An ode to Sherlock Holmes and Piet Mondrian, this noiresque, Tintin-style detective mystery instantly drew me in! Detective Stanley - a not-for-the-want-of-trying almost retired old dog of crime-solving fame in Narlybone town - is just about to tuck into his stack of pancakes at breakfast, a bird delivers a plea for help… irresistible for his eccentric crime-fighting mind to refuse. 

I loved meeting teacher Mrs Adisa and her class - a group of children with diverse representation that will delight teachers, parents and carers to know. A must-have for school libraries, book corners, PSHE lessons, and wellbeing rooms.

Book 14 in this adorable collectable series!! Kitty has a new mystery to solve through her love of libraries, love of books and the reading community, helping others and making sure books are accessible!! It’s a swashbuckling dream of a story!!

Book 6 in this super fun adventure series! It’s super-suit time!! Marv’s friends still have no idea that together with his robot friend Pixel, he’s the awesome superhero that saves the day - it’s time to shrink that hamster back to it’s normal size and save everyone from Dr Boom!

A new tale in the wonderful Isadora Moon series! In this latest story, Isadora (half vampire, half fairy and who celebrates her uniqueness) plays nurse maid to a poorly fairy mummy - sick with the fairy flu. What can she do to help?

Another fabulous early reader illustrated chapter book series from Isadora Moon creator, Harriet Muncaster. During an ocean clean one school morning, mermaid Emerald discovers a lost teddy bear! Maybe her friends Isadora Moon and Mirabelle help her return it?

You simply have to meet Miss Cat! She's a slinky kinda girl, be-hoodied with pointy cat ears. Based in an old dairy at 29 Thirty Street, she runs her detective agency. You'll soon notice she's rather good at prowling, climbing, jumping, detecting danger, she's a thinker, and has a ‘kitty-cat’ sense. Miss Cat has a new case - a widow's beloved canary has been kidnapped!

Katherine Woodfine retells Lottie's true story with a delightful narrative. The reader is given a little background to Lottie's early life in the 1870s. It was when she was a little girl that lawn tennis became a new craze and their family had a court set up in the gardens. Was this a sport for girls though? Her Mother gave her some great advice: “Girls can’t play tennis as well as boys? What a load of nonsense!…You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it.” Go Mrs Dod!!

A wonderful opportunity to chat with this Korean-born Children's illustrator. Her work to date is stunning, and it's been fascinating to find out about her process, and journey so far + to celebrate her brilliant new early reader book with Polly Ho-Yen.

Hurrah! A new graphic novel series for 5-7 year olds by the legendary Jamie Smart! I’m so overjoyed. Welcome to the high-colour, bouncy, bubbly, cute and clever world of Max & Chaffy. This the first of 3 books publishing this year. Its' a buzz!