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2021 HIGHLIGHTS 2021 HIGHLIGHTS PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PUBLICITY TEAM ALICE BRODERICK PR Director Contact: [email protected] TANIA VIAN-SMITH Deputy PR Director Contact: [email protected] SOPHIA SMITH Head of PR Contact: [email protected] ROSAMUND HUTCHISON Head of PR Contact: [email protected] HARRIET VENN Senior Publicity Manager Contact: [email protected] SOPHIA DRYDEN Senior Publicity Manager Contact: [email protected] SIMON ARMSTRONG Publicity Manager Contact: [email protected] CHLOE ROSE Publicity Manager (Audio) Contact: [email protected] CHLOE PARKINSON Senior Press Officer Contact: [email protected] PHOEBE WILLIAMS Senior Press Officer Contact: [email protected] ELLEN GRADY Press Officer Contact: [email protected] LOUISE DICKIE Press Officer Contact: [email protected] HANNAH BRADRIDGE Publicity Assistant Contact: [email protected] PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S MARKETING TEAM HANNAH BOURNE Marketing Director Contact: [email protected] CAMILLA RAY Head of Marketing Contact: [email protected] TOM AUSTIN Head of Brand & Social Contact: [email protected] JANNINE SAUNDERS Head of Marketing Contact: [email protected] ALESHA BONSER Senior Marketing Manager Contact: [email protected] TASH COLLIE Ladybird Senior Brand Marketing Manager Contact: [email protected] ANDREA BOWIE Puffin Brand Marketing Manager Contact: [email protected] SONIA RAZVI Marketing Manager Contact: [email protected] ROMA BAIG Marketing Manager FTC Contact: [email protected] CLARE BLANCHFIELD Marketing Officer Contact: [email protected] LOTTIE HALSTEAD Marketing Officer Contact: [email protected] MICHAEL BEDO Marketing Officer Contact: [email protected] EVELYN OPOKU-AGYEMAN Marketing Executive Contact: [email protected] CARA EVANS Digital Executive Contact: [email protected] LAUREN FLOODGATE SEO Copywriter Contact: [email protected] BETH O’BRIEN Marketing Assistant Contact: [email protected] MICHELLE NATHAN Marketing Assistant Contact: [email protected] LADYBIRD LADYBIRD NED AND THE GREAT GARDEN HAMSTER RACE Kim Hillyard 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. ALSO IN 2021: 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