ANDERSEN PRESS SPRING 2020 PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS 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. MAR 2020 32pp HB 3+ 9781783448715 260 x 250mm £12.99 APR 2020 32pp HB 4+ 9781783448708 270 x 230mm £12.99 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 APR 2020 32pp HB 3+ 9781783448722 260 x 250mm £12.99 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 JUN 2020 32pp HB 4+ 9781783448616 290 x 220mm £12.99 ‘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.