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autumn/winter 2020 Cicada Books A/W 2020 | Upcoming Titles ages ATLAS OF AMAZING ARCHITECTURE: 6+ THE MOST INCREDIBLE BUILDINGS YOU’VE (PROBABLY) NEVER HEARD OF... Welcome to the autumn 2020 catalogue of Cicada Books. We are a PETER ALLEN small London-based publishing company specialising in unusual and beautiful books for children. Working with a handful of writers, we This gorgeous reference book eschews the traditional develop stories, and then scour the graduations shows, the blogs architectural canon of the pyramids and the Taj Mahal, and Instagram to pair the stories up with the right illustrators. This and takes a broader view of what constitutes amazing allows us to find emerging, cutting edge illustration talent, and to architecture. From the Jameh Mosque in Iran to Native develop stories organically alongside them. American plank houses in New Mexico and an ancient wooden church in Kizhi Pogost, Russia, it spans all We like elegantly presented non-fiction, we like high-end production continents equally throughout history. The buildings values and we like stories that make us smile. Because we believe in included are of great architectural significance, but are reaching kids through humour – even (or especially) if the message is often little known in the wider world. a serious one. Taking a refreshingly inclusive approach to the subject In this catalogue you’ll find stories about a dog that can’t control his matter, Peter Allen brings it to life in his lively, accessible tail, a kangaroo who is scared to leave his mum’s pocket, and two style. neighbours with very different approaches to life. We hope you like – what you see. A celebration of diversity in world architecture. Any questions, feel free to contact us on [email protected]. – With best wishes, Ziggy Peter Allen is a British illustrator based in France. His bold, graphic images are packed with humorous detail. He has illustrated dozens of books for Usborne including Where P.S. Check out our lovely new website on www.cicadabooks.co.uk! 978-1-908714-87-9 / Hardcover / £14.95 / $21.95 / 102pp / 22 Food Comes From, and Ancient Romans and Wayside x 28.5 cm / October 2020 School for Bloomsbury. Cicada Books A/W 2020 | Upcoming Titles Cicada Books A/W 2020 | Upcoming Titles THE PROBLEM WITH PIERRE THE POCKET CHAOTIC C K SMOUHA AND SUZANNA HUBBARD ages ages ZIGGY HANAOR AND DANIEL GRAY-BARNETT 3+ 3+ Alan and Bertram are next-door neighbours. They are also Alexander is a young kangaroo, living in his mum, Nancy’s best friends. They are also very different to one another. pocket. Alexander loves his mum, but there’s one thing Bertram is extremely neat, and Alan is wildly messy. she does that really drives him nuts. She is always When Bertram gets a cat, called Pierre, he is dismayed putting stuff in her pocket. Alexander tries to keep things to find that Pierre prefers it at Alan’s house. Alan tries to neat, but the more he tidies, the more stuff pours in, until help his friend out – to his own detriment. one day it all gets TOO MUCH! The Problem With Pierre plays with the format of the Alexander moves out of the pouch into the room next to book, splitting each spread down the middle – the page his sister’s and actually it’s not as bad as he thought. The on the left is Bertam’s neat-as-a-pin living room, and the final spread shows Nancy clearing out her pocket with a right hand page is Alan’s homely chaos. A twist at the wink. It was time for Alexander to go. end brings together form and content in a way that is sure to delight readers young and old. A humorous, heartwarming tale about the connection between a mother and son and his journey towards – independence. A fussy cat ruffles the feathers of two – neighbours who couldn’t be more different. Alexander’s mum keeps putting stuff in her – pocket and it’s driving him crazy! – Suzanna Hubbard is an established illustrator and writer whose books include The Lady Who Lived in a Car (Pavilion) and Love Poems (Orion). She is a visiting lecturer Daniel Gray-Barnett is an award-winning Australian in illustration at the University of Bournemouth. illustrator who trained, in a previous life, as a doctor. He is C K Smouha is a children’s author whose previous books 978-1-908714-85-5 / Hardcover / £11.95 / $16.95 / 32pp / 978-1-908714-80-0 / Hardcover / £11.95 / $16.95 / 32pp / the author of Grandma Z (Scribble) and the illustrator of Dr include Born Bad, Sock Story and Iced Out (Cicada). 24x28.5 cm (landscape) / September 2020 22x27 cm / September 2020 Boogaloo and the Girl Who Lost Her Laughter (PRH). Cicada Books A/W 2020 | Upcoming Titles Cicada Books A/W 2020 | Upcoming Titles TELL TAIL BARTHOLOMEW AND THE MORNING MONSTERS KATIE BROSNAN AND C K SMOUHA ages RTHOLOMEW ages SOPHIE BERGER AND RUAN VAN VLIET 3+ BA AND THE 3+ NG MONS Dex is not like the other dogs in his family. His mum, ORNI TERS Bartholomew struggles to get himself ready as the dad and brothers are strong and tough. But Dex just M monsters from last night’s dreams sabotage the most has a very waggy tail. The rest of his family find it very simple of morning routines. A vast purple monster sits embarrassing, but try as he might, Dex can’t control it. on his chest, making it hard to get out of bed. Getting dressed, brushing teeth, eating breakfast and even going After an incident at the park, Dex runs away from his to the toilet all present challenges as the monsters mess family. He runs and runs and runs, and when he finally around at Bartholomew’s expense. Will Bartholomew’s comes to a stop, he finds that he doesn’t care any more. dad ever manage to get him out the door? About his tail, his family – about anything. And that’s when his tail stops wagging completely. Dad starts to Hilarious illustrations bring Bartholomew’s frustration feel uneasy with this new development, and together and befuddlement alive in this deceptively simple story father and son must go on a journey to rediscover the that anyone who is not a morning person is bound to joys of self-expression. relate to. – This timely book conveys a serious message with a refreshing lightness of tone in both text and illustration. Mornings are never easy – especially when the monsters from last night’s dreams want – to stay and play! A touching tale of an unruly tail! – – Ruan van Vliet is a Dublin-based illustrator whose smudgy, Katie Brosnan is a graduate of the Cambridge MA in children’s absurdist illustrations have featured in work for clients book illustration. She is the author of Keith Amongst the including KT, Vans and Noble Rot. This is his first book. Pigeons (Child’s Play) and Gut Garden (Cicada). Sophie Berger is a recent English graduate based in C K Smouha is the author of Born Bad, Sock Story and Iced 978-1-908714-86-2 / Hardcover / £11.95 / $16.95 / 32pp / 978-1-908714-84-8 / Hardcover / £10.95 / $15.95 / 32pp / Australia, whose writing has been published on Mama Mia Out (Cicada). 24x28 cm (landscape) / October 2020 22x27 cm / October 2020 and other influential blogs. Cicada Books A/W 2020 | New in Paperback Cicada Books A/W 2020 | New in Paperback pape pape pape rb rb rb in Baby likes to cuddle. He is allowed to hug the rug, in in ICED OUT ages a ages a SOCK STORY ages a c c the jug the bug and the slug... but NOT the pug! c k k w w w k Don’t Hug the Pug Hug the Pug Don’t e e Why not? What could be wrong with the pug...? e n n C K SMOUHA AND ISABELLA BUNNELL 4+ Don’t Hug 3+ ELEONORA MARTON AND C K SMOUHA n 3+ Wilfred Walrus and Neville Narwhal are – It’s Phil and Dale’s favourite time of the only kids in Miss Blubber’s class who ‘The characters’ arc toward friendship the Pug the week - the WASH! The two socks – are not seals. Life is tough being the and self-acceptance is refreshing, and practise their flips and tricks, much to the ‘Smouha and Marton wring genuine You can odd ones out – lunchtimes and football Jug? hug the disapproval of the other clothes in the suspense and edgy humor out of the watercolor pictures by Bunnell bug and the rug this clever, colorful tale.’ matches and school photos all present pair well with the low-key narration.’ and the washing machine. But why should they jug but challenges to the two outliers. don’t hug care? They’ve got each other and that’s all ~New York Times ~Publisher’s Weekly the pug – that matters... right? – When Betty Beluga joins the class, everything changes. Betty is smart and When Phil goes missing, Dale has an independent and amazing at football. As encounter with a red shirt, and finds himself 978-1-908714-76-3 / 978-1-908714-89-3 / Paperback / £6.99 / a friendship forms, Betty helps the boys UK: £9.95 / US: $14.95. alone in the washing machine, lost and pink. Paperback / £6.95 / $8.95 / $9.95 / 32pp / 21x27cm / to recognise that being different isn’t When the socks are finally reunited, they 36pp / 21 x 28 cm / October Written by Robin Jacobs March 2020 / rs: Korean, Illustrated by Matthew Hodson cicada always a bad thing! 2020 must decide what it means to be a pair if Swedish one of you has changed.