“This is Jessica Love’s debut picture book, and every choice she makes – the spare text, a color palette both muted and lively, full-bleed pages that make even subway cars and apartment rooms feel as expansive as the ocean – imbues the story with charm, tenderness and humor…Alongside Julian, readers learn that anyone can be a mermaid: All it takes is love and acceptance, a little imagination and a big swishy tail. ”
The New York Times Book Review 

“In this bravura feat of understated storytelling, the richness of Julian’s free-floating imagination is caught in images layered with colour, movement, muscle and life, celebrating black and Latino experience.”
Imogen Russell Williams, GUARDIAN REVIEW

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How pleasing to have a new picture book from Jan Fearnley, whose Mr Wolf’s Pancakes is a perennial favourite.

A nice old grandma bakes a pie, but – oh me, oh my! – that yummy treat is stolen by a greedy fox, then lost and found by a mouse, snatched by a cat, grabbed by a dog, and plucked away by an owl, before landing back on Grandma’s table for everyone to share, or maybe not . . .

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Bad Nana is a deliciously wicked new series for ages six and up, told through the eyes of 8-year-old Jeanie. Gorgeously illustrated throughout with vibrantly coloured spreads, Bad Nana’s naughty exploits will shock and appal – and make you snort with laughter!

“Assuredly inhabiting its seven-year-old protagonist’s perspective, the book chronicles the naughty deeds of an unconventional grandmother…”
Imogen Russell Williams, GUARDIAN REVIEW

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A startlingly original picture book about a little girl who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop.

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A little boy is told to play outside by his mother. There follows an adventure and a bike ride with an imaginary red-hatted friend to and bumps into an imaginary friend with whom he goes for a bike ride. At first he finds it difficult to keep up, but with the imaginary friend’s help he takes off the bike’s stabilisers and learns to freewheel – all the way home.

Stunning illustrations and an imaginative design make this a really special picture book gift for little bike riders everywhere.

Sebastien Pelon lives and works in Paris. http://www.sebastienpelon.com

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Baner Graboff was a highly prolific artist and children’s book illustrator from the 1950s to 1970s. Here his bright and startling illustrations bring this classic tale to vivid life.

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First title in a new series from Tiny Owl telling well-known stories from different perspectives, and pairing authors and illustrators from different countries and cultures.

Here, Beverely Naidoo offers an alternative to the traditional European tale, with its fairy godmother and pumpkin.

The story is richly illustrated in a naive but intricate style by Marjan Vafaeian.

Follow the illustrator’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marjan_vafaeian

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