Andersen Press SPRING 2020 Rights Guide • Picture Books www.andersenpress.co.uk What Will I Be? Frances Stickley & Lucy Fleming

What do you want to be when you grow up? A pirate or a dinosaur hunter, an engineer or a doctor? Through dressing up and imaginary play, there’s nothing these four friends can’t be. • Discover a world of possibilities through imagination and play. • Featuring diverse and relatable characters, children will recognise themselves and the games they play in the story. • A gorgeous bedtime ending as the friends each go home and dream of what they will be. • Frances Stickley is a former primary school teacher and winner of the Bloomsbury and National Literacy Trust Prize 2017. • Lucy Fleming’s stylish, lively illustrations artfully wind down to a sleepy bedtime ending. Publication date: July 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 220mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/39CsSa7 Scissorella: The Paper Princess Clare Helen Welsh & Laura Barrett

Lotte doesn’t believe in happy endings. She lives with her horrible, bossy sisters and her only friends are the paper puppets she makes by the light of the moon. But when an invitation to the Palace Spring Ball arrives on their doorstep, Lotte sees her chance to change her life for ever... • A beautiful retelling of the Cinderella story with a modern twist, inspired by the life and work of German film director and pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger. • Peer through the palace windows to see the ball with an incredible laser-cut double gatefold spread. • Clare Helen Welsh, formerly a primary school teacher, is an author with a real passion for storytelling. Her picture books are published worldwide. • Laura Barrett is an illustrator that specialises in stunning paper-cut style artwork, perfect for the story of the paper princess.

Publication date: September 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 300 x 225mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2TyBj0G The Grumpy Hat Nicola Kent

Annoyed by his little sister, Ravi breaks Ruby’s toy car, so he goes to bed angry and she goes to bed sad. When Ravi wakes up, there’s a bright red grumpy hat stuck on his head! And he can’t get rid of it, no matter how hard he tries... • Sometimes we can all wake up wearing a grumpy hat. Discover how to swap your grumpy hat for happy socks! • Explores how guilt can often presents as grumpiness in young children. • Although siblings can be the cause of our bad moods, they can just as often be the cure. • Nicola graduated from the prestigious Cambridge School of Art MA with a distinction and was Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. She has won the Independent Booksellers’ Best New Illustrator Award, and was shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2019. Publication date: September 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 260 x 250mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2IyKZlq Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry Michelle Robinson & Jez Tuya

Join Red Lorry and Yellow Lorry on their very busy day! They must get to the construction site, but they have a snow-drift, a breakdown and a speeding tractor to contend with along the way... Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry: which one would you drive?

• Bursting with colourful trucks, buses, helicopters, and so many more things that go! • Encourages spotting and naming all the vehicles, and includes a perfect bedtime ending to get your little ones ready to sleep. • Michelle Robinson is an award- winning children’s author, whose books have won the Laugh Out Loud Book Award and the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize. • Jez Tuya is a New Zealand-based illustrator and character designer for books and TV. His books have been published worldwide.

Publication date: September 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 250 x 260mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/39Bm78J The Day Fin Flooded the World Adam Stower

Fin is extremely forgetful – he wears slippers to school and comes home without his trousers. So it’s no surprise when he leaves the tap running... until it floods the world! Who will be outraged, and who will be overjoyed?

• Learn what forgetfulness can cost in this zany, underwater adventure. • Watery cover features clever gloss • Adam Stower is an award-winning author and illustrator of both picture books and older fiction. His books have been longlisted for the Medal, and won the Red House Children’s Book Award.

Publication date: July 2021 Extent: 40 pages Size: 260 x 250mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2Q1cCrp Peep! Meg McLaren

Dot isn’t like the other dogs: she doesn’t like going out for walks, and she doesn’t like going to the park. Her favourite thing is staying at home with her favourite toy and best friend, Peep. But when Peep goes missing under the garden fence, Dot might have to venture out into the world...

• Introvert Dot learns that leaving her safe-space and making friends can be fun, in this uplifting story about living with anxiety. • Shy children will identify with Dot and her love of routine and the familiar. • Meg McLaren is a printmaker and illustrator who learned her craft on the MA in Children’s Book Illustration

Publication date: August 2021 at the Cambridge School of Art. Extent: 32 pages Her books have won the Scottish Size: 260 x 250mm Book Trust’s Bookbug Rights available: All rights Prize and been shortlisted for the UK RRP: £12.99 Waterstones Children’s Book Award. Download link: https://bit.ly/3aJlOJc A Tale of Two Dragons Geraldine McCaughrean & Peter Malone The kingdoms of Arbor with its lush forests, and Pomosa rich with farmland, have no love between them, and the children have taken to sneaking across the borders to thieve. If only they would share their produce. But the Kings decide to fight, instead... with dragons. But what kind of future will that bring? • A timely story about difference and understanding, in a classical style. • Fine storytelling compellingly proves that fighting is not the way to find peace and prosperity. • Geraldine McCaughrean is published in 61 countries. She is a three-time winner of the Whitbread/Costa Children’s Book Award, the Michael L. Printz Award and the Carnegie Medal twice. • Peter Malone’s children’s books have been published all around the world, and frequently exhibits at the AOI and SOI, gaining two bronze awards and certificates of merit.

Publication date: September 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3aEbZMs Will You Be My Friend? Russell Ayto Bush Baby is so lonely – nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she’s too small. She’s not pink enough for Flamingo. They just can’t they see past how she looks. Lion, however, thinks she is just right to be his friend. And he’d never be so rude as to eat a friend. Is Bush Baby very brave, very foolish, or just very, very lonely? • A timely story about difference and • Sometimes it’s hard to make friends, understanding, in a classical style. even if you’re a really cute bushbaby... • Fine storytelling compellingly Open your heart and your mind, proves that fighting is not the way and get ready to laugh out loud! to find peace and prosperity. • Sparkling with humour, Russell • Geraldine McCaughrean is published in Ayto’s comic genius shines right 61 countries. She is a three-time winner through to the surprise ending. of the Whitbread/Costa Children’s Book • Russell has won the Roald Dahl Funny Award, the Michael L. Printz Award Prize, the Booktrust Early Years Award and the Carnegie Medal twice. and the Nestle Children’s Book Prize Gold • Peter Malone’s children’s books Award, and has twice been shortlisted have been published all around the for the Kate Greenaway Medal. world, and frequently exhibits at the Publication date: August 2021 AOI and SOI, gaining two bronze Extent: 32 pages awards and certificates of merit. Size: 240 x 240mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2W04LOG Meet Uncle Marvello and Auntie Shazam: magicians extraordinaires... they can even make your watch disappear! And Cousin Charlie, who cooks up a feast... then eats it all himself. From uncles and cousins to babies and elderly aunts, everyone in this family is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud!

• Quintessential John Yeoman and , in this quirky, comic picture book. • John Yeoman and Quentin Blake have been collaborating since 1960. • The UK’s most revered illustrator, legend Quentin Blake has won many awards over his long career, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/, International Bologna Ragazzi Prize and the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.

Publication date: February 2021 Extent: 48 pages Size: 280 x 220mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3aH7zoc Cows Go Boo! Steve Webb & Fred Blunt

On Farmer George’s farm, the pigs go ‘oink’, the sheep go ‘baa’, and cows go… wait, where did all the cows go? These cheeky cows have taken to sneaking up on Farmer George and shouting ‘BOO!’ Luckily, George knows just how to put his impolite herd to good use.

• Laugh out loud as the cows cause havoc on the farm! • Steve Webb’s hilarious text is simple, funny and repetitive: perfect to read aloud with young children. • Fred Blunt’s illustrations are bold, energetic and bursting with humour.

Publication date: June 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 260 x 250mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/39Npx8x Happy Times! Michael Foreman

From sunrise to sunset, breakfast time to playtime, time to go to the beach, bedtime, story time and – finally – sweet dreams time: Michael Foreman celebrates every wonderful moment of a day spent together as a family.

• Michael Foreman’s expertly simple text and brightly coloured illustrations are evocative of summer days with all the family. • Children and parents alike will recognise those cherished and special family moments. • Michael Foreman is one of the UK’s leading children’s book illustrators; he has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice, and the Smarties Prize.

Publication date: August 2022 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2wMlLNJ Grandad’s Camper Harry Woodgate

Grandad's camper van is hidden away in the garage – now Gramps isn't around any more, the adventures they shared travelling in it just wouldn’t be the same. As she listens to his wonderful stories, Grandad’s granddaughter has an idea to bring the past and future together.

• A charming story that celebrates love in all its forms. • Discover a wonderful grandfather- granddaughter relationship, as the little girl hatches the perfect plan to get Grandad adventuring again. • A subtle story of love, loss and a life well lived runs through this touching tale. • Harry Woodgate is an outstanding new talent who was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2019 and the Folio Society Book Illustration Competition 2018 & 2019.

Publication date: May 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2Iw98sT Dreams for our Daughters Ruth Doyle & Ashling Lindsay

A star-scattered night, a brand new baby girl, and all the potential in the world… This is a poetic introduction to what it means to grow up as a girl in the challenging times we live in, and all of the dazzling possibilities the world has to offer. • A lavish cover glittering with green foil makes this the perfect gift for the milestone moments in a child’s life, from birth to graduation. • Ruth Doyle is a nurse, social worker and micro- farmer turned picture book writer with a unique voice. COMPANION BOOK SONGS FOR OUR SONS: • Ashling Lindsay’s debut picture book, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Klaus Flugge Prize for illustration, and longlisted for the Kate Greenaway award. Publication date: February 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 300 x 225mm Rights sold: USA, German UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2vI3Esr Who Makes a Forest? Sally Nicholls & Carolina Rabei Who makes a forest? A wizard, a giant, an emperor? Come on a walk with Grandpa to discover how a forest is made, and see how a thousand tiny things can come together to change the face of the earth. When the walk is over, learn all about the different forests that grow on our beautiful planet – and what we can do to save them. • Includes a 5 page non-fiction section on forests around the world, and the impact of deforestation on our planet. • Features a wonderful grandfather/ grandchild relationship with the narrative centred around a walk in the woods. • Sally Nicholls, winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Costa Children’s Book Award, and the Carnegie Medal, twice. • Carolina Rabei’s books have been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and shortlisted for the Read It Again! award. Publication date: October 2020 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights sold: Dutch, French UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/38EPJR8 Luna Loves Art Joseph Coelho & Fiona Lumbers At the gallery, Luna is transfixed by the famous art, but her classmate Finn doesn’t seem to be paying attention. When they see a sculpture of a family group, Finn says he thinks families don’t look like that. But what does a family look like? • In this follow-up to Luna Loves Library Day, we meet Luna’s mum, and learn that not all families are the same. • Spot famous art from around the world! • A spectacular moment with silver foil where Luna and her classmates experience immersive art. • Joseph Coelho won the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award with his first collection Werewolf Club Rules. • Fiona Lumbers brings well-known artwork to life in her own style, in a perfect first introduction to fine art.

Publication date: July 2020 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights sold: USA, Romanian, Spanish UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2IyL2h6 The Worrying Worries Rachel Rooney & Zehra Hicks

What happens when you get a Worry? They can follow you around everywhere, and they are HUNGRY. They feed on your fears and put sad thoughts in your head until they’ve grown so big, it can be hard to get anything done! Luckily, the Worry Doctor knows exactly what to do. • Worries are given physical form in this humorous and insightful picture book that helps even the youngest child find ways to cope with day-to-day anxieties. • The first in the series,The Problem with Problems, has sold in 18 territories worldwide. • Rachel Rooney’s books have won the CLPE Poetry Award, and been long listed for the Carnegie Medal. • Zehra Hicks is an award-winning author and illustrator who studied Fine Art at Northumbria University and Theatre Design in Holland.

Publication date: January 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 260 x 250mm Rights sold: ANZ, Chinese (simple) UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3azW0im

FIRST IN THE SERIES: THE PROBLEM WITH PROBLEMS

Rights sold: USA, ANZ, Afrikaans, Chinese (simple and complex), Danish, Estonian, Dutch, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Romanian, Turkish Old Macdonald Had a Phone Jeanne Willis &

Old Macdonald loves his phone – it helps him organise his farm... and do a bit of online shopping. But when the animals all get a phone of their own, they just can’t seem to put them down! • Aimed at educating the very youngest phone users in the dangers of being addicted to your phone screen. • This is the fourth in a series of cautionary tales for the new generation of young internet users, which has sold in 7 territories worldwide. • Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross have been collaborating on award-winning ALSO IN THE SERIES: picture books for over 30 years.

Publication date: February 2021 Extent: 32 pages Size: 230 x 270mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3cHySQV

The Story Thief Graham Carter Olive is a shy girl who prefers reading about adventures to having them herself. But when a mysterious figure steals all of the books in town, Olive decides to set out on an adventure of her own. • Discover the magic of reading in this beautifully illustrated adventure with the joy of sharing stories at its heart. • The intricate silvery-purple foiling detail on the cover is truly irresistible. • The perfect story to inspire little ones ALSO BY GRAHAM: to learn to read. • Graham Carter is a printmaker with a huge following Publication date: March 2021 who is now stepping Extent: 32 pages Size: 260 x 250mm into the world of Rights sold: Danish, Korean picture books. UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3aJlZnQ Two can Play Margaret Sturton Cat likes to work in the garden digging, planting seeds and growing vegetables. Puss doesn’t appear to see the point in all that hard work, she likes to be in the house sitting around drinking tea and having fun. • An early lesson in hard work and reward. • Discover that hard work is fun when friends pull together. • Spot Puss in the background, watching Cat’s every move with interest... • Exciting new talent ALSO BY MARGARET: Margaret Sturton’s second picture book. • Margaret has a BA and MA in Fine Art Sculpture, and an MA in Children’s Publication date: April 2021 Extent: 32 pages Book Illustration from Size: 270 x 230mm the Cambridge Rights available: All rights School of Art. UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2Q1jFk2

Vampire Peter Ben Manley & Hannah Peck Everyone says Peter is the baddest boy in school. He likes strange food, wears strange clothes and does strange things. In fact, Peter is a vampire. So when the class gerbil goes missing, Lucy lets Peter take the blame, even though she knows it wasn’t anything to do with him... • Friendship and celebrating difference is at the heart of this tale in which Lucy must decide whether to do the right thing or the easiest thing. • The perfect story to get you in the mood for Halloween. • Ben Manley is a picture book author, creator of interactive ebooks and website designer living in Norwich, UK. • Hannah Peck is an illustrator based in Brighton, UK.

Publication date: September 2020 Extent: 32 pages Size: 280 x 240mm Rights sold: French UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3aRteKv Fergal Meets Fern Robert Starling

After his little sister hatches, Fergal feels jealous, angry and worried sometimes, but believing those feelings are wrong, he hides them. Luckily, Dad is around to help Fergal deal with his feelings and discover he’s a great big brother. • In his third book, Fergal discovers that feelings aren’t ‘good’ or ‘bad’, but they can get out of control if you ignore them. • Highlights the importance of processing negative emotions. • The Fergal series has sold in 21 territories worldwide. • Robert Starling’s debut, Fergal is Fuming, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Award. Publication date: September 2020 Extent: 32 pages Size: 260 x 250mm Rights sold: German, Korean, Slovakia UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/2VX8VXF Papa Penguin Lindsay Camp & Momoko Abe

Luckily for Sam, Dad's home just in time for a bedtime story. But tonight there’ll be no aliens or super heroes, instead he’ll tell the tale of Papa Penguin, who loves his beautiful boy- chick very much, even when he’s not always around. • Celebrating amazing dads and the wonderful world of penguin parenting. • Includes a penguin non-fiction section that shows how incredible emperor penguin parents really are! • Lindsay Camp has been writing books for young children for over 20 years, and has collaborated with esteemed illustrators such as Tony Ross.

• Momoko Abe was born in Japan, and Publication date: May 2021 studied filmmaking before turning her Extent: 32 pages hand to picture book illustration. Size: 250 x 250mm Rights available: All rights UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/3aGU6wm Hom Jeanne Willis & Paddy Donnelly

Hom is the last of his kind. I don’t know what kind of creature he is, and nobody knows he exists... apart from me. When a boy washes up on a desert island, he is sure he’s on his own in the world. But there’s someone else living there: Hom, a peace-loving creature who has lost his family, too. • A beautiful tale of two unlikely friends thrown together by circumstances and a shared loss. • Discover that the best of friendships can cross language and cultural barriers. • Jeanne Willis is a multi-award-winning and much-loved children’s author. Publication date: March 2021 • Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator Extent: 32 pages Size: 230 x 270mm based in Belgium, who was nominated Rights sold: French, Greek for the World Illustration Awards 2018. UK RRP: £12.99 Download link: https://bit.ly/334IWPJ Duck and Penguin Do Not Like Sleepovers Julia Woolf

Best friends Betty and Maud are having a sleepover in a tiny tent in the garden, and they just know their long-suffering toys Duck and Penguin are going to love it, too. Right? • The second in the Duck and Penguin series sees the old rivals put their differences aside to find a way to safety by sticking together. • Julia Woolf worked for 20 years in animation, including for FIRST IN THE SERIES: Dreamworks US. She graduated with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2015.

Publication date: August 2020 Extent: 32 pages Size: 240 x 240mm Rights sold: USA Rights sold: USA, Danish, Dutch, UK RRP: £12.99 French, Italian, Korean Download link: https://bit.ly/39CEDgU