Today feels like a very auspicious day to be publishing some new books, given the excellent Blue Peter Book Award news of this morning, AND the fact that it is also World Book Day, AND the fact that it’s also the birthday of two of Nosy Crow’s founders, Adrian and Camilla. And happily, we have some truly brilliant new titles out today to do the occasion justice! Here’s what you can find in shops now:
We’re launching a fantastic new nursery rhyme board book series – Sing Along With Me, illustrated by Yu-Hsuan Huang. Each book comes with five slider mechanisms, and both an instrumental and vocal version of the nursery rhyme – simply scan the QR code on the first page for little ones to listen and sing along! Here’s a look at our first two Sing Along With Me books, Old MacDonald Had A Farm and Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
The first two titles in Axel Scheffler’s wonderful Pip and Posy series, The Super Scooter and The Little Puddle, are being published today in a lovely new cased board book format – perfect for very young children. These gorgeous books have real heart (and real-life stories): The Little Puddle is the ideal aid to potty training, while The Super Scooter is a gentle introduction to the concepts of sharing, falling out and making up – all beautifully illustrated by Axel. Here’s a look inside each book:
It’s publication day for The Princess and the Giant, written by Caryl Hart and illustrated by Sarah Warburton – a gorgeous rhyming picture book about the power of bedtime stories. Princess Sophie is EXTREMELY fed up. She can’t get to sleep and it’s ALL because of that grumpy old giant who is stomping about all night. But when Sophie reads her favourite book of fairy tales, she suddenly has a bright idea and figures out EXACTLY what that giant really needs. Here’s a look inside the book:
Funny Face, Sunny Face, written by Sally Symes illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw is out today – a charming new picture book for the very young, featuring adorable animals, heavenly toddlers, and an exuberant rhyming text. It’s a JOY to read aloud – here’s a look inside:
The paperback edition of Use Your Imagination by Nicola O’Byrne is out now – an inventive, entertaining story about how an imaginative rabbit outwits a wolf and becomes the hero of his own adventure. Here’s a look inside:
And it’s also publication day for the paperback edition of Littleland Around the World by Marion Billet. From New York to Australia, and lots of lands in between, this second Littleland picture book features a stunning scene on every spread and is perfect for developing vocabulary and exploring different cultures. Here’s a look inside:
We’re launching a new series by none other than newly-anointed Blue Peter Book Award winner, Pamela Butchart herself! Written by Pamela and illustrated by Becka Moor, Wigglesbottom Primary: The Toilet Ghost is the brilliant first book in this new series for 5+ year olds. Wigglesbottom Primary is the school where ANYTHING can happen. For example, Jacob Barry’s stinky shoe can ACTUALLY PREDICT THE FUTURE, the boys’ toilets are HAUNTED, and then there’s the CURSE that lives in the story-time carpet and gives everyone ants in their pants! With three hilariously-illustrated stories in each book, this series is perfect for newly-independent readers. Here’s a look inside:
And finally, The Beneath, by S. C. Ransom, is out today – a gripping, atmospheric thriller for 12+ year-olds (perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere or China Mieville’s Un Lun Dun) from the author of the acclaimed Small Blue Thing trilogy. It’s an ordinary school day, but Lily is about to step into a nightmare. The girl rushing out of the Tube tunnel tells a crazy story about an underground community and a charismatic leader with an evil plan. How can Lily trust her? It’s only when Lily finds herself in the labyrinth beneath London that she learns the horrific truth – about the Farmer, the Crop and about herself. You’ll never be able to take the Tube again without wondering what lies beneath… Here’s a look inside the book:
Congratulations to all of today’s authors and illustrators!
