Canongate CHILDREN'S LIST iF A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility VARIOUS EDITED BY RACHEL KELLY & EDITED BY ALLIE ESIRI
A beautifully illustrated new poetry collection for children aged 0 - 90
If you need cheering up… If you need guidance… If you want to laugh… If you need courage… Sometimes only a poem will do.
In this magical new collection of our best-loved poems, selected and introduced by the creators of the bestselling app iF Poems, discover the joy, solace and beauty of poetry with your family. Whether you’re after a poem that is charming, funny, sad, silly,
RELEASE DATE: 4 OCTOBER 2012 magical, sleepy, long or short, there’s something in here for everyone. From Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat to Tennyson’s The HARDBACK Charge of the Light Brigade to Eliot’s Macavity the Mystery Cat, these are 9780857865571 £20.00 poems to pass down the generations. A favourite poem will stay with you for life, and this beautifully illustrated collection for children aged 0 to 90 is sure to delight and entertain for years to come.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rachel Kelly was educated at St Paul’s Girls’ School and then at Oxford University, where she read Modern History. She is also the author of Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me - My Journey Through Depression, for which she created the Black Rainbow app and which won the Spear’s Best First Book Award, and Walking on Sunshine: 52 Small Steps to Happiness. Rachel also runs poetry workshops for mental-health charities and in prisons. She is married with five children and has always loved poetry. www.rachel- kelly.netAllie Esiri read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge University. She is also the editor of A Poem for Every Night of The Year and The Love Book, and she created The Love Book poetry app, which features acclaimed actors reading poems.
Canongate Children's List 02 The Story Cure An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise ELLA BERTHOUD & SUSAN ELDERKIN
This ‘perfect gift’ (Vogue) is an essential guide to filling your children’s shelves with all the books they’ll ever need
The stories that shape our children’s lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin have put together the perfect manual for grown-ups who want to initiate young readers into one of life’s greatest pleasures.
There’s a remedy for every hiccup and heartache, whether it’s between the covers of a picture book, a pop-up book, or a YA novel. You’ll find old favourites like The Borrowers and The Secret Garden alongside modern soon-to-be classics by Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, as well as helpful lists of the right reads to fuel any obsession - RELEASE DATE: 21 SEPTEMBER 2017 from dogs or dinosaurs, space or spies. Wise and witty, The Story HARDBACK Cure will help any small person you know through the trials and 9781782115298 tribulations of growing up, and help you fill their bookshelves £16.99 with adventure, insight and a lifetime of fun.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin met as English Literature students at Cambridge University, where they began giving novels to each other whenever one of them seemed in need of a boost. Ella went on to study fine art and become a painter and art teacher. Susan became a novelist and journalist. In 2008 they set up a bibliotherapy service through The School of Life in London, and since then have been prescribing books either virtually or in person to clients all over the world. With four children, two husbands, various cats, dogs, mice and tortoises (some of them imaginary) between them, they created their first book, The Novel Cure, together in 2013, followed up by The Story Cure in 2016. www.thenovelcure.com
Canongate Children's List 03 A Boy Called Christmas MATT HAIG
The first magical book in the festive series, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
You are about to read the true story of Father Christmas.
It’s a story that proves nothing is impossible.
A Boy Called Christmas is a tale of adventure, snow, kidnapping, elves, more snow and a boy called Nikolas, who isn’t afraid to believe in magic.
From the winner of The Smarties Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. With enchanting illustrations by Chris Mould.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR RELEASE DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 2015 As well as being a number-one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has HARDBACK won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been 9781782117896 shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children £12.99 and young adults. The idea for the A Boy Called Christmas series came when his son asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 04 A Boy Called Christmas MATT HAIG
The first magical book in the festive series, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
BELIEVE IN THE IMPOSSIBLE
You are about to read THE TRUE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS
If you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. (Because this book is FULL of impossible things.) Are you still reading? Good.
Then let us begin… RELEASE DATE: 3 NOVEMBER 2016 PAPERBACK ABOUT THE AUTHOR 9781782118268 As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has £6.99 won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. The idea for the Christmas series came when his son asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 05 The Girl Who Saved Christmas MATT HAIG
The second magical book in the festive series, which began with A Boy Called Christmas, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF MAGIC If magic has a beginning, can it also have an end?
When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask - Father Christmas.
But the magic she wants to believe in is starting to fade, and Father Christmas has more than impossible wishes to worry about. Upset elves, reindeer dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled.
RELEASE DATE: 3 NOVEMBER 2016 But Amelia isn’t just any ordinary girl. And - as Father Christmas is going to find out - if Christmas is going to be HARDBACK 9781782118572 saved, he might not be able to do it alone … £12.99 ABOUT THE AUTHOR As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. The idea for the A Boy Called Christmas series came when his son asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 06 The Girl Who Saved Christmas MATT HAIG
The second magical book in the festive series from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
It is Christmas Eve and all is not well. Amelia Wishart is trapped in Mr Creeper’s workhouse and Christmas is in jeopardy. Magic is fading. If Christmas is to happen, Father Christmas knows he must find her.
With the help of some elves, eight reindeer, the Queen and a man called Charles Dickens, the search for Amelia - and the secret of Christmas - begins …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR RELEASE DATE: 12 OCTOBER 2017 As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been PAPERBACK nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children 9781782118602 and young adults. The idea for the A Boy Called Christmas series came when his £6.99 son asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 07 Father Christmas and Me MATT HAIG
The third book in the festive series from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
LET THE BATTLE FOR CHRISTMAS BEGIN
It isn’t always easy, growing up as a human in Elfhelm, even if your adoptive parents are the newly married Father Christmas and Mary Christmas.
For one thing, Elf School can be annoying when you have to sing Christmas songs every day - even in July - and when you fail all your toy-making tests. Also it can get very, very cold.
But when the jealous Easter Bunny and his rabbit army launch an attack to stop Christmas, it’s up to Amelia, her new family and the elves to keep Christmas alive. Before it’s too late … RELEASE DATE: 12 OCTOBER 2017 HARDBACK ABOUT THE AUTHOR 9781786890689 As well as being a number-one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has £12.99 won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. The idea for the Christmas series came when his son asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 08 Father Christmas and Me MATT HAIG
The third book in the festive series from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, and featuring enchanting illustrations from Chris Mould
Let the battle for Christmas begin …
Amelia lives in the magical town of Elfhelm, newly adopted by Father Christmas and Mary Christmas. When the very jealous Easter Bunny launches an attack to ruin Christmas, it’s up to Amelia, her family and the elves to fight off the forces of evil.
But can they keep Christmas alive?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children RELEASE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2018 and young adults. The idea for the Christmas series came when his son PAPERBACK asked what Father Christmas was like as a boy.Chris Mould went to art 9781786890726 school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book £6.99 Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 09 The Truth Pixie MATT HAIG
A brand new story for younger readers from number one bestselling author Matt Haig, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould. It’s Reasons to Stay Alive for children: helping kids to feel okay about who they are
From number one bestselling author Matt Haig comes a hilarious and heartwarming story, brilliantly illustrated throughout by Chris Mould
Wherever she is, whatever the day, She only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo, The Truth Pixie can only say things that are true. RELEASE DATE: 18 OCTOBER 2018 A very funny and lovable tale of how one special pixie learned HARDBACK 9781786894328 to love herself. The Truth Pixie is an enchanting, rhyming story £9.99 that will delight younger readers – with words by the bestselling mastermind Matt Haig and pictures by the inky genius Chris Mould.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults.Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. He has won the Nottingham Children’s Book Award and been commended by the Sheffield Children’s Book Award. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
Canongate Children's List 10 Evie and the Animals MATT HAIG
An enchanting new chapter book for children, from number one bestselling author Matt Haig and featuring illustrations throughout by the award-winning Emily Gravett
Evie is a girl with a special Talent. She can talk to animals. But when she rescues the school rabbit, Kahlo, and sets her free, Evie lands in big trouble. She promises her dad that she’ll never talk to animals again. And for a whole year, Evie ignores them all. She doesn’t chat to Scruff the dog or Marmalade the cat. She even ignores Beak the bird.
But when ‘Missing’ posters for cats, dogs, hamsters and tortoises appear outside school, Evie secretly starts using her magical gift again. With the help of Granny Flora, Evie must find out who is behind the disappearances. RELEASE DATE: 6 JUNE 2019 HARDBACK This story about growing up, fitting in and listening closely to 9781786894281 our furry friends will capture the hearts of all animal-lovers out £12.99 there
ABOUT THE AUTHOR As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults. He has sold more than a million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over forty languages.Emily Gravett is an award-winning writer and illustrator. She won her first CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal with the picture book Wolves and received the award for a second time with Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. Emily lives in Brighton with her family and their two dogs.
Canongate Children's List 11 Dragon's Green SCARLETT THOMAS
The first in the thrilling and magical Worldquake Sequence from Scarlett Thomas, author of the bestselling adult novel The End of Mr Y. Featuring special powers, magical books and a secret world!
IF YOU HAD SECRET MAGICAL POWERS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
After the Worldquake, Effie knows about magic - time in her grandfather’s library has made sure of that. But there’s still much she has to learn. About the Otherworld. And about the Diberi, a secret organisation with plans to destroy the entire universe.
Effie and her school-friends are the only ones who can stop them … and time is running out. RELEASE DATE: 7 SEPTEMBER 2017 PAPERBACK ABOUT THE AUTHOR 9781782117049 Scarlett Thomas has always loved stories, magic and mysterious places. She £7.99 tried (and failed) to write her first novel when she was six. Since then she has successfully written lots of novels, but this is her first one for children. She lives near the sea in an old house full of books, and is a professor in the English department of the University of Kent.Dragon’s Green is the first volume in the Worldquake Sequence.Worldquake.co.uk
Canongate Children's List 12 The Chosen Ones SCARLETT THOMAS
The second in the thrilling Worldquake sequence, packed with adventure – featuring mysterious new spells, talking animals and a deadly plan to destroy the worlds! See it come to life with a magical glow-in-the-dark cover
THERE IS MAGIC BEYOND THE REALWORLD …
EFFIE TRUELOVE has learned to travel through magical books to the Otherworld. MAXIMILIAN UNDERWOOD, Effie’s classmate, is more interested in the dark and forbidden Underworld.
When Effie and Maximilian both mysteriously vanish, their friends Raven, Lexy and Wolf don’t know where to turn for help. Raven is a witch and her horse, Echo, has revealed that Effie is in deep danger and time is running out. RELEASE DATE: 5 APRIL 2018 To make things worse, Raven’s mother, the author Laurel HARDBACK Wilde, is caught up in a plot with the ruthless billionaire 9781782119302 £12.99 Albion Freake, who, it seems, will stop at nothing to become invincible …
Where are Effie and Maximilian? Are their disappearances connected? And can Albion Freake’s deadly plan be stopped?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Scarlett Thomas has always loved stories, magic and mysterious places. She tried (and failed) to write her first novel when she was six. Since then she has successfully written lots of novels, but this is her first series for children. She lives near the sea in an old house full of books, and is a professor in the English department of the University of Kent. The Chosen Ones is the second volume in the Worldquake Sequence.Worldquake.co.uk
Canongate Children's List 13 The Chosen Ones SCARLETT THOMAS
The second in the thrilling Worldquake sequence, which began with Dragon’s Green, packed with magic and adventure – featuring mysterious new spells, talking animals and a deadly plan to destroy the worlds!
THERE IS MAGIC BEYOND THE REALWORLD …
When Effie and Maximilian both mysteriously vanish, friends Raven, Lexy and Wolf don’t know where to turn for help. Effie is in deep danger and she’s running out of time. To make things worse, Raven’s mother is caught up in a plot with the ruthless billionaire Albion Freake, who will stop at nothing to become invincible.
Can the school-friends save Effie and Maximilian and stop Albion Freake’s deadly plan, before it’s too late? RELEASE DATE: 4 APRIL 2019 ABOUT THE AUTHOR PAPERBACK 9781782119326 Scarlett Thomas has always loved stories, magic and mysterious places. She £7.99 tried (and failed) to write her first novel when she was six. Since then she has successfully written lots of novels, but this is her first series for children. She lives near the sea in an old house full of books, and is a professor in the English department of the University of Kent.The Chosen Ones is the second volume in the Worldquake Sequence.Worldquake.co.uk
Canongate Children's List 14 Galloglass SCARLETT THOMAS
The third in the thrilling Worldquake sequence, packed with adventuring, a magical library, Midwinter spells and missing cats. With a magical glow-in-the-dark cover
EVERYTHING IS MADE OF MAGIC …
Effie Truelove and her school-friends Lexy, Wolf, Maximilian and Raven must use their magical skills to defeat the Diberi, a corrupt organisation intent on destroying the worlds at Midwinter.
But during a visit to the Otherworld, Effie is mistaken and imprisoned for being a galloglass – a dangerous, selfish islander. Meanwhile, Lexy is threatened by the vile professor Jupiter Peacock and Wolf embarks on a perilous journey to find his missing sister. RELEASE DATE: 4 APRIL 2019 And back at school, Neptune the cat is bored. He’s used to HARDBACK lording it over the other stray cats, but they’ve all mysteriously 9781782119333 vanished. Where could they be – and how will he find them? £12.99 Can Effie and her friends reunite before total destruction is wreaked upon the universe?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Scarlett Thomas has always loved stories, magic and mysterious places. She tried (and failed) to write her first novel when she was six. Since then she has successfully written lots of novels, but this is her first series for children. She lives near the sea in an old house full of books, and is a professor in the English department of the University of Kent. Galloglass is the third volume in the Worldquake Sequence.Worldquake.co.uk
Canongate Children's List 15 Spontaneous AARON STARMER
A genre-bending YA novel about growing up … and blowing up. Already optioned by Awesomeness Films
‘Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read’ JOHN GREEN, #1 bestselling author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
A TIME magazine Top 10 YA Book of 2016!
Mara’s senior year is proving to be a lot less exciting than she’d hoped, until the day - KABAM! - Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period. Katelyn is the first, but she won’t be the last senior to explode without warning or explanation. The body count grows and the search is on for a reason, while the students continue to pop like balloons. But if bombs or terrorists or a government conspiracy aren’t to blame, what is? RELEASE DATE: 4 MAY 2017 With the help of her oldest friend, her new boyfriend, a power PAPERBACK ballad and a homemade disco ball, will Mara make it to 9781786890610 graduation in one piece? It’s going to be one hell of a year, £7.99 where the only test is how to stay alive and where falling in love might be the worst thing you can do …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Aaron Starmer is the author of numerous novels for young readers, including The Only Ones and The Riverman. Spontaneous is his first YA novel, and is being developed into a film. He lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter. @AaronStarmer
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