Hedgehugs is now a finalist for The People’s Book Prize. Voting for Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson’s first children’s book will take place in May 2015, with the winners being announced at The People’s Book Prize 6th Award Ceremony at the end of May 2015. Fingers-crossed for Horace and Hattie to become award-winning hedgehogs! If you enjoyed the book please share your comments on their TPBP page.
The second book by author Alice Hemming, a magical story about a little boy, Bobby who wonders where all the bubbles go? and 667 million miles away ‘Bibble’ wonders where all the bubbles are coming from? Beautifully, beautifully illustrated by Sara Sanchez. These are the endpapers!  Just imagine how the whole book looks! Alice is taking part with the SCWBI character blog tour, to see more  please click here. To… Read More »Bibble and the Bubbles
The second picture book by children’s author, Rachel Lyon. Out this September delightfully illustrated by Andrea Ringli, the story is about ‘Mucky’ a rather smelly horse who wanted to be a Unicorn believing it would bring him many more friends! Â Rachel is one of our very best rhyming authors who brings the full range of emotions with her writing! We often find ourselves going from hilarious laughter to shedding a… Read More »I Wish I’d been Born a Unicorn!
A knitting loving granny proved the inspiration for an author’s new picture book ‘A Scarf and a Half.’ This is the first book by author Amanda Brandon, we are sure this will be very popular with young children in schools and libraries. To see more about Amanda  please click here. The illustrations are by Catalina Echeverri who is represented by the illustration agency Plum Pudding. Catalina’s sense of colour… Read More »Scarf and a Half
Children are in for more than one treat if they are travelling in London with Mums, Dads, friends  on the underground! Look out for copies of ‘Hedgehugs’ the new children’s picture book by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper. To see more about ‘Books on the Underground’ this please click here. To buy this lovely book please click here. Enjoy! (We know you will! ) Ha!
Fantastic to see our new books heading the review section for the Lancashire Evening Post. “A Perfect Summer of Fun” To read all the reviews please click here. Both books are available at many good bookshops and online. Enjoy
Many thanks to Louise Ellis-Barrett for reviewing Steve Howson’s first picture book. A jolly good review as well! To read the whole review please click here. To buy this lovely book please click here. ENJOY!
Delighted to announce that ‘Grandma Bendy’ by Izy Penguin and ‘Bibble and the Bubbles’ by Alice Hemming have both have had rights sales to ‘Awesome World’ a  children’s book publisher in South Korea. Maverick foreign rights are handled by THE RIGHTS PEOPLE, for more information please click here to visit the website. Many congratulations to both authors, we are sure that children in South Korea will love… Read More »Two more Maverick Book Sales to South Korea
Many thanks to ‘Kids Book Review’ for their extremely good review for Steve Howson’s first picture book ‘Hocus Pocus Diplodocus’ “The text is entertaining with enough silly fun to have preschoolers giggling. If your children are anything like mine, Burpy Barosaurus suggesting that the ‘P’ in ‘Hocus P Diplodocus’ could stand for ‘Pimplebottom’ is sure to raise a laugh and a request for the story to be read again. (Fortunately,… Read More »New Review for ‘Hocus Pocus Diplodocus’
Many thanks to Madhouse Family Reviews for their fine appraisal of ‘Cantankerous King Colin’ “It’s a good way of getting kids to point out all the naughty things he does and why they’re bad – Pierre quite rightly said that it isn’t nice to walk up the stairs without wiping his feet or taking off his muddy boots because… Read More »Madhouse Family Review – Cantankerous King Colin
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