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The second picture book from exciting new talent Kim Hillyard highlighting the importance of being kind.

• A beautiful new picture book that explores themes of kindness, teamwork and empathy. • Kim Hillyard won the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award 2020 with her debut title Mabel and the Mountain.

DESCRIPTION Kim Hillyard completed a degree in drama at the Ned is set on winning the Great Garden Hamster University of Exeter, before Race, but will he stop along the way to help spending nine years working friends in need . . .? as a music journalist for various publications including NME, Time An adorable new story from Kim Hillyard, this Out and the BBC. She has also worked as positive picture book reminds readers of the a drama and arts facilitator, delivering importance of being kind, with a heart-warming assemblies, storytelling and workshops story and stunning illustrations. in schools, bookshops and community spaces on everything from phonics to creative writing.

Pub date: 21 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241413418 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson LADYBIRD WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN SPRING Elizabeth Jenner Illustrated by Natasha Durley

Explore the beauty of spring in this new edition of What to Look For in Spring.

Pub date: 21 January 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241416181 Age range: 7+ Publicist: Sophia Smith

• On the 60th anniversary of the publication of the iconic original series, the freshly updated What to Look For . . . titles celebrate and modernise this non-fiction series for children today. • Moving through each season, children can use these four books as a spotter’s guide to the natural world as it changes around them. • Beautiful artwork from the talented Natasha Durley brings each scene, subject and season to life.

DESCRIPTION Elizabeth Jenner grew up on the Wirral, and studied for a BA in English The buds, blossoms and butterflies and creative writing at the University of UK springtime mark the arrival of of Warwick. She now lives in London, the season of rebirth. As brown hares where she teaches yoga and both box, daffodils bloom and lambs bleat writes and commissions fiction and non-fiction titles. in the fields, the natural world wakes from the winter’s sleep. This book Natasha Durley is an illustrator takes a look at the awakening of the based near Taunton in Somerset who wild woodland, the spectacle of meteor creates vibrant and playful images showers, and May Day celebrations. inspired by her favourite subject – the natural world. Her work has been commissioned for a wide range of applications: wall murals, homeware, stationery, apparel, toys and apps. Book publications include the ongoing Creature Features series with Big Picture Press and Animals with Quarto Publishing. ALSO IN 2021: Pub date: Pub date: Pub date: 21 January 2021 21 January 2021 21 January 2021 Format: Hardback, Format: Hardback, Format: Hardback, also available in also available in also available in ebook ebook ebook Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: 9780241416204 9780241416167 9780241416167 Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Publicist: Publicist: Publicist: Sophia Smith Sophia Smith Sophia Smith LADYBIRD WATER WORLD Ben Rothery

The breathtaking new book from illustrator and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize nominee Ben Rothery, author of Hidden Planet and Sensational Butterflies.

• Water World is a call to action to respect and preserve the Earth’s oceans, centred on the creatures who live in and around their shores. • Ben’s second book, Hidden Planet, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2020. • A true crossover book – Ben’s fans include children and adults, who are captivated by the fascinating facts and Ben’s stunning illustrations.

DESCRIPTION Ben Rothery is a detail- obsessed illustrator from Life on Earth is shaped by water, and only Norwich, via Cape Town. survives here because of it, but our ocean He combines multiple ecosystems are at the epicentre of global processes to create intricate warming. and delicate illustrations and repeating patterns, full of fine detail and vibrant Framed by the need to protect our fragile oceans, colour. Much of Ben’s work is inspired Water World is natural-history illustrator Ben or informed by his love of nature – he Rothery’s rich exploration of the creatures grew up wanting variously to be a from the coastal and offshore waters of the shark, dinosaur or David Attenborough world – from penguins, seagulls, polar bears and crossed with Indiana Jones, but settled seahorses, to plankton, sharks and deep-sea upon illustration as a compromise that beings. Discover the longest migration and the allowed him to bring those fantasies to loudest animal on Earth, and learn how our own life on paper. Ben works from a small but actions affect the ocean, its inhabitants and our perfectly formed studio in London, which whole planet. he shares with an unnecessarily large collection of very sharp pencils.

Pub date: 4 February 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £20.00 ISBN: 9780241435533 Age range: 4+ Publicist: Louise Dickie LADYBIRD IS THAT YOU, LITTLE BEAR? A pull-and-slide flap book Illustrated by Rob Hodgson

A boldly illustrated and interactive series of pull- and-slide flap books, ideal for babies and toddlers created by Ladybird.

• Playful and repetitive text to engage young children. • Chunky and durable flaps perfect for little hands. • Flaps slide back and forth to help build motor skills and develop hand–eye coordination. • Bright, lively illustrations with lots of detail for children to explore.

DESCRIPTION Rob Hodgson is a British designer, illustrator and author. Little Bear is very good at hiding, and Mama Bear needs your help to find him! Join Mama Bear on her search through the forest in this gorgeous flap book.

Each spread features a sturdy flap that children can slide back and forth to reveal a surprise animal hidden underneath, along with a ladybird to spot on each page! With engaging illustrations, robust flaps and simple text, little ones will want to revisit this book time and time again.

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Pub date: 18 February 2021 Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Board book Format: Board book Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241456798 ISBN: 9780241456774 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson LADYBIRD LADYBIRD ECO BOOKS

An eco-friendly, lift-the-flap book collection, empowering and encouraging young people to help save the planet.

Ladybird Eco Books use plant-based inks and glues with minimal plastic content, and are made from recycled board, with flaps to lift and facts to learn. Teaching children all about why saving the planet is so important and how we can help, these eco-friendly books are the perfect introduction to three important topics: Bees, Trees and Climate Change, featuring illustrations by Carmen Saldanda.

• Pushing boundaries in terms of sustainable book production, these books will use recycled brown board, glues with minimal plastic content and plant-based inks. • Attractive eco aesthetic. • In a world where Greta Thunberg has a platform and where climate change is on the curriculum, it’s important that children know they can make a change, whatever age they are.

Pub date: 4 March 2021 Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Board book Format: Board book Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241448342 ISBN: 9780241448366 Age range: 4+ Age range: 4+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith

Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Board book Format: Board book Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241506134 ISBN: 9780241448403 Age range: 2+ Age Range: 4+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith LADYBIRD MAGIC WINDOWS: WEATHER Illustrated by Libby Burns

A new novelty non-fiction series, perfect for curious toddlers, Magic Windows explores the wonderful transformations found in nature.

• A new novelty non-fiction board-book series for toddlers, which introduces the world and boosts motor skills. • Each ‘Magic Window’ on every spread easily demonstrates the transformations found in nature. • Using a simple sliding mechanism, each book explores a non-fiction topic with simple text and stylish illustration. • Text is factual, narrative and designed to engage children with each topic as it sits alongside wonderful artwork from illustrator Libby Burns.

DESCRIPTION Libby Burns is an illustrator and designer based in Des Little ones will love to pull the sliding mechanism Moines, Iowa. Originally on each spread and change what appears in from the East Coast, she each Magic Window. They will learn why puddles graduated with a degree appear, what hides behind the clouds and how in communications and journalism rainbows are made. before receiving a master’s degree in editorial design. While her experience in writing and design cultivated a love for storytelling, Libby found her passion in illustration. Her cheerful style is simple, bright and playful.

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Pub date: 4 March 2021 Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Board book with pull- tabs Format: Board book with pull-tabs Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241457955 ISBN: 9780241457993 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge Publicist: Louise Dickie LADYBIRD PABLO: PABLO GOES SHOPPING

Pablo thinks differently! Pablo is an autistic boy who sees the world in different ways.

Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241490273 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Louise Dickie

• Pablo is the first animated TV series to star an autistic character and the first TV programme with an all-autistic core cast. It is shown on CBeebies, RTE and Netflix. • Many children on the autistic spectrum find going to the supermarket overwhelming, and this book is designed to help with the experience. • Every episode of Pablo is grounded in the real-life experiences of autistic children, with autistic young writers and contributors helping to bring ideas and perspectives to life in an honest and humorous way. • Pablo won Best Preschool Programme at the 2019 Broadcast Awards. It was nominated at the 2018 Children’s BAFTAs. • Season 2 of Pablo has recently started airing on CBeebies, and a stage show will be touring the UK.

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Pablo and his friends are going to the supermarket, or, as they like to call it, the super place!

Tang loves the super place, but Wren finds it too bright and too noisy. Pablo and friends help Wren find different ways to have a lovely time among all the sights and sounds of the super place.

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Pablo at the Zoo Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241490280 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Louise Dickie LADYBIRD PEPPA PIG: PEPPA’S COUNTDOWN TO BEDTIME

Peppa Pig is a global phenomenon, with over 14 million books sold in the UK to date! (Nielsen Bookscan, March 2020)

Pub date: 29 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241476529 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Louise Dickie

• Peppa Pig is a BAFTA-award-winning preschool animation about family life and first experiences, shown daily on Channel 5’s Milkshake and Nick Jr. • Goodnight Peppa is currently on 78K sales on TCM (July 2020). • Join Peppa and her family on their funny, action-packed, everyday adventures in this collection of activity, story and novelty books.

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It’s bedtime, but Peppa and George aren’t tired! Count down with them to a lovely, sleepy rest . . .

What happens when Peppa isn’t tired, but it’s time to go to bed? Peppa and her family join in with counting all the bedtime things she loves. This brilliant story will help little ones everywhere settle down for a good night’s sleep!

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Pub date: 7 January 2021 Pub date: 18 February 2021 Pub date: 4 February 2021 Pub date: 29 April 2021 Format: Board book, Format: Paperback, Format: Board book, Format: Hardback, also available in ebook also available in ebook also available in ebook also available in ebook Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £4.99 Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241412084 ISBN: 9780241476406 ISBN: 9780241476345 ISBN: 9780241476567 Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie LADYBIRD LADYBIRD NON FICTION

A relaunch of the iconic, Ladybird Book series, with new content, design and illustration.

• A series of illustrated non-fiction titles designed to be affordable and accessible. • Expert-checked content brings non-fiction topics to life. • Pocket-sized format ensures that children can mix-and-match titles and build their own encyclopaedia based on their interests.

Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Pub date: 6 May 2021 Pub date: 6 May 2021 Pub date: 6 May 2021 Pub date: 6 May 2021 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241416860 ISBN: 9780241416907 ISBN: 9780241417034 ISBN: 9780241417072 Age range:7+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith

Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Pub date: 6 May 2021 Pub date: 5 August 2021 Pub date: 5 August 2021 Pub date: 5 August 2021 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241417218 ISBN: 9780241416945 ISBN: 9780241416983 ISBN: 9780241417133 Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith

Format: Hardback Format: Hardback Pub date: 5 August 2021 Pub date: 5 August 2021 Price: £5.99 Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241417171 ISBN: 9780241417362 Age range: 7+ Age range: 7+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith LADYBIRD SMILEY EYES, SMILEY FACES A lift-the-flap face-mask book Dawn McNiff Illustrated by Zoe Waring

A novelty title inspired by the impact of the global pandemic, showing small children there are still real, smiling people behind the masks.

• Lift-the-flap face-mask fun for children in this colourful board book. • Contains five flaps to lift and a surprise mirrored finale, so toddlers can lift their own face mask at the end of the book! • Vibrant artwork from Zoe Waring creates characterful and cheery face-mask wearers.

DESCRIPTION Dawn McNiff lives in a slightly-falling-down cottage In Smiley Eyes, Smiley Faces, children can take an in the Cotswolds, and is interactive journey through the town, meeting happiest when she is writing, different adults along the way. Toddlers can then dancing, or walking the lift the mask-shaped flaps, to reveal the smiley hills with her family’s goofy dog, Jack faces underneath the bright, colourful masks. Humphrey Norbert. She is the author of several novels and picture books for children.

Zoe Waring is a children’s book illustrator and designer based in Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Zoe loves the warmth and humour found in children’s picture books and is a little obsessed with cute animals! She works in a variety of materials and loves creating engaging characters to make people smile. When Zoe isn’t beavering away in her sunny studio, she can be found gathering inspiration in the beautiful British countryside with her family.

Pub date: 13 May 2021 Format: Board book Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241517826 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge LADYBIRD HEY DUGGEE: SUPER DUGGEE

Rated No. 1 on CBeebies from March to July 2020, reaching over 1.4 million per month, Hey Duggee was the most watched BBC Children’s show during lockdown with more than 67 million iPlayer requests!

Pub date: 10 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9781405948678 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Sophia Smith

• Hey Duggee is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animation, created by Studio AKA, about an adorable dog and his band of Squirrels. • Featuring the voice of comedian and presenter Alexander Armstrong, this warm and hilarious preschool CBeebies show encourages children to get out and about and be active. • The series had over 115 million iPlayer requests in 2019, up 50% YOY, and over 83 million iPlayer requests YTD (August 2020). • The show has an impressive global footprint in over 150 territories and over 1 million unique viewers every week on YouTube.

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Super Squirrels to the rescue! Based on the Super Squirrel Badge episode, which was in the Hey Duggee top moments voted by the public.

Earn your Super Squirrel Badge with Duggee!

Betty is reading a superhero comic. The Squirrels decide that they want to be superheroes, too. Will they be able to use their superpowers to help Little Duck find her mummy? This super picture book is the perfect gift for sharing with little Duggee fans.

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Pub date:15 April 2021 Pub date: 8 July 2021 Pub date: 19 August 2021 Pub date: Format: Paperback, also Format: Board book Format: Board book 2 September 2021 available in ebook Price: £7.99 Price: £6.99 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9781405948777 ISBN: 9781405948715 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9781405948630 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ ISBN: 9781405949255 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith Age range: 2+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Sophia Smith LADYBIRD TEN MINUTES TO BED: LITTLE DRAGON Rhiannon Fielding Illustrated by Chris Chatterton

With soothing rhymes and beautifully illustrated scenes, the bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series has captured the hearts of families all over the world.

• Since the series launched in July 2018, the series has sold over 250K copies in the UK alone. • Sold in 17 languages and counting.

DESCRIPTION Rhiannon Fielding is a children’s picture- book author whose work includes the Ten Welcome to the Land of Nod where two dragons Minutes to Bed series (Ladybird Books). are busy trying every trick in the book to get out of bedtime . . . with only ten minutes to go! Chris Chatterton is an illustrator from County Written specifically for bedtime, this immersive Durham, England, with a tale follows two little playful dragons, Flicker and background in graphic design Flash, as they go on an adventure through snowy and animation. mountain tops, fiery volcanoes and lush treetops just before bedtime!

Pub date: 8 July 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241464373 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson ALSO IN 2021:

Pub date: 16 September 2021 Pub date: 18 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Format: Board book, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241464397 ISBN: 9780241489895 Age range: 3+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson LADYBIRD BLUEY: THE BEACH

Ladybird launches a fun new collection of story, activity and novelty books based on Bluey, the award-winning animation shown on Disney+, about an inexhaustible six-year-old Blue Heeler who loves to play and turn everyday life into extraordinary adventures.

Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241486948 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson

• Over 2 million copies have sold in Australia since release in November 2019. • Bluey launched on Disney+ in the UK in October 2020 and is coming soon to CBeebies in 2021. • Winner of a Logie award for Most Outstanding Children’s Programme and an International Emmy Kids Award.

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Join Bluey for a fun day at the beach in this first picture-book story from the new hit animation.

Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad are at the beach. While Mum is off for a walk, Bluey discovers a beautiful shell and runs to catch up with her.

What will she discover along the way in her first solo adventure?

This new Bluey picture book is perfect for sharing with Bluey fans at storytime and bedtime.

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Bluey: Meet Bluey! Sticker Activity Bluey: Goodnight, Fruit Bat Bluey: Little Library Book Pub date: 16 September 2021 Pub date: 16 September 2021 Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in Format: Board book Format: Paperback ebook Price: £4.99 Price: £5.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241486900 ISBN: 9780241486924 ISBN: 9780241486795 Age range: 3+ Age range: 4+ Age range: 4+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson LADYBIRD

POO POO BUM BUM WEE WEE

Stephen Cowell Illustrated by Erica Salcedo

Help take the stress out of toilet training with this funny rhyming picture book, perfect for parents feeling the pressure to reach this milestone before their children start school.

• Written in consultation with parents, this bright, illustrated book introduces toddlers to using the big toilet, whether they’re moving from the potty or nappies. • There is great parental appetite for books around toilet training, with Ladybird’s novelty potty titles selling over 421K copies in lifetime sales. • Hilarious text in rhyming form – it WILL get stuck in your head! • Charming, funny illustrations to show that using the toilet is simple and not scary.

DESCRIPTION Stephen Cowell lives in a small, rainy town and writes very silly books. Poo poo, bum bum, wee wee – I sing my toilet song. Erica Salcedo is a freelance Poo poo, bum bum, wee wee – illustrator. She has lived in I sing it all day long! the peaceful town of Cuenca in Spain since she was born Toilet training can often be an extremely stressful in 1983. She studied a fine time for both parent and child. With the average arts degree at the University of Castilla age for a child to be potty trained now at three la Mancha, before going on to complete and a half, parents often face lots of pressure for a master’s degree in graphic design and their little one to reach this important milestone illustration at the Polytechnic University before they start school. of Valencia. Since graduating, she has worked as an illustrator for publishing Featuring bright, friendly illustrations and a houses across the world. very catchy rhyme, this fun picture book has been written in consultation with parents to break down all the stages of using the toilet into easy steps, from how to wipe to handwashing. This book will help take the stress out of toilet training for parents and carers, as children can sing the song and learn to use the toilet without fear or fuss. Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241473085 Age range: 1+ Publicist: Sophia Smith LADYBIRD DON’T HUG DOUG ŸHE DOESN’T LIKE IT¡

Carrie Finison Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman

A fun picture book that encourages conversations with children about giving consent and setting boundaries.

• Introduces the topic of consent and seeking permission from others in an accessible, friendly way for young children. • Ties into the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, which highlights the need for children to identify and discuss boundaries when managing their feelings and behaviour. • Can be used as a tool by parents, carers and teachers to encourage discussions around personal space. • Filled with lots of humour and playful illustrations to engage children.

DESCRIPTION Carrie Finison writes poetry, stories, and books for kids. Meet Doug. She lives outside Boston with her husband, their son and Doug doesn’t like hugs. He thinks they’re daughter – and two cats who too squeezy, too squashy, too squooshy, too allow her to work in their attic office. smooshy. However, Doug is a master of high fives (and low fives and side fives). Daniel Wiseman is the #1 New York Times bestselling Some people like hugs, other people don’t. The illustrator of The World only way to find out is to ask! Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart. He has illustrated many books for kids, including Goodbye Brings Hello by Dianne White, Play This Book by Jessica Young, When Your Lion Needs a Bath by Susanna Leonard Hill, and the Baby Scientist series by Laura Gehl. He lives with his family in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Pub Date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241527573 Age Range: 3+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge LADYBIRD THE DINOS ON THE BUS Peter Millett Illustrated by Tony Neal

It’s ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ – with dinosaurs! This sing-along picture book series is the perfect next step for children moving on from board books to exploring picture books.

• ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ song meets popular characters from dinosaurs to pirates in this collectable new picture-book series. • Ladybird Sing-along Stories use familiar songs and action rhymes, combined with picture- book storytelling, to help children as they develop early language skills. • Featuring lots of actions to encourage children to join in and move their bodies, before leading into a sleep, calming ending.

DESCRIPTION Peter Millett is an award-winning New Zealand- born children’s author who loves writing quirky, Join a class of playful dinosaurs as they upbeat humorous stories for kids. Peter has go on their first ever bus journey! written entertaining books for preschool, primary and middle-grade readers, and he’s performed ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ transforms into in front of school groups in America, Australia, the squeals on the bus as their journey England, New Zealand and Scotland. Peter’s takes them up and down, all through the number one goal is to help make reading and land, where they encounter some very big writing a rewarding and fun-filled pastime for surprises . . . kids worldwide.

Young readers will stomp their feet Tony Neal is a graphic artist and illustrator from and clap their hands in delight as they South Leicestershire, England. His passion for sing along with this fun-filled, dinosaur art and illustration has led him to a blooming reinvention of one of the world’s most career in children’s book illustration, where he popular rhymes for children. now creates works for various publishing houses and clients worldwide. Clients include: Egmont, Ladybird, Little Tiger Press and Simon & Schuster, to name but a few. Tony’s work is inspired by everyday life and the quirky details that surround us. He loves to create charming characters in whimsical scenes and to tell stories with his Pub date: 19 August 2021 pictures. Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241493618 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Ellen Grady LADYBIRD AN ADVENTURER’S GUIDE TO DINOSAURS Isabel Thomas Illustrated by Yas Imamura

An interactive introduction to dinosaurs for children aged 5+, packed with beautiful illustrations and awe-inspiring facts.

• Adventurer Mia takes children on an awe-inspiring journey through time – from the very first dinosaurs to the extinction event that changed life on Earth forever. • Complex ideas and astonishing numbers are clearly explained with simple descriptions and comparisons. • An interactive moment on every spread engages children as they learn about prehistoric worlds through play. • Captivating illustrations from Yas Imamura breathe life into these ancient creatures.

DESCRIPTION Isabel Thomas has written more than 150 books about A unique, immersive take on non-fiction for science for young readers children aged 5+, An Adventurer’s Guide to and has been shortlisted Dinosaurs is packed with breathtaking facts for the Royal Society Young and interactive play to excite and inspire young People’s Book Prize, the Association of adventurers. Starting in the Permian, explore the Science Education Book of the Year, the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous to English 4–11 Picture Book Awards and unearth almost 250 million years of incredible the Blue Peter Book Awards. creatures. With astonishing facts and interactive dinosaur activities, this captivating book will Yas Imamura is an illustrator excite and inspire the adventurers of the future. based in Portland, Oregon. Much of her work draws inspiration from the books she enjoyed as a child, her art evolving into an amalgamation of both the timeless and modern. Yas’s preferred materials are gouache and watercolour.

Pub date: 2 September 2021 Format: Hardback Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241471890 Age range: 4+ Publicist: Louise Dickie LADYBIRD THE GIANT TANTRUM A story about keeping your temper Louis Growell Illustrated by Chris Jevons

The first in a brand-new picture-book series about tricky behaviours for tantrum-prone toddlers.

• This is the first in a series of picture books about tricky behaviours, from tantrums to biting and hitting. • A story to help young children learn to control their temper. Tiny Jack the monster causes havoc in Monster Town. Every time he has a tantrum, he leaves a trail of destruction behind him . . . • With a list of coping methods for tantrum-prone toddlers at the back of the book.

DESCRIPTION Louis Growell lives in the UK and this is their debut book! Welcome to Monster Town! Chris Jevons has always enjoyed doodling The monsters of Monster Town are perfectly and scribbling characters since childhood. friendly, although they’re not always very well- Inspired by Disney films, Pixar animation behaved. and picture books, he pursed a career as a children’s book illustrator. Since gaining In The Giant Tantrum, a very little monster finds representation by The Bright Agency, it hard to keep his temper. But with help from Chris has illustrated over 60 books. He his mum and dad and his friend Mina, he learns now spends his days drawing animals, to cope when it all gets too much. Though not monsters and aliens for picture books before he’s caused a LOT of mayhem . . . and fiction titles. Chris lives and works in Harrogate UK.

Pub Date: 2 September 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241439685 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge LADYBIRD EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN A curious question for every day of the year Molly Oldfield

366 questions from children, answered by the original QI ‘Elf’, Molly Oldfield, in a delightful hardback gift book.

• By author Molly Oldfield, creator of the award-nominated podcast Everything Under the Sun. • G orgeously illustrated gift package, perfect for Christmas and sharing all year round. • Answers the questions that stump parents. • With input from a variety of experts, from astronauts to athletes, zookeepers to writers, scientists to artists!

DESCRIPTION Molly Oldfield is the host of Everything Under the Sun, a weekly A gorgeous gift title that children will podcast answering questions from want to pore over for hours, with a children all around the world. The question for every day of the year – plus podcast began when one little person one extra for a leap year. Author Molly asked a big question – ‘Can blue whales talk to Oldfield was the original QI ‘Elf’, and killer whales?’ – and inspired Molly to make a all the questions and answers come podcast to answer all the curious questions that from her award-nominated podcast, children want to ask. The podcast went straight to Everything Under the Sun. Molly works number one on the Apple’s Kids & Family podcasts with experts to find the answers children chart when it launched in November 2018, and it long for. Everything Under the Sun won Bronze for Best Family Podcast at the British answers the questions that stump adults, Podcast Awards 2019. Molly is full of unusual whether they’re about nature, the body, facts and knowledge. She is known as the original or anything else under the Sun. In a QI ‘Elf’ and spent twelve years researching and world of fake news, this book provides writing questions for the BBC quiz show. She is information you can trust. also the author of several other children’s books – The Secret Museum, Wonders of the World’s Museums and Natural Wonders of the World. Molly also writes a weekly column for the Daily Telegraph.

Pub date: 9 September 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £20.00 ISBN: 9780241433461 Age range: 4+ Publicist: Sophia Smith LADYBIRD BABY TOUCH: FAIRY TALES A touch-and-feel playbook

The award-winning, bestselling Baby Touch series boosts motor skills and helps sensory development.

Pub date: 14 October 2021 Format: Board book Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241463079 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Sophia Smith

• Over 7 million Baby Touch books sold to date. • Boosts motor skills and helps sensory development. • First introduction to fairy tales for little ones. • With large touch-and-feels, bright pictures and gentle, baby-friendly text.

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Introduce your baby to first fairy tales with this bright, interactive playbook. The award-winning, bestselling Baby Touch series is back with a sleek and playful design. A perfect first words book for all babies and toddlers, illustrated by Lemon Ribbon Studio.

Say hello to your favourite fairy-tale characters from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood! With textured patches to touch, feel and explore, this bright and sturdy board book with grabbable tabs will encourage young children from birth upwards. High-contrast colours and touch-and- feels stimulate a baby’s senses, while encouraging interaction and play.

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Baby Touch: Food Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 7 October 2021 Pub date: 10 June 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Format: Board book Format: Bath book Format: Board book Format: Board book Price: £5.99 Price: £8.99 Price: £4.99 Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241463130 ISBN: 9780241487822 ISBN: 9780241463024 ISBN: 9780241463222 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Sophia Smith Publicist: Publicist: Publicist: Sophia Smith Hannah Bradridge Hannah Bradridge LADYBIRD BUSY DAY: FATHER CHRISTMAS An action play book Dan Green

Join in and help Father Christmas on his busiest night of the year in this playful, interactive flap book – the perfect gift!

Pub Date: 14 October 2021 Format: Board Book Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241458136 Age Range: 2+ Publicist: ?

• A playful and interactive lift-the-flap series introducing children to a diverse range of jobs and daily routines. • Cleverly constructed flaps which the child can use to actively join in with the job and transform each scene. • Perfect for helping develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. • Contemporary artwork and innovative design by Dan Green.

DESCRIPTION Dan Green is the original concept creator, author and illustrator of the Busy Day Ho, ho, ho! Can you help Father Christmas to series. Dan has over 25 years’ experience deliver all the presents? Join in and use the illustrating and designing a wide flaps to wrap the presents, fly the sleigh, slide variety of children’s books for a range of down the chimney and much, much more. With clients and publishers. interactive action-flaps, you can do it, too!

Each clever flap provides an action or scene- change to encourage children to actively engage and explore. The playful flaps are perfect for little hands to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination..

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Pub Date: 4 March 2021 Pub Date: 4 March 2021 Pub Date: 3 June 2021 Pub Date: 3 June 2021 Format: Board Book Format: Board Book Format: Board Book Format: Board Book Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241458150 ISBN: 9780241458150 ISBN: 9780241458198 ISBN: 9780241458174 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: ? Publicist: ? Publicist: ? Publicist: ? LADYBIRD MY SKIN, YOUR SKIN An early introduction to race and racism. Laura Henry-Allain MBE

An essential introduction to race and racism for young children.

• An important new book for parents and carers who want to talk about race and racism with their young children, but don’t know where to start. • Explains difficult concepts in simple language, with relatable examples, and provides coping methods for children who witness or experience racism.

DESCRIPTION Laura Henry-Allain MBE is an international award- My Skin, Your Skin is the first in a series of winning writer, early years titles dealing with difficult and complex topics, expert and public speaker digested for very young children, to help them and the creator of the navigate the world around them, from disability characters JoJo and Gran Gran for the to different families and religions. popular BBC CBeebies series of the same name. This popular show is the first animation in the UK whose central characters are a black British Family. For the past three decades Laura has worked directly with families and children as well as advising brands and companies on issues surrounding children and early years and on tackling the topics of race and racism with children.

Pub Date: 28 October 2021 Format: Hardback Price: £9.99 ISBN: 9780241512739 Age range: 4+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge LADYBIRD LADYBIRD AUDIO Ladybird Audio brings together imaginative stories with the world’s very best acting talent to create exceptional listening experiences, from the educational to the entertaining.

• Ladybird Book of Animal Stories – A collection of fictional audio adventures designed to teach children about the hidden life of animals in the wild. • Ladybird Funny Stories – A collection of hilarious original audio stories for raising lots of laughs and giggles. These new stories are especially written for families to listen to together. • Ladybird Lullabies – A magical collection of soothing lullabies, perfect bedtime listening to settle young children after a busy day of adventure! • Ladybird Bedtime – Ladybird presents a new collection of original stories for children, perfect for winding down before bedtime! • Ladybird Spooky Stories – A collection of ten original spooktacular original audio stories for 3-7 year olds.

Pub date: 25 March 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 ISBN: 9780241492468 ISBN: 9780241492482 ISBN: 9780241492505 ISBN: 9780241492529 Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 4+ Age range: 5+ Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose

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Pub date: 26 November Pub date: 29 October 2020 Pub date: 29 October 2020 Pub date: 8 October 2020 2020 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 ISBN: 9780241506752 ISBN: 9780241492468 ISBN: 9780241478127 ISBN: 9780241478141 Age range: 3+ Age range: 4+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose PUFFIN PUFFIN AVOCADO BABY John Burningham

A new edition of the classic board book beautifully reissued and cased – celebrating the power of babies . . . and avocados!

Pub date: 7 January 2021 Format: Board book Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780857552150 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge

• A perennial favourite – the story of how a baby grows big and strong. John was championing avocados well before their recent popularity! • John Burningham is the much-loved creator of Mr Gumpy’s Outing and Would You Rather. • ‘John Burningham is one of the most outstanding author-illustrators of children’s books today . . .’ Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers

DESCRIPTION John Burningham studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, The Hargraves are a weak and puny family. graduating with distinction in 1959. Many When a new baby arrives, they’re willing illustration commissions followed, including to try anything to make it grow big and iconic posters for London Transport, before strong. Even avocado . . . the publication of Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, John’s first book for children, which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary career. John wrote and illustrated over thirty picture books, translated and distributed all over the world. These include his classic and much-loved children’s books, including Chitty Chitty Bang ALSO IN 2021: Bang by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, 1964); Mr Gumpy’s Outing (Jonathan Cape, 1970) which was also awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Jonathan Cape, 1972); The Shopping Basket (Random House, 1980);The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Penguin/Puffin, 1983); Granpa (Jonathan Cape, 1984) later made into an animated film; and Oi! Get Off Our Train Pub date: 3 June 2021 (Jonathan Cape, 1989), as well as various books Format: Hardback, also available in ebook for adults. Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780857552198 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN FIDGET THE WONDER DOG Patricia Forde Illustrated by Rachael Saunders

A read-aloud, read-again-and-again adventure story of epic proportions.

• Debut picture book by Ireland-based middle-grade author and literary campaigner Patricia Forde. • Patricia is based in Ireland and heavily involved with the Irish children’s literature community

DESCRIPTION Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has Meet Fidget. published five books for children, Fidget is not a fetch and carry dog and written two plays, as well as Or a lie by the fire dog several television drama series for Or a cuddle up in bed dog . . . children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap An epic tale of love, loss, reunion and operas. In another life, she was a primary school adventure on the high seas told through teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts the friendship of a girl and her dog, Fidget. Festival. Her novel The Wordsmith (published in Written by debut picture book author the USA as The List) was awarded a White Raven Patricia Forde and illustrated by rising award by the International Youth Library. star Rachael Saunders, this is a book that combines humour and heart with a Rachael Saunders is an illustrator faultless read-aloud rhythm. based in Hampshire, UK. With a strong interest in the rich printed aesthetic of 1960s children’s books, her work explores colour, shape and texture in a vibrant and humorous manner. Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2014, she has worked with a wide range of international clients, including the Wall Street Journal, Radley and Walker Books. From a young age Rachael has always loved to draw; to now Pub date: 7 January 2021 have her hobby become a career, she feels Format: Paperback, also available in ebook extremely blessed. Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241373163 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN THE GIANT’S ALMANAC

Andrew Zurcher

Magical fantasy adventure for readers aged 9–99 who have loved Philip Pullman and Kiran Milwood Hargrave. Your own story can be the most magical of all . . .

• The Giant’s Almanac transports readers back to the magical world of Andrew Zurcher’s critically acclaimed debut, Twelve Nights, but can be read completely as a standalone fantasy adventure. • Twelve Nights was Andrew Zurcher’s debut novel, receiving widespread praise: • ‘If you love Philip Pullman or C. S. Lewis, you’ll love this dreamlike read as much as we did’ Top of the Pops magazine • ‘A sinister literary debut combining action and fantasy’ Daily Express • Director of Studies in English at the prestigious Queen’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Zurcher is passionate about storytelling and the tradition of storytellers.

DESCRIPTION Andrew Zurcher is Director of Studies in English at Fitz thinks he is an ordinary eleven-year-old and Queens’ College, Cambridge, loves to turn simple things into mini-adventures, and a leading international like sneaking next door and filching books from expert on the works of Mr Ahmadi’s vast library of mysterious tomes, Spenser, Sidney and Shakespeare. Twelve and goading the guard dog into giving breakneck Nights, published in 2018, was his first chase. But one tranquil evening three sharp novel. knocks on the front door change everything . . .

‘I said I would come for him. He is my jewel. It is time. It is past time.’ Now on the run from a threat that has been waiting his entire life, Fitz’s only hope is to put his life in the hands of his enigmatic neighbour, Mr Ahmadi. Taken on as an apprentice in a secret society who keep all they really do cloaked in mystery, Fitz has to quickly learn the ropes within the most skilful, most powerful, most dangerous and wealthiest Pub date: 7 January 2021 organisation in the world . . . Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780141385648 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PUFFIN HARRY AND THE GUINEA PIG

Based on the character created by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham.

The beloved classic character Harry the Dirty Dog returns for a brand-new picture book adventure!

• A tribute to the original and classic Harry picture books (Harry the Dirty Dog, No Roses for Harry and Harry at Sea), first published in 1956. • Created by author Nancy Lambert and illustrator Saba Joshaghani in the classic style of Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham.

DESCRIPTION Gene Zion was born on 5 October 1913 and he attended the New School of Social Harry, the beloved white dog with black spots, Research and the Pratt Institute. In 1948, loves being the centre of attention. But when the he married artist Margaret Bloy Graham, neighbour’s guinea pig comes to stay, Harry feels who then collaborated with him on all his quite left out! No matter what he tries, nobody picture books. When their marriage ended seems to notice Harry any more. in 1968, Zion also ended his career as an author. Zion is best known for his creation But when Harry accidentally lets the guinea pig of the rascally dog, Harry, who appears escape at school, it’s a disaster! Can he use his in such books as Harry the Dirty Dog and best detective skills to save the day? Harry by the Sea. He died in 1975.

Created in the classic style of Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham, this is an irresistible story filled with humour – perfect for little animal lovers and big siblings alike!

Pub date: 7 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241506004 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Rashmi Sirdeshpande Illustrated by Annabel Tempest

How could you and your friends change the world? By working together! Be inspired by fifteen true stories of groups who changed the world for the better . . . Pub date: 7 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241410349 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Ellen Grady

• Be uplifted by the ways we can unite to change the world: this is inspirational, timely and empowering non-fiction – an antidote to our times. • How to Change the World features an incredible range of topics – from equality, to environmentalism, to scientific discovery – this book will inspire each and every reader. • Perfect for primary teachers, parents and gift-givers. • Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a graduate of the WriteNow scheme – a nationwide campaign launched by Penguin Random House UK to ensure the books and authors we publish better reflect the society we live in. • Selected as Editor’s Choice in The Bookseller, How to Change the World has been described as ‘vibrant, uplifting, and full of hope’, and contains something to engage every child, as well as being a joyful celebration of teamwork and change.

DESCRIPTION Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a lawyer turned children’s author, How could you and your friends change with two young children who the world? By working together! Brought ask her lots of questions. to life through astonishing storytelling and Rashmi writes non-fiction illustration, discover fifteen fascinating true picture books that ignite children’s curiosity, stories of people who have come together to as well as fictional stories that crackle with make a difference: from the campaign to end imagination. When she’s not playing with slavery across the British Empire, the singing words, you’ll find her on her yoga mat revolution in Estonia, to the fight against twisting herself into all sort of shapes. polio. Annabel Tempest always knew Above all, uncover just some of the MANY she wanted to grow up to be an ways we can work together to change our artist. Nothing makes her more world – and be inspired to make your own excited than a pile of paper and change too! a seriously sharp pencil. Annabel has created many beautifully colourful Also by Sirdeshpande and Tempest: How to books, and she lives in the countryside with be Extraordinary – a celebration of fifteen her husband and a house full of muddy boys real-life stories of extraordinary people, and dogs. showcasing a total variety of personalities and talents. PUFFIN THE SUPER SIDEKICKS: OCEAN’S REVENGE

Gavin Aung Than

Continue the hilarious adventures of a gang of child superhero sidekicks in this brilliant new young fiction series.

• A very funny riff on superheroes in graphic young fiction form – think David Solomons meets Dog Boy. • Gavin Aung Than is a New York Times bestselling author who Puffin ANZ and RHUS are putting a huge amount of focus and resource behind.

DESCRIPTION Gavin Aung Than is a freelance cartoonist based in Perth, Australia. Being a kid who’s a superhero sidekick still isn’t as fun His webcomic Zen Pencils, a cartoon as you think in the second amazing adventure from blog that adapts inspirational New York Times bestselling author Gavin Aung Than. quotes into comic stories, has been featured by the Washington Post, The Mother of the Seas is sick of humans using the the Huffington Post, Slate, Buzzfeed, oceans as a junkyard, so she decides to give the land Gawker and Brain Pickings, and was dwellers a taste of their own medicine. Prepare for an named one of the top 100 websites unbelievable underwater menace that threatens to of 2013 by PC magazine. Zen Pencils destroy the entire world! has also been collected into New York Times bestselling books. His first series for children, Super Sidekicks, grew out of Gavin’s long-time ALSO IN 2021: obsession with superheroes.

Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 7 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241434932 ISBN: 9780241434895 Age range: 5+ Age range: 5+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN THE WORRIES: SOHAL FINDS A FRIEND

Jion Sheibani

Pub date: 14 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241438619 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden

Audio ISBN: 9780241521557 Reader: Cassie Layton RRP: £6.00

• Introducing the Worries – character versions of the anxieties that children often face during the new and sometimes daunting landmarks in their young years. • Each charming and heart-warming story balances fun, child-focused storytelling with a gently important message about not letting your worries take over. • Jion is an exciting new author-illustrator talent for Puffin, and her sparky text is matched by her gloriously fun and beautifully accessible two-colour artwork. • Just over a quarter of children say they feel anxious frequently or all the time, and this increased by 8% between 2019 and 2020*, making stories about helping children to deal with their anxieties even more important than ever. *Research conducted by Kids Insights between May and November 2020 with 5,500 children.

DESCRIPTION Jion Sheibani grew up in Brighton and now lives in Paris Everyone feels worried sometimes. But what with her family. She is a self- if your worries came to life and started taught illustrator and studied following you around? Sohal worries about English literature at Oxford a lot of things – the dark, mutant sheep, not University. One of her very first jobs was as having any friends – you name it, he worries an intern to Green Party MP Caroline Lucas about it. So, one night he draws his worries in the European Parliament, and working on to make himself feel better. They might feel green issues definitely influenced Jion’s first like monsters in his head – but they look a picture book, Lily and the Polar Bears. Jion was lot less worrying drawn on a page . . . a teacher at Sciences Po and ENSAE in Paris before opening her own language school for Imagine Sohal’s surprise when he wakes up children. the next morning, and finds a set of fretful furry friends at the end of his bed! His ALSO IN 2021: worries have come to life, and it’s not long before Hurt, Fail, Anger, Big and Alone have turned his world upside down. Now it’s up to Pub date: 19 August 2021 Sohal to work out how to manage his worries Format: Paperback, also available in ebook – and have lots of fun while he’s doing it! Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241438633 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden PUFFIN UMA AND THE ANSWER TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING

Sam Copeland Illustrated by Sarah Horne

The hilarious and moving new book from funny fiction superstar Sam Copeland, author of 2019’s bestselling middle- grade debut Charlie Changes into a Chicken, illustrated by Sarah Horne.

• Sam’s blend of humour and heart, returning alongside Sarah Horne as illustrator, is perfect for core middle-grade readers, building Sam’s visual brand. • Charlie Changes in to a Chicken has been translated into 23 languages, was the second bestselling middle-grade debut of 2019 and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. • Sam’s books have now sold over 35K copies.

DESCRIPTION Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock Uma Gnudersonn has a head full of to him. He is from Manchester and questions: How can I save my home from now lives in London with two smelly being sold? Will my dad ever start talking cats, three smelly children and one again? And how do alpacas get drunk? relatively clean-smelling wife. He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken But since her mum died, Uma’s life has and its two sequels, Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex been short on answers. and Charlie Morphs into a Mammoth. Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing. Then she finds a genius artificial intelligence called Athena who knows Sarah Horne has been an illustrator everything. Suddenly Uma has the answer for over fifteen years. She started to any question she can imagine – from her career working for newspapers the capital of Mozambique to the colour of such as the Guardian and the her headteacher’s underpants – and she’s Independent on Sunday and has going to use Athena to save her home and since illustrated many funny young her father. Along the way, Uma will have fiction titles. She works traditionally to confront the sinister inventor who will with a dip pen and Indian ink, and stop at nothing to get Athena back – and finishes the work digitally. face up to the fact that not all questions have answers . . . Pub date: 21 January 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241439210 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

Audio ISBN: 9780241510704 Reader: Taj Atwal RRP: £6.00 PUFFIN THE SOUL HUNTERS

Chris Bradford

The explosive first title in a brand-new fantasy adventure series from Young Samurai author Chris Bradford, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Skulduggery Pleasant.

• Chris Bradford has sold more than half a million books worldwide. • Chris Bradford is famed for his amazing action-packed events and will tour widely to support the new series. • A fantasy adventure like no other: an epic reincarnation story that reaches across lifetimes and is full of twists, turns and hair-raising action.

DESCRIPTION Chris Bradford practises what he terms ‘method Have you ever experienced dreams so vivid it writing’. For the Soul seems like you have lived them? Or had déjà vu Prophecy trilogy, Chris so strong you’re convinced you must have been travelled extensively to there before? experience first-hand the cultures featured in the story – from living Late one night a schoolgirl is attacked in a city with the Shona people in Zimbabwe, to park. When a stranger rushes to her rescue, Genna trekking the Inca trail, to meditating in Adams believes it’s luck that their paths have a Buddhist temple amid the mountains crossed. Then a week later the same boy saves her of Japan. His bestselling books are from being kidnapped and Genna realises this is published in over 25 languages and have no coincidence. But the explanation offered by the garnered more than 35 children’s book boy, Phoenix, is even stranger than she could have awards and nominations. Young Samurai: imagined – a long-forgotten foe has tracked her The Way of the Warrior was deemed one across lifetimes to lay claim to Genna’s very soul. of Puffin’s 70 Best Ever Books.

As the hunters close in, Genna has no choice but to trust her mysterious protector – and soon she is swept into a deadly adventure, racing across time to save herself.

Pub date: 4 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241326701 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN ANTIRACIST BABY Ibram X. Kendi Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

This is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling introduction to racism from award-winning author and academic Ibram X. Kendi.

• Bold, child-friendly artwork by illustrator and social-impact designer Ashley Lukashevsky. • A perfect tool to help support conversations with the youngest readers about race, antiracism and equity in the world around them. • Includes additional discussion prompts to help readers recognise and reflect on bias in their daily lives. • A No. 1 New York Times bestseller in the US and already making waves in the UK pre-publication.

DESCRIPTION Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston Take first steps with Antiracist University, and the founding director of Baby! Or, rather, follow Antiracist the BU Centre for Antiracist Research. He Baby’s nine easy steps for building is the author of many books, including a more equitable world. With Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History bold illustrations and thoughtful of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National yet playful text, Antiracist Baby Book Award for Nonfiction, and three No. 1 New introduces the youngest readers and York Times bestsellers, How to Be an Antiracist, the grown-ups in their lives to the which was also a Sunday Times bestseller; Stamped: concept and power of antiracism. Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored with Jason Providing the language necessary to Reynolds; and Antiracist Baby, illustrated by Ashley begin critical conversations at the Lukashevsky. Kendi lives in Boston, Massachusetts. earliest age, Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist dedicated to forming a just society. who uses illustration and art as a tool to strengthen social movements against systemic racism and sexism. Before moving to illustration full-time, she was the art director at KINDLAND and the social impact designer at LA2050, an initiative to create a positive shared future for all Angelenos. Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241512371 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Alice Broderick PUFFIN THE HATMAKERS

Tamzin Merchant Illustrated by Paola Escobar

A captivating debut from an exceptional talent, set to be Puffin’s biggest middle-grade launch of 2021.

• ‘Magical elements, complicated plot twists, and colorful characters will appeal to Philip Pullman and Harry Potter fans’ Kirkus Review • ‘An Utterly Charming Adventure Full of Wildness, wit, magic and heart.’ Anna James • With wide-reaching commercial appeal, The Hatmakers will delight fans of Nevermoor and The House with Chicken Legs.

DESCRIPTION Tamzin Merchant has been an actor since the age of Cordelia comes from a long line of magical seventeen, when she played milliners, who weave enchantment into every hat. the part of Georgiana Darcy In Cordelia’s world, Making – crafting items from in the 2005 adaptation magical ingredients – is a rare and ancient skill, of Pride and Prejudice. Since then, her and only a few special Maker families remain. acting work has taken her around the When Cordelia’s father, Prospero, and his ship world and on a journey through time. are lost at sea during a mission to collect hat She has been a Tudor, a Victorian and ingredients, Cordelia is determined to find him. a Jacobean. She survived the Blitz in But Uncle Tiberius and Aunt Ariadne have no time 1940 and succumbed to pneumonia in to help the littlest Hatmaker, for an ancient rivalry Edwardian times. She’s been an alien, between the Maker families is threatening to a witch, a doomed Queen and a rebel surface. Worse, someone seems to be using Maker Scottish warrior. Her latest role is as magic to start a war. It’s up to Cordelia to find out rebellious socialite Imogen Spurnrose in who, and why . . . Amazon’s Carnival Row. The Hatmakers is her first novel. Be transported to an alternate eighteenth-century London brimming with wonder and magic in Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook this warm-hearted, wise, funny, thrilling and Price: £12.99 beautifully written adventure. ISBN: 9780241426302 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison

Audio ISBN: 9780241447246 Reader: Tamzin Merchant RRP: £13.00 PUFFIN THE TWITS

Roald Dahl Illustrated by Quentin Blake

An exciting new cover look for this favourite tale of the gruesome twosome Mr and Mrs Twit, from the world’s number one storyteller, Roald Dahl.

• 2021 is the Year of the Twits! This special hero edition – featuring a shiny holofoil cover and die-cut with an amazing second cover beneath – is a must-have for Roald Dahl fans old and new. • Accompanied by an incredible marketing and PR campaign focusing on all things Twittish, this special edition will be followed by a brand-new Twits companion book: How to Trick a Twit. • Worldwide sales of Roald Dahl’s books have exceeded 100 million! He is the world’s number one storyteller, and one of the best-loved children’s authors of all time.

DESCRIPTION Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of historian and medical cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a inventor. The author of horrible woman with ugly thoughts and a glass Matilda, Charlie and the eye. Together they make the nastiest couple Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their more brilliant stories, he remains THE garden, the ghastly, evil Twits keep Muggle-Wump WORLD’S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER. the monkey and his family locked in a cage. But not for much longer! Because the monkeys are Quentin Blake has planning to trick the terrible Twits and make their illustrated more than three escape, once and for all . . . hundred books and was Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In ALSO IN 2021: 1999 he became the first ever Children’s Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.

Pub date: 18 February 2021 Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Paperback Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241481493 ISBN: 9780141365497 Age Range: 3+ Age Range: 5+ Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison PUFFIN

They called them THE UNADOPTABLES But families and adventures come in all shapes and sizes

Hana Tooke Illustrated by Ayesha L. Rubio

The bestselling children’s hardback debut of 2020 publishing in paperback edition.

• Robin Stevens describes it as ‘a compelling, gorgeously-written story about the power of friendship and the true meaning of family perfection.’ • A Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week pick. • Bestselling children’s hardback debut of 2020. • Described by Katherine Rundell as ‘a high-speed, witty, absurd and joyful adventure’. • A ‘beautiful warm-hearted adventure that explores friends, family and finding a home in a windmill’, said The Sunday Express.

DESCRIPTION Hana Tooke grew up near They called them the ‘unadoptables’, Amsterdam and moved to the but families and adventures come in all south of England at the age of shapes and sizes. twelve. After completing a degree in music, and then a PGCE, Hana was Way back in the autumn of 1880, five a primary school teacher for several years. Hana babies are discovered at the Little also completed the Bath Spa University Writing Tulip Orphanage in most unusual for Young People MA. She now works in special circumstances. Those babies are educational needs and lives in Bath with two Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou. humans and a cat. The vile matron calls the children the ‘unadoptables’ but this talented gang of best friends know that their individuality is what makes them so special – and so determined to stay together. When a sinister gentleman tries to get them in his clutches, the children make a daring escape embarking on an adventure packed with pirate ships and puppets. But is their real home – and their real family – already closer than they realise? Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241417447 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison PUFFIN V&A COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS

These beautiful hardback editions are special Puffin Classics created in partnership with the world-famous V&A Museum, with stunning cover designs inspired by the iconic fashion featured in the books.

• A highly collectible set of stylish classics. • Iconic look, iconic book. • The V&A’s fashion collections are world-renowned.

Pub date: 25 February 2021 Pub date: 25 February 2021 Pub date: 25 February 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in Format: Hardback, also available in Format: Hardback, also available in ebook ebook ebook Price: £9.99 Price: £9.99 Price: £9.99 ISBN: 9780241432556 ISBN: 9780241432570 ISBN: 9780241432563 Age range: 9+ Age range: 9+ Age range: 9+ Publicist: Ellen Grady Publicist: Ellen Grady Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN THERE’S A WOLF IN YOUR BOOK: WORLD BOOK DAY 2021

Tom Fletcher Illustrated by Greg Abbott

WOW! Monster, Dragon, Alien and Witch have made you a book! Jump in to explore the interactive adventure inside . . . but make sure you watch out for the BIG BAD WOLF!

• Written specially for World Book Day, this picture book is an imaginative and funny take on the classic story of the Three Little Pigs. • Interactive adventures for big imaginations – the Who’s In Your Book? series is highly collectable and every story is packed full of fun. • Tom Fletcher has sold over 3 million books around the world, and the Who’s in Your Book? series has sold half a million copies in under three years!

DESCRIPTION Tom Fletcher is a No. 1 bestseller and one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. LOOK! Who’s that inside your The Christmasaurus was the biggest book? debut middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award, It’s Monster, Dragon, Alien and since then Tom has published several more chart- Witch. topping children’s novels, including The Creakers, The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch and the instant And . . . WOW! They’ve made you No. 1 bestseller The Danger Gang. Tom also writes the a book! A book inside a book! (I incredibly successful Who’s in Your Book? picture book wonder what could be inside?) series, and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture book series too, which Explore this interactive adventure has sold over 1.5 million copies. For older readers, Tom and help the friends as they try co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna to get rid of the BIG BAD WOLF Fletcher. Tom’s books have been translated into 33 that has taken over their book! languages and to date he has sold over 2.5 million copies This celebration of reading, of his books in the UK alone. He is also a music-making, performing and dressing-up has song-writing, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record- been written specially for World holding, nappy changing, galaxy-defending dad! Book Day 2021. Greg Abbott is an illustrator and designer Pub date: 25 February 2021 who lives in West Sussex, England. In Format: Paperback Price: £1.00 addition to children’s books, he has created ISBN: 9780241492819 art prints, apparel, toys, greetings cards and Age range: 2–5 other merchandise. Visit him on Tumblr at Publicist: Sophia Dryden gregabbott.tumblr.com. PUFFIN LITTLE BADMAN AND THE RADIOACTIVE SAMOSA: WORLD BOOK DAY 2021

Humza Arshad and Henry White Illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff

A brand-new story featuring the hilarious Little Badman – written specially for World Book Day 2021.

• Hilarious, inventive and packed full of action, a perfect introduction to the Little Badman series. • YouTube sensation Humza Arshad (his web series has over 80 million views) is a brilliant spokesperson for young literacy, and is an excellent advocate for increasing representation in children’s books. • MOTD magazine describes the Little Badman series as ‘It’s Drake meets James Bond’, while the Guardian described it as ‘A very funny, fast-paced adventure story, full of mischief’

DESCRIPTION Humza Arshad is the first British YouTuber to have You’ve heard of Little Badman, right? No? Oh. his own scripted comedy Well. . . Doesn’t matter. You will do one day. He’s series on BBC Three in gonna be big. Little Badman, aka Humza Khan, the mockumentary series has saved the world TWICE. So it’s lucky when Coconut. Since accumulating over 90 Humza and his friends narrowly avoid being million views on his channel, Humza hit by rock from outer space. What does get has used his influence and comedy for hit is a box of delicious samosas, which turn . . . a greater purpose. He is currently an RADIOACTIVE! Now the trio have superpowers, ambassador for YouTube’s Creators for which is pretty cool. What’s less cool is the giant Change campaign. hamsters on the loose. Looks like a job for Little Badman and his crew. Henry White is a comedy writer, working in television, online and most recently in children’s fiction. He grew up in west London, began his career in animation, has written and directed adverts for the BBC, worked as a sitcom staff writer, and enjoys penning Pub date: 25 February 2021 silly songs for comedy channels. Format: Paperback Price: £1.00 ISBN: 9780241509258 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison PUFFIN LIZZIE AND LUCKY: THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING PUPPIES

Megan Rix Illustrated by Tim Budgen

Meet Lizzie and Lucky: a sparky young detective and her loyal Dalmatian sidekick! Perfect for fans of The Naughtiest Unicorn and Claude.

Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241455517 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

• Authentic voice: Megan pours research into her books, and has written Lizzie, the deaf protagonist, by drawing on her own experience of living with partial deafness. • Megan Rix is the hugely popular author of animal books, which have sold nearly a quarter of a million copies across the world. • The brilliantly fun and sparky package has fully illustrated black-and-white interiors by Tim Budgen.

DESCRIPTION Megan Rix is the hugely popular author of animal Lizzie is on a mission to solve the case of the adventure books set in the disappearing puppies . . . modern day and key periods of history. An animal lover Lizzie is desperate for a dog. And, in order to and dog trainer, Megan draws inspiration convince her parents to get one, she has to come from her own adorable dogs Traffy, Bella, up with 101 reasons why she needs one. Lizzie Freya and Ellie, and many fascinating and is a master at making lists, so thinking of 101 extraordinary animal stories to engage reasons is going to be easy! Especially as she her readers. could train one to be her hearing dog. But, as Lizzie begins compiling her list, she witnesses Tim Budgen was born in an adorable puppy being snatched away and Surrey in 1977, and is a put into a van by a mysterious-looking man. Can freelance illustrator. For Lizzie solve the case – and maybe find herself a much of his life he has been loyal friend at the same time . . .? scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one ALSO IN 2021: hand and a sketchbook in the other! Tim has a real passion for character design and storytelling. His illustration work has been described as ‘storytelling with Pub date: 5 August 2021 whimsical charm, warmth and humour’ Format: Paperback, also available in ebook and he’d like to think that is pretty true! Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241455531 Tim lives with his wife by the sea on Age range: 5+ Hayling Island with their pets Baxter and Publicist: Phoebe Williams Alfie. PUFFIN SHIPWRECK ISLAND

Struan Murray Illustrated by Manuel Sumberac

Perfect for fans of His Dark Materials, Ellie and Seth’s enthralling magical adventure continues in the sequel to the much-loved, critically acclaimed Orphans of the Tide.

• Accessible, gorgeously written magical adventure. • Exquisite full-page illustrations by Manuel Sumberac. • Orphans of the Tide was Indies Children’s Book of the Month in March 2020, with fantastic support across the sector. • The author is Scottish, with engaged local support from readers and booksellers. • The Times described Orphans of the Tide as ‘Unputdownable’ while The Daily Telegraph described it as ‘a sumptuously atmospheric adventure’.

DESCRIPTION Struan Murray is Scottish and grew up in Edinburgh, the After defeating the Enemy and escaping the youngest of a large, rowdy Inquisition, Ellie and Seth have fled the City and family of redheads. His first crossed the endless ocean in search of peace publication was a drawing in and the truth about Seth’s lost memories. Pingu magazine, aged seven, but his debut novel, Orphans of the Tide has attracted Arriving on the shores of a colourful tropical rather more critical acclaim. When he’s not island ruled by a mysterious queen, it seems writing, Struan is a lecturer at the University their hardships may be behind them. But of Oxford. there is trouble brewing in paradise, and soon Ellie and Seth find themselves caught up in a dangerous struggle for power – and forced to confront terrible truths from the past.

Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241384459 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN HOW YOU CAN SAVE THE PLANET

Hendrikus van Hensbergen

YOU have the power to help change the world!!

• Concise and accessible, How You Can Save the Planet will equip young eco-warriors with actions to make long-lasting change! • With inspiring true stories of young change makers around the world sprinkled throughout, it gives real examples to empower children to action. • Each action will provide a clear and practical goal by detailing exactly how doing it will help save the environment! • Hendrikus brings a wealth of knowledge as CEO and founder of Action for Conservation and years of working in schools with children with these tried-and-tested actions.

DESCRIPTION Hendrikus van Hensbergen has a BSc in zoology from the University Climate breakdown, species extinction, of Bristol, where he was awarded environmental disasters – we know the the Rose Bracher Memorial planet is heating up and running out of Prize, and an MSc in biodiversity, time – but what can we do about it?! conservation and management from the University of Oxford. He is the CEO of youth Lots of things actually, like: environmental charity, Action for Conservation • Building a green wall (AFC), which he founded in 2014, while working • Making recycled bird feeders for WWF, after realizing that no charities in the • Rewilding UK existed with the sole purpose of engaging • Writing letters to politicians young people in environmental action. In a • Organising cycling groups at school short space of time the charity has become • And so much more!! an influential force, driving greater action to engage and involve young people across the This book will break down exactly what you environmental sector. need to do to make a difference. With easy step-by-step actions and inspiring stories of other children who stood up and said ‘no more’, this is the definitive guide to Pub date: 11 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook creating a better world wherever you live! Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241453049 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN A YEAR ON ADAM’S FARM Adam Henson Illustrated by Rachael Saunders

Entertaining and educational non-fiction for families from TV farmer Adam Henson, ‘Britain’s Favourite Farmer’, loved by 4.9 million regular BBC Countryfile fans.

• A popular non-fiction topic with a fresh approach – authored by a well-known farmer, with authoritative facts, stories, flaps, and characterful scenes. • Popular with grandparent purchasers, Adam is the family-friendly face of British farming. Adam’s Cotswold Farm Park entertains 120K family visitors each year. • Competing against the chart-topping Usborne See Inside series, with forty flaps and fascinating text, this is truly engaging non-fiction with a broad age range.

DESCRIPTION Adam Henson is perhaps the best- known farmer in the UK, presenting Join the UK’s most-loved farmer, Adam on BBC’s Countryfile to millions Henson, on a fascinating journey around of viewers each Sunday evening. the farm. In this interactive non-fiction He’s also appeared on Lambing book with over forty flaps, you can Live, Secret Britain, Coast and Inside Out. Adam discover where food comes from, peek runs the award-winning Cotswold Farm Park in inside a combine harvester, and uncover Gloucestershire, welcoming family visitors all year incredible facts about popular farm round and home to many rare breeds. He has a animals. monthly column in Countryfile magazine, as well as the Cotswold Life magazine. He has written several Adam – and his trusty sheepdog, Peg – books, including the Sunday Times bestseller Like are the perfect guides for your day on Farmer, Like Son. This is his first children’s book, the farm. With colourful scenes, clever and is the perfect introduction to his farm. flaps that will intrigue a wide age group, and lively illustration, this is a book for Rachael Saunders is an illustrator all budding farmers and animal lovers. based in Hampshire, UK. With a strong interest in the rich printed aesthetic of 1960s children’s books, her work explores colour, shape and texture in a vibrant and humorous manner. Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2014, she has worked Pub date: 11 March 2021 with a wide range of international clients, including Format: Board book the Wall Street Journal, Radley and Walker Books. Price: £9.99 From a young age Rachael has always loved to ISBN: 9780241452974 Age range: 4+ draw; to now have her hobby become a career, she Publicist: Ellen Grady feels extremely blessed. PUFFIN ROWLEY JEFFERSON’S AWESOME FRIENDLY SPOOKY STORIES

Jeff Kinney

An all-new original story by Jeff Kinney, creator of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Pub date: 16 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241530399 Age range: 6+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden and Ellen Grady

• The Deep End (book 15) has been an instant children’s overall No. 1 in the UK, remaining in the top five since publication. • Wrecking Ball (book 14) was an instant No. 1 bestseller in hardback, as was Diary of An Awesome Friendly Kid. • Jeff Kinney’s work has been widely praised for its ability to turn even the most reluctant readers on to books. The Wimpy Kid books are 50% comic strip, 50% novel and 100% hilarious. • With over 250 million copies of the books in print around the world in 70 editions and 59 languages, Wimpy Kid has turned millions of kids into readers.

DESCRIPTION Jeff Kinney is the No. 1 USA The latest novel by global bestselling Today, New York Times and Wall author Jeff Kinney and the third Diary of a Street Journal bestselling author Wimpy Kid spin-off book written from the of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and a six-time Nickelodeon perspective of the undauntedly cheerful and Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favourite Book. “Awesome Friendly” Rowley Jefferson. The first in a new series, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal, was Grab a torch, crawl under the covers, and published in April 2019 and was an instant dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious No. 1 global bestseller. Jeff lives with his wife world of Rowley Jefferson’s imagination. Meet and two sons in Massachusetts, where they a vampire who goes to nursery, a mummy own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story. with a bad lawyer, a ghost who overstays TM and © 2020, Wimpy Kid, Inc. his welcome, and a myriad of other ghoulish characters in these comically terrifying tales. ALSO IN 2021: Pub date: Pub date: Pub date: 8 July 2021 16 September 2021 21 January 2021 Format: Paperback, Format: Paperback, Format: Paperback, also available in also available in also available in ebook ebook ebook Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: 9780241458839 9780241454138 9780241396926 Age range: 6+ Age range: 8+ Age range: 8+ Publicist: Publicist: Publicist: Sophia Dryden and Sophia Dryden and Sophia Dryden and Ellen Grady Ellen Grady Ellen Grady PUFFIN THE EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING LIFE OF LOTTIE BROOKS

Katie Kirby

Louise Rennison for the Dork Diaries generation – a relatable middle-grade story, which is hilarious and full of heart, from the hugely popular and bestselling creator of Hurrah for Gin.

• Lottie navigates the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny new illustrated story for readers aged 9–12, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments and plenty of LOLs. • Written and illustrated by Katie Kirby, the force behind the hilarious parenting blog Hurrah for Gin, this is her debut middle-grade fiction book. • Bestselling author Katie has a combined hardback TCM of nearly 200,000 copies across three titles.

DESCRIPTION Katie Kirby is a writer and illustrator who lives by the sea in Lottie Brooks is 11¾ and her life is already Hove with her husband, two sons officially over – not only is she about to and dog Sasha. She has a degree start high school without any friends in advertising and marketing or glamorous swooshy hair, she’s just and after spending several years working discovered she’s too flat-chested to wear in London media agencies, which basically A BRA! She might as well give up now and involved hanging out in fancy restaurants go into hibernation with her hamsters Sir and pretending to know what she was talking Barnaby Squeakington and Fuzzball the about, she had some children and decided to Third . . . start a blog called Hurrah for Gin about the gross injustice of it all.

Many people said her sense of humour was silly and immature, so she is now having a bash at writing children’s fiction. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is her first novel. Katie likes gin, rabbits, over-thinking things, the smell of launderettes and Monster Munch. She does not like losing at board games Pub date: 18 March 2021 or writing about herself in the third person. Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241460887 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden PUFFIN THE MAGIC CRAYON Amy Sparkes Illustrated by Ali Pye

A magical crayon sets off a mad-cap, action-packed adventure for a little girl whose drawings start coming to life. Can she harness the crayon’s magic to rescue her brother?

• A heart-warming story with joyful rhyming text, perfect to read aloud. • Stars a resourceful heroine who uses her ingenuity to save the day. • Celebrates the importance of creativity, drawing and imagination.

DESCRIPTION Amy Sparkes was born in Eastbourne and graduated Jack was seven and Chloe was six. Jack liked from the University of Kent at his sister, but loved to play tricks . . . Canterbury in 1999 with a degree in English literature and theology. So begins this lively, rhyming tale! When After working for charities and the NHS for Chloe’s silvery crayon develops magical several years, Amy left work to raise a family powers, it sparks a thrilling chase through a and write whenever possible. She now lives fairy-tale world – an unbelievable adventure in Devon with her husband and five young where her drawings spring to life! children. Amy is a passionate supporter of baby charities and donates a percentage of her Can Chloe use all her creativity and royalties to various causes. inventiveness to rescue her brother and save the day? An adventure from the author Ali Pye has illustrated more of Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo, brought to than 30 books, which have been life by bestselling illustrator Ali Pye. published around the world. She is the author of several picture books, and the Harry Stevenson young fiction series. Ali studied fashion at Central St Martins before completing an MA in illustration at Kingston University. She lives in London with her family, two guinea pigs and the world’s greediest spaniel.

Pub date: 18 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780141378985 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN THE RUNAWAY GIRLS

Jacqueline Wilson

A brand-new Victorian novel for younger readers from one of Britain’s most beloved and bestselling children’s authors, Jacqueline Wilson – former Children’s Laureate and creator of Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather.

Pub date: 18 March 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780857535986 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Tania Vian-Smith

• A fabulously entertaining story, bringing the Victorian era wonderfully to life – the perfect way to discover this time period. • The ideal entry point into Jacqueline Wilson’s historical stories for younger readers. • Over 40 million copies of Jacqueline Wilson’s books have been sold. A true national treasure adored by countless young readers, Jacqueline is the creator of some of the best-loved characters and most enduring stories in children’s literature, including Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather.

DESCRIPTION Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she Victorian London, 1851. Queen has been writing ever since. She is Victoria is on the throne and the now one of Britain’s bestselling and Great Exhibition is about to open! most beloved children’s authors. She Lucy Locket lives with her father, the has written over 100 books and is the creator of New Mother and the New Baby. Lucy characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. desperately wants someone to be More than 40 million copies of her books have been kind to her, and to have some fun – sold. there’s very little of that in her house. As well as winning many awards for her books, Kitty Fisher is a street performer who including the Children’s Book of the Year, Jacqueline earns tin for her supper by tumbling. is a former Children’s Laureate, and in 2008 she was She has always lived on the street and appointed a Dame. Jacqueline is also a great reader, on her wits, with only the kind Gaffer and has amassed over 20,000 books, along with her to help her. But now Gaffer is gone, famous collection of silver rings. and Kitty is all alone. When Lucy runs away from home, Kitty shows Lucy how to survive and Lucy shows Kitty ALSO IN 2021: her own skills too. Pub date: 29 April 2021 But the streets of Victorian London Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 are dangerous and soon the girls find ISBN: 9780552577915 themselves under threat from thieves Age range: 8+ – and, even worse, the Workhouse! Publicist: Tania Vian-Smith PUFFIN MY DADDIES! Gareth Peter Illustrated by Garry Parsons

Join a book-loving family as they go on a roller- coaster ride of story-themed adventures in this moving and magical picture book.

Pub date: 1 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241405772 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

• A wonderful read-aloud celebration of family, stories and imaginative play with a contemporary twist – written by Gareth Peter, one of the talented new voices discovered by Penguin Random House’s WriteNow scheme. • A story to share with all children showcasing the different kinds of family that exist in our modern world – an ideal resource to support the new statutory relationship education that all schools must deliver from September 2020. • This is a story told with real heart from an author and illustrator who both have personal experience as same-sex parents.

DESCRIPTION Gareth Peter is an author and stay-at-home dad, living in Nottingham with his partner, two huskies A funny, heartfelt picture and their two adopted children. He is originally book: perfect for introducing from a small village in Northamptonshire, where children to the different kinds he once ran his own theatre school. Gareth has of family there are in the written musicals, produced a couple of albums of his music, world today, and celebrating and had a song played on BBC Radio Two. It was the arrival of story time together. his own children that inspired Gareth to begin writing picture Set off on a series of incredible books. In 2018 Gareth was selected as one of ten exceptional adventures with an adorable finalists to take part in the Penguin Random House Write family as the stories they Now mentoring scheme. Gareth’s experience as a parent read burst into colourful life. within a same-sex couple brings a fresh, funny and sensitive Battle dragons, dodge deadly perspective to the joys and trials of parenting and family life. dinosaurs, zoom to the moon and explore the world in a Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator hot-air balloon, before winding of books for children, including the bestselling down in a wonderfully cosy Dinosaur That Pooped series. Garry’s illustrations bedtime ending. have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian The bouncy, rhyming, read- Whybrow and Peter Bently. He has also illustrated the popular aloud text is brought to life fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey and the space by bestselling, award-winning adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy illustrator Garry Parsons, and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers. Garry lives in illustrator of the Dinosaur that London with his young family and old dog. Pooped series. PUFFIN THE ACCIDENTAL DIARY OF B.U.G.

Jen Carney

A fresh, funny and upbeat middle-grade debut, which marks the arrival of major new author-illustrator talent Jen Carney. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid, B.U.G. sets out to celebrate diverse families as an inclusive and accessible series for young readers.

• Illustrated throughout, The Accidental Diary of B.U.G introduces readers to the hilarious world of Billie Upton Green and her whip-smart, laugh-out-loud observations on life in her doodled-up diary, making this the perfect treat for 7+ readers. • Jen Carney is as smart, funny and cool as her protagonist – she originally wrote the books for her reluctant reader son, who, as an adopted son with two mums, had never seen his family represented in funny fiction before. • Billie is adopted and lives with her two mums – this is a fact of life for her, even if some of her classmates don’t quite understand it . . .

DESCRIPTION Jen Carney is an author- Enter the hilarious world of Billie Upton Green . . . A illustrator living masterpiece of funny fiction, and the start of an exciting new in Lancashire series full of Billie’s laugh-out-loud observations and doodles! with her wife, three children and an array of This Accidental Diary belongs to Billie Upton Green, who has animals. She wrote her debut only one rule: never call her by her initials – who wants to be novel to celebrate diverse, nicknamed BUG?! When a new girl arrives at Billie’s school, contemporary and slightly she decides to make friends, teach the new girl the Biscuit bonkers families. Laws, and show her that two women can get married – after all, Billie’s mums’ wedding is the event of the year! But, despite her best intentions, nothing quite goes to plan, and Billie ends up at the centre of a very embarrassing case of mistaken identity . . .

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Pub date: 19 August 2021 Pub date: 15 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Age range: 7+ ISBN: 9780241455449 ISBN: 9780241455470 Age range: 7+ Publicist: Harriet Venn Publicist: Harriet Venn PUFFIN BARBARA THROWS A WOBBLER Nadia Shireen

From the creator of The Bumblebear and Billy and the Beast comes a hilarious story of one big bad mood – and how to make it go away . . .

• Nadia is an important voice whose books and events champion tolerance and acceptance: she is supporting WriteNow, our pivotal inclusivity programme; supported the Great Get Together, in memory of MP Jo Cox; and was BookTrust’s Illustrator in Residence, championing diversity and humour in picture books. • While she was BookTrust Writer in Residence, 700,000 children received The Bumblebear in 2016, as part of BookTrust’s Time to Read campaign. • Nadia is also winner of the UKLA Book Award, has been mentioned in Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award, shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

DESCRIPTION Nadia Shireen enjoyed making Barbara is having one of those days. home-made magazines and comics She has a sock problem and there’s a strange pea. as a child. She studied law at university and then worked Then, all of a sudden, Barbara’s Wobbler is out of in magazine journalism; it was control! during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of But what happens when a bad mood like this comes doodling in the sidelines, Nadia along? Barbara has a lot to learn about the ways of decided to pay some attention wobblers in this laugh-out-loud, bad-mood-banishing to drawing and in 2007 was story from Nadia Shireen. accepted on to a master’s course Nadia Shireen takes on the perennial topic of childhood in children’s book illustration tantrums in her own unique and brilliantly funny way. at Anglia Ruskin University, This book, packed full of humour and heart, is a truly Cambridge. Her debut book, Good helpful way for children to understand and control their Little Wolf, received a mention in own bad moods, all drawn from real-life experience. the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Pub date: 15 April 2021 Award. Nadia has been shortlisted Format: Paperback, also available in ebook for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9781780081366 the Waterstones Children’s Book Age range: 3+ Prize. She lives in London. Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN WEIRDO Zadie Smith, Nick Laird Illustrated by Magenta Fox

Acclaimed authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird collaborate on their children’s book debut, celebrating the quiet power of being different – ideal for children who are anxious about fitting in. Pub date: 15 April 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241449608 Age range: 3+ Publicists: Sophia Smith and Ellen Grady

• Weirdo is the first picture book and first collaboration from award-winning and bestselling authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird. • A warm, endearing and funny story about the quiet power of individuality, which will resonate with adults and children worldwide. • The perfect read for children who are anxious about fitting in at a new neighbourhood, nursery or school.

DESCRIPTION Zadie Smith is the acclaimed author of White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Weirdo is the story of Maud, a Beauty, NW and Swing Time, as well as two guinea pig who inexplicably wears collections of essays, Changing My Mind and a judo suit – and not everyone Feel Free, and a collection of short stories, understands or approves. Grand Union. Smith is currently a tenured professor When Maud is thrown into a of fiction at New York University and a member of the new and confusing situation, American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a regular it takes brave decisions and contributor to the New Yorker and the New York Review serendipitous encounters for her of Books. Weirdo is her first children’s book. to find her place and embrace her individuality. Nick Laird was born in Northern Ireland in 1975 and was educated at the University of The charming characters of debut Cambridge and Harvard University. He has illustrator Magenta Fox, whose published two novels, Utterly Monkey and work is evocative of Raymond Glover’s Mistake, and three collections of Briggs and Janet Ahlberg, poetry, To a Fault, On Purpose and Go Giants. He has also perfectly offset Zadie and Nick’s edited Zoo of the New: Poems to read Now, an anthology warm, wry prose. of poetry, new and old, alongside Don Paterson. Laird is the recipient of many awards for his fiction and poetry, Weirdo is an endearing story and teaches Creative Writing at Columbia University in about the quiet power of being New York. Weirdo is his first children’s book. different by two veteran writers, and introduces an exciting debut Magenta Fox studied English at the illustrator. Together they have University of Exeter and since moving back created a picture book that adults to London in 2015, has been working as a and children alike will treasure. children’s book designer. These days she works freelance – illustrating, writing and designing children’s books from her flat in south London. PUFFIN THE CARPET PEOPLE

Terry Pratchett

Master storyteller and international bestseller Sir Terry Pratchett’s debut novel issued in a stunning new edition to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Pub date: 22 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780552573368 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

• International bestseller Sir Terry Pratchett’s books have sold over 70 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages. • Other Pratchett backlist titles will be reissued in B format simultaneously, so fans can build a smart new collection. • Terry’s books for children have won top literary awards, including the Carnegie Medal (UK) and the Locus Award for Best YA Novel (US). • Terry was awarded a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

DESCRIPTION Terry Pratchett was In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then the acclaimed came the Carpet . . . That’s the old story everyone knows and creator of loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and the global peoples, and there’s a new story in the making. bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the The Colour of Magic, was Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls – and of two Munrung published in 1983. In all, brothers, who set out on an amazing adventure. It’s a story that he was the author of over will come to a terrible end – if someone doesn’t do something 50 bestselling books. His about it. If everyone doesn’t do something about it . . . novels have been widely adapted for stage and Co-written by Terry Pratchett, aged seventeen, and master screen, and he was the storyteller, Terry Pratchett, aged forty-three. winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie ALSO IN 2021: Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. Pub date: 19 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780552573368 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR’S WILD ANIMAL HIDE-AND-SEEK Eric Carle

Come and play hide and seek in the wild with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this finger-trail lift- the-flap board book!

Pub date: 29 April 2021 Format: Board book Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241478974 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 50 million copies worldwide (that’s enough copies to go around the moon!). • Every fifteen seconds somewhere in the world someone buys an Eric Carle book. • A brand-new novelty board book created using Eric Carle’s stunning artwork – the second title in the Hide-and-Seek finger-trail lift-the-flap series. • Featuring early learning content, including the names, movements and habitats of wild animals.

DESCRIPTION Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and play hide- and award-winning author and-seek with wild animals! Discover snoozing and illustrator of books lions, happy hippos, plodding elephants and for very young children, many more. Lift the flaps to find hidden baby including his most well-known title The animals and follow the finger trails to explore. A Very Hungry Caterpillar. With his late gentle, rhyming narrative with a die-cut finger wife, Barbara, Eric Carle co-founded the trail, die-cut details and a chunky flap on every Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in page. There is so much for little hands to explore Massachusetts in 2002. Eric Carle divides in this fun first introduction to wild animals and his time between the Florida Keys and the their habitats. hills of North Carolina.

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Pub date: 7 January 2021 Pub date: 18 February 2021 Pub date: 7 October 2021 Format: Board book Format: Board book Format: Hardback Price: £8.99 Price: £7.99 Price: £14.99 ISBN: 9780241456811 ISBN: 9780241478950 ISBN: 9780241381670 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN WORST. HOLIDAY. EVER

Charlie Higson

A hilarious new book by internationally bestselling children’s author Charlie Higson, perfect for fans of Adrian Mole.

• From Young Bond to zombies, this marks a new direction for Charlie, perfect for readers ready to move on from Walliams, Baddiel and Wimpy Kid. • In Stan, Charlie has perfectly captured the voice of a shy and worried kid on the cusp of adolescence – an Adrian Mole for a new generation. • Charlie’s books have sold over 1.5 million copies, and nearly 2.5 million copies worldwide.

DESCRIPTION Charlie Higson started writing when he was ten Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) years old. After university best friend Felix and a load of strangers. Stan is he was a singer and painter absolutely terrified. and decorator before he started writing for television. He went on Luckily, his mum’s given him an emergency list to create and star in the hugely successful that includes how to survive a shark attack, and comedy series The Fast Show. He is the what to do if he gets kidnapped. Stan thinks author of the bestselling Young Bond that a better list would include how to cope with books and the incredibly successful horror strange food, and what to do if he accidentally series, The Enemy. calls Felix’s mum ‘mum’ in front of everybody. And it soon turns out that Italy is full of dangers and things that can go wrong. One thing’s for certain: Stan’s not going to come back the same boy he left. He just hope he comes back at all . . .

Pub date: 29 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241414781 Age range: 10+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN WULF’S BANE

Joseph Delaney

The next thrilling and magical adventure set in the bestselling world of The Spook’s Apprentice – now a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

• The Spook’s Apprentice series has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone, and Joseph’s worldwide sales total over 4.5 million. • Wulf’s Bane is the second book of a new series set within the world of the bestselling Spook’s Apprentice books, and features a wonderfully funny and relatable young character – Beowulf – as he navigates the gloriously spooky world of the County and discovers his own powers. • Fans of Spook’s will love learning more about the complex fantasy-horror world that Joe has spent over sixteen years crafting. • Joseph’s fantastically accessibly written books are often praised as being perfect for reluctant readers, and always feature strong male and female characters.

DESCRIPTION Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before Wulf has left behind life in the monastery and is becoming the bestselling now the Apprentice to Spook Johnson, assisting author of the Spook’s series, him in protecting the County from denizens of which has been published in the dark – which mainly involves Wulf acting as 30 countries and sold millions of copies. bait. The first book, The Spook’s Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture While Wulf begrudgingly begins training with starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. his new master, it soon appears something dangerous is afoot in the County. Wulf’s old friends, Tom and Alice, have been imprisoned by an all-powerful witch and her brain-sucking minions.

Together with Tilda, Tom and Alice’s daughter, he needs to rescue them from Circe’s enchanted lair before it’s too late. Pub date: 6 May 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241416525 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN THE LITTLE MERMAID Anna Kemp Illustrated by Natelle Quek

Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, reimagined as a beautiful picture book to share with a new generation.

• The third title in Puffin’s new Picture Book Classics series – retelling beloved stories for a new generation. • Bestselling author Anna Kemp has reimagined Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale with an empowering female lead – this is a story about following your dreams, standing up for yourself, and refusing to settle.

DESCRIPTION Anna Kemp writes both picture books and middle-grade fiction. Rediscover the story of the Little Her books have been nominated Mermaid, who dreams of a world above for a number of prizes, including the waves . . . the BookTrust Early Years Award (2010), the Roald Dahl Funny Prize (2010, In Anna Kemp’s powerful reimagining of 2012), the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story, (2011, 2013), Oscar’s Book Prize (2015), and Princess Coral saves the life of Prince the Dundee Picture Book Award (2018). Her work Eldo and falls in love with the world of has also been adapted for television (Bookaboo, humans. Disregarding her father’s wishes, CBeebies), puppetry (Little Angel), dance (Ballet she seeks out the Sea Witch, who gives Black), orchestra (LSO) and theatre (New Writing her a vial of potion that will enable her North, Little Blue Monster). to walk on two legs. But magic comes at a terrible price – what will Coral have Natelle Quek is an illustrator living to give up to realise her dreams? This and working in London. She has beloved story has been reimagined for a been drawing for as long as she new generation with magical illustrations could hold a pencil, and now focuses from debut talent Natelle Quek, inspired on children’s illustration, with a by her heritage. particular interest in picture books and illustrated non-fiction. Her work is influenced by everyday life, childhood memories, heritage and animals. Natelle loves exploring themes of conservation, Pub date: 13 May 2021 cultural diversity, and the co-mingling of real-life Format: Paperback, also available in ebook experiences and fantastical adventures. When Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241469828 not working, she loves to explore, hunt down Age range: 5+ delicious custard pastries with her husband, and Publicist: Louise Dickie cuddle her pets. PUFFIN THE DREAM TEAM: JAZ SANTOS VS. THE WORLD

Priscilla Mante

Heart-warming and humorous, this inclusive, accessible new series is Bend It Like Beckham for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Ella On the Outside, perfect for reluctant readers.

• Own voice and inclusive, featuring under-represented characters: the protagonist, Jaz, is black and the other characters in the football team are people of colour. However, this is not an issues-led story, marking an important shift in under-represented characters simply living their lives. • Ideal football marketing opportunities: publication will coincide with the 2021 Men’s Euros and the next book to coincide with the 2022 Women’s Euros. • With a real gap for football books for girls, and the rise of women’s football, it’s the perfect time to launch the series. • Exciting new voice Priscilla has worked with children who were in care and/or excluded from school in the past, and has experience as a football coach for children.

DESCRIPTION Priscilla Mante is a London- based writer from Glasgow. She Determined to fix everything when her mum spent several years delivering moves out, Jaz creates her own girl’s football arts, literacy and cultural team – she’s going to be the star her mum programmes to young people always wanted. and currently works in communications.

First, she recruits a brilliant new group of friends to join her team. But, after a shaky start, seven very different personalities to manage, and no one at school taking the girls’ team seriously, football stardom feels a long way off. Can Jaz keep everyone – and herself – out of trouble long enough to convince her mum to come home? A relatable, inclusive and inspiring story about families, unlikely friendships and girl power. Pub date: 27 May 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241482001 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN FIND SPOT AT NURSERY Eric Hill

In this brand-new lift-the-flap adventure, it’s Spot’s first day at nursery – and he can’t wait!

Pub date: 27 May 2021 Format: Board book Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241484791 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Louise Dickie

• Spot is one of the most beloved preschool characters of all time, with over 65 million books sold worldwide! • Perfect to introduce young children to the concept of going to nursery – the gentle and fun narrative displays all the exciting adventures that can be had. • With a chunky board-book format for little hands and integrated flaps to help with fine motor control, this book is perfect for early learning and play.

DESCRIPTION Eric Hill (1927–2014) started There are lots of fun activities to try and his artistic career as an art studio games to play with his friends . . . but when messenger and from there went it gets to snack time, Spot has disappeared! on to become a cartoonist and Where has he gone? Toddlers will love eventually an art director at a searching for Spot and exploring all the leading advertising agency. In 1978 Eric made fun of nursery along the way! This new up a story about a small puppy to read to story is full of the unexpected surprises his son at bedtime and Spot was born. The and gentle humour that makes the original success of his first bestselling lift-the-flap Where’s Spot? a children’s classic. With classic Where’s Spot? in 1980 convinced him to interactive flaps to train fine motor skills become a full-time author, and his Spot books and an adventure that sparks curiosity and have been enjoyed by children around the imagination, Find Spot at Nursery is perfect world ever since. In 2008 he was awarded an for early learning and play. OBE for services to children’s literacy. ALSO IN 2021:

Pub date: Pub date: Pub date: Pub date: Pub date: 4 February 2021 18 February 2021 18 March 2021 22 July 2021 30 December 2021 Format: Board book Format: Board book Format: Board book Format: Board book Format: Board book Price: £5.99 Price: £7.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £6.99 Price: £7.99 ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: ISBN: 9780723266334 9780241469538 9780241506110 9780241484760 9780241509722 Age range: 2+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 3+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

Carrie Hope Fletcher

A contemporary re-imagining of the much-loved classic Ballet Shoes from bestselling author and acclaimed performer Carrie Hope Fletcher, now available in paperback.

• A funny and charming story where Carrie skilfully balances contemporary settings with a classic nostalgic feel and a touch of magic. Publishing in paperback. • Inspired by the much-loved classic Ballet Shoes, this re-imagining has been created with the official endorsement of the Noel Streatfeild estate. In 2020, the title was a flagship piece of publishing for our Puffin 80th anniversary. • Carrie is a bestselling adult author with a combined TCM of over 150,000 copies.

DESCRIPTION Carrie Hope Fletcher is an actress, singer and vlogger. Brilliant Aunt Maude visits seasides the world Carrie has starred in a number over and has become quite the pebble collector. of shows on London’s West Pebbles of all shapes, sizes and colours, and End and on national theatre even one that looked a bit like Elvis Presley if tours. She has written several books for you squinted a bit. adults and had numerous No. 1 bestsellers. Carrie’s first book for children, Into the Her favourite pebbles, however, are Marigold, Spotlight, is inspired by Noel Streatfeild’s Mabel and Morris. One by one, and by strange beloved novel, Ballet Shoes, and has been and unusual ways, each child arrives at the endorsed by the Noel Streatfeild estate. stage door of Brilliant Aunt Maude’s theatre in Carrie lives just outside London with her the heart of London, home to an extraordinary boyfriend, Oliver, her tuxedo cat, Edgar, and cast of performers. There’s Dante the numerous fictional friends that she keeps on miraculous magician, Petunia the storyteller bookshelves, just in case. and seventy-year-old contortionists – the Fortune Sisters! But ticket sales are dwindling and the curtains might have to close – for the final time.

Until one day, as the Pebbles are exploring the many nooks and crannies of the theatre, they Pub date: 27 May 2021 stumble upon something they were never Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 meant to find – something that just might ISBN: 9780241462119 save the theatre after all . . . Age range: 9+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN NEVER TEACH A STEGOSAURUS TO DO SUMS Rashmi Sirdeshpande Illustrated by Diane Ewen

A love letter to learning and the power of numbers from exciting talents Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen.

• In this exuberant follow-up to Never Show a T-Rex a Book, the imaginative possibilities of maths spark riotous adventures. From coding to rocket-ship building, our characters explore the world of numbers in a book to inspire and entertain. • Rashmi is a graduate of PRH’s WriteNow scheme.

DESCRIPTION Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a lawyer turned children’s A love letter to learning and the power author, with two young of numbers from exciting talents Rashmi children who ask her lots of Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen, this is a laugh- questions. Rashmi writes non- out-loud ‘what if . . .?’ adventure that celebrates fiction picture books that ignite children’s maths being fun in this riotous read. curiosity, as well as fictional stories that crackle with imagination. When she’s not If a Stegosaurus knew how to do sums – well, playing with words, you’ll find her on her what would happen? Maybe she’d learn to code, yoga mat twisting herself into all sort of to invent, to fly to the moon! shapes.

Diane Ewen is a British illustrator, born in Walsall, in the West Midlands. She has always been in love with art and graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a B.A. Honours Degree in illustration. Diane likes to create illustrations that are hand-drawn in pencil before painting in watercolour and acrylics, prior to embellishing them using Photoshop, but she also enjoys creating designs digitally, constantly developing her style as she progresses. She likes the Pub date: 27 May 2021 fact that illustrations are the first things Format: Paperback, also available in ebook that entice the reader to engage with a Price: £6.99 book and is inspired by the use of vibrant ISBN: 9780241387436 Age range: 3+ colour. Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN THE SUMMER I ROBBED A BANK

David O’Doherty

An utterly unique middle-grade summer adventure, with a hilarious heist story and enormous heart, perfect for fans of David Walliams and Frank Cottrell Boyce.

• A madcap robbery, plenty of sheep and a summer of discoveries come together in this hilarious summer adventure. • David O’Doherty is the author of the bestselling Danger is Everywhere series, which sold over 100k copies, was translated into over 16 languages and was shortlisted for the LOLLIES prize in the UK. • David O’Doherty is also an award-winning comedian, regular on BBC/Channel 4 panel shows and well-known festival comedian.

DESCRIPTION David O’Doherty is a stand- up comedian, writer and Rex’s parents have split up, he’s about to make regular guest on television the scary move to secondary school, and – to shows such as QI, Have I Got make matters worse – he has to spend his News For You and Would summer holiday on a remote and rainy Irish I Lie To You? As well as publishing his island – with lots of sheep for company. bestselling Danger is Everywhere series, David has written two theatre shows for The only upside: he’ll be staying with his strange children, including one where he fixed and brilliant Uncle Derm. their bicycles live on stage.

Then Rex discovers Uncle Derm is about to execute his most hare-brained plan yet – he’s going to rob the island’s travelling bank! And he needs Rex’s help . . .

A madcap robbery, plenty of sheep and a summer of discoveries come together in this hilarious and heart-warming adventure.

Pub date: 27 May 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241362235 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden PUFFIN BODIES ARE COOL Tyler Feder

This body-positive picture book is a vibrant, joyful and judgement-free celebration of every body shape and size.

• One of the first body-positive picture books for young children, celebrating the beauty of all kinds of bodies. It shows a large group of varied people and their differences in an uplifting, empowering way. • With accessible, judgement-free language and friendly illustration, this book is perfect for helping parents and teachers to kickstart discussions on race, gender, and disability, through the lens of body difference. • Tyler is a rising star author-illustrator. Her debut graphic novel for young adults received five-star reviews, and she has a large social media following for her inclusive artwork that is full of warmth and humour.

DESCRIPTION Tyler Feder grew up and still lives in the Chicago My body, your body, area, where she received every different kind of body! her bachelor’s degree from All of them are good bodies! Northwestern University BODIES ARE COOL!!!! and studied comedy writing at the Second City Training Center. She is the This heart-warming, inclusive book filled with author-illustrator of the acclaimed young detailed and friendly illustration is a celebration adult graphic memoir Dancing at the Pity of every kind of body that exists in the world! Party. Bodies Are Cool is her picture book Through an empowering, rhythmic text that is debut. Tyler has a round tummy, fuzzy perfect for reading aloud, little ones can explore eyebrows, and a mole on her left arm various skin tones, body shapes, hair types, and with a little hair growing out of it. Her more, in an accessible way that instils body body is cool, and so is yours! positivity and confidence! © Tyler Feder

Pub date: 3 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241519936 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN DOCTOR WHO: LEGENDS OF CAMELOT

Jacqueline Rayner

The Tenth Doctor meets Arthurian Tales in this brand-new Doctor Who and Puffin Classics mash-up – a brilliant and exciting new concept for Doctor Who publishing.

Pub date: 10 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9781405947985 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

• The last Doctor Who partnership – Mr Men in the Whoniverse – was hugely successful, selling over 133k copies. • Featuring a real-fan favourite, the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant who is the second most popular Doctor of all time. • The perfect gift for every Doctor Who fan who wants to see the Doctor in literary worlds we thought we knew and loved.

DESCRIPTION Jacqueline Rayner has written many books, A much-loved Puffin classic crossed with the audioplays and comic Doctor Who world. strips, many of them set in the world of Doctor Who, Slip through time to meet the Knights of the including the No. 1 bestseller The Stone Round Table in these heroic stories, featuring Rose and two Quick Reads for World Book duels, daring quests and epic legends with a Time Day. Before becoming a full-time writer, Lord twist . . . she worked at BBC Books as an editor on their Doctor Who range. ALSO IN 2021:

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This ground-breaking picture book project is a lyrical and personal exploration of race, written by rising star Dapo Adeola and illustrated by 19 up-and-coming Black illustrators.

• Outlines important racial issues in accessible terms, empowering child readers to ask questions and kickstart meaningful discussions • Championing new Black illustrative talent, this ground-breaking project spotlights and celebrates a diverse range of illustration styles. • Dapo Adeola is the bestselling illustrator of Look Up! (winner of the 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize) and its sequel Clean Up!

DESCRIPTION Dapo Adeola is an award- winning illustrator and Remember to dream your own dreams. designer who creates characters and images that Keep searching – you will find the right stories for challenge expectations you. around race and gender in a fun and upbeat way. He is the co-creator and Love your beautiful skin. illustrator of bestselling picture book Look Up! – winner of the Waterstones This deeply personal picture book honestly Children’s Book Prize and the No. 1 addresses the experiences Black children face debut picture book of 2019. London growing up with systemic racism, as well as born and bred but of Nigerian heritage, providing hope for the future. Written by award- when he’s not busy cooking up new winning illustrator Dapo Adeola as if speaking characters and adventures, you can find to his younger self, Hey You! beautifully delivers Dapo running illustration and character a poignant, empowering and deeply affecting design workshops with children or message to a new generation of dreamers. organizing events to help highlight the possibilities of a career in illustration to Illustrators include Dapo Adeola, Sharee Miller, underrepresented members of the Black Diane Ewen, Reggie Brown , Onyinye Iwu, Chanté diaspora. Timothy, Gladys Jose, Bex Glendining, Joelle Avelino, Dunni Mustapha, Nicole Miles, Charlot © Tim Lane / Penguin Books Kristensen, Kingsley Nebechi, Camilla Sucre, Derick Pub date: 10 June 2021 Brooks, Jobe Anderson and Selom Sunu. Further Format: Paperback, also available in ebook illustrators to be announced. Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241521946 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN PETER RABBIT: HEAD OVER TAIL Inspired by Beatrix Potter’s iconic character

Rachel Bright Illustrated by Nicola Kinnear

Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter’s world-famous and much- loved creation, is hopping off on new adventures in this brand-new series by bestselling creators Rachel Bright and Nicola Kinnear.

• With this first adventure in an exciting new picture book series, Peter Rabbit is hopping off nursery shelves into the hands of modern parents. • Peter Rabbit has 98% brand recognition in the UK among parents of preschool children. • Over 150 million Peter Rabbit books sold worldwide. • Rachel Bright’s books have been sold in 40 languages, won multiple awards and her series Love Monster is currently on CBeebies. • Nicola Kinnear’s debut picture book was an instant success and sold in 17 languages.

DESCRIPTION Rachel Bright is a wordsmith, illustrator and professional Peter Rabbit wants to get his chores done thinker of happy thoughts. quickly; playing is so much more fun! And when She has written several books Mrs Rabbit wants his help with the washing, he for children, including Love has the perfect idea – a super-speedy washing Monster, The Lion Inside and The Koala Who line! It’s great fun, until Squirrel Nutkin jumps Could – winner of the Evening Standard on too and the pair go head over tail . . . Oscar’s Book Prize and the Sainsbury’s Book Award. Her books have been translated into In Head Over Tail, Rachel Bright and Nicola 40 languages and have sold over 2 million Kinnear have brought their own unmistakable copies worldwide. She is also the creator of flair to the world of Peter Rabbit, and have award-winning stationery and homewares created a tale full of scrapes, adventure, and range, the Brightside. Rachel lives on a farm trademark quick-thinking by our blue-jacketed near the seaside, with her partner and their hero. Complete with charming illustrations two young daughters. from Kinnear and a text full of humour and heart, this new direction for Peter Rabbit Nicola Kinnear is an illustrator, respects Beatrix Potter’s legacy and celebrates storyteller, designer and the essence of her creations, and is sure to maker from Kent. Nicola loves delight a new generation of Peter Rabbit fans illustrating books for children and their parents. and has just finished working Pub date: 10 June 2021 on her debut picture book. She gravitates Format: Paperback, also available in ebook towards the magical and whimsical in her Price: £6.99 work and is greatly inspired by nature and ISBN: 9780241431726 Age range: 3+ folklore. Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN LITTLE ECHO Al Rodin

The beautiful and immersive debut picture book from major new talent Al Rodin celebrating friendship, courage and finding your own voice.

• Al Rodin’s artwork fizzes with energy, beauty and is evocative of the late John Burningham. • Little Echo offers an immersive illustrative experience from the prize-winning debut in the Bologna Exhibition 2019.

DESCRIPTION Al Rodin is a writer and illustrator from London. Have you ever heard an Echo? He studied children’s book illustration at Cambridge They live in lakes and tunnels and caves. School of Art and received the 2019 Sebastian Walker Prize. Al But have you ever seen an Echo? enjoys working with a wide variety of materials, including acrylic, watercolour Little Echo lives alone in a cave. Shy, she hides and collage. His paintings have been away, echoing the noises around her. But Little exhibited in galleries around Europe Echo isn’t just shy – she’s lonely. And when Max and Asia, and he was selected for the comes to the cave one day, in search of treasure, lllustrators’ Exhibition at the Bologna Little Echo starts to discover that maybe she has a Children’s Book Fair in 2019. voice of her own . . .

Pub date: 17 June 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241450918 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN ALDRIN ADAMS AND THE CHEESE NIGHTMARES

Paul Howard

A brilliantly funny, heart-warming adventure about a boy with a very unusual – and stinky – superpower! Perfect for fans of David Baddiel and Sam Copeland.

• An amazingly original, funny and immediate concept with huge kid appeal. • Perfect for fans of funny, heart-warming and thrilling middle-grade writers, such as David Walliams, Sam Copeland, David Solomons and David Baddiel. • Superb, sparky and insightful comedy writing for boys and girls from an award-winning, bestselling comedy writer. • Hilarious black-and-white illustrations throughout.

DESCRIPTION Paul Howard is a journalist, author and comedy writer Aldrin Adams has the world’s most unusual best known as the creator and secret SUPERPOWER: by eating very stinky of the No. 1 bestselling Ross cheese before bedtime, Aldrin can enter people’s O’Carroll-Kelly series. He has dreams and nightmares, and help them with their won a record four Irish Book Awards and problems. is a former Irish Sports Journalist of Year and Irish Newspaper Columnist of the The trouble is, Aldrin has problems of his own. Year. Dad’s not been himself since Mum died, their cheese shop (C’est Cheese!) is under threat of closure, and Aldrin’s struggling at school. But things go from bad to worse when Aldrin realises something – or someone – is trying to steal his cheesy superpower for their own evil plan for world domination! And this time Aldrin might need more than the stinkiest of Bries to save the day . . .

Pub date: 24 June 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £10.99 ISBN: 9780241441671 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN HOW TO GROW A UNICORN Rachel Morrisroe Illustrated by Steven Lenton

The first rollicking, rhyming read-aloud picture book in a brilliant new series from debut author Rachel Morrisroe and bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton.

• This laugh-out-loud, contemporary cautionary tale celebrates kindness and resourcefulness – with plenty of unicorns! • Rachel Morrisoe is a must-read, hilarious new voice and Steven Lenton is the bestselling, award-winning illustrator including two 2019 World Book Day titles.

DESCRIPTION Rachel Morrisoe worked in various media and public Welcome to Mr Pottifer’s Parlour of Plants: a affairs jobs, including Battersea magical shop with the most surprising plants Dogs and Cats Home, before you’ll ever see! becoming a writer. When she wasn’t promoting the animals to the Sarah thinks she’s discovered the perfect gift media or interviewing celebrities who had for her garden-loving grandma, but before you rehomed pets, Rachel got to foster puppies can say a garden full of unicorns, things grow and walk dogs in her lunch breaks. Rachel wildly out of hand! has also worked in journalism, as a public affairs consultant, and in external affairs This rip-roaring, rhyming delight from talented for an economic think tank – but none of new picture book author, with illustrations these roles were quite as fun because there from the bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton, weren’t any dogs in the offices. will delight children and adults alike. Steven Lenton is a multi- award-winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London. He has illustrated many children’s books, including Head Kid and The Taylor Turbochaser by David Baddiel, The Hundred and One Dalmatians adapted by Peter Bently, the Pub date: 24 June 2021 Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series by Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Tracey Corderoy, Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s Price: £6.99 fiction titles and the Sainsbury’s prize- ISBN: 9780241392201 Age range: 3+ years winning Nothing To See Here Hotel series by Publicist: Chloe Parkinson Steven Butler. PUFFIN THE FAIRYTALE HAIRDRESSER AND RED RIDING HOOD Abie Longstaff Illustrated by Lauren Beard

Kittie Lacey’s best friend Red Riding Hood finally has her own story in this gorgeously glittery bestselling picture book series!

• The Fairytale Hairdresser series has sold over 500,000 copies in the UK. • The eye-catching, gloriously glittery book covers make this series must-have for any child who loves sparkles and shimmers. • Fairy tales and folk tales are a key part of the national curriculum – this series gives familiar characters and storylines a fresh, funny, modern twist. • Kittie Lacey is a strong role model for children – she demonstrates that, through creativity, kindness and friendship, anything is possible!

DESCRIPTION Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, The Queen of Hearts is hosting a baking Hong Kong and France. She knows all competition and Fairyland is buzzing about squabbling, chaos and bossing with excitement! From Rapunzel to younger sisters around. So she the Three Bears, absolutely everyone logically began her career as a barrister. She started is busy baking tasty treats and Kittie writing when her children were born. Her favourite is just as busy helping her clients look childhood books were Hating Alison Ashley, A Little their best for the big event. Princess, Maura’s Angel and The Black Stallion and she sneakily reads them again sometimes. Abie Red Riding Hood knows her granny is lives in Hove with her family. sure to win first prize – she makes the best cakes – but when Kittie and Red Lauren Beard is an illustrator based visit her cottage, Granny and her cakes in Manchester. As a child she loved are nowhere to be seen! And there are drawing and reading, and would write mysterious paw-shaped prints on the and illustrate short stories for her ground. A clue! two younger brothers. She has been fascinated by animals, fairy tales and folklore since childhood, when she would visit her Irish grandma and was told to ‘watch out for the fairies’! Her work is hand-drawn and coloured both digitally and by hand, using all types of media to get different textures. Lauren enjoys adding little details and modern humour to her illustrations, appealing to children and adults alike. Lauren lives with her cat, Pub date: 1 July 2021 Sushi, who keeps her company when drawing. Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241454350 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN THE ORDNANCE SURVEY KIDS ADVENTURE BOOK

Ordnance Survey and Dr Gareth Moore

From the official map experts comes the ultimate guide to navigating and exploring the great outdoors.

• The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain have enjoyed extraordinary success over the last couple of years, selling nearly 250K copies between them. • The ultimate guide to outdoor adventure – a book that goes beyond puzzles! • Invaluable for families planning a staycation next year, while the future of international travel remains uncertain. • Perfect for kids ages seven and up, and the best introduction to map-reading and navigation.

DESCRIPTION Ordnance Survey (OS) is the official National Mapping Authority for Great Want to become an expert map-reader? Britain. Created in 1791, it creates a range of maps for all sorts of activities. Want to explore the great outdoors armed with hints and tips from the map creators themselves? Dr Gareth Moore is the bestselling author of The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, The Want to test your new-found skills with a host of Mindfulness Puzzle Book, The Times World challenging map puzzles? Atlas Puzzle Book, The Mammoth Book of New Sudoku, Stay Sharp! and many more Then this is the book for you. puzzle and brain-training books.

Created by Ordnance Survey, who make all the incredible maps for the whole of the United Kingdom, this book will teach you how to read a map like an expert, and explore the incredible outdoors. You’ll also have the chance to test your skills with map-reading puzzles that’ll keep you entertained for hours. So strap on your boots, pack up your walking essentials, and start your Pub date: 8 July 2021 map-reading adventure! Format: Hardback Price:£12.99 ISBN: 9780241480793 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN THE PUFFIN KEEPER

Michael Morpurgo Illustrated by Benji Davies

An enchanting, powerful future classic from masterful storyteller Michael Morpurgo and world-class illustrator Benji Davies, now available in paperback.

Pub date: 8 July 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241454503 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Ellen Grady

• Created in honour of Puffin’s 80th anniversary, this book truly embodies many of Puffin’s values – and is a classic story in its own right. Publishing in paperback. • As Allen Lane’s son-in-law, this is an immensely personal and significant book for Michael Morpurgo. • For children of 8+ to read alone, but also perfect for families to read together – this absolutely magical story is a children’s classic in the making. • A heart-warming, powerful story from the inimitable Michael Morpurgo: this story is a wonderful, many-layered tale – with puffins, art, reading and conservation absolutely at its core. • Fully illustrated in colour, Benji’s heartfelt illustrations make this book truly unmissable. • The Times (Children’s Book of the Week) states that: ‘Benji Davies illustrations perfectly bring to life this charming story about a night that changed a life — and perhaps the course of publishing history.’

DESCRIPTION Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best- loved storymakers. He has written over 150 It was Benjamin Postlethwaite’s books loved by readers around the world. His job all his long life to make sure best-known work, War Horse, was adapted the light shone brightly high into a multi-Academy-Award-nominated film up in the lighthouse on Puffin by Steven Spielberg and into a widely acclaimed play by Island. Not once in all his years the National Theatre. In 2003 Michael became the third as the lighthouse keeper had Children’s Laureate, a position he helped to create with he ever let his light go out. But the poet Ted Hughes. With his wife, Clare, he set up the sometimes even the brightest charity Farms for City Children, and for their pioneering light on a lighthouse cannot save work they were both awarded the MBE in 1999. In 2017 a ship. he was awarded a knighthood for services to literature and charity. This is a story of a life-changing friendship, a lost puffin and a Benji Davies is an award-winning illustrator lonely artist. It’s the story of and author. Creator of the bestselling, an entire lifetime, and how one acclaimed The Storm Whale, Grandad’s Island event can change a life forever. and The Grotlyn, Benji’s books have been co- This truly beautiful tale will editioned in over 35 languages and countries, enchant readers of all ages. gaining recognition worldwide. Benji is also the illustrator of the internationally successful Bizzy Bear board book series, which recently topped 3 million sales globally. PUFFIN THE SHIP OF SHADOWS: SECRETS OF THE STARS

Maria Kuzniar

The second thrilling adventure for Aleja and the crew of the legendary Ship of Shadows, perfect for fans of The Girl of Ink and Stars and The Polar Bears Explorers Club.

• The Ship of Shadows garnered wonderful reviews from the likes of Abi Elphinstone in praise of Kuznair’s evocative writing, the strong feminist message of the crew and the Ship of Shadow’s fast-paced adventure quest. • Maria Kuzniar is beloved in the ‘bookstagram’ community online, particularly known for her famous hot cocoa! • Adventure and peril reach new heights for the all-female Ship of Shadows crew. This second book does not disappoint – delivering all the magic, mystery and swashbuckling excitement readers loved in book one. • With a beautiful package by Karl James Mountford, including interior chapter illustrations and a beautiful die-cut cover.

DESCRIPTION Maria Kuzniar spent six years living in Spain, Excitement and wonder are in store for the pirates teaching English and as they continue to their epic quest across the travelling the world, which world. But time is running out – and, as their inspired her debut novel quarry grows closer, so the perils of the sea grow The Ship of Shadows. Now she lives in ever greater . . . Nottingham with her husband, where she reads and writes as much as she can, and bookstagrams at @cosyreads to 35.5K engaged Instagram followers. She is always planning her next adventure and you can visit her at www.mariakuzniar. co.uk. (Watch out for the pirates!)

Pub date: 8 July 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241372937 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN A DIFFERENT SORT OF NORMAL

Abigail Balfe Illustrated by Abigail Balfe

The beautiful, and beautifully illustrated, true story of one girl’s journey growing up autistic, and the challenges of navigating the ‘normal’ world around her.

• This is a hugely important title. Not only a comfort for children who feel different, it is one of the first books to challenge commonly held assumptions about autism. • Abigail is an incredible new talent. Writer, illustrator and even occasional stand-up comic, she talks with authority and sensitivity about her experiences growing up with autism, and what it means now for her as an adult. • An invaluable asset for schools, events and interviews, Abigail is launching as both a middle-grade and picture book author, with her picture book publishing early 2022.

DESCRIPTION Abigail Balfe is a London- based writer, illustrator and I’m not like the other children in my class . . . creative producer. Original and that’s an actual scientific FACT. storytelling has always been at the heart of Abigail’s My name is Abigail and I’m autistic. career and she has spent a decade leading Unfortunately for younger me, I didn’t know I social media campaigns for some of the was autistic until I was an adult person. This is biggest TV and entertainment clients in my story of growing up navigating the confusing the world. Abigail also used to perform ‘normal’ world, all the while missing some stand-up comedy and won several tiny Very Important Information. If you’ve ever felt trophies for her onstage humour, which different, out of place, like you don’t fit in . . . involved life-size illustrations, ridiculous then this book is for you. songs and rambling stories about her family. Told through the author’s remarkable words, and just as remarkable illustrations, this book challenges the commonly held views about autism, and shows just how much it can vary across the gender spectrum.

Very important, very funny and very informative, Pub date: 22 July 2021 this is the book the world needs right now. Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £8.99 ISBN: 9780241508794 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN LISTEN LAYLA Yassmin Abdel-Magied

The brand-new hilarious adventure from writer, broadcaster and social advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

• Beloved protagonist Layla returns in a brand-new title that can be read as a standalone novel or a follow-on from Yassmin’s debut You Must Be Layla. • Yassmin’s voice is warm, humorous and authentic. • Fun, funny and fresh Listen Layla is an own-voices story with author and main character both Sudanese-born Australians.

DESCRIPTION Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese-Australian I am Layla Kareem Abdel-Hafiz Hussein, the writer, broadcaster and social greatest Sudanese Australian inventor the world advocate with a background has ever seen. And if they don’t know my name in mechanical engineering. yet, they soon will. A champion for the empowerment of women, youth and people of colour, Janey Mack! Layla’s back! And she’s getting Yassmin has been awarded numerous her inventions ready for the Grand Design awards for her advocacy. Yassmin’s Competition. critically acclaimed essays have been published in numerous anthologies, But when her grandmother is taken ill and her including the Griffith Review, the family must go to Sudan to be by her side, Layla bestselling It’s Not About the Burqa and feels like she’s being pulled in so many different The New Daughters of Africa. Her words directions. can also be found in publications like the Guardian, Teen Vogue, the New York Can she stay on the inventions team at school if Times, the Independent and Glamour. she’s in a different country? Why are her cousins making protest signs? And is anyone even listening to her?!

This was not the halal girl summer she imagined . . . Pub date: 22 July 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241524268 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PUFFIN THERE’S A UNICORN IN YOUR BOOK Tom Fletcher Illustrated by Greg Abbott

Help to cheer up Worried Unicorn in this interactive story from bestselling author Tom Fletcher!

Pub date: 22 July 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241466605 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden

• Tom Fletcher has sold over three million books around the world, and the Who’s in Your Book series has sold half a million copies in under three years! • Every book in the series encourages joy in reading and imaginative play, with each one having its own child-focused message, helping parents to explore key preschool themes. • These interactive adventures are highly collectable and give children their own imaginary pets to play with and look after.

DESCRIPTION Tom Fletcher is a No. 1 bestseller and one of the UK’s most popular children’s WHOOSH! A unicorn has galloped right authors. The Christmasaurus was the into your book – how exciting! biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British But – oh dear! This unicorn doesn’t Book Award, since then Tom has published several look very excited at all. In fact, he looks more chart-topping children’s novels, including The quite worried. Can you help to cheer Creakers, The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch him up? and the instant No.1 bestseller The Danger Gang. Tom also writes the incredibly successful Who’s in This brilliant new story combines Your Book? picture book series, and is one half of interactive fun with an important the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped message about the power of picture book series too, which has sold over 1.5 friendship, and how helpful it can be to million copies. For older readers, Tom co-authors the share your worries with others. Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher. Tom’s books have been translated into 33 languages ALSO IN 2021: and to date he has sold over 2.5 million copies of his books in the UK alone. He is also a music-making, song-writing, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record- holding, nappy changing, galaxy-defending dad!

Greg Abbott is an illustrator and Pub date: 18 February 2021 designer who lives in West Sussex, Format: Paperback, also available in ebook England. In addition to children’s books, Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241357798 he has created art prints, apparel, toys, Age range: 2+ greetings cards and other merchandise. Publicist: Sophia Dryden PUFFIN ALWAYS

Morris Gleitzman

The much-anticipated final journey in the story of Felix, hero of Morris Gleitzman’s multi-award-winning Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe.

• Morris Gleitzman was Australia’s Children’s Laureate for 2018–2019. • The Once series has sold over 475K copies. • Includes dark themes, but in true Gleitzman style the whole series is full of tenderness and humour. • Covering the Nazi occupation, liberation and repatriation, the Once series is based on true- life Second World War history.

DESCRIPTION Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his It’s fifteen years since readers were first teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf- introduced to Felix in Once and, across six stacker, a frozen chicken defroster, an celebrated books, our brave young hero has assistant to a fashion designer and more survived many unforgettable and emotional before taking a degree in professional journeys. 2021 sees the publication of the writing at Canberra College and becoming seventh and final part of Felix’s story, bringing a writer. He has written for TV, stage, to a powerful climax a series that countless newspapers and magazines but is best young readers around the world will remember – known for his hugely successful children’s Always. books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface and Once. Late in life, Felix finds himself back where he started, living in an aged-care home that reminds him of his childhood orphanage. He’s not happy. His body might be old, but his spirit is still youthful. When he learns that a dear friend from his early years is in terrible danger, Felix doesn’t hesitate. He makes his second orphanage escape, goes back to Poland and throws himself into a daring and dangerous journey with a new young friend. Felix knows it might be the end of him, Pub date: 5 August 2021 but he hopes it will allow him to do something Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 first. Make a gift to the children of the world that ISBN: 9780241380482 will help them always. Age range: 9+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PUFFIN FOREVER STAR

Gareth Peter Illustrated by Judi Abbot

Two space adventurers set off on a quest to find their forever child, in this beautiful, comforting story about the true meaning of family.

Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241453025 Age Range: 3+ Publicist: Sophia Smith

• Gareth Peter was discovered through WriteNow, Penguin Random House’s scheme to find and nurture the careers of writers from underrepresented backgrounds. • Gareth is a gay father of two adopted children and this story is drawn from personal experience, and those of a wide range of friends and professionals with experiences in the adoption service. • Features stunning, luminous illustrations from Judi Abbot who has sold over a million books worldwide.

DESCRIPTION Gareth Peter is an author and stay-at- home dad, living in Nottingham with A beautiful, heartfelt adventure, his partner, two huskies and their two perfect for celebrating all kinds of adopted children. He is originally from family and the love that brings them a small village in Northamptonshire, together. where he once ran his own theatre school. Gareth has written musicals, produced a couple of albums This is the dark and starless sky, where of his music, and had a song played on BBC Radio just past the moon a planet drifts by. Two. It was the arrival of his own children that And this is the planet that’s full to the inspired Gareth to begin writing picture books. In brim, with friendly and caring space 2018 Gareth was selected as one of ten exceptional people called . . . TIM! finalists onto the Penguin Random House Write Now mentoring scheme. Gareth’s experience as a parent Meet Tim and Tim - a couple who within a same-sex couple brings a fresh, funny long for a family and set off on a and sensitive perspective to the joys and trials of quest to find their very own star child. parenting and family life. This joyful, read-aloud adventure is a comforting, soothing read that’s Judi Abbot was born in Italy but now lives in ideal just before bedtime. It’s also a London. She studied Illustration at art school in helpful jumping off point for early Milan. She usually works with acrylics, collage and conversations about the experiences colour pencils. As well as illustrating, she plans and of LGBTQ+ families for the youngest organises creative workshops for children. readers.From the author of My Daddies and the illustrator of The Perfect Hug and The Biggest Kiss. PUFFIN ONCE UPON A CRIME A MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE COLLECTION

Robin Stevens

A brand-new, short story collection in the No. 1 bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series – for fans old and new. Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241419830 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Harriet Venn

• One of the fastest-growing children’s book writers in the UK, Robin Stevens has now sold over 750K books. • This inclusive series stars Hong Kong Chinese heroine Hazel Wong and sensitively covers topics like racism, class and LGBTQ+ relationships. • An addictive blend of Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie, the Murder Most Unladylike series has been recognised as sparking the current middle-grade mystery trend. • This collection features four brand-new mysteries starring fan favourites Daisy, Hazel, Alexander and George. It also includes a never-before-seen short story starring May Wong, Hazel’s little sister. • The Ministry of Unladylike Activity, Robin’s brand-new series set during the Second World War, launches in 2022, and will star May Wong with appearances from Daisy and Hazel.

DESCRIPTION Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up Discover the untold cases from the Detective in an Oxford college, across Society, featuring murder, mystery and a mission the road from the house of the utmost importance . . . where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories From the artfully sinister the Case of the Second all her life. When she was twelve, her Scream, set aboard the ship carrying Daisy and father handed her a copy of The Murder Hazel back from Hong Kong, to the Case of the of Roger Ackroyd and she realised she Uninvited Guest, where Uncle Felix and Aunt wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Lucy’s wedding ceremony is the target for an Agatha Christie when she grew up. She unlikely threat. The Hound of Weston School sees spent her teenage years at Cheltenham the Junior Pinkerton’s lead the detecting, and May Ladies’ College, reading a lot of murder Wong steps up and shows her ambition to be the mysteries and hoping that she’d get the greatest spy ever when war breaks out in the Case chance to do some detecting herself (she of the Deadly Flat. didn’t). She went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then she Perfect for fans of the award-winning, bestselling worked at a children’s publisher. Robin is Murder Most Unladylike series and all budding now a full-time author, and her books are Detective Society members. both award-winning and bestselling. She lives in Oxford. PUFFIN PETER RABBIT TALES: STARTING SCHOOL

It’s Peter Rabbit’s first day at school! These newly written tales reflect the experiences of preschoolers while introducing them to the world of Peter Rabbit

Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Board book Price: £5.99 ISBN: 9780241470152 Age range: 2+ Publicist: Ellen Grady

• A woodland tale with a reassuring, gentle message. • The eighth in a charming series illustrated by Ellie Taylor. • An encouraging tale about starting school or nursery. • Over 150 million Peter Rabbit books have been sold worldwide in more than 45 languages.

DESCRIPTION

Peter is excited to be going to forest school with Benjamin Bunny, they can’t wait to learn all about the woodland they live in.

But when he learns that his sisters won’t be there, the little bunny gets nervous. Luckily Mrs. Rabbit is there to reassure him and hold his paw on the first day.

With Eleanor Taylor’s humorous illustrations of Beatrix Potter’s well-loved characters, this reassuring tale mirrors young children’s early experiences.

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Pub date: 13 May 2021 Pub date: 28 October 2021 Format: Board book Format: Paperback with Lift-the-Flaps Price: £5.99 Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241410813 ISBN: 9780241470640 Age range: 2+ Age range: 2+ Publicist: Ellen Grady Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN 100 BIRDS Michael Whaite

Find all 100 feathered friends that have flown into this laugh-out-loud rhyming picture book, from the award-winning Michael Whaite.

• A clever, rhyming text, packed full of lovable, laugh-out-loud birds – the perfect treat for toddlers and parents alike! • Michael Whaite’s books have sold in 10 languages, and the first in this series, 100 Dogs, won the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards for Best Picture Book and Children’s Book of the Year. • Stylish yet accessible illustrations with broad appeal, featuring endless funny details to spot: can you find the hidden rare bird, and the pink feather on every spread?

DESCRIPTION Michael Whaite is a writer, illustrator and animator. A brilliant new sequel to the award-winning He has worked in children’s 100 Dogs! television for over twenty- five years. He lives in leafy Hoot bird, fruit bird, whistles like a flute bird, Lancashire with his wife and daughter. walk bird, squawk bird, no need to shout!

Toddle bird, waddle bird, isn’t that a model bird? Curly bird, early bird, WORMS WATCH OUT!

This hilarious picture book is a rip-roaring read- aloud guide to 100 different feathered friends. Full of endless funny details, silly scenarios, and a rare bird to spot, this is a book to read again and again.

Barking mad about dogs as well as birds? Check out 100 Dogs – winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards for Best Picture Book and Children’s Book of the Year! Pub date: 19 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241378915 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN FEARNE COTTON BOOK 2

Fearne Cotton

The second brilliant book for middle-grade readers from Fearne Cotton – the phenomenally popular TV and radio host, bestselling author and founder of Happy Place.

Pub date: 2 September 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £9.99 ISBN: 9780241466711 Age range: 7+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams

• Fearne Cotton’s books have sold over 685K copies. Happy alone has sold over quarter of a million copies, firmly establishing Fearne as an important voice in the mental health and well-being space. • In her second Puffin book for kids, Fearne condenses the intricacy of emotions into friendly and easily digestible advice for children aged 7+. • Fearne has been a much-loved TV and radio host for over two decades. She now has a hugely successful wellness podcast, Happy Place. In 2020 she ran a month-long Happy Place Festival. • Highly influential on social media, Fearne has close to 10 million followers across Twitter and Instagram, and is a trusted parent of two young children.

DESCRIPTION Fearne Cotton is one of the best-known and most popular broadcasters in the UK and is Once again, Fearne brings her most recently known as the founder of the breadth of experience as a parent well-being brand, Happy Place. The brand to this second interactive book for was created from her first book released in children aged 7+, full of practical 2017, Happy, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and and engaging tools to guide a silver Nielsen bestseller. This was the first in a series of children to a better understanding books talking about her own, and some of the not-so- of themselves and their feelings. positive, experiences with happiness. This was also the premise for her podcast launched in 2018, Happy Place. It’s full of exciting, colourful To date, the podcast has had over 31 million downloads activities to help children draw, and continues to top the charts. 2019 saw a further write, imagine and explore extension of the brand into the live space, with over their way to getting to know 10,000 people attending two Happy Place Festivals, one themselves better and feeling in the north and one in the south of England. Her third more balanced. Fearne encourages cook book, Happy Vegan, was published autumn last kids to learn to process their year. Fearne is a mother of two, and stepmother of two, feelings independently, with a and closely supports a range of charities – most notably little help from her along the way. mental health charity Mind, The Prince’s Trust and Coppafeel!, the latter of which she curates the charity’s music festival, Festifeel. PUFFIN STUFF: EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF ORDINARY THINGS

Maddie Moate Illustrated by Paul Boston

The first children’s book from CBBC presenter Maddie Moate, this is a collection of incredible stories about everyday things and how they are made, used and re-used.

Pub date: 2 September 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241489437 Age range: 5+ Publicist: Ellen Grady

• As well as hosting and writing CBBC’s most popular science show, Do You Know? Maddie co- hosts the children’s YouTube series Let’s Go Live – with nearly 150K YouTube subscribers. • This book is full of incredible ‘Did you know that?’ facts and stories that span history and geography – from Finland to Thailand and from India to the Isle of Wight – to inspire a passion for sustainability in young children. • Written with Maddie’s trademark energy and personality, and brought to life with vivid and fun illustrations by Paul Boston.

DESCRIPTION Maddie Moate is a BAFTA winning presenter and YouTuber, passionate about Do you ever wonder where your curiosity and inspiring children with the stuff comes from, and what wonders of the world. She is the host of the happens to it when you’re finished BAFTA nominated TV series Maddie’s Do You with it? Know?, Sony Music’s podcast Maddie’s Sound Explorers and presented BBC Earth’s Earth Unplugged. Maddie’s Did you know that you can make YouTube channel is full of fun, family-focused science paper out of elephant poo? And videos that have taken her on curious adventures around plastic packaging out of seaweed? the world. Her channel is also home to the wildly popular And did you know that if you series Let’s Go Live with Maddie and Greg, a live family throw away an old T-shirt, it can science show which has helped countless families with take 200 years to break down? home schooling since lockdown began in 2020.

Written and researched by Maddie Paul Boston grew up in the English countryside and Moate, the star of CBBC’s Do You spent much of his time heading off into the fields and Know?, and illustrated by Paul woods exploring and drawing pictures of the birds and Boston, this book is full of mind- wildlife he found. Now, from his country hideaway in bursting facts and extraordinary South Wales, Paul keeps himself busy illustrating books stories of the ingenious ways for young people on subjects including - inventions, air- people around the world, and planes, trains, animals, string and anything else you care across history, have made, used to mention. Paul’s fun and playful style has a wide appeal and re-used the stuff around and has been commissioned across a wide spectrum of publishing projects, including activity books, educational them. titles and non-fiction books. PUFFIN WE’RE GOING TO FIND THE MONSTER! Malorie Blackman Illustrated by Dapo Adeola

Prolific bestselling author Malorie Blackman joins forces with award-winning illustrator Dapo Adeola on a fantastical picture book that’s set to become a firm family favourite!

• An exciting family adventure from bestselling storytelling legend and former Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman. • Bold, brilliant and action-packed illustrations from Dapo Adeola, bestselling co-creator and illustrator of Look Up! and winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.

DESCRIPTION Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children Over the shimmering ocean, up the huge, high and young adults. Many of her mountain, through the deep, dark forest . . . books have also been adapted for stage and television, WE’RE GOING TO FIND THE MONSTER! including a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses. Malorie has been awarded the Join two intrepid adventurers as their Eleanjor Farjeon award, received an OBE, and imaginations transform their home into a wild served as Children’s Laureate. wonderland – and their big brother becomes a mighty monster! Dapo Adeola is an award- winning illustrator and designer A joy to read aloud, full of funny, relatable who creates characters characters, this is a contemporary celebration and images that challenge of creativity, fantasy and family. expectations around race and gender in a fun and upbeat way. He is the co- creator and illustrator of bestselling picture book Look Up! – winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the No. 1 debut picture book of 2019.

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Pub Date: 2 September 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241401309 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PUFFIN THE GREAT DREAM ROBBERY

Greg James and Chris Smith

Star Radio 1 broadcasters and bestselling, award-winning Kid Normal authors Greg James and Chris Smith make their Puffin debut, with this brand-new adventure beyond your wildest dreams . . .

Pub date: 16 September 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241470510 Age range: 9+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong and Hannah Bradridge

• This incredibly exciting concept feels cinematic in its approach – the idea of an adventure within a dream, a hospital heist and Dream Bandits sets this book apart from anything else in the market. • Since 2017, Greg James and Chris Smith’s award-winning Kid Normal series has topped bestseller lists worldwide, been translated into 22 languages and sold over 350K copies. • The hilarious duo are extremely popular in the UK and The Great Dream Robbery is a fun middle-grade adventure, with huge appeal for their Kid Normal readers as well as attracting new fans – and growing their brand.

DESCRIPTION Greg James is an award-winning author and broadcaster, best known Unlike most twelve-year-olds, Maya for hosting the Radio 1 Breakfast Clayton is desperate to go to bed early. Show, the Tailenders cricket podcast Falling asleep is the only chance she and for creating the Kid Normal series has to save her dad – the brilliant but with his pal Chris Smith. Unlike Chris, he didn’t win slightly odd Professor Dexter. any writing awards as a child but did once meet the Chuckle Brothers in Weymouth and got their The professor invented a device that autograph. He lives with his wife, Bella, and their allows you to visit other people’s dog Barney (who’s staring at him as he writes this) dreams. But the devious Lilith Delamere in north London. has trapped him inside a nightmare, and Maya and the mysterious Dream Chris Smith has dreamed of being Bandits must find a way to rescue him an author ever since he was eight before it’s too late! Maya will face a and won a competition with his story dangerous journey and some difficult ‘Where Are the Brandy Snaps?’ He’s choices. But sometimes all you need is a also an award-winning journalist and dream . . . and a bit of courage. broadcaster, known to listeners of BBC Radio 1 as ‘Chris Smith with The News’ for what are hopefully Featuring a hospital heist, some obvious reasons. Oh, and he once featured on a banana-loving llamas and a talking cat George Michael song; if you give him a biscuit, he’ll called Bin Bag, this is one mind-bending tell you all about it. Chris lives in north London with adventure you won’t want to wake up his wife, their son and a cat called Mabel who can from. travel through time. PUFFIN FROSTHEART 3

Jamie Littler

The crew of the Frostheart return for the final book in the bestselling trilogy from major talent Jamie Littler.

• There have been incredible Frostheart series sales in only one year – now at just under 50K copies. • The Guardian described Frostheart as ‘wild, funny, lavishly illustrated and filled with excitement.’. • Unprecedentedly, Frostheart was selected as Waterstones Book of the Month for two consecutive months, with buyer Florentyna Martin describing it as a ‘perfect’ story.

DESCRIPTION Jamie Littler is an author-illustrator who Ash faces his greatest challenge yet as the evil graduated from the Arts Wraith leader Shaard unleashes the dreaded Institute at Bournemouth Devourer from its centuries-long imprisonment. in 2008, and has won a Only by uniting can the peoples of the Snow Sea High Commendation in the Macmillan hope to stand against the monster’s wrath, but, Children’s Book Award. When not trying as the Devourer targets the stronghold of Aurora, to tame his un-naturally fast-growing the tribes remain as divided as ever. hair or having staring matches with next door’s cat, he likes drawing, colouring in, In a last desperate move, Ash and the crew of cutting things out and sticking things the Frostheart journey to the yeti lands, where in. He sometimes uses a scanner and a humans are forbidden, in search for the truth computer, and too often is tempted to about the Devourer’s origins, and the one throw his printer out of the window – weakness that may prove its undoing . . . but he would just have to go and pick it up again. His interests are pretty wide The bestselling Frostheart trilogy concludes in this and varied, although he does have a epic story of bravery, loyalty and friendship. soft spot for wild animals and things that go bump in the night. Jamie’s illustration work includes Hamish and the Worldstoppers which was the bestselling Pub date: 30 September 2021 children’s debut of 2015 and Wilf the Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Mighty Worrier, shortlisted for the Laugh Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241355381 Out Loud Book Awards. Frostheart was Age range: 8+ his first foray into fiction. Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN OH NO, A SHARK IN THE SNOW Nick Sharratt

A fin-tastic new festive adventure in the bestselling Shark in the Park series, from the award-winning author and illustrator Nick Sharratt.

• Shark in the Park has sold over 300,000 copies across all formats. • With its simple rhyming text and die-cut holes to explore, this picture book is perfect for reading aloud. • Nick Sharratt’s distinctive, bright, bold illustrations are immediately recognizable and hugely popular.

DESCRIPTION Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books Timothy Pope, Timothy Pope looks again through for children, including his telescope. Shark in the Park, You Choose and Pants. He has As snowflakes fall without a sound, he looks left, won numerous awards for his picture he looks right, he looks all around. books, including the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the 2001 Children’s Join Timothy Pope and his dad on their snowy Book Award. He has also enjoyed stellar trip to the park this Christmas. Peep through the success illustrating Jacqueline Wilson’s die-cut holes to see if you can spy a shark. Wait, is books. Nick lives in Hove. that really a shark? Turn the page to find out . . .

A jawesome adventure full of the magic of Christmas.

Pub date: 7 October 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241519110 Age range: 3+ Publicist: Ellen Grady PUFFIN ADAM KAY CHILDREN’S BOOK TWO

Adam Kay Illustrated by Henry Paker

The remarkable and remarkably revolting follow-up children’s book to the record-breaking bestseller Kay’s Anatomy from the UK’s funniest science teacher, Adam Kay.

Pub date: 14 October 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241508527 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong

• Kay’s Anatomy launched to phenomenal success in Autumn 2020. Puffin’s biggest ever non-fiction launch, it became the fastest-selling children’s general non-fiction hardback of the last decade and was in the top 50 sellers of the last 10 years after only 10 days of sales. • Perfect for home-schooling times, funny and factual, written with the UK’s Key Stage 2 human biology curriculum in mind. • Illustrated by Henry Paker, an award-winning comedian, the book has a distinctive and commercial package. • Adam is passionate about reaching children and inspiring the next generation of doctors, nurses, medical researchers, carers and scientists – needed now more than ever. • Adam’s profile grows and grows. He is in high demand for media appearances and has a very engaged following on social media. A major drama series based on This Is Going to Hurt, starring Ben Whishaw as Adam, starts filming next year.

DESCRIPTION Adam Kay is a multi-award- winning writer, comedian and A bizarre and brilliant history of medicine, former doctor. His first book, an from leeches to laser surgery to life- undergraduate textbook called changing vaccines. The hilarious second Rapid Obstetrics and Gynaecology, children’s book from former doctor and didn’t do particularly well, but his next two did comedian Adam Kay. rather better. This is Going to Hurt has sold over 2 million copies, been translated into 37 languages, and is the bestselling narrative non- fiction title of the decade, spending over a year ALSO IN 2021: at No. 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. It is soon to be a major BBC comedy-drama. His follow-up, ’Twas the Nightshift Before Pub date: 27 May 2021 Christmas, sold over 500,000 copies in the last Format: Paperback, also available three months of 2019, and saw him become in ebook the first author to have simultaneous Sunday Price: £8.99 ISBN: 9780241452929 Times No. 1s for both hardback and paperback Age range: 8+ non-fiction titles. Publicist: Simon Armstrong PUFFIN THE MIRACLE ON EBENEZER STREET

Catherine Doyle

An enchanting middle-grade story of Christmas magic and adventure, by multi-award-winning author Catherine Doyle, now available in paperback.

Pub date: 14 October 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241435250 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson

• The Miracle on Ebenezer Street is an atmospheric and adventurous tale, inviting readers inside a captivating snow globe of magic. Brimming with mysterious and magical characters, in this story the highly talented Catherine Doyle creates an immersive world of wonder. Publishing in paperback. • A contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic A Christmas Carol, written with a fresh perspective to delight new audiences. • Abi Elphinstone describes it as: ‘a little miracle of a story [...] sparkles with magic and joy. A wintry wonder of a book.’ • Anna James compliments the book with: ‘The Miracle on Ebenezer Street is both a celebration of a Christmas classic while also being a magical adventure all of its own. Heart- warming, incredibly funny, and action-packed, it’s a story that truly captures the spirit of Christmas.’

DESCRIPTION Catherine Doyle grew up in the west of George and his father are about to spend their third Ireland. She has a BA in Christmas without George’s mother. Since she died, psychology and an MA Hugo Bishop has thrown himself into his work, and in publishing. She is the has no time for George – and he definitely has no author of the young adult trilogy time for Christmas. It feels like they’re living life Blood for Blood (Vendetta, Inferno in black and white. Then George stumbles across and Mafiosa). Her award-winning and Marley’s Curiosity Shop. There he finds a mysterious bestselling middle-grade debut, The snow globe, which appears to show a scene from Storm Keeper’s Island, is set on the George’s past. A Christmas in which he and his family magical island of Arranmore, where were together, and happy . . . her grandparents grew up. The sequel, The Lost Tide Warriors, was published That night, George and his father are swept on an in July 2019, with two further Storm adventure to three Christmases – past, present and Keeper titles still to come. Catherine future. With a little bit of hope, and just a touch of lives in Galway by the sea, but spends magic, can they begin living life in full colour again? a lot of her time in London and the US. PUFFIN ONE HUNDRED STEPS: THE STORY OF CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE

Captain Sir Tom Moore Illustrated by Adam Larkum

The story of the man who captured the heart of a nation in its darkest days, Captain Sir Tom Moore, now available in paperback.

• Captain Sir Tom Moore raised nearly £40 million for charity by walking 100 laps of his garden in time for his 100th birthday in the height of the coronavirus pandemic. • His life story is a celebration of positivity, hope and the power of what we can do when we come together. • Beautifully and vibrantly illustrated by Adam Larkum, Captain Sir Tom’s life story has been retold for children and families with plenty of humour as well as a touching message of love. • Published in support of the Captain Tom Foundation.

DESCRIPTION Captain Tom Moore was born in Yorkshire in 1920. With the A book about adventure, about family, about outbreak of the Second World never giving up, and about what we can War he enlisted in the British achieve when we work together. This is an Army and served throughout inspirational picture book, published in support the war. He holds two Guinness World of the creation of the Captain Tom Foundation, Records, for the largest sum ever raised by which tells the incredible story of the man an individual charity walk, and for being the who walked 100 laps of his garden and oldest person ever to have a No. 1 hit single. captured the heart of a nation. Fully illustrated He lives with his family in Bedfordshire. He for younger readers, and following the key set up the Captain Tom Foundation to help moments from Captain Tom’s incredible life, the people help other people. book shows what is possible when we come together and never, ever give up. Adam Larkum studied illustration and animation, and received a BA followed by an MA from the Edinburgh College of Art. As a student he won a competition to create a short film for Pub date: 14 October 2021 MOMI and Channel 4, and, once his career Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 producing animated commercials was under ISBN: 9780241486788 way, he became an illustrator as well. He has Age range: 3+ regular columns in the UK and the US. Publicist: Tania Vian-Smith PUFFIN THE ICE WHISPERERS

Helenka Stachera Illustrated by Marco Guadalupi

A haunting magical adventure about two sisters born 40,000 years apart – perfect for fans of Frostheart and The Wild Way Home.

• Stunning debut voice: Helenka’s wonderful writing makes for a rich and immersive fantasy world shot through with history and mythology. • The package is as beautiful as Helenka’s writing, with gorgeous illustrations throughout by Marco Guadalupi. • With its snowy backdrop and ice-age-inspired world, this is the perfect next read for fans of Frostheart and The Wild Way Home. • A breathtaking adventure that spans 40,000 years and takes the reader from 1920s Poland to prehistoric Siberia, this ambitious tale is a classic in the making. • Helenka’s keen interest in the prehistoric period inspired this story of family, friendship and what it really means to be human.

DESCRIPTION Helenka Stachera grew up in a yellow-brick house in When Bela’s mother dies, she is summoned to the woods with her British deepest Siberia to stay with an uncle she’s never mother and Polish father, met. Exploring his strange scientific workshop, she which stoked her lifelong uncovers a secret she was never meant to find – a obsession with fairy tales and legends. doorway that opens on to an icy land, frozen in A Bath Spa graduate who now lives in time and full of legends come to life. Bristol with her husband, Helenka wrote her magical debut novel to explore But this frozen land is in danger, and it’s up to themes of family and belonging that, as Bela to find a way to save it. To succeed, she an adopted daughter, are very close to must join forces with the impossible: a long-lost her heart. sister she never knew she had, born 40,000 years before . . .

Pub date: 28 October 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241491287 Age range: 8+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PUFFIN PUFFIN AUDIO Puffin Audio brings together imaginative stories with the world’s very best acting talent to create exceptional listening experiences, from the educational to the entertaining.

• Puffin Funny Stories – A collection of hilarious original audio stories for raising lots of laughs and giggles. These new stories are especially written for families to listen to together. • Puffin Bedtime Stories – A collection of original audio stories perfect for bed time! These new stories are especially designed to be listened to before bed, helping the listener wind down after a busy day of exploring.

Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Pub date: 1 April 2021 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 ISBN: 9780241504147 ISBN: 9780241504161 ISBN: 9780241504185 Age range: 6+ Age range: 7+ Age range: 8+ Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose

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Pub date: 29 October 2020 Pub date: 29 October 2020 Pub date: 29 October 2020 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 Price: £6.00 ISBN: 9780241507551 ISBN: 9780241507599 ISBN: 9780241507605 Age range: 5+ Age range: 6+ Age range: 7+ Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose Publicist: Chloe Rose PENGUIN PENGUIN TALES FROM THE HINTERLAND

Melissa Albert Illustrated by Nick Hayes

Grimm’s Fairy Tales meets Ransom Riggs – a deeply creepy, gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve original pitch-dark fairy tales, perfect for both YA and adult fans of Children of Blood and Bone, Caraval and The Night Circus.

• From the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling, master storyteller Melissa Albert – The Hazel Wood spent 35 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was named one of the Observer’s Best Children’s Books of 2018. • Perfect for new readers and dedicated Melissa Albert fans alike, these haunting original stories will appeal to existing fans who have been begging for more and hook in new readers looking for an addictive, keep-you-up-all-night read. • In development for major film release: Sony/Columbia Pictures, in partnership with Red Wagon, are actively developing The Hazel Wood. More news to come soon! • Every YA author already knows Melissa Albert, because for years she celebrated and promoted the best of YA on Barnes & Noble’s Teen Blog, which she founded. • Perfectly poised to talk about her writing, engage with readers and fans, and to be the best advocate for Tales of the Hinterland.

DESCRIPTION Melissa Albert is the founding editor of the Journey into the Hinterland, where every page Barnes & Noble Teen Blog tells a wondrously terrible adventure . . . and the managing editor of BN.com. She has written for In this brutal and beautiful world, a young Time Out Chicago, SparkLife, MTV and woman spends a night with Death, brides are McSweeney’s. wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice – and still lives.

But it’s not safe inside these pages, and, once you enter, you may never want to leave . . .

The highly anticipated collection of stories set in the creepy, haunting fairy-tale world first introduced in Melissa Albert’s internationally Pub date: 14 January 2021 bestselling and critically acclaimed Hazel Wood Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 series. ISBN: 9780241371893 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Harriet Venn PENGUIN LOCK THE DOORS

Vincent Ralph

A brand-new addictive, twisty domestic thriller from the author of Are You Watching? for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson and Lisa Jewell.

• The YA appetite for domestic thrillers continues to grow and Vincent is an exciting and fresh voice in this space. • Lock the Doors is a truly unputdownable, commercial thriller with an explosive twist. • Tom, the protagonist, has OCD and anxiety. He comes to find power in these qualities – and harness them to solve the mystery. Vincent writes this character with incredible care, thought and sensitivity.

DESCRIPTION Vincent Ralph has been writing in one form or Tom’s family have moved into their dream another since his teens and home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that always dreamed of being a something is very wrong – there are strange novelist. He owes his love messages written on the wall, and locks on the of books to his mother, who encouraged bedroom doors. On the OUTSIDE. his imagination from an early age and made sure there were new stories to read. The previous owners have moved nearby and Vincent has lived in London, Cornwall they seem like the perfect family. Their daughter, and Chester, but he now lives in his home Amy, is beautiful and enigmatic, but Tom is sure county of Kent with his wife, son and two she’s got something to hide. And he isn’t going to cats. stop until he finds the truth behind those locked doors . . .

Is their dream home destined to become a nightmare?

Pub date: 4 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241370445 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Harriet Venn PENGUIN THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

Ta-Nehisi Coates

An extraordinary coming-of-age story, adapted from the adult memoir for a YA audience by the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me.

• Called ‘the heir to James Baldwin’ by Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates is an extraordinary voice, and the world’s pre-eminent writer on race. • Powerful, intellectual and evocative, this is an extraordinary book on race, and coming-of- age in the hardest of circumstances.

DESCRIPTION Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for the Atlantic and the Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous author of the No. 1 New York Times 1980s in Baltimore known, back then, as the bestseller, Between the World and Me, murder capital of the United States. winner of the National Book Award, and of the acclaimed essay collection We With seven siblings, four mothers and one highly Were Eight Years in Power. A MacArthur unconventional father – Paul Coates, a larger- Fellow, Coates has received the National than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther – Ta-Nehisi’s Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for coming-of-age story is gripping and lays bare the Opinion and Analysis Journalism, and the troubled, often violent life of the inner city, and George Polk Award for his Atlantic cover the author’s experience as a young black person story ‘The Case for Reparations’. He lives in it. in New York with his wife and son.

With candour, Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on the streets and within one’s family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.

Pub date: 4 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £8.99 ISBN: 9780241517208 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson PENGUIN BAD HABITS

Flynn Meaney

Funny, feminist and feel-good – and with film rights already sold to Amazon – this hilarious and bold YA novel is a must- read for fans of Holly Bourne, Derry Girls and Sex Education.

• Refreshing, sex-positive and feel-good, with accessible messages about feminism, consent, safe sex and LGBTQ+ rights. • Following the renowned success of Fleabag and Derry Girls, the Catholic boarding school setting of St Mary’s – along with its secrets, mischief and rule-breaking – is sure to have huge appeal to both teen and millennial readers. • The Bookseller picked Bad Habits as One to Watch in February: ‘YA comedies are a rare thing indeed, but this snarky feminist treat is properly laugh-out-loud funny, channelling the energy of TV hits like Derry Girls and Sex Education.’

DESCRIPTION Flynn Meaney is the author of The Boy Recession and The day they gave me the St Mary’s rulebook, Bloodthirsty. She studied I ripped it up. marketing and French at the University of Notre Dame, In a world of curfews, uniforms and traditions, where she barely survived the terrifying Alex is a lone, loud voice for female equality. So, array of priests and nuns, campus when she decides to stage the ground-breaking ghosts and bone-crushing athletes who feminist play The Vagina Monologues, she has inspired Bad Habits. Since completing a one thing on her mind – getting expelled. very practical MFA in poetry, she works for a French company and travels often But as Alex’s campaign kicks in, she realises that between New York (when she’s in the just maybe she can make a change at St Mary’s. mood for bagels) and Paris (when she’s in To do that, she’s going to need a little help . . . the mood for croissants).

Pub date: 11 February 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241407196 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Harriet Venn

Audio ISBN: 9780241465042 Reader: Tanya Reynolds RRP: £13.00 PENGUIN PRINCESS AT HEART

Connie Glynn

Return to the magical world of the Rosewood Chronicles in the fourth book in this gorgeous series, for fans of The Princess Diaries and Harry Potter.

Pub date: 18 February 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241458358 Audio ISBN: 9780241531136 Age range: 12+ Reader: Connie Glynn Publicist: Phoebe Williams RRP: £9.00

• The fourth instalment in the magical Rosewood Chronicles by YouTuber Connie Glynn: The Princess Diaries for a new generation! • The Rosewood Chronicles has sold in 16 languages, sold over 50,000 copies in the UK, and sold nearly 55,000 copies internationally. • Connie Glynn has 1 million subscribers across her YouTube channels.

DESCRIPTION Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote Lottie, Ellie and Jamie are back for another year her first story when she at Rosewood – but nothing will ever be the same was six, with her mum at again. They’re still reeling from their discovery a typewriter acting as her that someone rather close to home is leader of scribe. She had a love for performing Leviathan – the group determined to take the stories from a young age and attended princess down at any cost. Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. This passion for stories has never left her, Now they must piece together clues to and Connie recently finished a degree in Leviathan’s evil plans. But this is far from film theory. simple – especially as a Leviathan agent is now attending the school. Friendships are at stake, It was at university that Connie started families must be reunited, and hearts are at risk her hugely successful YouTube channel of breaking . . . Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite Disney princess). After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of 900,000 ALSO IN 2021: subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. Pub date: 18 February 2021 Connie now writes music and fiction full- Format: Paperback, also available in ebook time. Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780141379975 Age range: 10+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PENGUIN THE DESOLATIONS OF DEVIL’S ACRE: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs

The epic conclusion to the internationally bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.

Pub date: 23 February 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £16.99 ISBN: 9780241320938 Audio ISBN: 9780241400500 Age range: 12+ Reader: Kirby Heybourne Publicist: Simon Armstrong RRP: £6.00

• Over 9 million copies sold around the world! Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children is one of the hottest series on the market. • With the return of their ultimate adversary, Jacob and the peculiar children are about to race through some of the most dangerous moments in history, facing off against more lethal enemies than ever before. An action-packed adventure, The Desolations of Devil’s Acre is a fittingly epic conclusion to the mega-bestselling series. • Readers have been at Jacob Portman’s side ever since his journey into the peculiar world began. This thrilling page-turner is also a love letter to the peculiar world that has become a true home for Jacob. It’s a deeply satisfying celebration and a gift for fans old and new. • 2021 marks a decade since the iconic Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children debuted in 2011.

DESCRIPTION Ransom Riggs is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the author of the Miss world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Peregrine’s Peculiar Children Now, he and Noor are back in the place where novels and their companion, everything began – his grandfather’s house. Tales of the Peculiar. He was born on Jacob doesn’t know how they escaped from V’s a farm in Maryland and grew up in loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does southern Florida. He studied literature at know one thing for certain: Caul has returned. Kenyon College and film at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los After a narrow getaway from a bloodthirsty Angeles with his wife, bestselling author hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Tahereh Mafi, and their family. Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil’s Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations – weather fronts of ash and blood and bone – a ALSO IN 2021: terrible portent of Caul’s amassing army. Risen from the Library of Souls and more powerful Pub date: 12 Jan 2021 than ever, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem Format: Paperback Price: £8.99 unstoppable. ISBN: 9780241320914 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN HOW TO CHANGE EVERYTHING

Naomi Klein

The first book for younger readers by internationally bestselling social activist Naomi Klein, with Rebecca Stefoff – the most authoritative and inspiring book on climate change for teen readers yet.

• This is Naomi Klein’s first-ever book for younger readers, perfect for readers of No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference. She works with Rebecca Stefoff, acclaimed writer of science-based non-fiction for children, to create the most authoritative book for teenagers on climate change yet. • Naomi Klein is an important and highly influential voice in the global debate about climate change. Her urgent message has shaped conversation and policy for decades. Klein has sold over 560,000 copies of her adult titles in the UK. • This is an essential climate-change book – and is perfect for any teenager who is passionate about the environment.

DESCRIPTION Naomi Klein is an award-winning ‘Young people are not just part of the climate change journalist, syndicated movement. They are leading the way. Will you be one columnist and author of them?’ of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Forget everything you think you know about climate Doctrine, This Changes Everything: change. Klein presents her urgent message about Capitalism vs the Climate and saving the environment by asking three simple No Is Not Enough: Defeating the questions: Where are we? How did we get here? What New Shock Politics. In 2017 she happens next? joined The Intercept as senior correspondent. Recent articles have From the Great Barrier Reef to Hurricane Katrina to also appeared in the Guardian, school environmental policies to Greta Thunberg – the Nation, the New York Times, climate change impacts every aspect of the world you the New Yorker and Le Monde. In live in. November 2016 she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in Australia. How to Change Everything will provide readers with clear information about how our planet is changing, but Pub date: 25 February 2021 also, more importantly, with inspiration, ideas and tools Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 for action. Because young people can help build a better ISBN: 9780241492918 future. Young people can help change everything. Age range: 12+ Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison PENGUIN ALL BOYS AREN’T BLUE

George M. Johnson

Acclaimed across the board in the US, this powerful YA memoir-manifesto is about growing up Black and queer in America, from journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson.

• Confronting themes of prejudice and inequality in an accessible and life-affirming way, this thought-provoking debut will spark conversations as books and films including The Hate You Give, Dear Martin and Moonlight have previously. • George identifies as non-binary and this memoir explores the intersectionality of being Black and queer. • Already published in the US, this book has received widespread acclaim from press such as the New York Times, Huffington Post and Publishers Weekly. • A brilliant example of Penguin Random House Children’s evolving non-fiction strategy, giving readers a toolkit with which to explore the world and providing fresh perspectives through engaging and eye-opening content. • Optioned for TV by Gabrielle Union’s production company.

DESCRIPTION George M. Johnson is a writer and activist based This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows in New York. They have journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson written on race, gender, sex, as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and and culture for Essence, the college years, growing up under the duality of Advocate, BuzzFeed News, Teen Vogue, being Black and queer. From memories of getting and more than forty other national their teeth kicked out by bullies at age five to publications. All Boys Aren’t Blue is their their loving relationship with their grandmother, debut, and was an Amazon Best Book to their first sexual experience, the stories of the Year, an Indie Bestseller, a People wrestle with triumph and tragedy and cover Magazine Best Book of the Year, and topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, optioned for television by Gabrielle Union. brotherhood, family, inequality, consent and Black joy.

Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241515037 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN THE WORLD BETWEEN US

Sarah Ann Juckes

With shades of All the Bright Places and Five Feet Apart, The World Between Us is a powerful and thought-provoking story from Carnegie Medal nominee Sarah Ann Juckes.

• An uplifting, heart-warming story about two teenagers in very different circumstances helping each other find out what living really means. • Sarah marries quality writing with a commercial concept and confronts challenging issues with warmth and hope. • Sarah’s debut novel Outside received a Carnegie Medal nomination and she’s been shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Bath Novel Award, the Mslexia Children’s Novel Award and the Great Reads Award. • Sarah is a carer to her partner, who has the same condition as Alice in The World Between Us. Her personal experience and careful research add genuine authenticity.

DESCRIPTION Sarah Ann Juckes is a content creator for the Alice may be bed-bound, but that doesn’t stop Writers’ Workshop. Outside her from going outside. Every day, she logs into was shortlisted for Mslexia’s Stream Cast and experiences the outside world Children’s Novel competition by watching other people live wonderful and and longlisted for the Bath Novel Award. exciting lives. Sarah volunteers for the NSPCC’s Speak Out and Stay Safe programme, and But when one of the streamers is killed in a cycle mentors under-represented writers accident, Alice is introduced to a new streamer. with Creative Future – both causes that inspired this book. Rowan sees beauty in the everyday and encourages her to stop watching, and start taking control. But Rowan too has a secret he’s trying to hide from Alice – and from himself. As Alice and Rowan build a bigger and more beautiful world together, outside forces threaten to bring this new world to an end. Pub date: 4 March 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241462072 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN WHAT BEAUTY THERE IS

Cory Anderson

An exhilarating and emotional debut thriller from an incredible new voice in YA fiction, perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Meg Rosoff and Daniel Woodrell.

• Cory Anderson’s masterpiece thriller about courage, resilience and love is destined to be one of the breakout literary debuts of 2021. • Snapped up in a significant pre-emptive deal for Penguin UK and a huge auction among US publishers, it will be published as a major lead title for 2021 worldwide. • Huge crossover appeal – these YA protagonists face big issues and are thrust into unforgiving adult situations. This is an emotionally intense but incredibly accessible YA thriller.

DESCRIPTION Cory Anderson was born in Orio and now To understand the truth, you have to start at the lives in the Wasatch beginning . . . Mountains with her husband and children. Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to Her debut, What Beauty There Is, crack bones. is a story that came from her grief and in places is drawn from her own Jack Morton has nothing left. Nothing except for his personal experiences. She was the younger brother, Matty, whom he’d die for. And now first in her family to graduate, and Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster now serves as faculty, and organises, care, or find the drug money that sent his father to the Hidden Springs Writers Retreat prison. for aspiring authors. When not enjoying family time or wandering in He chooses the money. the mountains, she spends countless hours writing, sometimes in the Ava Bardem lives in isolation. She’s learned from her woods with just a pencil and paper. controlling father that loving someone leads to pain and staying silent keeps you safe. Then she meets Jack and suddenly there’s a glimmer of light through the darkness. But when Ava realises that her father and Pub date: 8 April 2021 Jack are stalking the same money, she has to make her Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 own wrenching choice: remain silent, or speak up in ISBN: 9780241441718 order to help the brothers survive against the odds. Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN FIVE MINUTE MUM: TIME FOR SCHOOL and ON THE GO Daisy Upton

More quick and easy games from bestselling author and social media superstar Daisy Upton, AKA Five Minute Mum – prepare your children for starting school and keep little ones entertained on long journeys and holidays.

• Five Minute Mum has been a runaway success, selling over 60,000 copies of her first book, Give Me Five. • Daisy Upton has a highly engaged following of over 190K on her @FiveMinuteMum Instagram. Through her authentic social channels and first book, Daisy has supported families this year through lockdown and has continued to build her relatable profile. • Perfect for fans of Giovanna Fletcher and The Unmumsy Mum, two huge influencers in the digital parenting space, who are both big fans of Five Minute Mum.

DESCRIPTION Daisy Upton aka @FiveMinuteMum is a Londoner TIME FOR SCHOOL who now lives in Cheshire with As any parent and carer knows, it’s a scary her husband and two children. thing to send your little one off to school After years of working in sports for the first time. Five Minute Mum: Time for broadcasting, she quit her job to become a School is the ultimate handbook for making teaching assistant. When her two children learning fun and simple, equipping your child turned three and one she found her love of with the things they need to know before coming up with silly games to make learning they start, and supporting their learning more fun in the classroom finally came into its from day one. A stepping stone between own at home, and she began blogging about what happens in the classroom and what what she was up to. It turned out quite a few happens at home, the book is packed full other people wanted to play these games too. of easy to set up five-minute activities designed to build children’s confidence and Daisy now has a large social media and blog to help them with letters, numbers and following who share with her on a daily basis everything in between. how they too are playing her games.

ON THE GO Five Minute Mum: Time For School Pub date: 15 April 2021 If you’ve ever taken a child (or sat near Format: Paperback, also available in ebook one) on public transport – you know how Price: £14.99 important this book is. Five Minute Mum: ISBN: 9780241503805 On the Go is the ultimate companion to Age range: For parents of children aged 4+ any journey, staycation or holiday. The Publicist: Sophia Dryden travel-sized format is bursting with eighty Five Minute Mum: On the Go easy-to-pack and simple-to-set-up games Pub date: 19 August 2021 with minimal items needed, to keep little Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ones happily – and quietly! – occupied when ISBN: 9780241485095 you’re out and about. This is endless fun for Age range: For parents of children aged 1–5 kids and sanity-saving for their grown-ups! Publicist: Sophia Dryden PENGUIN PRETTY RUDE

Rebecca Elliott

Get ready to snort, LOL (and cringe) your way through the second hilarious book by Rebecca Elliott, perfect for fans of Geek Girl, Louise Rennison and Booksmart.

• In Pretty Rude by Rebecca Elliott, an exciting new voice in funny clean-teen fiction, we continue to follow the hilarious misadventures of Haylah Swinton: a bold, brilliant and thoroughly modern protagonist. • With all the warmth, hilarity and relatability of the first book, Pretty Rude gives Haylah a whole host of new obstacles to overcome, especially as she attempts to conquer . . . THE INTERNET! • On Pretty Funny, the first book in the series, FunnyWomen.com said: ‘I wish this book had been written when I was a teenager!’

DESCRIPTION Rebecca Elliott is an award- winning and bestselling ‘I feel a thought forming in my head like a fart author of over thirty books brewing in my stomach. And my thought fart for children, including her is . . . I’m gonna start a YouTube channel!’ ongoing series Owl Diaries, which has sold over 6 million copies You know Haylah Swinton – she’s big, bold worldwide. When Rebecca was six, and funnier than a cat in a onesie playing the she precociously pronounced that she bagpipes. She’s been busy proving she’s a kick- wanted to be ‘an artist and a writer’. butt comedian, she’s got herself a fab boyfriend After a ‘brief’ detour from this career called Dylan and the best girl crew in the world, plan involving wanting to be Stephen Fry, her little brother isn’t driving her totally nuts, and a degree in philosophy and a dull office did she mention she has a boyfriend called Dylan? job, she fulfilled her dream in 2001 when she became a full-time children’s book But this proving-she’s-funny thing is kind of illustrator. Since then she has published tough sometimes. And, come to think of it, many books for children, including the Dylan isn’t acting particularly boyfriend-y at bestselling Owl Diaries series, which has the moment. Plus, her pathetic excuse for a dad sold over 3 million copies sold worldwide. has decided to turn up and make everything confusing. And, as if real life wasn’t complicated Pub date: 15 April 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook enough, when Haylah sets up her own comedy Price: £7.99 YouTube channel, she finds out that online life ISBN: 9780241374658 can be a whole other can of trolls . . . Age range: 12+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden PENGUIN KATE IN WAITING

Becky Albertalli

From bestselling YA rom-com queen Becky Albertalli – author of Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda (released in 2018 as the smash hit film Love, Simon) – comes a perfect new summer read.

• Kate in Waiting is an upbeat romantic comedy about daring to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight in love, life and, yes, theatre. • Becky Albertalli is a New York Times bestselling author and queen of YA romance. Sales of her novels have topped 120K copies in the UK alone. • Becky writes inclusive romances with positive and uplifting messages of friendship and family that have gained her legions of fans globally.

DESCRIPTION Becky Albertalli is the author of the acclaimed Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate and novels Simon Vs the Homo Anderson are not co-dependent. Sapiens Agenda (released in 2018 as the smash hit film Carpooling to and from theatre rehearsals? Love, Simon), Leah on the Offbeat, and Environmentally sound and efficient. The Upside of Unrequited. She is a clinical psychologist who specialises in working Consulting each other on every single life with children and teens. Becky now lives decision? Basic good judgement. with her family in Atlanta, where she spends her days writing fiction for young Pining for the same guys from afar? Shared adults. crushes are more fun anyway.

But when Kate and Andy’s latest long-distance crush shows up at their school, everything goes off-script. Matt is talented and sweet, and Kate likes him. She really likes him. The only problem? So does Anderson.

Turns out, communal crushes aren’t so fun when real feelings are involved. This one might even Pub date: 22 April 2021 bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson’s Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 friendship. ISBN: 9780241512357 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN THINGS TO DO BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD

Emily Barr

Timely and powerful: the new coming-of-age thriller from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.

• Emily’s YA titles have now sold 70,000 copies in the UK. • Emily’s critically acclaimed debut, The One Memory of Flora Banks, took the YA world by storm – it sold in 28 languages, was longlisted for the Branford Boase and was the bestselling non-celebrity UK debut of 2017. • Things to do Before the End of the World combines the Queen of UK YA thrillers with a timely theme.

DESCRIPTION Emily Barr’s first YA novel, The One 1. Live your best life. Memory of Flora Banks, 2. Uncover family secrets. published in 2017 3. Trust no one. and was a global hit, publishing in 27 languages. Before What would you do if you heard the news that that, she worked as a journalist in humans have done such damage to the earth, there London, but always hankered after might only be a limited amount of safe air left – a a quiet room and a book to write. year’s worth at most? She went travelling for a year, which gave her an idea for a novel set in Would you work through your bucket list, heal rifts, the world of backpackers in Asia. do everything you’ve never been brave enough to do This became Backpack, an adult before? thriller which won the WHSmith New Talent Award, and she has since Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What is it that she written eleven more adult novels truly wants to do? Who does she truly want to be? published in the UK and around the world. She lives in Cornwall with her Then out of the blue comes along a long-lost cousin husband and their children. Olivia didn’t even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more. And as the girls meet up for a long, hot, last summer, Olivia finds Natasha’s ease Pub date: 13 May 2021 and self-confidence having an effect on her. Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241345276 But Natasha definitely isn’t everything she first Age range: 12+ appears to be . . . Publicist: Harriet Venn PENGUIN OFF THE RECORD

Camryn Garrett

Netflix’s Unbelievable meets Angie Thomas’ On the Come Up in this bold story about fame, justice and freedom of speech.

• Camryn Garrett is a teenage powerhouse – named as a TIME for Kids reporter at thirteen, she sold her debut novel Full Disclosure at the age of seventeen, and has since gone on to be included in Teen Vogue’s 21 Under-21 list and was named one of Glamour’s 2019 College Women of the Year. • She is a bold advocate for diverse stories and writers, and the authentic teen voice of her novels is pitch-perfect. • Camryn’s debut Full Disclosure garnered glowing reviews, including from bestselling author Angie Thomas, who called the book ‘honest, eye-opening, heartful’, and Love, Simon author Becky Albertalli, who described it as ‘romantic, funny, hopeful and unflinchingly real’. • Camryn’s writing is addictive as well as warm and brave, and Off the Record is a smart and perfectly timed story that deals with race, feminism and the #metoo movement.

DESCRIPTION Camryn Garrett was born and raised in New York. When she was thirteen, A ripped-from-the-headlines story of a she was selected as a TIME for Kids teen journalist who stumbles across the reporter, where she interviewed #metoo story of the decade and has celebrities like Warren Buffett and to weigh the risks against the need to Kristen Bell. Her writing has appeared in the expose the truth. Huffington Post, MTV and Rookie magazine. In 2015, she was named as one of MTV’s 8 Inspiring Teens Using Social Media to Change the World. Camryn is also interested in film, having spent the summer of 2017 at New York University’s summer filmmaking workshop. She is a proud advocate of diverse stories and writers.

Pub date: 27 May 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241367162 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Hannah Bradridge PENGUIN THE BOYBAND MURDER MYSTERY

Ava Eldred

An addictive, page-turning murder mystery from an exciting new voice in YA fiction, perfect for fans of The Kissing Booth, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and The Good Girls Guide to Murder.

• Pacy and commercial; a YA mystery with a super-fun twist: the frontman of a world-famous boyband has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and it’s up to his uber-fans to solve it. • The perfect mix of warm, accessible writing and page-turning whodunnit to keep readers guessing and gripped until the end! • TV rights have been optioned by MGM (The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo). • Puts fandom and the fierce friendships and loyalties within those communities at the heart of the story. • Features an inclusive cast of characters and themes including coming out, first love, and the complexities of teenage friendship.

DESCRIPTION Ava Eldred was born in London, and has spent ‘I have long believed that loving a boyband much of the last decade brings with it a wealth of transferable skills, but writing and developing I’d never imagined solving a murder would be one stage musicals, as well of them . . . ‘ as producing large-scale theatrical concerts. Her work has been performed Harri and her best friends worship Half Light – an both in London and internationally. She internationally famous boyband. When frontman is a recent alumna of Faber Academy’s Frankie is arrested on suspicion of murdering Writing a Novel course, and a life-long fan his oldest friend Evan, Harri feels like her world’s of boybands. This is her debut novel. about to fall apart. But quickly she realises that she – and all the other Half Light super-fans out there – know and understand much more about these boys than any detective ever could. Now she’s rallying a fangirl army to prove Frankie’s innocence – and to show the world you should never underestimate a teenage girl with a passion . . . Pub date: 27 May 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241449431 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Harriet Venn PENGUIN THE CROSSING

Manjeet Mann

A trailblazing new novel about two teenagers from opposite worlds – The Crossing is a heart-breaking and life-affirming story of hope, grief and the very real tragedies of the refugee crisis.

• The Crossing is a beautiful and devastating novel in verse – perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Elizabeth Acevedo and Rupi Kaur. • The follow-up to Manjeet’s stunning debut Run, Rebel, which received critical acclaim and stellar reviews across the board, including being listed as one of the Guardian’s best books of 2020 and nominated for a 2021 Carnegie Medal. • Sammy, one of the protagonists, is a refugee who has fled Eritrea. Manjeet depicts Sammy’s experience with great sensitivity, care and heart.

DESCRIPTION Manjeet Mann is an actress, playwright, screenwriter Natalie’s world has turned upside down. She’s and director. She is the lost her mum, and her brother is descending founder of Run the World – further and further into anger and violence with a an organization that works far-right gang who march the streets of Dover. with women and girls from marginalised backgrounds and helps to empower them Sammy has fled his home and family in Eritrea for through sport and storytelling. She lives the chance of a new life in Europe. Every step he in Kent. takes is a step into the unknown – into a strange country and a hidden future.

A twist of fate brings these two teens from opposite sides of the Channel together, but will their journey end in hope or despair?

Pub date: 3 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £6.99 ISBN: 9780241411445 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PENGUIN THE PASSING PLAYBOOK

Isaac Fitzsimons

Love, Simon meets Friday Night Lights in this feel-good LGBTQ+ romance.

• A super-sweet contemporary LGBTQ+ romance, brimming with heart. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Simon James Green. • This isn’t a traditional coming-out story, nor one centred on the transition process but about living and passing while trans – and the challenges it can bring. • Spencer is a trans boy who is also mixed race and queer – important intersections of identity that are under-represented in YA. • Honest yet hopeful. This book doesn’t sugar-coat the challenges Spencer faces, but leaves readers feeling seen and optimistic about the future.

DESCRIPTION Isaac Fitzsimons grew up in Washington DC but spent Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, his summers in England an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. and France. When he’s not He’s also transgender. After transitioning at his writing, he enjoys trying out old school leads to a year of bullying, Spencer new recipes, supporting Manchester City gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal and butchering songs on the banjo, piano private school in Ohio. and ukulele. The Passing Playbook is his debut novel. At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boys’ soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his team-mates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans – he’s passing. So when a discriminatory law forces Spencer’s coach to bench him after he discovers the ‘F’ on Spencer’s birth certificate, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to Pub date: 3 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook play, even if it means coming out to everyone – Price: £7.99 including the guy he’s falling for. ISBN: 9780241401286 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN THE WAY BACK

Gavriel Savit

From the author of the acclaimed crossover novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, this is a stand-alone literary fantasy based on Jewish folklore and traditions – perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman and The Book Thief. Now available in paperback.

• Shortlisted as one of only five children’s and YA titles for the US National Book Awards 2020. • Anna and the Swallow Man, Gavriel’s debut novel was widely reviewed, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and a winner at the US Jewish Book Awards. • Gavriel Savit is a theatre actor and musical theatre performer as well as a writer, based in the US. • ‘A small wonder, and for once a book worthy of the hype’ – The Times on Anna and the Swallow Man

DESCRIPTION Gavriel Savit graduated in musical theatre. As an If the world of the living were a suit of clothes actor and singer, Gavriel and the world of the dead the bony flesh has performed on three beneath, then at each elbow there would be a continents, from New York cemetery gate. to Brussels to Tokyo. He lives in Brooklyn, Here the dead rub up against the living world. New York. Here the living world wears thin.

Yehuda Leib and Bluma have separate, unexpected meetings with the Dark One: Death. Meetings which push them on journeys far from their homes across the Far Country – the world of the dead . . .

Literary fantasy steeped in Jewish folklore and tradition, The Way Back is perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman.

Pub date: 3 June 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241442517 Age range: 11+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PENGUIN BURDEN FALLS

Kat Ellis

The next nerve-shredding thriller from the truly distinctive Kat Ellis, the YA answer to Stephen King.

• Kat Ellis’s creeping thriller Harrow Lake published in 2020 to widespread acclaim, earning comparisons to Stephen King and cult horror movies The Babadook and Scream. • Kat’s masterful prose has the perfect blend of small-town urban legends, edge-of-your-seat tension and shocking twists, making this the perfect binge-worthy thriller for the summer. • Burden Falls features a ghostly villain to rival Harrow Lake’s Mister Jitters, but at its heart this murder mystery explores what it means to be a monster – and how far humans are willing to go for revenge. • The YA appetite for thrillers continues to grow, and Kat Ellis is a truly distinctive voice in this space with high-profile fans from Holly Jackson to Kirsty Logan.

DESCRIPTION Kat Ellis lives in north Wales with her husband and their From its creepy town mascot to the story of two cats. When she isn’t its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small writing, she spends her town dripping with superstition. Annie Thorn time watching every horror knows this well – since the horrific accident she movie under the sun and exploring the witnessed a year ago, she’s been plagued by picturesque views and creepy ruins of the creeping visions. Welsh countryside.

But when someone close to her is brutally murdered and Annie is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction. Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there’s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns . . .

Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241397060 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN ENDGAME A Noughts & Crosses novel

Malorie Blackman

The powerful conclusion to iconic Malorie Blackman’s ground- breaking Noughts & Crosses – the series that taught a generation to think and act differently.

• The Noughts & Crosses series has sold over 2.2 million copies in the UK and in export, and remains a firm fixture on many school reading lists. • The series has garnered a number of high-profile fans including musicians Stormzy and Tinie Tempah who both name-check Malorie in their hit singles Superheroes and Written in the Stars, respectively. • Its popularity has endured, as exemplified by a number of stage and screen adaptations. The RSC produced a highly acclaimed stage-show of Noughts & Crosses in 2007, and Pilot Theatre toured Sabrina Mahfouz’s new adaptation in 2019, which is set to tour again in 2021. The BBC adapted the first book for a TV series, which aired in 2020 to great critical acclaim, starring Paterson Joseph, Helen Baxendale and newcomer Masali Baduza. • Malorie is one of the UK’s most iconic and influential children’s book authors, and has been described by The Times as ‘a national treasure’.

DESCRIPTION Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of Malorie for children and young Blackman’s ground-breaking series which began adults. Many of her books with Noughts & Crosses and charted the deeply have also been adapted for forbidden romance between Sephy (a Cross) stage and television, including a major and Callum (a Nought) – a love affair that had BBC production of Noughts & Crosses repercussions for their families for generations. in 2020. Malorie has been awarded the Eleanjor Farjeon award, received an OBE, Endgame, the breathtaking conclusion to the and served as Children’s Laureate. series, influenced by the unprecedented global events of recent years, is full of twists and turns and emotions, with its incredible characters reaching a dramatic conclusion to their stories.

Pub date: 5 August 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £14.99 ISBN: 9780241443989 Age range: 14+ Publicist: Harriet Venn PENGUIN THE UPPER WORLD

Femi Fadugba

A genre-defying and game-changing YA thriller where life on an estate rife with violence collides with time-travel physics from major new talent Femi Fadugba.

• A breathtakingly ambitious exploration of free will and the capacity of two young teenagers to see a future worth fighting for. • Acquired in a hotly contested fifteen-publisher auction, The Upper World set the publishing world alight. • Film rights have been acquired by Netflix, with Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya attached to produce and star.

DESCRIPTION Femi Fadugba has a master’s degree from 2020: Close to getting expelled and caught up in Oxford University where a deadly feud, Esso is unaware that the tensions he published in quantum surrounding him are leading to a single moment physics and subsequently that could shatter his future. studied as a Thouron Scholar at University of Pennsylvania. Femi has worked in 2035: Stripped of everything, football prodigy solar energy and in consulting, and has Rhia has just one thing left on her mind – figuring written for the Financial Times and out how to avert a bullet that was fired fifteen the Huffington Post. He currently lives years in the past. between Peckham, London, and Baltimore, USA. The Upper World is his first book. Everything changes when Esso gains access to a mysterious world where he can see glimpses of the past and future and when Rhia starts understanding the physics of it. The two must work together to master the secrets of the Upper World and seize control of their own destinies before it’s too late.

Pub date: 19 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241505618 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Chloe Parkinson and Phoebe Williams PENGUIN THE KISSING BOOTH 3: ONE LAST TIME

Beth Reekles

The grand finale to the smash-hit Kissing Booth series, by the influential and award-winning YA sensation, Beth Reekles.

Pub date: 26 August 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241481639 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden

• The perfect end to the series – expect big decisions, friendship and romance, as Elle discovers herself and what she really wants from life, during her last summer before moving away to college. • The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time is based on the script of the Netflix film and will be published in 2021 at the same time as the film’s stream date. • The Kissing Booth series, created by Beth Reekles, is a genuine teen pop-culture sensation. The film adaptation was released in May 2018 by Netflix and has gone on to become one of their most successful productions ever, being Netflix’s most re-watched movie of 2018. • Beth Reekles is an exciting and influential YA talent – she penned her first novel when she was fifteen, has won multiple awards including being named as one of Time magazine’s 16 Most Influential Teenagers 2013, and has built an engaged digital fan base and social media community, where she has over 80,000 Instagram followers and over 20,000 Twitter followers.

DESCRIPTION Beth Reekles penned her novel The Kissing Booth It’s the summer before Elle goes off to college when she was 15 and began and everything is changing. All too quickly, Elle’s by uploading it to Wattpad, plans for the future are shaken up when she’s where it accumulated taken off the waitlist for a college she never over 19 million reads. She was signed thought she’d get into. Soon, Elle needs to make by Random House UK at the age of a difficult decision: go to Harvard to be with seventeen, and offered a three-book Noah, or Berkeley as originally planned with Lee. deal while studying for her A levels. Beth is now a physics graduate from Exeter The gang come up with a plan to have one last University and working in IT, with many summer at the beach house – and enjoy the books published including the Kissing best summer ever. But with change looming on Booth series, Rolling Dice and Out of Tune. the horizon, Elle can’t help but wonder what she Beth was named one of Time magazine’s really wants in life. And whether what she really 16 Most Influential Teenagers 2013, and wants matches up with her and Noah’s plans for in August 2014 she was listed in The their future together . . . Times at No. 6 on their Top 20 under 25 list. PENGUIN BLACK JOY

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

An exciting, much-needed anthology of writing from inspirational Black British voices centred around the joy they’ve found in their lives and an exploration of race and identity within this. Perfect for readers of Feminists Don’t Wear Pink, Slay in Your Lane and Love in Colour.

• Curated and edited by gal-dem’s editor-in-chief, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff. • A fresh and unique look on race and belonging for Black Brits. We see a lot of books from the US focusing on their Black experience, but in recent years we have not seen an equivalent for the Black British experience. This anthology also takes this a step further, with the idea of joy as an act of resistance. • A collection of essays from well-known Black Brits from a variety of sectors that young adults will recognise, as well as newer voices with something important to say. Among the contributors so far confirmed are journalist Jason Okundaye, CEO of The Black Curriculum Lavinya Stennett, Rocks actress Bukky Bakray, broadcaster & host of Channel 4’s How Not to Be Racist Chante Joseph, journalist and founder of gal-dem Liv Little and BBC Radio 1xtra producer Richie Brave.

DESCRIPTION Charlie Brinkhurst- Cuff is a journalist, ‘We spend a lot of time thinking about and unpacking our editor, features trauma and at this stage we have to ask, who is it for? writer, columnist. We should no longer be in a space where we are having to She is the editor- convince folk that we experience racism in this country.’ in chief at gal-dem, a Guardian Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff freelance writer, and a former weekend editor and writer at Bringing together between twenty to thirty exciting Black Dazed. She was the editor of British voices, Black Joy encourages the contributors, and Mother Country: Real Stories of readers, to ruminate and reflect on the happiest moments the Windrush Children. of their lives. This anthology will take the approach of joy as an act of resistance and resilience – and be a celebration of everything that is brilliant about being Black British. Included in the anthology will be a balance of established names, as well as newer, younger writers, curated and edited by gal-dem’s editor-in-chief, and Pub date: 2 September 2021 award-winning journalist, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff. We will Format: Hardback Price: £14.99 also be recruiting a co-editor and mentee to join Charlie in ISBN: 9780241519660 commissioning essays from younger writers, underlining Age range: 12+ the message that the younger generation’s voice matters. Publicist: Rosamund Hutchison PENGUIN LIES LIKE WILDFIRE

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Secrets and lies are everywhere in this compulsive and gripping YA thriller, by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez.

• An explosive and page-turning thriller full of dramatic twists, this is the perfect next read for fans of YA market leaders One of Us Is Lying and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. • Jennifer Lynn Alvarez is an incredible talent and an exciting new voice in YA, set to make an impression in 2021.

DESCRIPTION Jennifer Lynn Alvarez studied English literature Hannah and her friends have known each other at UC Berkeley and lives their whole lives. This is their final summer before with her family in northern college – time to hang out, fall in love and dream California. about the future. Until they accidentally start a When she’s not writing, you’ll find her forest fire, which destroys their hometown and galloping her black horse through the leaves death in its wake. foothills of Sonoma County or teaching creative writing workshops to children Desperate for the truth to remain hidden, the and adults. group make a pact of silence.

But the twisted secret begins to spin out of control and when one of the friends disappears they all become suspects.

We know how it starts, but where does it end?

Pub date: 9 September 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241476116 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Sophia Dryden PENGUIN THE HAWTHORNE LEGACY

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Intrigue, riche and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games – perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.

• An addictive, commercial YA thriller! Jennifer Lynn Barnes has once again created a page- turning mystery full of puzzles, family secrets and danger that will keep readers hooked! • A major TV adaption is in the works with Amazon, to be produced by Sony Pictures and Osprey Productions. A writer has been attached and they hope to start filming as soon as possible . . . • The Inheritance Games was a New York Times bestseller, and received rave reviews in the US and here in the UK. The book has 543 global reviews on Amazon (over half at a five-star rating). With a HUGE cliff-hanger ending, readers will be clamouring for this second novel.

DESCRIPTION Jennifer Lynn Barnes has written more than a dozen The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, acclaimed YA novels. Jen and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up is also a Fulbright Scholar the pieces and find the man who might hold with advanced degrees in the answers to all of her questions – including psychology, psychiatry and cognitive why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own University in 2012 and is currently a daughters or grandsons. professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma. Thanks to a DNA test, Avery knows she’s not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up, hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture – by any means Pub date: 16 September 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook necessary . . . Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241480724 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Phoebe Williams PENGUIN YOU’LL BE THE DEATH OF ME

Karen M. McManus

From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. When three old friends re-live an epic school ditch day, it goes deadly wrong . . .

• Karen M. McManus has sold over 300,000 books in the UK since her debut One of Us Is Lying. The book became the bestselling YA debut of 2017, and the bestselling YA overall in 2018. • One of Us is Lying has become a global sensation – it has spent 119 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold in 40 foreign territories and is being made into a Netflix series. One of Us Is Next, the sequel, has also topped the UK YA fiction charts. • You’ll Be the Death of Me is Karen at her very best – a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat series of twists and turns, sensational secrets and a mind-blowing ending. • Karen has been one of the stand-out authors of 2020, growing her sales significantly despite lockdown and a challenging YA market.

DESCRIPTION Karen M. McManus earned her BA in English from the Ivy, Mateo and Cal used to be close. College of the Holy Cross and her MA in journalism from Back in middle school they were best friends. Northeastern University. When she isn’t working or writing in But the truth is, even though they’ve decided to Cambridge, Massachusetts, McManus ditch class, they have nothing in common any loves to travel with her son. more.

At least they don’t until they run into the fourth student ditching school that day.

And then Ivy follows him into an empty building, only to walk into the middle of a murder scene. Cal, Ivy and Mateo all know the person lying on the ground of that building, and now they need to come clean. Each of them is hiding something. Pub date: 7 October 2021 And maybe their chance reconnection wasn’t by Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 chance after all . . . ISBN: 9780241473665 Age range: 14+ Publicist: Louise Dickie PENGUIN THE MAGPIE SOCIETY: TWO FOR JOY

Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch

The chilling sequel to the No. 1 YA bestseller The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow, from internationally bestselling authors Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch.

Pub date: 28 October 2021 Format: Hardback, also available in ebook Price: £12.99 ISBN: 9780241402375 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Simon Armstrong

• One for Sorrow, called ‘the perfect read for teens’ by Glamour, was a No. 1 YA bestseller that established Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch as the author duo to watch. • Zoe Sugg (Zoella) is the UK’s most watched female vlogger, with over 10 million subscribers. Her previous bestselling fiction series, Girl Online, has sold 1.6 million copies worldwide. • Perfect for fans of Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars, this murder mystery with a thrilling dark edge is the most addictive YA series since One of Us is Lying. • Amy McCulloch has published seven novels (including the bestselling Potion Diaries series) that have been published in over 10 languages.

DESCRIPTION Zoe Sugg is a multi-hyphenate businesswoman, content Audrey and Ivy, determined to bring their creator and the bestselling fellow student Lola Radcliffe’s killer to author of the Girl Online series. justice, find themselves in the middle of In 2009, she started her blog another mystery when a friend disappears in and social media channels under the name suspicious circumstances. Zoella and took the online world by storm. She has amassed 25 million followers across Their only clue is a mysterious card left by her YouTube and Instagram channels, and the enigmatic Magpie Society. With time regularly uses her platform to address running out and the police baffled, Audrey important subjects like mental health, cyber- and Ivy must delve deeper than ever into bullying and women’s health. the dark secrets that their school is hiding. But someone is playing a deadly game. And Amy McCulloch is a Chinese- to beat them, Audrey and Ivy have to start White author, raised in Canada rewriting the rules . . . and based in London, England. Amy has been editorial director ALSO IN 2021: for Penguin Random House Children’s, where she published Zoe’s No. 1 Pub date: 13 May 2021 international bestselling Girl Online series, Format: Paperback, also available in ebook and has written for YA and middle-grade Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241402351 readers in her series the Oathbreaker’s Age range: 12+ Shadow, the Potion Diaries and Jinxed. Publicist: Simon Armstrong PENGUIN SKIN OF THE SEA

Natasha Bowen

A powerful, lyrical YA debut infused with west African mythological creatures and Gods.

• A powerful, gripping and important story that merges the fantastical and historical on an epic scale. • Own voices narrative – Tasha is of Nigerian and Welsh descent and is passionate about introducing the tales and folk stories from her childhood and bringing greater diversity to the children’s market. • A huge super-lead focus for Random House US, who we will work alongside to launch a global campaign. • Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone, Circe and The Silence of the Girls.

DESCRIPTION Natasha Bowen was born in the UK to a Nigerian father Gather round, sisters. I have a story to tell you. and Welsh mother. She grew up with West African tales This is the story of many things . . . and is eager to tell stories based on her heritage. Natasha and her Of slave ships bearing their human cargo on husband have three children, aged seven to the new world. Of the mami wata – black to fifteen. Natasha is currently a Primary mermaids who collect the souls of slaves thrown School teacher. overboard and send their spirits home with a prayer. Of Simi who wants to save lives not souls. Of a great love – a love that will threaten worlds and anger gods. Of a terrible choice and the lives that hang in the balance.

This is a story that will change history. Do you want to hear more?

Pub date: 25 November 2021 Format: Paperback, also available in ebook Price: £7.99 ISBN: 9780241413975 Age range: 12+ Publicist: Sophia Smith