Last Friday our favourite well-meaning rhinoceros graced the screens of tellies across the nation at bedtime! Preposterous Rhinoceros by Tracy Gunaratnam was read by Lesley Manville on Cbeebies Bedtime Stories last Friday. Lesley read the story very well and brought life to the slightly clueless Rhinoceros and his savvy best friend Shy Salamander. Watch the whole reading here! Buy Preposterous Rhinoceros here.
Earlier today, Tracy Gunaratnam visited Waterstones in Croydon to share her story Preposterous Rhinoceros. Starting things off with a jungle sing along (is there any other way to start a party?), Tracy got the children very excited about joining P. Rhino in his jungle world. They then played a Hairy Scary Guessing Game before hearing the hilarious and touching story of Preposterous Rhinoceros. Afterwards the children got to colour in… Read More »Jungle sing alongs with Tracy Gunaratnam!
Tracy Gunaratnam will be reading her wonderfully funny story Preposterous Rhinoceros at Waterstones in Croydon on Friday 29th May! Waterstones has put together this fantastic window display to advertise Tracy’s event and we think it looks rather smashing! Preposterous Rhinocoeros is an equally hilarious and touching tale of a silly rhinoceros who decides to learn to read with disastrous results. Eventually he gets the right idea and with a bit of… Read More »A preposterously good event!
It’s World Book Day next week! World Book Day is all about celebrating books and getting children excited about reading. At Maverick, a love of books is at the heart of what we do. We create inspiring picture books with the aim of getting children excited about stories and encouraging them to learn to read those stories for themselves. Reading and books are, of course, a huge passion for our… Read More »It’s World Book Day next week!
Preposterous Rhinoceros, the first book written by Tracy Gunaratnam, as received yet another stellar review from The Book Bag. Reviewer Sam Tyler has given Preposterous Rhinoceros his endorsement and called it the ‘perfect book for sharing.’ ‘With a sweet central character who acts before he thinks, ‘Preposterous Rhinoceros’ is a perfect book for sharing. The story is well told and funny; full of nice ideas about the misinterpretation of words.… Read More »Another review in the bag (the book bag) for Preposterous Rhinoceros!
Pam Norfolk at Lancashire Evening Post has reviewed our latest releases! ‘Maverick is making a name for itself as a champion of new talent in the picture book market and with an expanding stable of imaginative authors and gifted illustrators, this small outfit is galloping into the big time.’ Read the whole review here. Daniel O’Dowd Was Ever So Loud by Julie Fulton (buy here) “This is a delightful little… Read More »Lancashire Evening Post: Bewitching pigs, rhyming robots and a riotous rhino with Maverick
Parents in Touch has reviewed Maverick’s January books and has only good things to say! We love receiving great reviews and these ones are just fantastic especially as the books are now available to buy online and in your local stores! Daniel O’Dowd was ever so Loud by Julie Fulton (buy here) “If you want a series of wonderful books which are perfect – and great fun – to read aloud,… Read More »Nothing but Good Things!
Tracy Gunaratnam, author of Preposterous Rhinoceros will be visiting Dulwich Books in London for story time on Saturday 31st January. Preposterous Rhinoceros will be released in January and is a fantastic book about learning to read for the first time. Tracy will read Preposterous Rhinoceros and then will be available to sign copies of her book. There will also be plenty of Preposterous themed activities! Dulwich Books does story time every… Read More »Tracy Gunaratnam to visit Dulwich Books in January!
Maverick will be publishing 5 new titles in January and you can pre-order your copies today! Daniel O’Dowd was ever so Loud – Julie Fulton. Pre-order here. This is the fourth book in the Ever So series by Julie Fulton. Julie’s rhymes are original and fun, making the Ever So series books a joy to read for both children and parents. Daniel O’Dowd has a very loud voice and annoys… Read More »Pre-order the latest Maverick Books today!
We have just added Tracy to our authors page and want to give her a true Maverick welcome! Tracy is one of our newest authors who will publish her first children’s picture book, Preposterous Rhinoceros, with us in January. We are really excited about Tracy’s work and cannot wait for everyone else to fall in love with it too. So please join us in welcoming Tracy, the newest member of… Read More »Maverick welcomes Tracy Gunaratnam!
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