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Gruffalo Granny by Julia Donaldson ill. Axel Scheffler

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Sep 2026

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781035065516

This is a title that needs no help from ACHUKA to be brought to people’s notice but it goes without saying that it is a publishing event that cannot be ignored.

Julia Donaldson says, “I really hope that children – and adults too – will enjoy the new story, as I know what a wonderful experience shared reading can be. I was delighted when Axel came on board, and am even more so now that I’ve seen the brilliant sketches he’s already done for the new book.”

Axel Scheffler says “…One day out of the blue there came a wonderfully clever and inspired new text by Julia. How does she do this? Could I decline? Of course not! As I have had to draw the odd Gruffalo and his daughter over the last 20 years, I’m not completely out of practice.”

Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert is Scared of Frogs by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 4 Feb

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
ISBN: 9781805133971

See also:
Frank and Bert: The One With the Missing Biscuits [ACHUKA Book of the Day 26 Mar 2024]
Frank And Bert 2 [ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Jan 2023]
Frank And Bert 1 [ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Feb 2022]

“The Frank and Bert books are some of the most delightful picture books about friendship!” ReadingZone
“A very sweet and gently funny picturebook.” Children’s Books Ireland

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Frank and Bert love to sail Bert’s toy boat on the little pond. But – oh no! – in this new title in the series there’s a FROG in the pond and Bert is scared of frogs. Poor Bert! Frank wants to help his best friend, but is he just a little bit frightened too . . .?

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Gordon Wins It All by Alex Latimer

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 7 Jul 2025

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See also:
Gordon The Meanest Goose On Earth [ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Aug 2024]
Godfrey Is A Frog [ACHUKA Book of the Day 4 Jul 2024]
The Duck Never Blinks [ACHUKA Book of the Day  28 Jul 2023]

The Meanest Goose on Earth is back! Honkingly funny storytelling from bestselling author Alex Latimer-highly illustrated and full of laughs, this is the perfect series for emerging readers.

Gordon is THE MEANEST GOOSE ON EARTH. Well . . . he used to be, but now, he’s trying to change his ways and be a GOOD GOOSE. The trouble is, it’s really tricky to be kind and patient and good, especially when you’ve always been mean.

In Gordon Wins It All, Gordon decides he wants to be good at EVERYTHING, so he arranges Grover Garden’s first-ever GRAND TOURNAMENT. He’s determined to win every event and prove he’s the best goose around, even if that means cheating with the help of his old friends at the Meanest Goose Society. But will Gordon’s selfish scheme be everything he dreamed of?

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The Stormy Life of Scarlett Fife by Maz Evans ill. Chris Jevons

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The third laugh-out-loud, heart-warming Scarlett Fife book, beautifully illustrated throughout by the Chris Jevons.
Check out The Exploding Life of Scarlett Fife.

Scarlett Fife has BIG FEELINGS. And when she tries to squash them down, they come back up with shocking results!

Feelings are like slime in a party bag. No matter how much someone tells you to keep it in, it’ll always find its way out. And very soon, Scarlett notices that every time she pushes her sadness down, the storm breaks!

If she’s going to avoid her world getting soaking wet, Scarlett will have to work out how to live with her feelings, once and for all…

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Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie the Witch 35th Anniversary Edition by Valerie Thomas ill. Korky Paul

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Dec 2022

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This anniversary edition celebrates 35 years of the original Winnie and Wilbur adventure. Since Winnie and Wilbur first appeared in 1987, they have been delighting children and adults in homes and schools all over the world and more than 9 million books have been sold. Celebrating the wonderful relationship that exists between Winnie and Wilbur, this anniversary edition includes forewords by the author and illustrator, a gallery of Winnie and Wilbur’s most magical memories, and sketches from Korky Paul’s studio.

Winnie shares her big black house with Wilbur her big black cat. So sometimes she accidentally trips over him. Ouch! After some spells that make Wilbur look very silly, Winnie finds just the right magic to make sure she can always see him. It’s a colourful Winnie and Wilbur adventure!

Korky Paul’s intricate artwork is full of madcap humour and crazy details to pore over.

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Winnie and Wilbur: The Festival of Witches by Valerie Thomas ill. Korky Paul

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A new title in the best-selling Winnie and Wilbur series that has been delighting readers both young and old since 1987.

Winnie and Wilbur are on their annual visit to the Worldwide Witches’ Festival, meeting witches (and their cats) from all over the globe. They have a wonderful time partying, dancing and learning new spells. When the festival is over, Winnie and Wilbur hop on their broomstick and zoom off on a magical mystery tour to visit their new friends in a tropical treehouse, a castle by the sea and a house on top of a mountain! When they arrive back home, it’s much too quiet-but then there’s a knock at the door…

A jubilant and joyful story celebrating diversity and friendship, as Winnie and Wilbur discover how magical it is to make new friends and be part of a global community of witches. Korky Paul’s intricate and spellbinding artwork is full of fun, mischief and mayhem.

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Victoria Stitch: Free and Famous (Paperback) Harriet Muncaster

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Victoria Stitch has escaped from the confines of Wiskling Wood and flown into the human world. Here, she breaks the most sacred of all wiskling laws and speaks to a human. Where she is feared and disgraced in Wiskling Wood, she is adored and revered in the human world. But the net is closing in. There are wisklings who would like to end Victoria Stitch’s famous reign in the human world for good. Will her beloved twin, Celestine, be able to warn her in time? And even if she can, will Victoria Stitch listen?

A Dog Called Dylan: Scholastic and Brown Bag launch first property

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booksellerScholastic UK and Brown Bag Films are together developing a new children’s property, about a dog called Dylan and his friends, in both picture book and TV format.

The project is the first property to be developed as part of a first-look partnership agreement announced last year by the two companies.

Scholastic imprint Alison Green Books will publish two picture books – Dylan the Doctor and Dylan the Shopkeeper – in August 2016 and January 2017 respectively, with more titles to follow in late 2017 and 2018. The series was created by Guy Parker-Rees, who is represented by Hilary Delamere at the Agency.

Scholastic, which has world rights, will work alongside Brown Bag Films, which is developing a Dylan animation.

via Scholastic and Brown Bag launch first property | The Bookseller.

SuperTed to be back on TV as creator confirms new series

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Children’s cartoon hero SuperTed is set to return to British TV screens after its creator revealed plans for a new series.
Animator Mike Young said the flying crimefighting bear should be back after 30 years before the end of the year.
The hit show was initially written in Welsh and shown on S4C, but was soon translated into English and ran for several years on the BBC in the 1980s.

via SuperTed to be back on TV as creator confirms new series – Telegraph.