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David McKee NOT NOW, David McKee BERNARD 40th Anniversary ELMER’S BIRTHDAY Edition Elmer is always playing tricks on the other elephants, but this time they’ve decided it’s their turn! They plan Bernard’s got a problem: he’s to pretend they’ve forgotten Elmer’s birthday, but the found a monster in the back joke doesn’t quite go according to plan… garden but his mum and dad

are just too busy to notice. MAY 2020 32pp PB 3+ So Bernard tries to befriend 9781783448906 275 x 240mm £6.99 the monster . . . and that doesn’t quite go to plan.

Loved by children, monsters and adults for forty years, David McKee’s iconic picture ELMER SEARCH book is celebrated in this AND FIND COLOURS special anniversary paperback, with a lavishly foiled cover. Elmer has lent one of his colours to each scene in this rainbow Save the date search and find adventure! ‘Not Now, Bernard is THE book Jam-packed full of things to spot, of our times’ 23rd May 2020 questions to answer and details to FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE E L Y MER DA discover, see what you can find in JUN 2020 Elmer’s colourful world. 9781783449736 32pp PB 3+ EBook available 280 x 240mm £6.99 MAY 2020 22pp BB 5+ 9781783449743 290 x 240mm £9.99 Board Book available: 9781783445134

‘It’s so good!’ ADAM BUXTON ELMER ‘[One of] my favourite books for very young children’ The original Elmer story in a new board book size! MICHAEL ROSEN JAN 2020 30pp BB 2+ 9781783449910 180 x 158mm £6.99 DAVID McKEE is a legend in the children’s book world. Over a career spanning fifty years he has created a host of favourite characters including Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, King Rollo and Mr Benn. PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Ibtihaj Muhammad Hatem Aly Eva Eland THE PROUDEST WHERE HAPPINESS BEGINS BLUE Are you looking for happiness? It’s Faizah’s first day of You can try to chase it, control it or capture school, and her older sister it, but even if it seems like it’s gone for a Asiya’s first day of hijab – while, you’ll know it’s never far away . . . made of a beautiful blue fabric. But not everyone This is the second of Eva Eland’s stunning sees hijab as beautiful. In the picture books that deal with big emotions. face of hurtful, confusing words, will Faizah find new MAR 2020 32pp HB 4+ 9781783448555 240 x 215mm £12.99 ways to be strong?

An important and uplifting family story of being proud of who you are, from Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad. WHEN SADNESS COMES TO CALL When Sadness arrives, try not to be afraid: give it a name, listen to it and spend some time together. JAN 2020 40pp HB 5+ Maybe all it wants is to know is that it’s welcome. 9781783449712 254 x 254mm £12.99 JAN 2020 MAY 2020 40pp PB 5+ 9781783447954 32pp PB 4+ 9781783449729 254 x 254mm £7.99 EBook available 240 x 215mm £6.99

‘This lovely book sensitively explores the emotion of sadness, and the importance of accepting it. IBTIHAJ MUHAMMAD is a fencer and the first Muslim American woman in hijab to It’s a great springboard for sharing how to handle feelings’ EMPATHYLAB compete and to win a medal for the United States in the Olympic Games. An activist, speaker and entrepreneur, Ibtihaj has written a memoir, Proud, and inspired the first hijabi Barbie in her likeness. ‘A welcome addition to any home or school bookshelf’ BOOKTRUST Twitter/Instagram: @IbtihajMuhammad ‘Outstanding’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

HATEM ALY is the illustrator of many books, including the Newbery Honor Book The EVA ELAND is a Dutch author and illustrator who lives in the UK. She earned an MA with Inquisitor’s Tale. Hatem was born in Egypt, and currently lives in Canada with his wife, son and distinction in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art, and has also studied their many pets. Instagram: @metahatem at the Rietveld Academy and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Instagram: @evaeland PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Margaret Sturton Rachel Rooney Zehra Hicks A FOX CALLED THE PROBLEM HERBERT WITH PROBLEMS Meet Herbert, the rabbit Have you ever met a who knows he’s actually a fox. Problem? They come in When his mummy isn’t all shapes and sizes, and looking, he puts on pointy fox can pop up at the most ears and makes himself a inconvenient times. But you bushy tail. But Mummy should know some things doesn’t understand: why can’t about them that will help he just behave, like a good you make them disappear . . . rabbit? Let this joyful tale inspire you to be who you This one-of-a-kind picture are and follow your dreams. book will help little ones and grown-ups alike deal with their pesky problems.

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RACHEL ROONEY is an award-winning children’s poet. Her first poetry collection won the CLPE Poetry Award and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She lives in Brighton. Twitter: @RooneyRachel

ZEHRA HICKS is a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts. She has been highly commended for MARGARET STURTON is a Hampshire-based illustrator who has studied sculpture and the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, nominated for the Kate Greenaway, and was shortlisted for children’s book illustration. A Fox Called Herbert is her debut picture book. the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children’s Picture Book Award. She lives in Epsom, Surrey. Instagram: @margaretsturton Instagram: @zehrahicks PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Eve Coy Ruth Doyle Ashling Lindsay THE HUFFALOTS SONGS FOR OUR SONS When the Huffalots wake A star-scattered night, a brand new up, nothing is right – they baby boy, and all the potential in don’t like their clothes, their the world . . . breakfast or each other. With Mum’s kindness and cuddles A poetic introduction to what through the day, they magically it means to be a boy in these transform into Lovealots, challenging times, with the poignant but by then Mum is grumpy message that whatever is expected and tired. Good thing the of you, you can be whoever you Lovealots know exactly what want to be. to do! This beautiful hardback with gold foil A gorgeous picture book that is a stunning gift for any key explores how our moods milestone, from birth to graduation. change, and what we can do to help others feel better. MAY 2020 32pp HB 9781783448500 300 x 225mm £12.99

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RUTH DOYLE always planned to be a writer, but trained as a nurse and studied social care first in order to gain a better understanding of people of all ages and walks of life. She lives on a 9781783447107 micro-farm in Kent with her family and an assortment of animals. Twitter: @RuthPopeyeDoyle

EVE COY always loved to draw. She studied animation at Edinburgh University and became an ASHLING LINDSAY is an illustrator from Belfast. Her first book, The Night Box, was artist working for Aardman Animation. Eve then went on to study for an MA in Children’s Book shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Her first picture book, Looking After Daddy, was shortlisted illustration. Ashling is currently working towards her MA at Belfast School of Art. for the Klaus Flugge Prize. Instagram: @eve.coy Instagram: @ashling.lindsay PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Michael Foreman Katie Cotton Tor Freeman ONE WORLD BRICKS On the beach, a brother and sister create their Pig wants the biggest and finest own tiny marine world in a bucket. With its new house for the cheapest price, wildlife, shells, oil and even a tin can, it is a even if that involves telling a little microcosm of the polluted world outside. porky . . . He’s about to find out exactly what happens to greedy Celebrating 30 years in publication, this pigs who fleece their workers! enduring picture book about the threats to our planet is more relevant than ever before. A hilarious cautionary tale that teaches kindness, integrity and JAN 2020 32pp PB 4+ fair play. 9781849393041 280 x 240mm £6.99

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‘Michael Foreman has a flair for turning a book into a special occasion’ QUENTIN BLAKE

I DIDN’T DO IT! Quick, quick! The Big Cycle Race is coming to town! On his way to the finish line, Milo unwittingly causes havoc that follows him all along the route . . . but when someone tries to steal the trophy, who will save the day?

FEB 2020 32pp HB 3+ 9781783448609 280 x 240mm £12.99 KATIE COTTON studied English Literature at Oxford University before becoming an author and editor of children’s books. Her books Counting Lions and The Road Home were both published internationally and received starred reviews in the US.

MICHAEL FOREMAN is one of Britain’s best-known and internationally acclaimed creators TOR FREEMAN grew up in London and graduated from Kingston University with a BA of children’s books. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice, and has been illustrating for in illustration. She has been working as an illustrator ever since. In 2012 she was awarded the children for over 50 years. Sendak Fellowship and spent a month in Connecticut. Instagram: @tormalore PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Fred Blunt Smriti Prasadam-Halls Robert Starling GNOME THE LITTLE ISLAND Have you ever wondered how There was once a farm where all the garden gnomes came to exist? animals were friends. It wasn’t perfect and Find out in this laugh-out-loud they didn’t always agree, but they liked it. cautionary tale, as rude Until one day, when the geese decide they’d Mr Gnome finds out exactly be better off on their own. Will life be what happens when you say perfect now? ‘NO!’ to Miss Witch. ‘Animal Farm for our times . . . This book, with its hopeful ending, is a little island of sanity in the rising tide of insanity around us. I hope it will have many readers and start many conversations in British families . . . hopefully before all the bridges are torn down completely’ AXEL SCHEFFLER

JUN 2020 32pp PB 4+ 9781783449101 250 x 260mm £6.99 New paperback cover to come Robert Starling SUPER SLOTH

FEB 2020 32pp HB 3+ Super Sloth to the rescue . . . eventually. 9781783448685 260 x 250mm £12.99

Praise for He’s not fast and he can’t fly, but that won’t get in Santa Claus vs The Easter Bunny: the way of Super Sloth stopping his arch-enemy ‘Wonderfully bonkers’ Anteater from stealing the prize mangoes. JIM FIELD Using his own unusual skills, Super Sloth shows everyone how extraordinary he is.

From the creator of Waterstones Prize shortlisted Fergal is Fuming comes a laugh-out- 9781783447640 loud tale of one ordinary sloth turned super hero.

FRED BLUNT has been a compulsive doodler since he was in hand-me-downs. He has worked APR 2020 32pp PB 3+ on all manner of projects, including designing a series of animations for the BBC, but he now works 9781783448821 260 x 250mm £6.99 mostly in children’s books. He lives in Wales. Instagram: @fredblunt PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Sally Doran Rachael Saunders Fearne Cotton Sheena Dempsey BOOM! BANG! ROYAL MERINGUE! HUNGRY BABIES Perfect Princess Hannah has been so well behaved that From chaotic breakfasts to picnic lunches, and from the King and Queen are giving her a very special birthday baking with Dad to birthday parties with friends, present: The Marvellous Magical Pudding Machine! Fearne Cotton’s Hungry Babies love to have fun Can she learn to share the wonderful gift with her friends? at mealtimes!

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‘One for both adults and children, Hungry Babies will teach kids to try new things while showing parents what to do when meal times turn messy’ OK! Margarita Surnaite YOGA BABIES THE LOST BOOK We’re the Yoga Babies, look what we can do! Henry much prefers real-life adventures to reading stories. Then he discovers the Lost Book, and so begins an Now in a chunky board book perfect for little hands, amazing adventure that brings books and real life together! let Fearne Cotton’s adorable Yoga Babies show you how to chill out and have fun trying new poses. MAR 2020 32pp PB 3+ ‘A mysterious, entrancing 9781783448814 230 x 270mm £6.99 debut’ GUARDIAN JUN 2020 9781783447527 10pp BB 2+ EBook available 180 x 180mm £6.99

Ana & Thiago de Moraes ‘A delightful introduction to finding your inner peace’ GIOVANNA FLETCHER THE NIGHT BEAR Sweet dreams, sleep tight, hope the Night Bear comes tonight! FEARNE COTTON is one of the UK’s most-recognisable TV and radio personalities and her popularity has spanned a two-decade career in show business. Fearne is also a successful author The Night Bear’s favourite snacks are delicious nightmares. and established fashion and homeware designer. She lives in London with her two young children. But tonight, he almost munches on a dream of unicorns and Twitter/Instagram: @fearnecotton rainbows by mistake. Can he find someone who might really need it instead? SHEENA DEMPSEY is an Irish children’s illustrator living in Folkestone, Kent. She has MAY 2020 illustrated many books including Dave Pigeon, which was shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Book 9781783448838 32pp PB 3+ Award EBook available 280 x 240mm £6.99 . Twitter/Instagram: @SheenaDempsey PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS

Qian Shi ‘[A] stunning debut from an Jeanne Willis Tony Ross exciting new talent’ BOOKTRUST THE WEAVER #GOLDILOCKS Stanley the spider collects seeds, twigs, leaves and all kinds (A Hashtag Cautionary Tale) of precious things. He is very proud of his collection, but Goldilocks is a vlogging superstar, then it is suddenly washed away. In this stunning debut, but sometimes she can go too far in the discover the difference between what you collect in the quest for more likes . . . world and what you collect in your heart. A hilarious cautionary tale for a new APR 2020 9781783447497 32pp PB 3+ generation of internet-users, from the EBook available 240 x 240mm £6.99 award-winning partnership of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

FEB 2020 Jenny McCartney Patrick Benson 9781783448784 32pp PB 5+ THE STONE BIRD EBook available 230 x 270mm £6.99 It might look like a pebble from the beach, but Eliza knows it’s an egg. And one night when she hears cracking, she discovers ‘Full of sharp wit and lively the Stone Bird. Step into the magical world of one child’s illustrations . . . A fitting story for imagination in this stunning tale. our digital age’ SCOTSMAN ‘Should be installed in every ‘Charming’ APR 2020 classroom’ BOOKTRUST 9781783445974 32pp PB 3+ MAIL ON SUNDAY EBook available 280 x 240mm £6.99 9781783441617 9781783445691 Judy Corbalis Korky Paul Tony Ross I WANT A BUNNY! GET THAT BALL! If her friend Petronella can have a bunny, Tom and his gran are playing penalty shoot-out when the Little Princess must have one too! the football escapes . . . Now, wherever it leads them, But sometimes getting exactly what that’s exactly what Tom and Gran must do. you wished for is a lesson in itself . . .

A hilarious sport-themed adventure from Winnie the MAR 2020 Witch illustrator Korky Paul. 9781783448807 32pp PB 3+ EBook available 264 x 235mm £6.99

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Fiona Lumbers Lucy Courtenay Illustrated by Sheena Dempsey CLEM AND CRAB MERMAID SCHOOL Clem is an explorer, a collector, a protector of the seas! Treasure hunting Welcome to Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid School! on her beloved beach, she stumbles across Crab, his claw stuck in a plastic bag. Join Marnie Blue and her friends as they start at Mermaid School. Here Marnie will learn Crab will be much safer and happier siren songs, oceanography, and how to ride a seahorse – but not all of her lessons go at home with Clem, but doesn’t he smoothly. In these first two under-the-sea tales, Marnie swims to the rescue when another belong on the beach? pupil gets herself in hot water, and tries to win the star role in the Clamshell Show.

A stunningly illustrated, timely tale of cleaning up our beaches, with the message that every small action helps.

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‘A beautiful and timely tale’ THE BOOKSELLER New paperback cover to come Posy Simmonds FRED Fred’s owners, Sophie and Nick, think he is the laziest cat in the world, but who knows what goes on after dark? It’s only after their beloved pet dies that they discover he has been leading FEB 2020 128pp PB 7-9 MAY 2020 128pp PB 7-9 an exciting double life . . . 9781783448302 198 x 129mm £6.99 9781783448388 198 x 129mm £6.99

A delightfully entertaining picture book from renowned illustrator and graphic novelist Posy mermaidschoolbooks.co.uk Simmonds.

JAN 2020 32pp PB 3+ LUCY COURTENAY has worked on a number of series for young readers, as well as books 9781783440290 270 x 230mm £6.99 for young adults. When not writing, she enjoys singing, reading, and travelling. She lives in Farnham, with her family and a cat named Crumbles. Twitter: @LucyCourtenay1 ‘Enchanting, an instant classic’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH FICTION FICTION

Barbara Mitchelhill IIlustrated throughout by Tony Ross Rebecca Patterson THE ERIC SERIES A ROBOT GIRL RUINED A colourful new look for MY SLEEPOVER the fourth and fifth Eric Feeling lonely? Need a friend who thinks books, with fantastic illustrations you’re the best? And can help you with from Tony Ross! your school work? Well, look no further, the latest cyborg friend is for you. Whenever Eric receives a present from Auntie Rose in South It’s 2099 and Lyla has a new friend, America, magic and mayhem are a robot girl! It’s Clara 2.2’s first day at sure to follow. Now Eric’s mum is school and Lyla has been chosen to be getting married – to his teacher! her buddy. Clara is perfect in every way – and having a baby, which means and she makes Lyla feel special too. parcels from Auntie Rose are on But when Lyla and Clara 2.2’s friendship their way again. Eric will need his JAN 2020 MAR 2020 hits a glitch, Lyla must decide if her new 9781783449019 9781783449569 best friend Wes to deal with some friend is quite so perfect after all. very unexpected side effects . . .

ALL 64pp PB 7+ 198 x 129mm £5.99 Praise for A Moon Girl Stole My Friend: ‘Superb’ GUARDIAN THE FUNNIEST SPORTS JOKE BOOK EVER ‘Rebecca Patterson uses a Just in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Wimbledon and Euro sci-fi setting to breathe new 2020, these jokes will keep sports-mad kids laughing until the life into school drama in this funny and touching story’ closing ceremony! APR 2020 SCOTSMAN Which athletes 9781783449477 176pp PB 8+ 9781783447985 EBook available 198 x 129mm £6.99 What lights are the warmest? up a stadium? Triple jumpers! A match!

REBECCA PATTERSON grew up in Bolton and studied fashion. After graduating, she How do worked various jobs, including classroom assistant in a primary school. Once her own children had footballers stay cool? started school, Rebecca began an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and had her first picture They play close to JUN 2020 64pp PB 7-9 Illustrated by Nigel Baines books commissioned at the end of the course. Twitter: @RebeccaNoNoDay. the fans! 9781783449644 178 x 110mm £4.99 FICTION FICTION

Uwe Timm Illustrated throughout by Axel Scheffler Josh Lacey Illustrated throughout by Beatriz Castro THE TRAIN MOUSE HOPE JONES SAVES THE WORLD When Nibbles the mouse scampers Hope Jones’ new year’s resolution is to give onto a train, little does he know he is up plastic, and she’s inspiring others to do the about to be swept into adventure. same with her website. When she realises Nibbles travels across Germany, picks her local supermarket seems to stock more up a new friend in Switzerland, samples unnecessary plastic than food, she makes it her the delights of French cuisine in Paris mission to do something about it. She may be and finally ends up as the star performer just one ten-year-old with a homemade banner, in a circus in England! but with enough determination, maybe Hope But then Nibbles begins to feel homesick. Jones really can save the world. How will one little mouse find his way home again? Told in a funny blog format with characterful illustrations from Beatriz Castro, Hope Jones Filled with full-colour pictures from Saves the World is the start of a new series, beloved illustrator Axel Scheffler. packed full of practical tips to make the best choices for the environment.

Translated by Rachel Ward

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JOSH LACEY is the author of many books for children including The Island of Thieves, The UWE TIMM started publishing in the early 1970s and became well-known in Germany after Dragonsitter series and the Grk series. He has worked as a journalist and written one book for his book Rudi the Racing Pig was turned into a movie. Uwe has received numerous awards and adults. His first book for children, A Dog Called Grk, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase prizes, including the Grand Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and the Literature Prize Award. Josh lives in London with his wife and daughters. Twitter: @JoshLacey123 of the City of Munich. He lives in Munich.

BEATRIZ CASTRO has been drawing and writing stories since she was a little girl. She studied AXEL SCHEFFLER is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed illustrator of some of the at the school of arts in her native town, Logroño. After graduating in 2008, she embarked on a best loved children’s books, including The Gruffalo. His books have been published in many languages career as a professional illustrator. She has been published by many international publishing houses, and his work has been exhibited all around the world. and illustrated the cover of bestseller Nevermoor. Instagram: @beatrizcastroilustradora FICTION FICTION

Berlie Doherty Ross MacKenzie DEEP SECRET EVERNIGHT Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, When the sun goes out, witches go to war twins, so alike that even their family can’t and unexpected destinies are fulfilled. tell them apart. But tragedy is waiting. When the valley is sold to be flooded Thousands of years ago, the Evernight came for a huge dam, the villagers are forced to the Silver Kingdom and turned everything to leave their homes. Deep secrets are to darkness and chaos. It was only defeated uncovered and desires, love and grief thanks to the skill and bravery of the come to the surface . . . Witches. But now the Evernight is about to return, released by the evil Mrs Hester, and With a stunning new cover by Rachael the only spell that might stop it is lost, deep Dean, this is a haunting historical tale below the great city of King’s Haven. from two-time Carnegie Prize-winner Berlie Doherty. Then orphan Larabelle Fox stumbles across a mysterious wooden box while treasure- hunting in the city’s sewers. Little does she ‘This is Doherty at her best and realise she is about to be catapulted into her many fans will love it’ GUARDIAN an adventure, facing wild magic and mortal ‘We should treasure writers like Berlie Doherty danger – and a man who casts no shadow . . . who are incapable of writing a mediocre sentence’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ‘A story to devour, and then savour. Evernight is alive with thrilling darkness and vivid magic’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE FEB 2020 9781783448319 352pp PB 11+ ‘A darkly magical story set in a brilliantly realised, Cover art by Rachael Dean 198 x 129mm £7.99 EBook available hugely imaginative world that’s perfect for fans of Nevermoor’ ANNA JAMES JAN 2020 9781783449026 368pp PB 12+ ‘Gripping from the first line, this book will thrill and EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99 delight in equal measure’ M. G. LEONARD

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ROSS MACKENZIE has been writing stories since he was seven years old. His novel BERLIE DOHERTY is an English novelist, playwright, children’s author and poet. She has won The Nowhere Emporium won the Blue Peter Best Story Award and the Scottish Children’s Book the Carnegie Medal twice, for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. Her work is published Award. He now splits his time between writing, and his day job as a graphic designer. He lives all over the world, and many of her books have been televised. Twitter: @BerlieDoherty with his wife, daughters and cocker spaniel near Glasgow. Twitter: @RossAuthor FICTION FICTION

Rebecca Stead Susin Nielsen THE LIST OF THINGS THAT NO FIXED ADDRESS WILL NOT CHANGE Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his When Bea was ten she was told two things: her parents mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at were divorcing, and her dad had a boyfriend. As time memorising facts. But Felix and his mom Astrid have goes by, she is reassured by a list her parents made for a secret: they are living in a van. When Felix starts at her, of all the things that will not change. But even though a new school, he does his very best to hide it from she’s excited that her dad is going to remarry and that his friends. And Felix has a plan to turn their lives she’ll get a new stepsister, Bea is haunted by something around: he’s going to win a cash prize on his she did last summer at her dad’s lake house. favourite gameshow Who, What, Where, When. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . . From Newbery Medal-winner Rebecca Stead comes another bittersweet story about friendship, growing up Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak and having the courage to stand up for what’s right. and hope in this moving story about the people who slip through the cracks in society. MAY 2020 9781783449378 224pp HB 11+ EBook available 190 x 135mm £12.99 ‘Relatable, moving and funny. Susin Nielsen is simply wonderful’ SARAH CROSSAN ‘Susin Nielsen is an amazing writer. No Fixed Address is Stunning new covers for the first four novels by acclaimed novelist Rebecca Stead. my book of the year’ HILARY MCKAY

APR 2020 ‘Susin Nielsen is fantastic at creating believable teenage 9781783448326 288pp PB 11+ voices’ THE TIMES EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99

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SUSIN NIELSEN has written for Canadian TV and received huge acclaim for her young Praise for When You Reach Me: Praise for Liar and Spy: adult novels. She won the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award in her native Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize Canada for The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen. Susin lives in Vancouver with her family Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and two very destructive cats. Twitter/Instagram: @susinnielsen ‘Mesmerising’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘A joy to read’ INDEPENDENT FICTION FICTION

Kwame Alexander Ciara Smyth THE CROSSOVER: The Graphic Novel THE FALLING IN LOVE Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile MONTAGE Twelve-year-old twins Josh and Jordan Bell are kings on the Seventeen-year-old Saoirse has court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood – he’s finished with exams and is facing a got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it’s long hot summer before uni. She all on the line. Both on and off the court, there is conflict and plans to party, get drunk, watch hardship which will test Josh’s bond with his brother. In this horror movies and forget all her heartfelt graphic novel in verse, the boys find that life doesn’t family troubles by kissing girls. Enter come with a play-book and it’s not all about winning. the scene: Ruby. A romcom fan and a believer in true love, Ruby challenges MAR 2020 cynical Saoirse to try a summer 9781783449590 224pp PB 11+ EBook available 210 x 140mm £7.99 romance with the serious parts left out, just like in the movies. But what ‘A slam-dunk thrill’ KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW happens when the falling in love montage ends?

A brilliantly funny and moving LGBT THE UNDEFEATED romance with a romcom twist – the Illustrated by Kadir Nelson perfect summer read.

This is for the unforgettable. The unafraid. The undefeated. JUN 2020 9781783449668 384pp PB YA The Undefeated is a profound poem, an ode to black history. EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99 It is an uncompromisingly powerful picture book for older readers that celebrates the strength and bravery of everyday people and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of Cover art by Spiros Halaris the world’s greatest artists, athletes and activists.

‘A powerful tribute to the African-American experience . . . MAR 2020 This book will fill readers with a sense of the wealth and the 9781783449293 40pp PB 7+ cost of history’ NEW YORK TIMES EBook available 267 x 280mm £6.99 CIARA SMYTH was born in Ireland. She studied drama, teaching and then social work at university. She became a writer so she wouldn’t have to grow up. She enjoys jigging (verb: to KWAME ALEXANDER is a poet, children’s author, playwright, producer, performer, complete a jigsaw), playing the violin badly, and having serious conversations with her pets. and winner of the Newbery medal for his novel-in-verse, The Crossover. Ciara has lived in Belfast for over ten years and still doesn’t really know her way around. Twitter/Instagram: @kwamealexander Twitter: @CiaraNicG FICTION FICTION

Melvin Burgess Sharon Dogar THE LOST WITCH MONSTERS Bea has started to hear and see things When two 16-year-old stepsisters elope that no one else can – creatures, with a married man in 1814, the results voices, visions. Then strangers visit are devastating – and the ripples can still Bea and tell her that she has the rare be felt today. powers of a witch. They warn her she is being hunted. Her parents think she This is the incredible story of Mary is hallucinating and needs help. All Bea Shelley – radical, rebellious and entranced. wants to do is get on with her life, and It is the story of a young woman who to get closer to Lars, the mysterious defies tradition and society and who young man she has met at the skate draws upon the monstrous elements of park. But her life is in danger, and she her own life to create Frankenstein, and must break free. The question is – who the most memorable monster of them all. can she trust? Acclaimed writer Sharon Dogar brings to Carnegie Medal-winner Melvin Burgess life the passion, tragedy and forbidden returns with a powerful, thrilling fantasy love of Frankenstein’s teenage author. for young adults about magic, myth and following your instincts. #MonstersYA

‘Extraordinary’ SIMON MAYO ‘A thoughtful and utterly fascinating story of love, ‘Burgess is a master storyteller’ THE TIMES hate and artistic creation’ SALLY NICHOLLS ‘Melvin Burgess is an original, ‘Poignant, lush and satisfying – a thought- experimental voice’ OBSERVER provoking book’ GUARDIAN Cover art by Martina Flor ‘This gripping tale brings Mary Shelley to life’ MAY 2020 336pp PB YA INDEPENDENT 9781783448357 198 x 129mm £7.99 FEB 2020 9781783449033 464pp PB YA ‘The historical details are deftly woven into this EBook available 198 x 129mm £7.99 riveting tale. A book to curl up with’ IRISH TIMES

SHARON DOGAR lives in Oxford with her husband and has three grown-up children. MELVIN BURGESS is the winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children’s Fiction She loves writing, reading and daydreaming. She also works with teenagers as a psychotherapist. Prize and the YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award for Junk. He lives in Hebden Bridge. Her first novel for young adults, Annexed, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award. Twitter: @MelvinBurgess Twitter: @Sharondogar CONTACT US www.andersenpress.co.uk For general enquiries or additional Regional Manager – Central INDIA, NEPAL, BANGLADESH copies of this catalogue, please Ian Tripp & BHUTAN contact Andersen Press: Mobile: 07970 450162 Penguin Books India [email protected] 7th Floor, Infinity Tower C Andersen Press LTD Regional Manager – North & DLF Cyber City 20 Vauxhall Bridge, Scotland Phase II London, SW1V 2SA Jan Grzywinski Gurgaon – 122002 Tel: +44 (0)20 7840 8701 Mobile: 07831 580706 Haryana [email protected] India EDITORIAL Regional Manager – Ireland Tel: +91 124 478 5600 anderseneditorial@ Conor Hackett Fax: +91 124 478 5606 penguinrandomhouse.co.uk Mobile: 086 8518 501 [email protected] [email protected] PUBLICITY JAPAN andersenpublicity@ INTERNATIONAL SALES & Tim Burland penguinrandomhouse.co.uk REPRESENTATION Kikuchi Bldg 101 General export enquiries Sangenjaya 2-38-12 RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS [email protected] Setagaya Ward andersenrights@penguinrandomhouse. Tokyo 154-0024 co.uk CHINA (MAINLAND) Japan Wei Zhao Tel: +81 (0) 3-3424-8977 UK SALES Beijing New Knowledge Era Cultural [email protected] All trade orders should be sent to: Communications Co., Ltd. Grantham Book Services 1-1-2002 Wang Jing Soho SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA & Trent Road No 1 East Futong Avenue, BRUNEI Grantham Chaoyang District Pansing Distribution PTE Ltd. Lincolnshire Beijing 100102 1 New Industrial Road NG31 7XQ China Times Centre Tel: +44 (0) 1476 541000 Tel. +8610 5707 6180 Singapore 536196 [email protected] Tel: +65 6319 9939 Andersen Press are represented in the Fax: +65 6459 4930 UK by the Walker Books sales force. THE CARIBBEAN www.pansing.com Humphrys Roberts Associates UK SALES DEPARTMENT Lynda Hopkins and Chris Humphrys SOUTH AFRICA Walker Books Ltd 5 Voluntary Place Pan Macmillan 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ Wanstead ONE ON JAMESON Tel: +44 (0) 20 7793 0909 London E11 2RP 2nd Floor General sales enquiries: Tel: +44 (0) 20 8530 5028 1 Jameson Ave [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 20 8530 7870 Melrose Estate [email protected] 2196 UK & IRELAND SALES MANAGERS [email protected] Johannesburg Regional Manager – London South Africa Bridie Sheppard Tel: +27 11 731 3440 Tel: 07740 403429 Fax: +27 11 731 3540 [email protected] [email protected] Regional Manager – South Ellie Jones Mobile: 07831 806686 Cover illustration from [email protected] Not Now, Bernard by David McKee