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Children's Catalog 2020-2021 CHILDREN’S CATALOG | 2020-2021 CONTENTS 01 New Titles 15 Juvenile Fiction 22 Juvenile Non Fiction 165 Sales Representatives 167 Title Index pages 174 Author Index pages 175 Order Info from Graham Nash OUR HOUSE BY GRAHAM NASH, ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH SYME, FOREWORD BY CAROLE KING more information on page 11! NEW TITLES The Generous Fish BY JACQUELINE JULES, ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCES TYRRELL Inspired by Jewish folklore, The Generous Fish is the story of a young boy named Reuven who takes a verse from scripture to “cast your bread upon the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1) quite literally. The result of his daily act is a giant talking fish with golden scales! Boy and fish spend idyllic days together until the villagers realize those scales are real gold. Every villager has good reason to ask for one. Devorah needs clothes for her children. Old Joseph needs money for a cane. The fish says he has plenty to share. But he grows weak from giving away too much, too fast. Can Reuven stand up to the village and save his friend? Jacqueline Jules is the author of forty books for young readers, including the award-winning Zapato Power series, Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain, and Feathers for Peacock. A former school librarian and teacher, Jacqueline enjoys visiting schools to share her passion for reading and writing. She is a word person, who loves rearranging words on the page, the same way people have fun fitting the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle together. Jacqueline lives in Arlington, Virginia. Frances Tyrrell is an artist who creates finely detailed and imaginative illustrations for children’s books and a wide range of licensed products. A lover of the magical world of illustrated books since childhood, Frances now takes great pleasure in January 2020 • Juvenile Fiction/ Animals/Fish • Ages 4-8 creating beautiful books for today’s children. Her works Huron Carol and Woodland Christmas have been shortlisted for the 40 Pages • 40 Color Illustrations Governor-General’s Award for Illustration, while her original watercolors are in private and public collections. Frances lives and 8⅜ x 10¼ works in Oakville, Canada. 978-1-937786-79-3 $16.95 • Cloth Wisdom Tales Counting Sheep BY PIPPA CHORLEY, ILLUSTRATED BY DANNY DEEPTOWN One cold dark night when Sam can’t sleep, her mum suggests that she counts some sheep. But how can she count them when one of the sheep can’t jump over the fence? Join Sam and her flock in this frolicking, rhyming farmyard tale as they try to help little Sheep find a way over the fence. The Author Pippa Chorley grew up in a picturesque village in England surrounded by sheep. Trained as a primary school teacher, she loves to write stories that make children giggle and think outside the box. Pippa has a passion for writing in rhyme, not only because it is great fun, but also because she knows that rhyme is an essential part of children’s reading development. This is the first of three rhyming storybooks written by Pippa about the adventurous little girl Sam who loves to solve problems! January 2020 • Juvenile Fiction/ Pippa now lives in sunny Singapore with her husband and their very own flock. Bedtime & Dreams • Ages 3-7 32 Pages • 10 x 10¼ The Illustrator 978-981-484119-1 $10.00 • Cloth Obsessed with wildlife from a young age, Danny Deeptown found his love of drawing through hours of copying scientific Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd illustrations from books of animals and dinosaurs. His artistic talent later led him to study Illustration in South Wales, UK. It was here he found a love for classic book illustration and the use of pen and ink. Danny has illustrated numerous books for children and when not in his studio, he likes to spend his time adventuring and seeking out new places in nature. When working on this book, Danny was often spotted in fields sketching sheep! Little Godwit Finds His Wings BY EMILY LIM-LEH, ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN LIM Little Godwit hatches late and learns that his flock has left to escape the cold Arctic. Soon, he meets different birds who try to make him fit in with them. The young chick has to decide if he should stay with these birds or keep flying. How will Little Godwit find his way? Join Little Godwit on his epic journey across the world in this uplifting story about discovering one’s strengths. About the Author Award-winning author Emily Lim-Leh is the first outside North America to win three medals for her children’s books at the January 2020 • Juvenile Fiction/ IPPY awards (the world’s largest book awards) and also the first in South East Asia to win the Moonbeam Children’s Book Animals/Birds • Ages 6-8 Award. Like Little Godwit, Emily took a somewhat lonesome journey to find her wings as an author. Now, Emily’s imagination 36 Pages • 10¼ x 8½ happily takes flight in search of new tales to write. Read more about Emily at 978-981-484117-7 $10.00 • Cloth https://mummumstheword.wordpress.com/. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd About the Illustrator John Lim, also known as SeeSaw, is a dreamer. He loves to illustrate and doodle as it helps him express his inner thoughts better than words. Like Little Godwit, John is always willing to try new things. He believes that we should not be afraid to be ourselves and express our ideas, and that we should have fun doing it! Find out more about John here http://seesaw.work and here https://www.instagram.com/see_n_saw/. CHILDREN’S CATALOG | 2020 1 NEW TITLES Out of Order BY DR MOHAMED (MO) DIRANI AND HWEE GOH, ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID LIEW Professor Plano, Zed and Zee are hot on Lord Myopic’s trail! They have arrived in Lord Myopic’s dreamworld, a place where everything is run by robots and people talk to each other only on their devices. Until . the machines go on strike —devices need a break too! The people are lost, and Prof Plano and the boys have to figure out how to help them get out of this tangle. The Series Myopia (short-sightedness), device dependency and lack of outdoor activity are public health concerns worldwide. Stories from the plano adventures are based on years of scientific research, written specially to empower young readers to tackle these adverse effects of excessive device use. The Authors: Dr Mohamed (Mo) Dirani is a world leading expert on myopia, or short-sightedness. At age 26, Mo earned his PhD with the world’s largest twin study on myopia in Australia. The Professor Plano Clear Vision Recipe is strongly based on this science. Today, Mo heads plano Pte Ltd, a company with a single mission to help families all over the world manage device use and myopia. Hwee Goh is a MediaCorp scholar who spent 16 years in political broadcast news, and is the author of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s Wildlife Wonders and Singapore’s Sports Stars. She is also a communications professional who teaches media January 2020 • Juvenile Fiction/ skills and provides editorial support to companies at The Media Consultants Singapore. Action & Adventure/General The Illustrator: David Liew is the talented illustrator behind the highly successful ten-book Ellie Belly series, that has sold 100,000 Ages 4-8 60 Pages • 5 x 8 copies. Dave also created Squirky of the five-book Squirky series, which won the SCWBI Crystal Kite Award 2016 for book 4 and more. 978-981-482898-7 Dave is currently the Regional Advisor to the Singapore Chapter of the International Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, $8.99 • Paper although he spent his younger years as a history and art lecturer. Dave also spends his time as a sculptor at the Sleeping Iron Foundry. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd The Blue Sock BY GILLIAN SPILLER, ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN LIM Something terrible has happened in Louisa’s sock drawer! One of the blue socks is all on its own. The old socks say that socks are only useful if they are in pairs. What will the blue sock do now? Join the adventure as the socks try to find the missing blue sock and discover, to their surprise, that one is every bit as important as two. Gillian Spiller writes poetry and stories, and teaches pre-school aged children. She loves crafting stories about the big little issues and worries that children face, to help them overcome their problems. Gillian has lived all over Asia, writing and January 2020 • Juvenile Fiction/ teaching, and now resides in Singapore with her family. Imagination & Play • Ages 3-7 32 Pages • 10¼ x 8¾ John Lim is a dreamer. He loves to illustrate and doodle as it helps him express his inner thoughts better than words. He 978-981-486800-6 believes that we should not be afraid to be ourselves and express our ideas, and that we should have fun doing it. $10.00 • Cloth Marshall Cavendish International http://seesaw.work (Asia) Pte Ltd https://www.instagram.com/see_n_saw/. The Yummiest Cupcake BY LEILA BOUKARIM, ILLUSTRATED BY BARBARA MOXHAM Alex loves cupcakes. He loves to bake them, he loves to ice them, and most of all, he loves to eat them! But there is one thing Alex doesn’t like. He is only ever allowed one. That’s the rule. Just one cupcake. When Alex can’t decide which cupcake to choose on his birthday, it seems like nothing is going his way..
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