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Where’s Wally?The Totally EssentialTravel CollectionMartin Handford

The seven sensational classicWhere’s Wally? books are packed intothis handy travel-sized edition, withsix postcards to send to your fr iends!

190 x 152 mm • 172 pages • 5 years +

June 2014 • Walker Books UK

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Celebrating 20 Years of

Guess How Much I Love You 20th Anniversary EditionSam McBratney and Anita Jeram

Celebrate twenty years of shar ing love to the moon and back with thisspecial anniversary edition of one of the world’s bestselling picture bookswith additional words from the author and artist.

270 x 245 mm • 40 pages • 2 years + • September 2014 • Walker Books UK

Guess How Much I Love You: Sweetheart Panorama PopSam McBratney and Anita Jeram

This new miniature panorama pop is now available in a gorgeous red fabricslipcase with a heart-shaped tip-in and folds outs to a length of 150 cm, bringingthis beautiful classic story to life. The perfect present to give to the one you love.

110 x 100 mm • 30 pages • 5 years + • January 2015 • Walker Books UK

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Cheep, Cheep, Count with MaisyLucy Cousins

Count from one to ten with Maisy in this farmyard game of hide-and-seek, lifting fl aps along the way to fi nd all of Mummy Hen’s chicks.

270 x 270 mm • 32 pages • 2 years +

March 2015 • Walker Books UK

Maisy Goes to LondonLucy Cousins

Our little mouse is visiting the big city – and there is so much to see! Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Madame Tussauds . . .

250 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +

September 2015 • Walker Books UK

Maisy’s Pirate ShipLucy Cousins

Jump on board for this Seven Seas adventure –with a pop-up ship fi nale, perfect for anypint-sized pirate!

230 x 230 mm • 10 pages • 3 years +

October 2015 • Walker Books UK

Maisy Sticker Books:

Maisy’s FarmMaisy at the SeasideLucy Cousins

With over 120 stickers! Decorate sandcastleson the beach; and have fun on the farm!Moo, baa, neigh!

275 x 215 mm • 16 pages • 3 years +

May 2015 • Walker Books UK

Maisy’s Shaped Board Books:

Maisy’s DiggerMaisy’s Racing CarLucy Cousins

Help Maisy to dig a swimming pool,or go whizzing round the race trackin her Formula 1 car !

135 x 175 mm • 18 pages • 6 months +

August 2015 • Walker Books UK

Maisy Goes by PlaneLucy Cousins

Prepare for take-off and fl y with Maisy as she goes on a plane for the very fi rst time.

190 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +

April 2015 • Walker Books UK

The Adventures of Abney & Teal

The Adventures of Abney & Teal, which launched in 2012 to superb cr itical acclaim on the BBC, is an animated ser ies for 3 to 6 year olds, starr ing two adorable creatures who live on an island, on a lake, in the middle of the city and have many adventures with their fr iends.

Abney & Teal Sticker Books

Abney & Teal are having a very busy time on the island and they need your help. Solve puzzles, play games, decorate scenes and doodle pictures in these fantastically fun sticker books, fi lled with all kinds of activities and featur ing all your favourite characters.

260 x 215 mm • 24 pages • 4 years +

August 2014 • Walker Entertainment

Busy Days Fun Days

Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm

Shaun is a sheep who doesn’t follow the fl ock – in fact, he leads them into all sort of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow. Fans know Shaun from the enormously popular animated ser ies, which is broadcast in 170 terr itor ies around the world.Now he stars in his own original illustrated middle-grade fi ction ser ies, Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm.

The Flock Factor

There’s a talent show on Mossy Bottom Farm and Shaun is looking to fi nd a sheep who can outshine the chickens. To his utter delight, Shirley has the voice of an angel. But can Shaun gether to overcome her stage fr ight?

Shadow of the Beast

Something scary is prowling around Mossy Bottom Farm, and Shaun and Bitzer are determined to fi nd out what it is –if they have the nerve . . .

198 x 129 mm • 96 pages • 5 years +

October 2014 • Walker Entertainment

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Tilly and FriendsStorybooks:

Dr Tilly / Tumpty’s Plane

Polly Dunbar

These colourful, vibrantpicture book stories are fullof the charm and imaginationof the TV show.

225 x 225 mm • 24 pages • 3 years +

July 2014 • Walker Entertainment

Tilly and Friends TV Tie-Ins

Step through the front door of the Little Yellow House and enjoy a feast of imagination and fun in these charming books accompanying Polly Dunbar’s colourful ser ies, Tilly and Fr iends, now air ing on BBC and in more than 20 terr itor ies worldwide.

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Tilly and Friends Sticker Activity Books:Play All Day / Dressing Up

Tilly and Friends Board Books:Who’s Hiding? / What’s Everyone Doing?

Santoro’s Gorjuss™

Winsome yet whimsical, moody and myster ious, Santoro’s Gorjuss™ isbeautiful and captivating, and speaksto your heart. This internationallybest-selling collection is availablein over 55 countr ies, with over3,000 products on the market.

My Secret Place: A Simply Gorjuss Journal

This guided journal is the perfect placefor recording innermost thoughts and feelings, listing special people, places,and things. A beautifully designed bookto hold private feelings, thoughts, and dreams. Truly a treasure.

210 x 145 mm • 128 pages • 8 years +


Simply Gorjuss Inspirations

This collection of 30 delightful postcards offers sentiments for every occasion – cheering up, saying sorry, celebrating fr iendship and love, and more.

170 x 129 mm • 60 pages • 8 years +


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And the Train Goes . . . And the Car Goes . . .

How to Catch a Mouse Philippa Leathers

Clemmie the cat knows everything about how to catch a mouse and she would prove it, too, except that she’s never actually seen a mouse! But wait . . . is that a pink tail? And a whiskery nose? In this charming new picture book from Philippa Leathers, kids will love spotting the pesky mouse and will root for Clemmie to discover the mouse under her nose once and for all!

230 x 190 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +

April 2015 • Candlewick Press


The Black Rabbit

Migloo’s Day William Bee

Meet Migloo, a dog about town! Join him as he meets his fr iends, gets dr iven about and uses his nose to sniff out all the best food! In this first book in a new series from William Bee, readers can explore Migloo’s town, trace the funny little subplots and even play search-and-find!

300 x 248 mm • 38 pages • 3 years +

February 2015 • Walker Books UK

Sam and Dave Dig a HoleMac Barnett and Jon Klassen

Sam and Dave are on a mission, a mission to fi nd something spectacular. With deadpan humour, Mac Barnett and Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, creators of the award-winning picture book Extra Yarn, show us that the spectacular can occur at any time and in myriad ways.

270 x 200 mm • 40 pages • 4 years + • September 2014 • Candlewick Press

Frida and the Bear Anthony Browne andHanne Bartholin

Frida and Bear both LOVEto draw. But one day, Bearhas run out of ideas – so Fr idacomes up with a game. She draws a randomshape, and Bear adds to it until it becomes a pig.Soon the pair are swapping shapes back and forth –and before long, it’s your turn! Hans ChristianAndersen award-winning Anthony Browne andHanne Bartholin are at their whimsical best inthis picture book about creative play.

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NCE A WEEK,Willy walks through an ordinary¯looking

set of doors and straight into an adventure. Where will those doors take him today: to a mysterious desert island with footprints in the sand; down a deep, dark rabbit hole full of curious objects; or perhaps on board a pirate ship, face to face with Captain Hook? Wherever he ends up, Willy’s journeys begin when he walks through those inviting doors. How about going with him?

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Willy’s Stories


I Want My Hat BackThis is Not My Hat

Rex and the Crown Jewels RobberyKate Sheppard

A hilar ious caper about the real-life plot of dar ing thief Colonel Blood. Rex lives on Tower Green, and likes nothing better than sniffi ng around in dustbins. But one day, the bin he’s rummaging in turns out to be a time machine! It takes him back to the Tower of London of King Charles II, where he’s just in time to witness the Crown Jewels being stolen. Can Rex save the day?

260 x 215 mm • 32 pages • 3 years + • June 2014 • Walker Books UK

Rex Wrecks It! Ben Clanton

Everyone likes playing with blocks – except Rex. He wrecks EVERYTHING. Isn’t there any way to make playtime fun for everyone again? With Rex-size humour, Ben Clanton explores the challenges of fr iendship, the benefits of working together, and the joys of destruction.

260 x 250 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +

September 2014 • Candlewick Press

The Skunk with No Funk Rebecca Young and Leila Rudge

Woody is not what his family expected. He is a skunk with NO funk. A failure. A flop. An odourless plop. Poor Woody! What is he going to do?

270 x 245 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +

August 2014 • Walker Books Australia


No Bears

I’m My Own Dog David Ezra Stein

This dog doesn’t have a human owner – he owns himself. He fetches his own slippers, curls up at his own feet, and gives himself a good scratch. But there is one spot, in the middle of his back, that he just can’t reach. Then one day, he lets a human scratch it . . . From Caldecott-Honor winning artist David Ezra Stein comes a funny story of role reversal that dog lovers of all ages will appreciate.

250 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 4 years + • August 2014 • Candlewick Press

Yak and Gnu Juliette MacIver and Cat Chapman

Yak has a kayak; Gnu a canoe. Yak’s is black. Gnu’s is blue. Yak and Gnu love to row down the r iver. Off they go! From the duo who gave you The Frog Who Lost His Underpants comes another hilar ious romp, mixing rhyme and funky animals.

280 x 215 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +

January 2015 • Walker Books Australia


The Frog Who Lost His Underpants

Sally Snickers’ Knickers Lynn Ward and Anthea Stead

Sally Snickers loves to wear different types of knickers on her head. One day at school the teacher forbids her from wearing her colourful headgear. Her classmates think this isn’t fair and come up with a plan . . .

270 x 230 mm • 32 pages

4 years + • September 2014

Walker Books Australia

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Somebody’s House


Interrupting Chicken Dinosaur Kisses

Too Many Toys Heidi Deedman

Can there really be such a thing as TOO MANY TOYS? Well, for Lulu, there really is! Her toys are everywhere. Lulu can barely squeeze into her own bed – there’s just no space! With her bestest teddy, Jupiter, can Lulu figure out a way to make more room in her life? From a brand new illustrator comes a sumptuously illustrated picture book for modern times!

270 x 215 mm • 32 pages • 4 years +



Have You Seen My Dragon?

Have You Seen My Monster?

Steve Light

In this br illiant companion to Have You Seen My Dragon?, a small girl searches for her monster-fr iend amid the r ides, games, competitions and food at a country fair. Each spread features a different shape and, of course, the monster – a loveable furry beast.

240 x 270 mm • 48 pages • 2 years + • April 2015 • Candlewick Press

It’s a Groovy World, Alfredo! Sean Taylor and Chris Garbutt

Alfredo is a frog with a problem – he can’t dance! No matter how hard he tr ies, all he ever does is . . . JUMP! JUMP! JUMP! How can he go to Rick’s party (with disco lights and groovy dancing) if he doesn’t have any cool moves? From Sean Taylor, comes a goofy, warm-hearted story about finding your own rhythm and groove in the world.

230 x 250 mm • 32 pages • 4 years +

March 2015 • Walker Books UK

I am Henry Finch Alexis Deacon and Viviane Schwarz

Str iving for greatness can have many hazards. Not least for Henry Finch when he comes face to face with his own foolishness in the belly of a beast. But this is a story with a happy ending – not only for Henry but also for the beast. A remarkably witty and inventive picture book from the visionary creative duo Alexis Deacon and Viviane Schwarz.

288 x 248 mm • 40 pages • 3 years + • February 2015

Walker Books UK


A Place to Call Home Is There a Dog in This Book?

The Girl With the Parrot on Her Head Daisy Hirst

The Girl With the Parrot on Her Head introduces a poetic and remarkable new voice in picture books. A touching and witty story which explores the landscape of childhood emotions and the joys of fr iendship and play.

270 x 215 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +

February 2015 • Walker Books UK

A Spot of Bother Jonathan Emmett and Vanessa Cabban

Pig is very proud of his appearance, so he’s horr ified to discover a spot of squashed cherry on his side. But when his farmyard fr iends try to help – with disastrous results – the spot of bother soon becomes a truly CALAMITOUS CATASTROPHE! Will he ever be a perfectly pr istine pig again?

235 x 270 mm • 32 pages • 3 years + • February 2015 • Walker Books UK


The Zebra Who Ran Too Fast Jenni Desmond

A charming and beautifully illustrated story about the ups and downs of fr iendship from the exciting and award-winning new talent, Jenni Desmond. Zebra, Elephant and Bird are three best fr iends together. Then one day, they all fall out because Zebra runs TOO fast and doesn’t listen to his fr iends. Only then do they all discover the true meaning of fr iendship.

270 x 245 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +

July 2014 • Walker Books UK

The Pig’s Knickers

Bringing Down the Moon

Bears and a Birthday

Shirley Parenteau and David Walker

It is Big Brown Bear’s birthday and the little bears are cooking up a surprise just for him. Can you guess what it is? No peeking, Big Brown Bear! The adorable bearsfrom Bears on Chairs are back in their fourth picture book, perfect for toddlers.

215 x 260 mm • 32 pages • 2 years + • February 2015 • Candlewick Press


Bears in BedsBears on Chairs Bears in the Bath

Go to Sleep Like ThisMary Murphy

Snuggle down with this adorable new book from Mary Murphy, as she invites you into lots of different little snuffl y, snorey, twitchy, cuddly animals’ homes as they get ready to go to sleep. With a beautiful sleepy action on every split-page and a lulling, rhythmical text, this book is sure to emit lots of ooohs, aaaahs and . . . zzzzzz.



A Kiss Like ThisSay Hello Like This!

The Seeds of FriendshipMichael Foreman

A beautiful fable for our times about the power fr iendship has to transform the world. Michael Foreman is one of the world’s leading illustrators and has won many major awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.

230 x 250 mm • 32 pages • 3 years + • March 2015 • Walker Books UK

BACKLISTOPPORTUNITY:Two Giants

The Most Wonderful Thing in the World Vivian French and Angela Barrett

When wise Angelo tells the king and queen to marry their daughter to the suitor who shows them the most wonderful thing in the world, they are deluged with acrobats, dancing girls, and performing dogs – even a mermaid and a robot! But nothing is as wonderful as what shy Salvatore shows them . . . Vivian French’s beautifully simple, touching story is illustrated by the incomparable Angela Barrett.

230 x 288 mm • 48 pages • 4 years + • April 2015 • Walker Books UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Beauty and the Beast

The Christmas Eve Tree By Delia Huddy and Emily Sutton

When the ugly little fir tree is taken to the city, no one wants to buy him; they prefer the big tall trees. But a homeless boy asks the shopkeeper if he can take the tree, and down by the r iver in a cardboard box, decorated with a few candles, the tree finds itself at the centre of a magical Christmas Eve it will never forget. A tender Christmas story with charming artwork by Emily Sutton, illustrator of Tiny.

230 x 270 mm • 32 pages • 4 years + •

September 2015 • Walker Book UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Tiny

Seen and Not Heard Katie May Green

Up on the hill sits Shiverhawk Hall, full of untold treasures, stories and paintings of children long ago. How still, how quiet the children look. But wait … did you see that? A truly original début picture book from a shining new talent. Full of atmosphere and mischief, Seen and Not Heard is perfect for boys and girls with wild imaginations and anarchic spir its!

260 x 250 mm • 32 pages • 5 years +


Home Carson Ellis

The illustrator of Colin Meloy’s Wildwood and all artwork for the band The Decemberists, Carson Ellis writes and illustrates her début picture book Home. With her detailed and whimsical artwork, Carson Ellis answers the question she poses – What is home? – and finished with a question to the reader: Where is your home?

300 x 248 mm • 40 pages • 4 years +

February 2015 • Candlewick Press

Feelings Amanda McCardie and Salvatore Rubbino

A beautifully written account of the feelings that rule our lives by a new author to the Walker list. This clever, warm depiction of a family’s changing emotions will help grown-ups everywhere talk to children about how they feel and how they behave. Illustrated by award-winning Salvatore Rubbino.

270 x 245 mm • 40 pages • 5 years +


Where Do Clothes Come From? Christine Butterworth and Lucia Gaggiotti

Following the award-winning Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food, Where Do Clothes Come From? descr ibes the processes which turn cotton into jeans, wool into a jumper, silk into a party dress and rubber into a pair of wellies with the help of fun, retro illustrations from Lucia Gaggiotti.

260 x 215 mm • 32 pages • 4 years+

May 2015 • Walker Books UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Just Ducks

Nature Storybooks: Emu Claire Saxby and Graham Byrne

In the open forest, Emu watches over his nest. Gathering the granite-green eggs under soft feathers, Emu will care for them and protect the fluffy chicks once they hatch. The survival of this unusual family depends upon him.

270 x 245 mm • 32 pages • 5 years +

August 2014 • Walker Books Australia

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Nature Storybooks: Big Red Kangaroo

Construction Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock

The next offer ing from the award-winning team that brought machine-mad kids Roadworks and Demolition. Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong!

260 x 250 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +

September 2014 • Walker Books Australia

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Roadworks Demolition

What’s So Yummy? Robie H. Harris andNadine Bernard Westcott

In the fourth book in theLet’s Talk About You and Me ser ies, Robie Harr is andNadine Bernard Westcott feature Gus and Nellie andtheir family gathering food at their community garden, farmer’s market, and grocery store; preparing deliciousfood; and going on a picnicto help children understand how healthy foods anddrinks fuel our bodies andhow being active is healthy.

270 x 245 mm • 32 pages • 2 years +


BACKLISTOPPORTUNITY: Who Has What?Who’s In My Family?What’s In There?

ANIMAL SCIENCE SERIESNicola Davies and Neal Layton

The Animal Science titles are now available in a new picture book format. These six animal biology books take a humorous as well as a ser iouslyscientifi c look at a range of subjects: animal communication, size, parasites, poo, animals that kill, and creatures that survive in extreme conditions.

ALL BOOKS 288 x 248 mm • Walker Books UK

Poo40 pages • 5 years+

November 2014

Deadly!40 pages • 5 years +

November 2014

Talk, Talk, Squawk!40 pages • 7 years +

November 2014

Survivors40 pages • 5 years +

August 2015

What’s Eating You?40 pages • 5 years +

August 2015

Just the Right Size40 pages • 7 years +

August 2015

Where Do You Live Snail?

A Surprise For Tiny Mouse

Petr Horáček

Two charming new board books in the Baby Walker ser ies from award-winning Petr Horáček. Little fi ngers will love to turn the wheel to reveal a surprise in these fun books for babies, designed to engage attention and improve co-ordination.

180 x 180 mm • 16 pages • 6 months + August 2014 • Walker Books UK Walker Walker Walker Walker

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Peekaboo Barn

The bestselling app, Peekaboo Barn, is now a board book! Fans of the electronic version will welcome the tactile feel of the sturdy board with lots of fl aps to lift. But this title will undoubtedly appeal to those who’ve never seen or played the app – the barn setting, familiar animals and sound words make this a bookfor the very young that easily stands on its own.

178 x 178 mm • 22 pages • 2 years +

August 2014 • Candlewick Entertainment

Are You My Mummy?Mary Murphy

Lift the fl aps and help Puppy fi nd his mummy in this br ight peek-a-boo board book. Mary Murphy’s adorable animals and colourful art style are sure to delight the very youngest of readers and help develop a lifelong love of books.

180 x 180 mm • 16 pages • 6 months + • July 2014 • Walker Books UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Slow SnailQuick Duck

BACKLISTOPPORTUNITY: Night NightCreepy Crawly

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Sound Book Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

For twenty-five years, readers have been following the family adventure in this award-winning favourite. Now everyone can join in the bear hunt as they swishy-swash through the grass, splash-splosh through the r iver and squelch-squerch through the mud with this interactive sound book.

255 x 283 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +



We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Jigsaw Book

Welcome to the Neighborwood! Shawn Sheehy

In this stunning pop-up book, see how seven animal builders live together in harmony in the neighborwood! From award-winning artist Shawn Sheehy comes this look at the architecture of the animal world, featur ing an amazing array of lifelike pop-ups.

240 x 220 mm • 24 pages • 4 years + • March 2015 • Candlewick Press

How to Be a Spy Dan Waddell and Nikalas Catlow

Lift the flaps, uncover the plot and be a secret agent with this interactive guide to becoming a spy. Find out all about gadgets and gizmos, how to crack codes and ciphers, then use everything you learn along the way to solve your own secret spy mystery. Packed with facts and things to make and do – get ready to go undercover!

270 x 245 mm • 24 pages • 7 years+

November 2014 • Walker Books UK

Snow Bears Martin Waddell and Sarah Fox-Davies 170 x 140 mm • September 2014

32 pages • 3 years + Walker Books UK

Silly Suzy Goose Petr Horáček 175 x 146 mm • September 2014

34 pages • 3 years + Walker Books UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? Where’s My Teddy?

BACKLIST

OPPORTUNITY: How to Be a Detective

Classic picture books from our celebrated authors and illustrators are brought to life in pop-up form.

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Discover fun and exciting facts with these expanding pocket guides.

These exquisite cut-paper pop-ups make perfect souvenirs or gifts. Stylishly illustrated and presented in beautiful slipcases, these guides unfold to 150 cm and feature the most important sites.

Great Britainillustrated by Charlotte Trounce May 2014

Franceillustrated by Trish Krauss September 2014

Great Britainillustrated by Charlotte Trounce

Franceillustrated by Trish Krauss

PA N O R A M A P O P S

The Story of Flightillustrated by John Holcroft May 2014

Space Explorationillustrated by John Holcroft May 2014

The Story of Flight

ALL BOOKS: 110 x 100 mm • 30 pages • 5 years + • Walker Books UK

How Watson Learnt a Trick Arthur Conan Doyle

A charming and exquisite reproduction of Arthur Conan Doyle’s miniature book from the famous Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House in the Royal Collection. This lavish cloth-bound gift edition contains a previously unpublished facsimile of the tiny book that he wrote especially for the library. An informative booklet contains a transcr ipt of the classic Sherlock Holmes story, as well as the fascinating history of the Dolls’ House.

Facsimile mini book: 40 x 50 mm • 72 pages

Information book: 140 x 165 mm • 24 pages • 9 years + • October 2014 • Walker Books UK

Book John Agard and Neil Packer

A very special publishing event: the story of books told by none other than Book himself! John Agard’s utterly charming and idiosyncratic history, peppered with quotes, observations and ruminations, is a book for all book-lovers. With black & white illustrations by Neil Packer, illustrator of The Odyssey.

198 x 129 mm • 144 pages

9 years + • October 2014

Walker Books UK

The Book of Bedtime Stories Stories Chosen by Michael Rosen

A beautifully illustrated treasury, containing ten delightful and original read aloud bedtime stories written by members of the hugely successful parenting websites Mumsnet and Gransnet, and selected by former Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen. Filled with warmth, humour and charm, these imaginative stories are by parents for parents and are perfect for reading aloud at bedtime again and again.

230 x 190 mm • 112 pages • 3 years +


Les Misérables Marcia Williams

Marcia Williams retells one of the greatest novels of all time in her trademark highly illustrated style. A wonderful introduction to Victor Hugo’s epic tale of injustice, love and heroism in 19th century France.

270 x 215 mm • 64 pages • 9 years + • November 2014 • Walker Books UK

PA N O R A M A P O P S


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BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Lizzy Bennet’s Diary

ALL BOOKS: 110 x 100 mm • 30 pages • 5 years + • Walker Books UK

Julius Zebra Gary Northfi eld

A brand new chapter book ser ies charting the adventures of Julius Zebra and his Gladiator pals as they fi ght for their freedom in the ferocious world of the Roman Colosseum! Funny, fresh and wildly animated stories from cartoonist Gary Northfi eld.

198 x 129 mm • 128 pages • 7 years + • March 2015 • Walker Books UK


The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs!

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Flora & Ulysses:The Illuminated Adventures

Half a Creature From the SeaDavid Almond

A collection of powerful and moving coming-of-age stories from the internationally award-winning David Almond, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind his storytelling.


BACKLIST

OPPORTUNITY:

The Boy Who Swamwith Piranhas

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen

Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have is a horse – until he meets Maybelline. But when Leroy forgets one of the rules of car ingfor Maybelline, disaster ensues. Join Leroy, Maybelline, and some familiar fr iends from Deckawoo Drive – including everyone’s favourite porcine wonder, Mercy – in this hilar ious new title from two-time Newbery Medal winning and best-selling author Kate DiCamillo and illustrator Chris Van Dusen.

5 3/8 x 7 15/16 Inches • 96 pages • 6 years +

October 2014 • Candlewick Press

Half a Man

Michael Morpurgo and Gemma O’Callaghan

Revered storyteller Michael Morpurgo remembers the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unfl inching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war, illustrated by talented new printmaker Gemma O’Callaghan.

185 x 156 mm • 64 pages • 8 years + • October 2014

Walker Books UK

The Great War: an Anthology of Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War

A powerful and moving collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by an object from the First World War, such as a soldier’s writing case and the nose of a Zeppelin bomb. Featuring new work from authors including Tracy Chevalier, Michael Morpurgo, A.L. Kennedy, John Boyne and David Almond and illustrations by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Jim Kay.

198 x 129 mm • 288 pages • 9 years + • July 2014 • Walker Books UK

The Seven Deadly FinnsJohn Chambers

One moment in time.One larger-than-lifefamily. Each chapter followsa different member of themadcap Finn family duringthe same ten minutes,building to a “Finnale”.Full of colour and characters –not to mention a quick-witteddog, a moody cat and asuspiciously familiar ferret –this is a slapstick, highly illustrated cacophony of madcap shenanigansfor boys and girls of 7 years +.

198 x 129 mm • 176 pages

7 years + • November 2014

Walker Books UK

BACKLISTOPPORTUNITY: Meeting CezanneHomecoming


Granny Samurai,the Monkey King and I

Granny Samurai and theBrain of Ultimate Doomitude

The Hidden Princess Katy Moran

Lissy must defy the Swan King if she is to keep those she loves safe. To do that she must sacr ifice her old life and embrace her destiny in another, hidden world . . . The companion title to Hidden Among Us, this is a fast-paced, beautiful novel about love, family and loyalty that will stay with you long after you finish the story.

198 x 129 mm • 320 pages • 12 years +


Egg & Spoon Gregory Maguire

This tour de force fantasy novel set circa 1905 brings together a wealthy girl and a serf girl, a Russian Tsar and Baba Yaga, the Firebird’s egg and a Fabergé egg. Linking ancient magic and contemporary concerns over climate change, the author of Wicked spins a compelling and r ich fairytale for readers ages 12 to 112.

6 x 8 ½ inches • 496 pages • 12 years + • September 2014 • Candlewick Press

Bursting Bubbles Dyan Sheldon

A tr io of pr ivileged teenagers are “volunteered” by their school to help those less fortunate than themselves. Despite their lack of enthusiasm, the community placements are full of life-changing moments – and lots of laughs.

198 x 129 mm • 304 pages • 2 years +

July 2014 • Walker Books UK

The World Beneath Janice Warman

1970s South Afr ica. Eleven-year-old Joshua lives with his mother, who works as a maid in a white middle-class area in Cape Town. When a boy enters the garden one night, Joshua offers him refuge. The stranger turns out to be a freedom fighter on the run. As r iots sweep the country Joshua is determined to help bring about change for himself, his family and ultimately his country.

198 x 129 mm • 192 pages • 12 years +


BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Hidden Among Us

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: The Truth About My Success

Spark Rachael Craw

When her best fr iend Kitty is attacked, special powers awaken in seventeen-year-old Evie. Everything changes. She learns she is part of a decades-old conspiracy that uses genetic engineering to create the perfect soldier. Can Evie learn to wield her new talents in time to save Kitty? This exciting new YA/crossover ser ies from début author Rachael Craw will grab you by the throat and not let go.

198 x 129 mm • 464 pages • 14 years +

July 2014 • Walker Books Australia

Alexander Altmann A10567 Suzy Zail

Alexander is fourteen years old. Everything he knew has been taken from him – his family, his home, his beloved horse. When he’s chosen to work as a stableboy for the SS officers, he sees this as a way to survive. But the horse he’s responsible for is impossible to tame. And if Alexander fails, he will almost certainly be put to death as punishment. This novel is based on a true story.

198 x 129 mm • 288 pages • 12 years + • May 2014 • Walker Books Australia

Buffalo Soldier Tanya Landman

When civil war overwhelms America, a young girl watches the plantation she lives on being burnt to the ground and her fellow-slaves lynched. Left alone in the world, she joins the army, disguised as a boy, and encounters racism and terr ible cruelty beyond her worst nightmares. But thanks to her courage and her sense of r ight and wrong, she finds out that there is freedom after all.

198 x 129 mm • 320 pages • 14 years +

April 2014 • Walker Books UK

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: The Wrong Boy

BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Apache

Monstrous Affections edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant

As in their acclaimed and award-winning anthology Steampunk!, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant have brought together fifteen of the premier voices in speculative fiction to explore the intersection of fear and love – where the monsters within meet the monsters without – in a haunting, at times hilar ious, darkly imaginative volume.

480 pages • 6 ½ x 9 inches • 14 years +


BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY: Steampunk!

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