writing workshops.

Anna Doherty

Anna Doherty is an illustrator from sunny Scotland. She adores drawing, writing, and every single dog in the world. She owns too many pencils and she likes tiny sketchbooks. Outside of illustration, her main skills in life are rock, paper, scissors and swimming a long way under water without breathing. Her other books include Big Ideas for Curious Minds, Sticky, and The Brontës.

The Name Game

Elizabeth Laird Illustrated by Olivia Holden

The little girl is so bored at home. There’s NO-ONE to play with! That is until she decides to play the name game with the nature and animals around her, inventing fantastic names and personalities for all of them! Soon she is describing a fun imaginary world that she can play in by herself.

Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-910328-85-9 | Publication: 02 June 2022 | Price: £7.99 | 32 pp | 230 x 275 mm | Age: 3+ | All rights available "Playing with language, inventing words and names, is a wonderful game for children, and my hope is that children will be inspired to follow this little girl's example, and play the Name Game too."

Elizabeth Laird - Author

Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird is a multi-award winning author of many successful picture books and young fiction. Her travels across the world have influenced her style of writing and choice of topics. She is well-known for tackling a wide range of global issues through her work. During the 1990s Elizabeth travelled round Ethiopia collecting folk stories from traditional storytellers, and the British Council produced them in a series of readers for Ethiopian schools.

Olivia Holden

Olivia has always been interested in art – as a child she would draw in sketchbooks while she went on adventures. Olivia pursued art and design as an adult and studied Fine Art, Textiles and English Literature, obtaining a degree in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Huddersfield. She has worked on many wonderful projects including ‘Little People Big Dreams’ and ‘Five Minute Really True Stories’

"My favourite line in all literature is “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light,” because it carries the promise of love and hope, even in the darkest of times. And for many of us, these past two years have been just that. So this story, my gift, is my way of offering a little much-needed light."

Alan Durant - Author

The Perfect Gift

Alan Durant Illustrated by Marjan Vafaeian

The queen has given birth to her baby and all animals are going to visit them with their gift. But the kind rabbit can't find a gift that suits the queens baby. It's getting late for the party, so rabbit lights up a lamp and goes to the party without a gift. She's not aware that she's taking the perfect gift for the queen and the baby.

Hardback | ISBN: 978-1-910328-86-6 | Publication: 06 October 2022 | Price: £7.99 | 32 pp | 230 x 280 mm | Age: 3+ | All rights available

Alan Durant

Alan Durant has written over one hundred books for children of all ages — from picture books to poetry to young adult thrillers. His picture books include the award-winning Burger Boy, Always and Forever and Dear Tooth Fairy. He regularly visits schools, libraries and festivals in the UK and abroad, giving talks and running writing workshops.

Marjan Vafaeian

Marjan Vafaeian is an award winning illustrator from Iran. Her very unique art style is detailed and colourful, using ball-point pens to create the effect. Among the books Marjan illustrated for Tiny Owl are Cinderella of the Nile, and The Parrot and the Merchant.