IPG Children's Publisher of the Year

Small Blue Thing

  • Author: S. C. Ransom
  • Publication: 13 Jan 2011
  • Age: 11+

Celebrating the end of exams with best friend Grace, 17 year-old Alex rescues a swan caught on a wire in the Thames mud and finds an extraordinary bracelet.

ROMANS V DINOSAURS ON MARS

Mega Mash-Up: Romans v Dinosaurs on Mars

  • Author and illustrator: Nikalas Catlow and Tim Wesson
  • Publication: 3 Feb 2011
  • Age: 6+

The Romans and Dinosaurs live together in a huge glass dome called Romasauria. They race their rocket chariots and feast on Moon-Cow and chips until life on Mars is threatened by a Giant Asteroid!

GORILLAS V ROBOTS IN THE DESERT

Mega Mash-Up: Robots v Gorillas in the Desert

  • Author and illustrator: Nikalas Catlow and Tim Wesson
  • Publication: 3 Feb 2011
  • Age: 6+

Deep in the Desert, Gorillas trade oil for bananas grown by hi-tech Robots. But then they fall out, big time, and decide to have a race to settle their differences.

Perfectly Reflected

  • Author: S. C. Ransom
  • Publication: 2 Jun 2011
  • Age: 11+

Still recovering from her earlier brush with death, Alex’s source of strength and comfort is Callum, still locked in a sad half-life after drowing in the river Fleet that flows into the Thames.

Olivia's First Term

  • Author: Lyn Gardner
  • Publication: 2 Jun 2011
  • Age: 9+

Olivia is sad and lonely and angry – angry that she’s been dumped with her sister, Eel, at her grandmother’s school, and angrier still that that school turns out to be a stage school…

Mega Mash-Up: Aliens v Mad Scientists Under the Ocean

  • Author and illustrator: Nikalas Catlow and Tim Wesson
  • Publication: 16 Jun 2011
  • Age: 6+

The Earth is in peril. Aliens are trying to stop it spinning so everyone will fall off and they can take over. Mwa ha ha ha!