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New Titles July - December 2020
New Titles
July-December
2020
big picture press
templar books
p i c c a d i l ly p r e s s
b o n n i e r b o o k s u k c h i l d r e n’ s
hot key books
Cover illustration copyright © 2020 by Ximo Abadía
from The Extraordinary Elements
CONTENTS Big Picture Press 3 Templar Books 17 Piccadilly Press 37 Hot Key Books 43 Contacts 50
Fungarium
Ester Gaya &
Katie Scott
Welcome to the Fungarium!
Step into the world of fungi and
A BIG HELLO
JULY
learn all about these strange
and fascinating life forms.
Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the
Welcome to the Museum series with
exquisite, detailed images of some of
the most fascinating living organisms
on this planet - fungi. From the
Big Picture Press books are objects to be Piccadilly Press books are fun, family- fungi we see on supermarket shelves
pored over and then returned to again and orientated stories in any genre, that possess to fungi like penicillium that have
again, created by and made for the incurably the ability to capture readers’ imagination shaped human history, this is the
curious. Having made an indelible mark on and inspire them to develop a life-long love definitive introduction to what fungi
the children’s non-fiction market with their of reading. Our titles can be standalone are and just how vital they are to
boutique range of illustrated gift books, they stories or part of a series, using design and the world's ecosystem. Created in
create visually inspiring books for readers of illustration that is integral to the content collaboration with the Royal Botanic
all ages around the world. when appropriate. We aim to create future Gardens, Kew.
hello@templarco.co.uk classics for 5 – 12 year olds, in hardback, Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781787415355 Format: Hardback
paperback, ebook and audio formats. Pub price: £20.00 H x W: 370 x 272mm Ester Gaya is a senior research leader at
www.templarco.co.uk/big-picture-press Extent: 80pp Kew. She began her career in mycology
hello@piccadillypress.com
@BigPicturePress in Spain and after some time in the USA
piccadillypress.co.uk decided to settle in the UK. She has spent
the past 20 years researching fungi. She is
@piccadillypress especially fascinated by lichens and tries to
understand their evolution.
Katie Scott graduated from University
of Brighton in 2011. Her work draws
influences from traditional medical and
botanical illustration, both in aesthetic
and subject matter. Her work plays with
the ideas of scientific uncertainty and
Founded in 1978, Templar has become one The content of a Hot Key book is defined speculation, fabricating the inner and outer
of the world’s most respected publishers of by originality of voice and challenging, workings of the world. Her illustrations
illustrated children’s non-fiction, picture thought-provoking stories that resonate depict a familiar yet fantasy vision of
books, fiction, gift and novelty books for on a global stage. Always memorable and plants, humans and minerals.
all ages. With a reputation for innovation stimulating, these books can create new Other available titles
and creativity, Templar delivers cleverly waves in any genre. We publish in hardback,
conceived publishing with an emphasis paperback, ebook and audio formats. For
on paper innovation, stylish design and teen and older readers.
contemporary illustration for a high-end, hello@hotkeybooks.com
international audience.
hotkeybooks.com
hello@templarco.co.uk
@HotKeyBooksYA
www.templarco.co.uk Anatomicum Botanicum
@HotKeyBooksTeen ISBN: 9781787414921 ISBN: 9781783703944
@templarbooks
2 3
Pub price: £25.00 Pub price: £25.00
Most fiction can also be found in a digital
audio edition.
Meet the MAPS Purple Edition
Ancient Greeks Aleksandra Mizielińska &
Daniel Mizieliński
Meet the Pirates
James Davies See the sights of the world,
sample the tastiest dishes, meet
JULY
JULY
With vibrant, playful artwork and people from different cultures
snappy text, learning about ancient and encounter amazing
history has never been cooler. wildlife in this collection of
maps from 66 countries and
6 continents, each packed
Two new flexiback editions in the
with details and beautiful
successful Meet the… series. There’s so
much to digest when is comes to history
illustrations. A new edition
Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781787417625 Format: Flexiback – how do you know where to start? These containing even more maps.
Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm
Extent: 72pp
short introductions are just the thing
for beginners. Get to know the basics on You’ll see fjords in Norway and
Ancient Greece, from religious ceremonies gorillas in the Congolese jungle.
to day to day life, and Pirates, from famous You’ll dance the rumba in Cuba and
looters to scurvy. These books contain easy- taste hundred-year-old eggs in China.
to-digest, humorous text that is reminiscent
of the bestselling Horrible Histories series. This book is a celebration of the
world, from the big to the small –
James Davies is an illustrator and author from and everything in between!
Wales, now living in Bristol. He has recently
returned to illustration with a uniquely bold graphic
Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel
style, influenced by old cartoons and retro picture
Mizieliński graduated from the Academy of
books, and is the author and illustrator of the
Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2007. In 2010 they
bestselling Meet the... series. His first picture book,
were nominated for the Bologna Ragazzi
Long Dog, was published in 2018. James’s favourite
Award and have since been nominated for
food group is carbs and his worst enemy is a bald Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781787417199 Format: Hardback the IBBY Honour List (2010).
chihuahua.
Pub price: £30.00 H x W: 370 x 272mm
Extent:160pp
Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781787417632 Format: Flexiback
Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm
Extent: 72pp
Other available titles
Meet the Ancient Meet the Ancient Meet the Ancient Meet the Pirates
Egyptians (HB) Romans (HB) Greeks (HB) (HB)
ISBN: 9781787410367 ISBN: 9781787410527 ISBN: 9781787412750 ISBN: 9781787412743
4 5
Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99
The Extraordinary Elements: Anatomicum Junior
A Mini Companion Guide Jennifer Z Paxton & Katy Wiedemann
Colin Stuart & Ximo Abadía
With specially written text for
younger readers, step inside the
Rock out with Roentgenium or museum to explore the incredible
get fizzy with Francium in this
AUGUST
AUGUST
human body.
lively periodic table book that
presents the extraordinary
Welcome to Anatomicum. This museum
elements as you've never seen
is open all hours and will take you on
them before. an incredible journey right around the
human body, from the intricate workings
With the help of Alice Cooper, of the brain to the tiny muscles used to
Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and a show emotion. Have you ever wondered
whole host of weird and wonderful how each life starts with just one cell, or
characters both real and imagined, how many blood cells there are in your
The Extraordinary Elements presents body? Then this is the book for you.
the periodic table as never before.
Gripping facts and easy-to-access Anatomicum Junior is a reduced-
information accompany stunning age-range follow-on from the original
infographics and the personified Anatomicum. The text has been
elements, making for a read as carefully simplified to make it appealing
entertaining as it is informative. to younger readers, while retaining
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction the dynamic style and fascinating
ISBN: 9781787417342 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm Colin Stuart is a renowned astronomy information of the original.
Extent: 136pp speaker and author whose books have
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction
sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. ISBN: 9781787416543 Format: Hardback Jennifer Z Paxton is Lecturer in Anatomy at
A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 246 x 189mm the University of Edinburgh and Principal
Society and a runner-up for the European Extent: 80pp
Investigator of the Paxton Lab, a tissue
Astronomy Journalism Prize 2014, Colin engineering laboratory. Jennifer has won the
has also written publications featured in Wellcome Trust 'I'm a Scientist' competition
the Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Focus twice (2013, 2018). She loves bringing the
and the Observer, and has spoken about the science of anatomy to a wider audience and
wonders of the universe on Sky News, BBC working with primary schools to engage more
News and BBC Radio 5 Live. children with the subject.
Ximo Abadía is a highly acclaimed artist, Katy Wiedemann is an illustrator and tattoo
living and working in Spain. He has artist in Philadelphia, USA. Her work explores
illustrated numerous publications including the field of scientific illustration, particularly
The Speed of Starlight, and his work that of anatomy. Working in ink and
was selected for the Bologna Children’s watercolour, Katy uses traditional techniques
Illustrators Exhibition in 2017. to blend realism and scientific understanding.
Other available titles
She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School
of Design, and has an MA in Illustration from
Edinburgh College of Art.
Anatomicum
ISBN: 9781787414921
6 Pub price: £25.00
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Beneath the Waves Costumes of the World
Lily Murray & Helen Ahpornsiri Johnna Rizzo & Chaaya Prabhat
The world’s oceans are brought A colourful celebration of
to life in art made from hand- costumes and cultures from
pressed seaweed and coastal around the world.
AUGUST
AUGUST
flowers.
A stunning exhibition of national
Artist Helen Ahpornsiri transforms dress from around the world, curated
silky seaweeds, feathery algae and and beautifully illustrated by Indian
bright coastal blooms into playful illustrator Chaaya Prabhat. Explore
penguins, scuttling crabs and schools how traditional dress is an important
of silvery sharks. Turn the page to part of a region’s identity and the
explore each corner of the oceans, meanings behind the intricate details
from hidden rock pools to the darkest and symbols clothes feature. This
depths. Marvel as plants transform book will take readers on a colourful
into marvellous creatures, and journey around the world, visiting 30
discover the magic and beauty that different countries.
lies beneath the waves…
Johnna Rizzo is a former staff writer at
Lily Murray grew up in the wilds of snowy National Geographic magazine and an
nowhere, spending much of her time editor at National Geographic Books
talking to animals and making up stories. and the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler
She has continued to do this in her adult galleries. She is a frequent contributor
life, and now writes both fiction and non- to National Geographic Kids, has written
fiction books for children. Her titles include for Scientific American, Newsweek and
big books about dinosaurs, rhyming the Washington Post and is the author of
books about dinosaurs and stories about Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction Ocean Animals: Who’s Who in the Deep
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction ISBN: 9781787411609 Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781787417182 Format: Paperback escapee hot dogs. Her books for STUDIO Blue (National Geographic Society).
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 302 x 241mm
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm PRESS include the bestselling No Worries Extent: 80pp
Extent: 64pp Chaaya Prabhat is a graphic designer,
and the Disney Animated Classics series.
Follow Lily on Instagram and Twitter @ illustrator and lettering artist. After
lilymurraybooks completing her MA in Graphic Design from
Savannah College of Art and Design, she
Helen Ahpornsiri creates intricate collages is now working independently in Chennai,
using real flora and foliage. Each illustration India. She has worked with clients
is made up of hundreds of leaves and including Snapchat, Facebook, Google and
flowers which are foraged or grown, then The Obama Foundation.
preserved with traditional flower-pressing
methods. The plants are organised by
species or colour before being cut and
delicately arranged to form birds, insects
Other available titles and other creatures, all filled with tiny
patterns and tangles of plant life. Helen lives
in Eastbourne, Sussex, in the UK.
A Year in the Wild Beneath the Waves (hb)
ISBN: 9781787416659 ISBN: 9781787413801
8 9
Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £12.99
There Are Reptiles Everywhere Balloon to the Moon
Britta Teckentrup & Camilla de la Gill Arbuthnott & Chris Nielsen
Bedoyere
A fascinating countdown of
Bestselling illustrator Britta the technologies, innovations
Teckentrup explores the world and stories that led humans
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
of reptiles in a sumptuously from the hot air balloon to
illustrated non-fiction book. walking on the Moon. Winner
of a British Book Design &
There are reptiles everywhere! Some
Production Award, 2019.
of them live in jungles, some in the
savannah, and some may be in your Long before anyone had designed a
back garden! rocket, the Montgolfier brothers were
making hot air balloons. In October
There Are Reptiles Everywhere is 1783, they became the first people to
the third in a series of non-fiction experience controlled flight. Balloon
books from Britta Teckentrup. Young to the Moon starts there and leads
readers will learn where in the world to Neil Armstrong’s ‘small step’ and
all sorts of reptiles can be found, and beyond. But why stop there?
the weird and wonderful things about
them that they never imagined were Learn about the great innovations
true. This is non-fiction with spark of the past, and then get ready for
and personality from a much-loved BLAST OFF into an unknown but
illustrator. exciting future.
Britta Teckentrup is a fine artist who has Gill Arbuthnott lives in Edinburgh and has
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Non-fiction
written and illustrated many well-loved ISBN: 9781787417748 Format: Paperback been a published author since 2003. She
Pub date: 17 Sep 20 Genre: Non-fiction books for children, including the Odd One Pub price: £10.99 H x W: 280 x 216mm writes fiction and non-fiction and reckons
ISBN: 9781787416536 Format: Hardback Out series. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Extent: 80pp that being a children’s author is probably
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 300 x 235mm
she has studied at St Martin’s College of Art the best job in the world. Her books Dark
Extent: 32pp
and the Royal College of Art in London. Spell, Beneath and What Makes You You?
have been shortlisted for major UK book
Camilla de la Bedoyere has an academic awards. A former science teacher, she
background in zoology and has written loves mixing scientific fact with wonderful
more than 200 books for children and anecdotes of people and places.
adults. She lives in London with her family
and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of Chris Nielsen is an award-winning Sydney-
London. based illustrator. His work flows from a
love of vintage design. Tin toys, Mexican
wrestlers, matchboxes, medical charts and
Other available titles Other available titles Indian goddesses all jostle for attention
among the flotsam and jetsam in his flip-
top head.
There are Bugs There are Fish Balloon to the Moon
Everywhere Everywhere (hb)
ISBN: 9781787415003 ISBN: 9781787410763 ISBN: 9781787413542
Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £16.99
10 11
Small Worlds: Earth Herbert’s Garden
Lara Hawthorne & Camilla Lara Hawthorne
de la Bedoyere
A delightful story about
appreciating the beauty in
Small Worlds: Water nature and discovering your
OCTOBER
OCTOBER
creativity.
Lara Hawthorne & Lily
Murray Each creature in the garden has
something special to offer, but what
about a slug? Slow, slimy and greedy,
This beautifully illustrated lift-the-flap Herbert wishes he could weave
series lets children explore small worlds shimmering webs like spiders, or
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: n
on-fiction in nature close-up. create wonderful underground worlds
ISBN: 9781787415638 novelty like ants. But when his lonely night-
Pub price: £12.99 Format: Hardback
H x W: 260 x 236 mm What will you find when you explore these time wanderings through the garden
Extent: 18pp
small worlds? Prepare to be surprised by the take him up to the treetops, he and
variety of life on each page of this gorgeous lift- the other creatures are astonished at
the-flap book. A fascinating exploration of the the beauty he has created. Spotting
life and cycles in nature’s small worlds. spreads plus helpful hints on how
to look after the creatures in your
Camilla de la Bedoyere has an academic background own garden add to this non-fiction-
in zoology and has written more than 200 books for inspired tale.
children and adults, many of which explore the natural
world. She has also worked as a journalist, editing A stunningly illustrated story
a children’s page in a national newspaper, and is a
about recognising your talents and
specialist reading teacher. She lives in London with
her family and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture book celebrating each individual, this is a
ISBN: 9781787417731 Format: Paperback
London. Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 280 x 216mm beautiful picture book by the author
Extent: 32pp and illustrator of The Night Flower.
Lara Hawthorne graduated from Falmouth University
in 2013. Her first picture book, Herb, was published Lara Hawthorne graduated from Falmouth
in 2014 and she was selected to illustrate Carol Ann University in 2013. Her first picture book,
Duffy’s The King of Christmas (Picador, 2016). Herb, was published in 2014 and she was
Inspired by nature, myths and legends, Lara creates selected to illustrate Carol Ann Duffy’s
wonderful small worlds with her distinct watercolour The King of Christmas (Picador, 2016).
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: n
on-fiction style. She currently lives in Bristol, UK. Inspired by nature, myths and legends,
ISBN: 9781787415621 novelty
Lara creates wonderful small worlds with
Pub price: £12.99 Format: Board Book
H x W: 260 x 236 mm her distinct watercolour style. She currently
Extent: 18pp lives in Bristol, UK.
Other available titles Other available titles
The Night Flower Alba the Hundred The Night Flower Alba the Hundred
ISBN: 9781787410534 Year Old Fish Paperback Format: Hardback Year Old Fish
Pub price: £11.99 ISBN: 9781787412927 ISBN: 9781787417298 ISBN: 9781787410534 Format: Hardback Paperback
Pub price: £11.99
12 Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £7.99 ISBN: 9781787412927
Pub price: £12.99
ISBN: 9781787417298
Pub price: £7.99 13
There Are Fish Everywhere Anatomicum Postcard Box
Britta Teckentrup Katy Wiedemann
Bestselling illustrator Britta A box set of 50 beautiful
Teckentrup explores the world postcards from Anatomicum.
of fish in this sumptuously
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER
illustrated non-fiction book. This collection of 50 postcards
features Katy Wiedemann’s stunning
There are fish everywhere! Some of anatomical illustrations. Each image
them live in fresh water, some of them vividly captures the beauty and
live under ice, and some even live in complexity of part of the human
the desert. body. Together they make a stylish
collection, perfect for sending to
There Are Fish Everywhere is the first friends or pinning on your wall.
in a series of non-fiction books from
Katy Wiedemann is an illustrator and
Britta Teckentrup. Young readers will
tattoo artist in Philadelphia, USA. Her work
learn where in the world all sorts of explores the field of scientific illustration,
animals can be found and many weird particularly that of anatomy. Working in
and wonderful things that they’d ink and watercolour, Katy uses traditional
never have imagined were true. techniques to blend realism and scientific
understanding. Katy is a graduate of the
Rhode Island School of Design with a
This is non-fiction with spark and
BFA in Illustration, and has an MA in
personality from a much-loved Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art.
illustrator.
Britta Teckentrup is a fine artist who has
Pub date: 12 Nov 20 Genre: Non-fiction written and illustrated many well-loved
ISBN: 9781787417755 Format: Paperback books for children, including the Odd One
Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 300mm x 235mm
Extent: 32pp Out series. Born in Hamburg, Germany, she
has studied at St Martin’s College of Art and Pub date: 12 Nov 20 Genre: Non-fiction
the Royal College of Art in London. ISBN: 9781787416529 Format: Postcards
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 176 x 131 x 33mm
Extent: 50 cards
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There are Bugs There are Reptiles
Everywhere Everywhere Animalium postcards Botanicum postcards Planetarium postcards
ISBN: 9781787415003 ISBN: 9781787416536 ISBN: 9781783706259 ISBN: 9781783706341 ISBN: 9781787415102
Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £12.99
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Pub price: £12.99 Pub price: £12.99
The Speed of Starlight A Trip to the Future
Colin Stuart & Ximo Abadía Moira Butterfield & FagoStudio
A contemporary exploration of Take a trip to the future in this
physics, light and sound told MOIRA BUTTERFIELD & STUDIO FA G O one-of-a-kind science book!
through stunning surrealist
a T R i P TO T H E
NOVEMBER
JULY
FUTURE
artwork. This sci-fi approach to non-fiction
will take readers on an exciting
Designed to present physics in a journey into the future, using
totally new light, this science book cutting-edge science from today to
explores the topics of physics, light imagine the world of tomorrow.
and sound alongside incredible H O W T O D AY ’ S S C I E N C E W I L L S H A P E T O M O R R O W ’ S W O R L D
artwork from surrealist artist Ximo From floating cities to colonies on
Abadía. Visualise sonar sound, far-off planets, each spread will
discover the speed of light and take the reader further and further
understand basic quantum physics from home. Stunning full-page
with easy to understand, engaging spreads create an immersive feel,
text by acclaimed science writer while the text paints a picture of
Colin Stuart. the possibilities ahead – and some
surprising achievements already
Colin Stuart is a renowned astronomy made! Did you know that you can
speaker and author whose books have sold already eat 3D printed food? Or that
over 100,000 copies worldwide. A Fellow a group of scientists are trying to
of the Royal Astronomical Society and a
build a lift to the moon? A Trip to the
runner-up for the European Astronomy
Journalism Prize 2014, Colin has also
Future is a book for the engineers
written publications featured in the and scientists of the future!
Pub date: 12 Nov 20 Genre: Non-fiction
Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Focus and Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction
ISBN: 9781787417229 Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781787415751 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 280 x 216mm the Observer, and has spoken about the Moira Butterfield is an internationally
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 302 x 241mm
Extent: 80pp wonders of the universe on Sky News, BBC successful author of children’s non-fiction
Extent: 64pp
News and BBC Radio 5 Live. and picture books. Her work has featured
on the UK school curriculum and been
Ximo Abadía is a highly acclaimed commended by the US Library of Congress.
artist, living and working in Spain. He She aims to add originality and fun to
has illustrated numerous publications all her projects, to get her young readers
including The Language of the Universe, engaged in the amazing world around
and his work was selected for the Bologna them. Moira lives in Somerset, UK.
Children’s Illustrators Exhibition
in 2017. FagoStudio is one girl and two boys, six
hands and three brains, paper, pencils,
computer mice, damaged keyboards and
shelves, often too-tight deadlines and
Other available titles sometimes bugged software. Having
worked together during their studies, the
studio has taken form in a small workshop
in Nantes, France.
The Language of the Universe The Extraordinary Elements
Format: Hardback ISBN: 9781787417342
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ISBN: 9781787414075 Pub price: £12.99
Pub price: £16.99WILD Flip Flap Snap: Safari
Sam Usher Flip Flap Snap: Pets
Carmen Saldaña
The second in a quartet of
enchanting picture books in
which a boy and his beloved Flip the flaps to create your own crazy
JULY
AUGUST
grandad discover the wonder combinations in this lift-the-flap pop-up!
of the natural world.
Whoever heard of a kuppy? Or how about a radgie?
Grandad and Boy look after a cat for Flip the flaps to come up with fun combinations
a friend. Boy does lots of reading up that will put a new twist on learning about
about what cats like, but the cat is favourite animals. With rhyming non-fiction text,
having none of it. And then it runs fun facts, fantastic pop-ups and beautiful artwork
off into the wild, leading Grandad from Carmen Saldana, these books are sure to
and Boy into a wild jungle fantasy raise a few giggles.
adventure of their own.
Carmen Saldaña lives and works from Gijón, a rainy
Sam Usher graduated from the University little city in the north of Spain. After studying arts and
of West England and his debut picture Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Novelty working as a graphic designer, Carmen became a full-
book Can You See Sassoon? was ISBN: 9781787416567 Format: Hardback time illustrator and has worked on a whole host of picture
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 250 x 160mm books. She has a passion for furry animals and is inspired
shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize
Extent: 10pp
and the Red House Children’s Book by everything in nature.
Award. He is particularly admired for
his technical drawing skill and prowess
with watercolour. Also a talented pianist,
when he’s not holding a pen and wobbling
at paper you’ll find him perfecting a Other available titles
fiendishly difficult piece of Chopin.
Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 9781787416857 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 300 x 220mm
Extent: 40pp
Jungle Farm
ISBN: 9781787410602 ISBN: 9781787410619
Pub price: £8.99 Pub price: £8.99
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Dinosaurs Ocean
ISBN: 9781787412361 ISBN: 9781787412378
Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99
FREE Snow Rain Sun Storm Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Novelty
ISBN: 9781787416598 Format: Hardback
ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 250 x 160mm
9781787415164 9781783700738 9781783705474 9781783707959 9781787412422 Extent: 10pp
Pub price: Pub price: Pub price: Pub price: Pub price:
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£6.99 £6.99 £6.99 £6.99 £6.99Oof Makes an Ouch Molly and the Mathematical Mystery
Duncan Beedie Eugenia Cheng & Aleksandra Artymowska
A thought-provoking story Find the clues and lift the flaps
featuring Stone Age friends on this mathematical mystery.
Oof and Pib, who learn the
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
importance of friendship, Join Molly as she ventures into a
forgiveness and being able to curious world where nothing is quite
express yourself! as it seems… A trail of clues leads
from scene to scene, presenting
Molly with a number of challenges.
Oof and Pib belong to an ancient
But who is leaving the clues and
tribe living in the Stone Age. They
where will they lead?
are the best of friends, although it’s
pretty hard to communicate when
This interactive mystery shows
the only word you know is your own
maths isn’t just about numbers and
name. But when Oof starts to expand
sums – it’s about imagination! An
her language skills and becomes the
explorative and creative approach to
hero of the tribe, Pib feels so jealous
the sometimes scary topic of maths.
he does something that threatens
his friendship with Oof forever. Can
Eugenia Cheng is a mathematician,
Pib come up with a word to make pianist and lecturer. She is passionate
everything all right? about ridding the world of maths phobia.
Eugenia’s first book, How to Bake Pi, has
A funny and offbeat story, brimming been an international success.
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Picture Book with Duncan Beedie’s trademark
ISBN: 9781787416819 Format: Paperback Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: Non-fiction novelty Aleksandra is an illustrator, graphic
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 287 x 247mm humour and conveying an important ISBN: 9781787415683 Format: Hardback designer and painter from Poland. She
Extent: 40pp message about self-expression and Pub price: £16.99 H x W: 248 x 305mm
Extent: 30pp
graduated from the Academy of Fine
forgiveness. Arts in Warsaw in 2005, and received
Other available titles the Provost Award for the best diploma.
Duncan Beedie has been doodling and Aleksandra now splits her time between
drawing since way back in the early 1980s, Poland and Israel.
lying on the living-room floor, grasping a
felt tip in his clammy little fist. He began
his career animating children’s TV before
branching into design for websites, games
and apps. These days he’s a freelance
illustrator based in Bristol, grasping a
fancy digital stylus in his clammy fist
The Last Chip The Bear Who Stared
instead, although he no longer lies on the
ISBN: 9781783700622 ISBN: 9781783703753
Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99 floor to draw. He has a desk in a studio
that overlooks the city. It’s much more
accommodating than nylon shag pile.
The Lumberjack’s Molly’s Moon
Beard Mission
ISBN: 9781783706884 ISBN: 9781787413405
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Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99Myths, Monsters and Mayhem Ghostology
in Ancient Greece Dugald Steer, Anne Yvonne Gilbert,
James Davies Garry Walton & Doug Sirois
A vivid and contemporary The newest addition in the
retelling of the Greek myths Ology World series, brought
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through comic strips and to the attention of Templar –
information spreads. publishers of rare and unusual
books – is GHOSTOLOGY.
The Greek myths are some of the
oldest and most famous stories in the In 1975, under a bed in an old
world. This striking new comic book house in Tarrytown, New York, an
collection is the perfect introduction unearthly tome entitled Ghostology
to the world of the gods – containing was discovered, wrapped in
six tales full of love, loss, greed, a substance later found to be
envy and bravery. From the mighty ectoplasm. It is the life’s work and
Zeus to Pandora and her little box of study of ghostologist Lucinda Curtle,
horrors, James Davies’ retelling of who mysteriously passed to the
the Greek myths will breathe new life ‘other side’ during a seance. After her
into these classic stories. death, Ghostology seemingly became
haunted by the ghost of Lucinda
James Davies is an illustrator and author herself, who now wants to keep the
from Wales, now living in Bristol. He has secrets of the dead A SECRET.
recently returned to illustration with a
uniquely bold graphic style, influenced by
Now published, ghostwritten by
old cartoons and retro picture books, and is
the author and illustrator of the bestselling Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: Novelty Dugald Steer, the world itself can
Meet the... series. His first picture book, ISBN: 9781787414976 Format: Hardback decide if Ghostology – purporting
Pub price: £25.00 H x W: 300mm x 254mm
Long Dog, was published in 2018. James’s Extent: 28pp
to tell the truth about ghosts – was
favourite food group is carbs and his worst solid fact or insubstantial fiction.
enemy is a bald chihuahua.
Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: Non-fiction Dugald Steer was born in 1965 and grew
ISBN: 9781787416413 Format: Hardback up in Surrey, where his love of books and
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 297 x 216mm
Extent: 64pp
reading led him to study English Literature
and Philosophy at Bristol. Several jobs
later Dugald began working at Templar
Publishing, where he worked his way up
to Senior Editor, writing and editing many
books in house. He has written more than
100 books for Templar and, after going
freelance to concentrate on writing, he
Other available titles authored the first eight books in their
hugely successful 'Ology series. Dugald
lives near Barcelona in Spain with his wife
Ana and his two children.
More than 18 million Ologies have been
sold worldwide.
Egyptology Dragonology
ISBN: 9781840118520 ISBN: 9781840115031
22 23
Pub price: £25.00 Pub price: £25.00Paper World: Space I Really Want to Shout
Gail Armstrong Simon Philip & Lucia Gaggiotti
A one-of-a-kind paper-cut book In this sequel to I Really Want
where space comes to life! to Win and I Really Want the
Cake, a little girl learns big
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Paper World: Space uses ingenious lessons about managing anger.
paper cuts to reveal the wonders
of space, from our Solar System to "Sometimes I find it really tough
distant galaxies to the Big Bang. With to make sure I’m not in a huff
detailed art by paper-cut artist Gail because there’s simply so much stuff
Armstrong, a fact-packed text, and that makes me want to yell."
flaps and die-cuts on every spread,
this unique novelty book will appeal We all get angry once in a while, but it
to all the family. can be hard to know what to do when
we feel this way. The determined
Gail Armstrong is an award-winning
heroine of I Really Want the Cake is
illustrator working in paper sculpture. Her
3D paper-cut style is unique yet versatile,
back with a new conundrum. What
used for illustrating people, animals, should she do when she REALLY
buildings, maps and diagrams, from wants to shout?
advertising to children’s books.
Simon Philip was born in Chichester in
1988 and has lived there ever since. After
studying history at Exeter University,
he decided to become a primary-school
Pub date: September 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN:9781787416802 Format: Paperback teacher. Teaching rekindled his love of
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 265 x 228mm children’s books, so much so that he
Extent: 40pp decided to have a go at writing his own. He
is the author of I Don’t Know What to Call
My Cat, You Must Bring a Hat and the
Waterstones Prize shortlisted I Really Want
Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: Novelty the Cake.
ISBN: 9781787415768 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £16.99 H x W: 330 x 225mm
Extent: 30pp Lucia Gaggiotti is a London and Italy-
based illustrator and graphic designer.
She graduated from NABA (New
Academy of Art) in Milan with a BA in
graphic design and a specialisation of
illustration. She moved to London in 2005
and has been working freelance since then
for many clients including Carluccio's,
Jamie Oliver, Pizza Express and M&S. She
Other available titles Other available titles is the illustrator of the Waterstones Prize
shortlisted I Really want the Cake.
I Really Want the Cake I Really Want to Win
Paper World: Planet Earth
ISBN: 9781783708017 ISBN: 9781787414112
ISBN: 9781787410411 Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99
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Pub price: £15.99Prehistoric Pets I Say Boo, You Say Hoo
Dean Lomax & Mike Love John Kane
What did your Guinea pig's A second gloriously funny
great great great great great call-and-response picture book
grand parent look like? from the author of I Say Ooh
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Palaeontologist Dr Dean You Say Aah.
Lomax takes a look at seven
favourite pets and, using fossil "There’s something I need you to
clues, reveals their prehistoric help me with. When I say BOO, you
animal ancestors. say HOO. Are you ready?"
Boo is little ghost who lives in a
We take a close look at our pets, from
haunted house – and he is afraid of
guinea pigs to cats to horses, and —
the dark.
as if they were furry time machines
— use fossil facts to trace them back
In I Say Boo, You Say Hoo, readers
to their prehistoric animal ancestors,
must help tell the story from a series
with bright artwork, bags of humour
of hilarious verbal and visual cues.
and plenty of facts for readers to
This is a wonderful book for sharing
get their teeth into. Written by real
with a single child or in a group...
palaeontologist and Ichthyosaur
Pub date: 17 Sep 20 Genre: Non-fiction novelty Pub date: 17 Sep 20 Genre: Picture Book and it’s a little bit stinky. Be prepared
ISBN: 9781787415331 Format: Hardback
expert Dr Dean R Lomax. ISBN: 9781787415508 Format: Paperback for riotous laughter at story time!
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 250 x 250mm Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 260 x 260mm
Extent: 16pp Internationally recognised award-winning Extent: 40pp
palaeontologist, presenter and author, When John Kane was younger, he liked to
Dean Lomax has travelled the globe make up stories for his little sister. Jimmy
excavating dinosaurs, and has described and Bear, who appeared in them, are still
several new species of prehistoric reptile remembered to this day. John lives in
along the way. A Visiting Scientist at Dublin, but has also lived in Australia,
The University of Manchester, UK, Dean where he set up Australia’s number-one
is passionate about communicating independent advertising agency. I Say Ooh
palaeontology and has presented on You Say Aah, his first book, has won the
TV, including ITV's Dinosaur Britain. English Picture Book Awards 4-7 category;
Author of several books, scientific papers won the Children's and Teen Choice Award
and articles, Dean has a gold medal for in the US; and was shortlisted for the Irish
excellence in science and he is also the Book Awards Children's Book of the Year.
patron of the UK Association of Fossil
Hunters (UKAFH)
From Astronauts and Knights to Vampires
and Dragons, Mike has a love for working
with imagination and narrative. He Other available titles
has worked with publishers such as
Bloomsbury, Scholastic, Orion, OUP
and many more. Mike has a Master's
Degree in Fine Art from the University of
Aberystwyth.
I Say Ooh, You Say Aah
ISBN: 9781783708727
26 27
Pub price: £6.99Monstrous Book of Monsters The Incredible
Libby Hamilton, Alexei Bitskoff Pop-Up Maze
& Jonny Duddle Andy Mansfield
The ultimate guide to spotting A mind-boggling 3D maze
and avoiding monsters with adventure awaits you in this
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artwork from Jonny Duddle. spectacular paper creation!
Do you dare delve into the freakishly Paper engineer Andy Mansfield
funny Monstrous Book of Monsters pushes the boundaries of pop-ups as
where nothing is as it seems? we know them in this extraordinary
Dr Thomas Jelly has packed his new book.
notebook with nauseating novelties
and foul facts to teach readers how to There's only one way into The
Incredible Pop-Up Maze - through
avoid monsters, to spot them in the the hole in the cover. Journey
news or on the street and give us all through six 3D labyrinths, each one
a peek inside their dangerous (and trickier than the last. Find your way
smelly) world. At the end, readers along suspended spiralling pathways,
learn that Dr Jelly has fallen foul scale the steps of a precarious pop-
of the infamous book monster - the up labyrinth and follow the routes
under and over flaps. The final mind-
readers themselves will be lucky to boggling maze is the hardest of all,
escape the same fate. Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Novelty
because the routes keep changing.
ISBN: 9781783706419 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 250 x 250mm You might have to move the paths to
Libby Hamilton has written a variety of Extent: 14pp find the way out of the book.
children's books including Templar's best-
selling Peter Pan, the hilarious Monstrous WARNING! Few questers have made
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Novelty Book of Monsters and, most recently, the
ISBN: 9781787416895 Format: Hardback it out.
Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 270 x 230mm enchanting How to Find a Fairy Tale.
Extent: 20pp
Andy Mansfield has been a graphic
Jonny Duddle overheard the story of his designer and paper engineer for over 20
first book The Pirate Cruncher while years. Since working for pre-eminent paper
sailing on a square-rigger. Since then he engineer Ron van der Meer, he has helped
has written even stranger tales including Templar Publishing develop over 50 pop-
The Pirates of Scurvy Sands, The Pirates up books, including the hugely successful
Next Door, Gigantosaurus and The King pop-up Peter Pan sound book, the critically
of Space. The Pirates Next Door won acclaimed How the World Works series,
the Waterstones Prize in 2012 and was the Super Science series, Follow the Star
shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. and the award-winning Fish Food.
Now in danger of becoming a landlubber,
Jonny lives in Wales with his wife, Jane,
and their daughters, Daisy and Rosie.
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Follow the Star
ISBN: 9781787416185
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Pub price: £14.99Christmas Lights Winter Tales
Ruth Symons & Carolina Rabei Dawn Casey & Zanna Goldhawk
A twinkling Christmas A collection of winter tales
storybook, where the pictures from cultures around the
move as you turn the pages… world, beautifully brought
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together with vibrant artwork.
Join one little girl and her father
on their drive home for Christmas. A treasury of stories celebrating the
Lift the flaps and spin the wheels wonders of winter, and the qualities
to watch stars shoot past and within that warm our hearts through
fairy lights twinkle. With a lyrical, the long cold. This stunning book
repetitive text and beautiful art brings together a selection of wintery
by The Ride-by-Nights illustrator tales from all over the world from
Carolina Rabei, this book will North America to Siberia, Scotland,
capture the hearts of the whole France, Russia and Norway. Written
family. by award-winning author Dawn
Casey and with beautifully detailed
Ever since she was very small, Carolina artwork by illustrator Zanna
has loved drawing. She has dedicated
Goldhawk, this is a magical book to
eight years of her life to the study of fine
art, attaining a BA in Graphic Design in be treasured for generations to come.
Moldova and then achieving a distinction
in Children’s Book Illustration at the Dawn’s work is inspired by her deep love
prestigious Cambridge School of Art in of nature, her respect for the tales of old
2015. Carolina’s stunning first picture Pub date: 15 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book and her delight in the wonder of the world.
ISBN: 9781787416871 Format: Hardback Her collection The Barefoot Book of Earth
book, Snow, was nominated for the Kate Pub price: £15.99 H x W: 235 x 195mm
Pub date: 15 Oct 20 Genre: Novelty Greenaway Medal. Carolina loves working Tales won the Gold Nautilus Award for
ISBN: 9781787416680 Format: Hardback Extent: 96pp
on a diverse range of projects and her books that ‘support conscious living, green
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 260 x 210mm
Extent: 14pp artwork reveals a unique mix of practices, values, spiritual growth and positive social
as she likes to explore the use of traditional change’. Dawn lives with her family, on the
as well as digital techniques in her South Downs of Sussex.
illustrations.
Zanna is a bestselling illustrator working
from a beautiful seaside studio in Cornwall.
Her gorgeous surroundings have given her
a fierce passion for colour and nature that
infuses her artwork. Zanna has worked for
clients including Pan Macmillan, Penguin
Random House, Frances Lincoln and
Michael O’Mara Books.
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Sea Lights
ISBN: 9781787414938
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Pub price: £12.99Wild Is the Wind Gigantosaurus:
Grahame Baker-Smith Rock Out, ROCKY
Try Again, TINY
Kate Greenaway Award-
winning illustrator Grahame
THE BEST DAY EVER
Baker-Smith’s second non- Cyber Group Studios and
Wild
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Wild is the Wind
fiction picture book, following Jonny Duddle
is the The Rhythm of the Rain.
Wind
Wild Is the Wind follows the
extraordinary path of the Based on the Gigantosaurus TV series, two
wind in its many guises across Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book new character books and a Christmas
the world, as witnessed by a ISBN: 9781787415997 Format: Paperback
episode story are the perfect introduction
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm
migrating swift. Extent: 32pp to Rocky the parasaurolophus, Tiny
Grahame Baker-Smith
the triceratops and the rest of the
Cassi watches a little swift dive and Gigantosaurus gang.
swoop in the still air. In the rising
sun the world seems to be holding its With lots of humour, engaging text and bright,
breath. Then a small breeze stirs the colourful artwork, these titles are the perfect
leaves in the trees, and as the wind introduction into the world of Gigantosaurus.
grows bolder, a whiff of danger sends Meet the characters, and explore the Cretaceous
small creatures running for cover. world and, most importantly make sure you RUN
templar books
Grahame Baker-Smith
Across the ocean, the wind awakes when you see the fearsome Gigantosaurus! Created
with a fury, whipping the waves, by Cyber Group Studios and Jonny Duddle, a
cresting each one with wild, white Gigantosaurus animation series is now available
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 9781787417854 Format: Hardback horses. And further on, around the worldwide.
Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 287 x 247mm still eye of a hurricane, clouds are
Extent: 40pp
carved into a great spiral, howling with
stormy power. All this is witnessed by
the swift as it finally comes to nest on Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book
ISBN: 9781787415980 Format: Paperback
the other side of the world where the Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm
great wind has abated. Extent: 32pp Other available titles
Grahame Baker-Smith has worked in
illustration for twenty years and in 2011
won the Greenaway Medal for his inspiring
tale of fatherhood, FARTHER. He has also
illustrated Pinocchio for the Folio Society.
The Story of Gigantosaurus
Gigantosaurus ISBN: 9781783700516
Other available titles ISBN: 9781787415690 Pub price: £6.99
Pub price: £6.99
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book
Rhythm of the Rain Wind in the Willows ISBN: 9781787418196 Format: Paperback Don't Cave In The Lost Egg
Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781783708505 Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 254 x 254mm ISBN: 9781787413146 ISBN: 9781787413139
Extent: 32pp
32 33
ISBN: 9781787410152 Pub price: £14.99 Pub price: £6.99 Pub price: £6.99
Pub price: £7.99Christmas Is Love The Robin and the Fir Tree
Emma Dodd Jason Jameson
Emma Dodd’s atmospheric and An exquisitely illustrated
enchanting celebration of the retelling of the Hans Christian
true meaning of Christmas, Andersen story, The Fir Tree
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featuring two adorable reindeer.
The Fir Tree grows in a forest far away
"Christmas is joy that is overflowing from the bustle of the town. It is a
beautiful place, but he dreams of the
It’s sparkling eyes and faces glowing.
excitement of the world beyond. His
Christmas is sharing the laughter friend the Robin tells him stories of
and fun the places she has seen, and the forest
And being with family, old animals dress him up with berries and
and young. leaves, but he is still not happy. One
day he is cut down and taken away to
Christmas is peace, stars be a beautiful Christmas tree in the
twinkling above middle of town. He thinks his dreams
A night of sweet dreams and a have come true, but what will happen
heart full of love." when his decorations are put away?
Emma Dodd’s joyful celebration
Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book A lyrical story of friendship and new
of this wonderful time of year seen
ISBN: 9781787416901 Format: Hardback life with an ultimately uplifting ending.
Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm through the eyes of two reindeer is
Extent: 24pp Jameson’s pre-Raphaelite-inspired
a pure delight.
illustrations make this a Christmas
picture book of great beauty.
Emma Dodd has published a host of books
to critical acclaim, including I Love My Pub date: 01 Oct 20 Genre: Picture Book
Mummy, which won the Booktrust Early ISBN: 9781787414815 Format: Hardback Jason Jameson is co-founder and creative
Years award, and the Amazing Baby® Pub price: £14.99 H x W: 280 x 216mm director of Unanico Group, an award-
Extent: 64pp winning media company. Jason studied
books. She has been the 123rd most-
borrowed author from UK libraries in any at the prestigious Royal College of Art,
genre. graduating with an Animation Masters,
and has over 15 years of experience in
concept and character development, design
and animation direction. Jason wrote and
directed Unanico Studios’ award-winning
stereoscopic 3D CGI animated short film
One Night In Hell, and is co-writing and
co-directing its animated feature spin-
off. Jason and the team provided all the
animation for Seasons 1 and 2 of Three
Stones Media’s live-action/animation mix
Other available titles
series Apple Tree House, commissioned
by CBeebies. Jason is the lead talent of
Unanico Studios. He is currently working
on a short film of The Robin and The Fir
Tree.
What Matters Most Counting Blessings
ISBN: 9781787411920 ISBN: 9781787411913
34 35
Pub price: £7.99 Pub price: £7.99The Snow Queen Other available titles The Whistle, the Grave
and the Ghost
Hans Christian Andersen The House With a
Clock in Its Walls – The House With a
& Lesley Barnes ISBN: 9781848127715
Pub price: £6.99 Clock in Its Walls 10
Pub date: 23 Jul 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
ISBN: 9781848129047 Format: Paperback
A beautiful, gilded pop-up Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
The House With a
edition of the Hans Christian Extent: 256pp
NOVEMBER
JULY
Clock in Its Walls
Andersen classic. ISBN: 9781848127722
Pub price: £6.99
The House Where
When Gerda’s best friend Kay is Nobody Lived
whisked away by the cold-hearted
The Figure in the Shadows – The House With a
Snow Queen, she sets out to bring
him home. Her journey takes her
ISBN: 9781848127920
Pub price: £6.99 Clock in Its Walls 11
from her safe town to the freezing Pub date: 17 Sep 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
ISBN: 9781848129061 Format: Paperback
lands in the north. Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
The Letter, the Witch Extent: 256pp
Hans Christian Andersen (1805 — 1875) and the Ring
was a Danish author best remembered, ISBN: 9781848127944
amongst other things, for writing Pub price: £6.99 The Sign of the
innovative and influential fairy tales. Sinister Sorcerer
Lesley Barnes is an illustrator and – The House With a
The Ghost in the Mirror
animator based in Glasgow. Her vibrant
work appears in children’s books, fashion
ISBN: 9781848128163 Clock in Its Walls 12
Pub price: £6.99
illustration and design collaborations with Pub date: 26 Nov 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
the V&A and the Tate Galleries. She is the ISBN: 9781848129085 Format: Paperback
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
Pub date: 12 Nov 20 Genre: Novelty author and illustrator of Jill and Dragon Extent: 256pp
ISBN: 9781787416888 Format: Hardback and Jill and Lion and has animated a The Doom of the
music video for Scottish band Belle &
John Bellairs, Brad
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 190 x 190mm Haunted Opera
Extent: 12pp Sebastian. ISBN: 9781848128200
Pub price: £6.99
Strickland & Nathan Collins
The Vengeance of The final titles in The House With
the Witch Finder
ISBN: 9781848128187 a Clock in Its Walls series.
The Pub price: £6.99
John Bellairs (1938–91) was an award-winning American
author of many gothic mystery novels for children and young
Spectre From the adults, including The House With a Clock in Its Walls, which
Magician's Museum received both the New York Times Outstanding Book of the
ISBN: 9781848128224 Year Award and the American Library Association Children’s
Pub price: £6.99
Books of International Interest Award, The Lamp from
the Warlock’s Tomb, which won the Edgar Award and The
Spectre from the Magician’s Museum, which won the New
The Beast Under York Public Library ‘Best Books for the Teen Age’ Award.
The Wizard's Bridge
ISBN: 9781848128729 Brad Strickland has written more than 85 published books,
Pub price: £6.99
including entries in the Lewis Barnavelt and Johnny Dixon
series, following the death of the original series creator, John
Bellairs. He is a Professor Emeritus of English and lives in
The Tower at the Georgia, USA, with his wife, Barbara.
End of the World
ISBN: 9781848128743
Pub price: £6.99
36 37Cookie! (Book 2): Cookie and the A Most Improper Magick
Most Annoying Girl in the World Stephanie Burgis
Konnie Huq
From the author of The
Dragon with a Chocolate
In her second brilliantly funny story,
Heart, this is a witty and
science-mad Cookie is ready to save
AUGUST
AUGUST
irreverent adventure set in
the planet!
Jane Austen times – with
magic!
Cookie, Keziah and Jake are best mates and life
is good. Cookie's birthday party is coming up and
she has had the most fantastic idea for a Save the Kat Stephenson has just discovered
Planet party where everything is recyclable and that she’s inherited her mother’s
no plastic is used. Before long, Cookie is buzzing magical talents, and despite her
with plans. But then disaster strikes - Suzie Stepmama’s stern objections, she’s
Ashby totally swipes Cookie's idea and sends out determined to learn how to use them.
invitations for her own Save the Planet birthday
party. Worse still, Suzie seems to think Cookie is But with her eldest sister Elissa’s
her new best friend! Grrrr! Suzie is officially the intended fiancé, the sinister Sir
most annoying girl in the world! Neville, showing a dangerous interest
in Kat’s magical potential; her other
As the longest serving female Blue Peter presenter, from sister, Angeline, wreaking romantic
1997 to 2008, Konnie Huq is no stranger to the middle- havoc with her own witchcraft; and
grade market. She is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust a highwayman lurking in the forest,
and the British Asian Trust. Cookie is inspired by Konnie's even Kat’s reckless heroism will be
own London Bangladeshi background, her love of science
tested to the upmost.
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
and her unashamed nerdiness!
ISBN: 9781848128934 Format: Hardback
Pub price: £10.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm If she can learn to control her new
Extent: 320pp powers, will Kat be able to rescue
her family and win her sisters their
CD ISBN: 9781848129481
Pub price: £9.99 true love?
Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
ISBN: 9781848129245 Format: Paperback
Stephanie Burgis grew up in America
Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm but now lives in Wales with her husband
Extent: 272pp (fellow writer Patrick Samphire), their two
young sons and their extremely vocal tabby
cat. In between those two points, she spent
time playing in orchestras, studying music
history in Vienna and editing the website of
Other available titles an opera company in Leeds.
She writes fun fantasy adventures for kids
and wildly romantic historical fantasy
novels for adults.
Visit her website at
www.stephanieburgis.com or on Twitter:
@stephanieburgis.
Cookie and the Most
Annoying Boy in the
World
ISBN: 9781848128095
38 Pub price: £6.99
39Butterfly Brain Mark Anchovy 2: War and Pizza
Laura Dockrill & Gwen Millward William Goldsmith
If Roald Dahl had written Meet Mark Anchovy: pizza
A Monster Calls… delivery boy and private
detective on his second mission
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SEPTEMBER
Everyone is always shouting at Gus to stop leaning – to Russia.
back in his chair – but does he care? No way! Then
sure enough, the chair falls, he cracks his head and
Colin Kingsley is a pizza delivery
has to spend all summer in bed. Out of the crack
boy with a twist – he’s actually an
escape his memories, dreams and imagination...
aspiring private detective.
and a beautiful little butterfly guide. Gus must
follow the butterfly to recapture all he’s lost,
The outlook is bleak for Colin
including that locked box he doesn’t seem to want
Kingsley, aka Mark Anchovy,
to touch...
pizza detective. He’s been expelled
Together they remember fish fingers, snapping Missing from school for putting crusty Mr
bubble wrap, cracked pink soap and the leaky image Hogstein in hospital. He’s been
tap; they go wild, stomping around in the joy of fired from his job at Caesar Pizza
imagination and happy dreams – but they can’t go by his own parents. And he’s been
Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: 7-9 fiction any further if Gus won’t gather all of his memories. sent to Moscow to live with mean
ISBN: 9781848128682 Format: Hardback
His butterfly will die unless Gus is ready to hear Uncle Padge for a whole month, as
Pub price: £9.99 H x W: 185 x 158mm
Extent: 80pp about his mum... punishment.
A delightful, moving exploration of grief and the joy Weirdly, his other employers, the
that makes us human. elite Golden Spatula League, are
actually really happy about this. It
Laura Dockrill is a performance poet and novelist whose means Colin can trail a mysterious
inventive and vibrant approach to life is reflected in the
Other available titles shipment of vorshmack – a local
vividly imagined worlds she creates. Laura finds creativity
appetiser of ground meat, onions and
in words – from poetry to novels, and scripts to song
Lorali lyrics. She is author of the Carnegie Medal-nominated YA of, course, anchovies – which may or
ISBN: 9781471404221 novel Lorali, as well as the Darcy Burdock series (Random may not be connected to a batch of
Pub date: 03 Sep 20 Genre: 9-12 fiction
Pub price: £7.99 House) for younger readers, which was also nominated for ISBN: 9781848129276 Format: Paperback stolen diamonds.
the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Pub price: £6.99 H x W: 198 x 129mm
Children’s Book Prize in 2014, and My Mum Is Growing Extent: 288pp William Goldsmith is a British writer and
Down (Faber and Faber). Laura has appeared on Blue illustrator. Published by Jonathan Cape,
Peter and CBeebies and is a frequent poet performer at his graphic novels Vignettes of Ystov and
festivals such as Glastonbury, Hay, Edinburgh and Latitude. The Bind were nominated for a Newton
She lives in London. You can follow her on Twitter @ First Book Award and British Book Design
Aurabel LauraDockrill Award respectively. His illustration clients
ISBN: 9781471404245
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Gwen was brought up in Wales. Originally she had her Institut, the Royal Opera House and the
heart set on becoming a naturalist as she loved studying Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble.
insects and drawing them. Her trips abroad when she was For more information, please visit
young are associated with finding new and strange-looking williamgoldsmith.co.uk
creatures! After school she migrated north to Edinburgh to
study art, where she graduated with a First in illustration
and was awarded the Helen A. Rose Bequest for art. Gwen’s
Big Boness
first picture book, Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood
ISBN: 9781471406928
Pub price: £7.99 (text by Tim Knapman) was published by Puffin.
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