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New Titles July-December New Titles July - December 2020 New Titles July-December 2020 BIG PICTURE PRESS TEMPLAR BOOKS BONNIER P I C C A D I L LY PRESS HOT KEY BOOKS BOOKS UK CHILDREN ’ S Cover illustration copyright © 2020 by Ximo Abadía from The Extraordinary Elements CONTENTS Big Picture Press 3 Templar Books 17 Piccadilly Press 37 Hot Key Books 43 Contacts 50 Fungarium Ester Gaya & Katie Scott Welcome to the Fungarium! A BIG HELLO Step into the world of fungi and JULY learn all about these strange and fascinating life forms. Illustrator Katie Scott returns to the Welcome to the Museum series with exquisite, detailed images of some of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet - fungi. From the Big Picture Press books are objects to be Piccadilly Press books are fun, family- fungi we see on supermarket shelves pored over and then returned to again and orientated stories in any genre, that possess to fungi like penicillium that have again, created by and made for the incurably the ability to capture readers’ imagination shaped human history, this is the curious. Having made an indelible mark on and inspire them to develop a life-long love definitive introduction to what fungi the children’s non-fiction market with their of reading. Our titles can be standalone are and just how vital they are to boutique range of illustrated gift books, they stories or part of a series, using design and the world's ecosystem. Created in create visually inspiring books for readers of illustration that is integral to the content collaboration with the Royal Botanic all ages around the world. when appropriate. We aim to create future Gardens, Kew. classics for 5 – 12 year olds, in hardback, Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction [email protected] ISBN: 9781787415355 Format: Hardback paperback, ebook and audio formats. Pub price: £20.00 H x W: 370 x 272mm Ester Gaya is a senior research leader at www.templarco.co.uk/big-picture-press Extent: 80pp [email protected] Kew. She began her career in mycology @BigPicturePress in Spain and after some time in the USA piccadillypress.co.uk decided to settle in the UK. She has spent the past 20 years researching fungi. She is @piccadillypress especially fascinated by lichens and tries to understand their evolution. Katie Scott graduated from University of Brighton in 2011. Her work draws influences from traditional medical and botanical illustration, both in aesthetic and subject matter. Her work plays with the ideas of scientific uncertainty and Founded in 1978, Templar has become one The content of a Hot Key book is defined speculation, fabricating the inner and outer of the world’s most respected publishers of by originality of voice and challenging, workings of the world. Her illustrations illustrated children’s non-fiction, picture thought-provoking stories that resonate depict a familiar yet fantasy vision of books, fiction, gift and novelty books for on a global stage. Always memorable and plants, humans and minerals. all ages. With a reputation for innovation stimulating, these books can create new Other available titles and creativity, Templar delivers cleverly waves in any genre. We publish in hardback, conceived publishing with an emphasis paperback, ebook and audio formats. For on paper innovation, stylish design and teen and older readers. contemporary illustration for a high-end, [email protected] international audience. hotkeybooks.com [email protected] @HotKeyBooksYA www.templarco.co.uk Anatomicum Botanicum @HotKeyBooksTeen ISBN: 9781787414921 ISBN: 9781783703944 @templarbooks 2 Most fiction can also be found in a digital Pub price: £25.00 Pub price: £25.00 3 audio edition. Meet the MAPS Purple Edition Ancient Greeks Aleksandra Mizielińska & Meet the Pirates Daniel Mizieliński James Davies See the sights of the world, JULY sample the tastiest dishes, meet JULY With vibrant, playful artwork and people from different cultures snappy text, learning about ancient and encounter amazing history has never been cooler. wildlife in this collection of maps from 66 countries and 6 continents, each packed Two new flexiback editions in the with details and beautiful successful Meet the… series. There’s so illustrations. A new edition Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction much to digest when is comes to history ISBN: 9781787417625 Format: Flexiback – how do you know where to start? These containing even more maps. Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm Extent: 72pp short introductions are just the thing for beginners. Get to know the basics on You’ll see fjords in Norway and Ancient Greece, from religious ceremonies gorillas in the Congolese jungle. to day to day life, and Pirates, from famous You’ll dance the rumba in Cuba and looters to scurvy. These books contain easy- taste hundred-year-old eggs in China. to-digest, humorous text that is reminiscent of the bestselling Horrible Histories series. This book is a celebration of the world, from the big to the small – James Davies is an illustrator and author from and everything in between! Wales, now living in Bristol. He has recently returned to illustration with a uniquely bold graphic Aleksandra Mizielińska and Daniel style, influenced by old cartoons and retro picture Mizieliński graduated from the Academy of books, and is the author and illustrator of the Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2007. In 2010 they bestselling Meet the... series. His first picture book, were nominated for the Bologna Ragazzi Long Dog, was published in 2018. James’s favourite Award and have since been nominated for food group is carbs and his worst enemy is a bald Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction the IBBY Honour List (2010). chihuahua. ISBN: 9781787417199 Format: Hardback Pub price: £30.00 H x W: 370 x 272mm Extent:160pp Pub date: 09 July 20 Genre: Non-fiction ISBN: 9781787417632 Format: Flexiback Pub price: £7.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm Extent: 72pp Other available titles Meet the Ancient Meet the Ancient Meet the Ancient Meet the Pirates Egyptians (HB) Romans (HB) Greeks (HB) (HB) ISBN: 9781787410367 ISBN: 9781787410527 ISBN: 9781787412750 ISBN: 9781787412743 4 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 Pub price: £9.99 5 The Extraordinary Elements: Anatomicum Junior A Mini Companion Guide Jennifer Z Paxton & Katy Wiedemann Colin Stuart & Ximo Abadía With specially written text for younger readers, step inside the AUGUST Rock out with Roentgenium or museum to explore the incredible AUGUST get fizzy with Francium in this human body. lively periodic table book that presents the extraordinary elements as you've never seen Welcome to Anatomicum. This museum is open all hours and will take you on them before. an incredible journey right around the human body, from the intricate workings With the help of Alice Cooper, of the brain to the tiny muscles used to Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and a show emotion. Have you ever wondered whole host of weird and wonderful how each life starts with just one cell, or characters both real and imagined, how many blood cells there are in your The Extraordinary Elements presents body? Then this is the book for you. the periodic table as never before. Gripping facts and easy-to-access Anatomicum Junior is a reduced- information accompany stunning age-range follow-on from the original infographics and the personified Anatomicum. The text has been elements, making for a read as carefully simplified to make it appealing entertaining as it is informative. to younger readers, while retaining Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction the dynamic style and fascinating ISBN: 9781787417342 Format: Hardback Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 200 x 200mm Colin Stuart is a renowned astronomy information of the original. Extent: 136pp speaker and author whose books have Pub date: 06 Aug 20 Genre: Non-fiction sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. ISBN: 9781787416543 Format: Hardback Jennifer Z Paxton is Lecturer in Anatomy at A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Pub price: £12.99 H x W: 246 x 189mm the University of Edinburgh and Principal Extent: 80pp Society and a runner-up for the European Investigator of the Paxton Lab, a tissue Astronomy Journalism Prize 2014, Colin engineering laboratory. Jennifer has won the has also written publications featured in Wellcome Trust 'I'm a Scientist' competition the Guardian, New Scientist, BBC Focus twice (2013, 2018). She loves bringing the and the Observer, and has spoken about the science of anatomy to a wider audience and wonders of the universe on Sky News, BBC working with primary schools to engage more News and BBC Radio 5 Live. children with the subject. Ximo Abadía is a highly acclaimed artist, Katy Wiedemann is an illustrator and tattoo living and working in Spain. He has artist in Philadelphia, USA. Her work explores illustrated numerous publications including the field of scientific illustration, particularly The Speed of Starlight, and his work that of anatomy. Working in ink and was selected for the Bologna Children’s watercolour, Katy uses traditional techniques Illustrators Exhibition in 2017. Other available titles to blend realism and scientific understanding. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, and has an MA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art. Anatomicum ISBN: 9781787414921 6 Pub price: £25.00 7 Beneath the Waves Costumes of the World Lily Murray & Helen Ahpornsiri Johnna Rizzo & Chaaya Prabhat The world’s oceans are brought A colourful celebration of to life in art made from hand- costumes and cultures from AUGUST pressed seaweed and coastal around the world. AUGUST flowers. A stunning exhibition of national Artist Helen Ahpornsiri transforms dress from around the world, curated silky seaweeds, feathery algae and and beautifully illustrated by Indian bright coastal blooms into playful illustrator Chaaya Prabhat.
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