IPG Children's Publisher of the Year

Books, books, books

In the United States and Canada the Nosy Crow imprint is published under the umbrella of Candlewick Press.

In Australia and New Zealand, Nosy Crow partners with Allen and Unwin.

We don’t want to crow, but in our first year of publishing (2011) we’ve published 23 books.

Some of them are books for babies; some of them are for teenagers. Some are picture books; some are novels. We’re publishing people you may already know (like Axel Scheffler, who drew this picture of his character Pip from his Pip and Posy books, dressed up as a magician); and authors and illustrators whose work has never been read or seen before.

For every book we publish, we have a reader in our minds, and, as parents ourselves, we also have a sense of the parents and grandparents of that reader. We hope they enjoy reading and sharing our books as much as we enjoy publishing them.

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.