The Best Children’s Books of 2015

Two Nosy Crow titles – My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat, written by Pamela Butchart and illustrated by Thomas Flintham, and The Farm Beneath the Water, written by Helen Peters – are featured in The Independent’s list of the 12 best children’s books of 2015. Of My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat, Rebecca Davies writes, “The book is as accessible as it is hilarious, with entertaining line drawings from Thomas Flintham and easy-to-read prose that cleverly sneaks in the odd tricky word.” On The Farm Beneath the Water, Davies writes, “its depiction of friendship and family are so authentic and full of heart that the story feels both compelling and current.”