IPG Children's Publisher of the Year

  • Vulgar the Viking and the Spooky School Trip

    • Author: Odin Redbeard
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Type: Fiction
    • Age: 7+

    Vulgar’s new teacher is called Otto the Bone-Cruncher and he’s a proper Viking!

  • Whizz Pop, Granny Stop!

    • Author: Tracey Corderoy
    • Illustrator: Joe Berger
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: 3+

    There is more trouble afoot for the little girl whose granny is (still whisper it) a witch, whom we first met in Hubble Bubble, Granny Trouble.

  • My Best Friend and Other Enemies

    • Author: Catherine Wilkins
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: 9+

    When Jessica’s best friend goes off with new-girl Amelia, Jessica is hurt but determined not to take it lying down. She has a plan, and a secret weapon – her felt-tips.

  • Icky Sticky Monster

    • Author and illustrator: Jo Lodge
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: Not suitable for children under 3 years (small parts)

    Icky Sticky Monster is just the most DISGUSTING monster imaginable! He picks his nose, eats rubbish from the bin, plays peekaboo in the loo – and now he’s coming to give you a lovely…. KISS! YUCK!

  • The Grunts in Trouble

    • Author: Philip Ardagh
    • Illustrator: Axel Scheffler
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: 7+

    Meet Mr and Mrs Grunt and their son, Sunny, who isn’t really their son because they stole him off a washing line when he was a baby. Follow their adventures in their homemade (badly made) caravan, drawn by Clip and Clop (whom the Grunts took to be one donkey until they realised that they could see them both at once)…

  • Magical Mix-Ups: Friends and Fashion

    • Author: Marnie Edwards
    • Illustrator: Leigh Hodgkinson
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: 6+

    Welcome to the second book in our brand new Magical Mix-Ups series – the sister series to our hilarious and innovative Mega Mash-Up series – a unique combination of fiction and doodle books.

  • The Princess and the Peas

    • Author: Caryl Hart
    • Illustrator: Sarah Warburton
    • Publication: 6 Sep 2012
    • Age: 3+

    Lily-Rose May will not eat her peas. Even when her father hides them in her food, Lily can always tell they are there, and throws a terrible tantrum. Luckily, the doctor knows exactly what to do. He diagnoses an incurable case of Princess-itus and sends Lily to live at the palace. Unfortunately for Lily- Rose May, the perfect food for a princess is . . . well. That would be telling!