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Celebrating 20 Years of
GUESS How much
I LOVE you
TM
Guess How Much I Love You 20th Anniversary Edition
Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
Celebrate twenty years of sharing love to the moon and back with this
special anniversary edition of one of the world’s bestselling picture books
with 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 Pop
Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
This new miniature panorama pop is now available in a gorgeous red fabric
slipcase with a heart-shaped tip-in and folds outs to a length of 150 cm, bringing
this 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
Where’s Wally?
The Totally Essential
Travel Collection
Martin Handford
The seven sensational classic
Where’s Wally? books are packed into
this handy travel-sized edition, with
six postcards to send to your friends!
190 x 152 mm • 172 pages • 5 years +
June 2014 • Walker Books UK
Maisy Sticker Books:
Maisy’s Farm
Maisy at the Seaside
Lucy Cousins
With over 120 stickers! Decorate sandcastles
on the beach; and have fun on the farm!
Moo, baa, neigh!
275 x 215 mm • 16 pages • 3 years +
May 2015 • Walker Books UK
Cheep, Cheep, Count with Maisy
Lucy Cousins
Maisy Goes to London
Lucy 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
Count from one to ten with Maisy in this farmyard
game of hide-and-seek, lifting flaps along the way to
find all of Mummy Hen’s chicks.
Maisy’s Pirate Ship
Lucy Cousins
270 x 270 mm • 32 pages • 2 years +
March 2015 • Walker Books UK
Jump on board for this Seven Seas adventure –
with a pop-up ship finale, perfect for any
pint-sized pirate!
230 x 230 mm • 10 pages • 3 years +
October 2015 • Walker Books UK
Maisy’s Shaped Board Books:
Maisy’s Digger
Maisy’s Racing Car
Lucy Cousins
Help Maisy to dig a swimming pool,
or go whizzing round the race track
in her Formula 1 car!
Maisy Goes by Plane
Lucy Cousins
Prepare for take-off and fly with Maisy as she
goes on a plane for the very first time.
135 x 175 mm • 18 pages • 6 months +
190 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +
August 2015 • Walker Books UK
April 2015 • Walker Books UK
Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm
Shaun is a sheep who doesn’t follow the flock – 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 series, which is broadcast in 170 territories around the world.
Now he stars in his own original illustrated middle-grade fiction series, Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm.
The Flock Factor
There’s a talent show on Mossy Bottom
Farm and Shaun is looking to find a
sheep who can outshine the chickens.
To his utter delight, Shirley has the
voice of an angel. But can Shaun get
her to overcome her stage fright?
Shadow of the Beast
Something scary is prowling around
Mossy Bottom Farm, and Shaun and
Bitzer are determined to find out what
it is –if they have the nerve . . .
198 x 129 mm • 96 pages • 5 years +
October 2014 • Walker Entertainment
© and TM Aardman Animations Ltd (2014). All Rights Reserved. Shaun the Sheep (word mark) and the character “Shaun the Sheep” © and TM
The Adventures of Abney & Teal
The Adventures of Abney & Teal, which launched in 2012 to superb critical acclaim on the BBC, is an animated series for 3 to 6 year olds,
starring two adorable creatures who live on an island, on a lake, in the middle of the city and have many adventures with their friends.
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, filled with all kinds of
activities and featuring all your
favourite characters.
260 x 215 mm • 24 pages • 4 years +
August 2014 • Walker Entertainment
Busy Days
Fun Days
Santoro’s Gorjuss™
Winsome yet whimsical, moody and
mysterious, Santoro’s Gorjuss™ is
beautiful and captivating, and speaks
to your heart. This internationally
best-selling collection is available
in over 55 countries, with over
3,000 products on the market.
My Secret Place:
A Simply Gorjuss Journal
This guided journal is the perfect place
for recording innermost thoughts and
feelings, listing special people, places,
and things. A beautifully designed book
to hold private feelings, thoughts, and
dreams. Truly a treasure.
210 x 145 mm • 128 pages • 8 years +
October 2014 • Walker Books UK
Simply Gorjuss Inspirations
This collection of 30 delightful postcards
offers sentiments for every occasion –
cheering up, saying sorry, celebrating
friendship and love, and more.
170 x 129 mm • 60 pages • 8 years +
October 2014 • Walker Books UK
Tilly and Friends TV Tie-Ins
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
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 series, Tilly and
Friends, now airing on BBC and in more than 20 territories worldwide.
Tilly and Friends Sticker Activity Books:
Play All Day / Dressing Up
Tilly and Friends
Storybooks:
Dr Tilly / Tumpty’s Plane
Polly Dunbar
These colourful, vibrant
picture book stories are full
of the charm and imagination
of the TV show.
225 x 225 mm • 24 pages • 3 years +
July 2014 • Walker Entertainment
Tilly and Friends Board Books:
Who’s Hiding? / What’s Everyone Doing?
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
And the Train Goes . . .
And the Car Goes . . .
Migloo’s Day
William Bee
Meet Migloo, a dog about town! Join him
as he meets his friends, gets driven 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
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
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
The Black Rabbit
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Sam and Dave are on a mission, a mission to find 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 and
Hanne Bartholin
ANTHONY BROWNE
Willy’s Stories
WILLY’S
STORIES
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WILLY’S
STORIES
WILLY’S STORIES
is one of the most celebrated
author–illustrators working today.
Children’s Laureate from 2009
to 2011 and winner of multiple
awards – including the prestigious
Kate Greenaway Medal and the
much coveted Hans Christian
Andersen Award – Anthony is
renowned for his unique style.
His work is loved and admired
all around the world.
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
ANTHONY BROWNE
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?
This extraordinary new book
from multiple¯award¯winner
Anthony Browne is a magical
celebration of stories and
the imagination.
WALKER BOOKS
Frida and Bear both LOVE
to draw. But one day, Bear
has run out of ideas – so Frida
comes up with a game. She draws a random
shape, 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 Christian
Andersen award-winning Anthony Browne and
Hanne Bartholin are at their whimsical best in
this picture book about creative play.
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250 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 2 years + • March 2015 • Walker Books UK
www.walker.co.uk
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BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
I Want My Hat Back
This is Not My Hat
Rex and the Crown Jewels Robbery
Kate Sheppard
A hilarious caper about the real-life plot of daring thief Colonel
Blood. Rex lives on Tower Green, and likes nothing better than
sniffing 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
ANTHONY BROWNE
04/02/2014 10:59
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?
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
No Bears
270 x 245 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +
August 2014 • Walker Books Australia
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 friendship, the benefits of
working together, and the joys of destruction.
260 x 250 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +
September 2014 • Candlewick Press
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
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Interrupting
Chicken
Dinosaur Kisses
Sally Snickers’ Knickers
Lynn Ward and Anthea Stead
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 river. Off they go!
From the duo who gave you
The Frog Who Lost His Underpants
comes another hilarious romp,
mixing rhyme and funky animals.
280 x 215 mm • 32 pages • 3 years +
January 2015 • Walker Books Australia
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
The Frog
Who Lost His
Underpants
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
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 +
September 2015 • Walker Books UK
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 tries, 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
Have You Seen My Monster?
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Steve Light
Have You Seen
My Dragon?
In this brilliant companion to Have You Seen My
Dragon?, a small girl searches for her monster-friend
amid the rides, 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
I am Henry Finch
Alexis Deacon and Viviane Schwarz
Striving 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
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
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 friendship and play.
270 x 215 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +
February 2015 • Walker Books UK
A Spot of Bother
Jonathan Emmett and Vanessa Cabban
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
The Pig’s
Knickers
Pig is very proud of his appearance, so he’s horrified to discover a spot of
squashed cherry on his side. But when his farmyard friends try to help – with
disastrous results – the spot of bother soon becomes a truly CALAMITOUS
CATASTROPHE! Will he ever be a perfectly pristine pig again?
Bringing
Down the
Moon
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 friendship
from the exciting and award-winning new
talent, Jenni Desmond. Zebra, Elephant and
Bird are three best friends together. Then
one day, they all fall out because Zebra
runs TOO fast and doesn’t listen to his
friends. Only then do they all discover the
true meaning of friendship.
270 x 245 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +
July 2014 • Walker Books UK
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 bears
from 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
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
Bears on Chairs
Bears in the Bath
Bears in Beds
The Seeds of Friendship
Michael Foreman
A beautiful fable for our times about the power friendship
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
Go to Sleep Like This
Mary Murphy
Snuggle down with this adorable new book from Mary
Murphy, as she invites you into lots of different little snuffly,
snorey, twitchy, cuddly animals’ homes as they get ready to
go to sleep. With a beautiful sleepy action on every splitpage and a lulling, rhythmical text, this book is sure to emit
lots of ooohs, aaaahs and . . . zzzzzz.
250 x 230 mm • 32 pages • 3 years + • September 2015 • Walker Books UK
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
A Kiss Like This
Say Hello Like This!
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Two Giants
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 river
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
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
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 spirits!
260 x 250 mm • 32 pages • 5 years +
October 2014 • Walker Books UK
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
Where Do Clothes
Come From?
Christine Butterworth
and Lucia Gaggiotti
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Lunchbox:
The Story of Your Food
Following the awardwinning Lunchbox:
The Story of Your Food,
Where Do Clothes Come
From? describes 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
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 +
June 2015 • Walker Books UK
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
Just Ducks
Construction
Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock
The next offering 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
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
What’s So Yummy?
Robie H. Harris and
Nadine Bernard Westcott
In the fourth book in the
Let’s Talk About You and Me
series, Robie Harris and
Nadine Bernard Westcott
feature Gus and Nellie and
their family gathering food
at their community garden,
farmer’s market, and grocery
store; preparing delicious
food; and going on a picnic
to help children understand
how healthy foods and
drinks fuel our bodies and
how being active is healthy.
270 x 245 mm • 32 pages • 2 years +
September 2014 • Candlewick Press
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Who Has What?
Who’s In My Family?
What’s In There?
ANIMAL SCIENCE SERIES
Nicola 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 seriously
scientific 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
Poo
Deadly!
Talk,Talk, Squawk!
Survivors
What’s Eating You?
Just the Right Size
40 pages • 5 years+
November 2014
40 pages • 5 years +
November 2014
40 pages • 7 years +
November 2014
40 pages • 5 years +
August 2015
40 pages • 5 years +
August 2015
40 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 series
from award-winning Petr Horáček. Little fingers will love to
turn the wheel to reveal a surprise in these fun books for babies,
designed to engage attention and improve co-ordination.
Walker
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Night Night
Creepy Crawly
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Are You My Mummy?
Mary Murphy
Peekaboo Barn
Lift the flaps and help Puppy find his mummy in this bright 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
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 flaps 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 book
for the very young that easily stands on its own.
178 x 178 mm • 22 pages • 2 years +
August 2014 • Candlewick Entertainment
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
Slow Snail
Quick Duck
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, featuring an amazing array of lifelike pop-ups.
240 x 220 mm • 24 pages • 4 years + • March 2015 • Candlewick Press
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 river and squelch-squerch through
the mud with this interactive sound book.
255 x 283 mm • 40 pages • 3 years +
September 2014 • Walker Books UK
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
We’re Going on
a Bear Hunt
Jigsaw Book
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P OP- U P C LASSICS S
Classic picture books from our celebrated authors and illustrators are brought to life in pop-up form.
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?
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
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
How to Be
a Detective
PA N O R A M A P O P S
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.
Discover fun and exciting facts with these expanding pocket guides.
Space Exploration
illustrated by John Holcroft May 2014
Great Britain
illustrated by Charlotte Trounce May 2014
France
illustrated by Trish Krauss September 2014
The Story of Flight
illustrated by John Holcroft May 2014
ALL BOOKS: 110 x 100 mm • 30 pages • 5 years + • 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.
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
J. Smith
198 x 129 mm • 144 pages
9 years + • October 2014
Walker Books UK
How Watson Learnt a Trick
Arthur Conan Doyle
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.
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 transcript 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
230 x 190 mm • 112 pages • 3 years +
October 2013 • Walker Books UK
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Lizzy Bennet’s
Diary
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
Half a Creature From the Sea
David Almond
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
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.
198 x 129 mm • 240 pages • 11 years + • September 2014 • Walker Books UK
Julius Zebra
Gary Northfield
A brand new chapter book series charting the adventures of Julius Zebra
and his Gladiator pals as they fight for their freedom in the ferocious
world of the Roman Colosseum! Funny, fresh and wildly animated stories
from cartoonist Gary Northfield.
198 x 129 mm • 128 pages • 7 years + • March 2015 • Walker Books UK
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
The Terrible Tales of the
Teenytinysaurs!
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 caring
for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Join Leroy, Maybelline,
and some familiar friends from Deckawoo Drive –
including everyone’s favourite porcine wonder, Mercy
– in this hilarious 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
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
Flora & Ulysses:
The Illuminated Adventures
The Boy Who Swam
with Piranhas
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Meeting Cezanne
Homecoming
Half a Man
Michael Morpurgo and Gemma O’Callaghan
Revered storyteller Michael Morpurgo
remembers the post-war Britain of his childhood
in this unflinching 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
The Seven Deadly Finns
John Chambers
One moment in time.
One larger-than-life
family. Each chapter follows
a different member of the
madcap Finn family during
the same ten minutes,
building to a “Finnale”.
Full of colour and characters –
not to mention a quick-witted
dog, a moody cat and a
suspiciously familiar ferret –
this is a slapstick, highly illustrated
cacophony of madcap shenanigans
for boys and girls of 7 years +.
198 x 129 mm • 176 pages
7 years + • November 2014
Walker Books UK
BACKLIST OPPORTUNITY:
Granny Samurai,
the Monkey King and I
Granny Samurai and the
Brain of Ultimate Doomitude
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 World Beneath
Janice Warman
1970s South Africa. 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 riots 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 +
October 2014 • Walker Books UK
The Hidden Princess
Katy Moran
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Hidden Among Us
Lissy must defy the Swan King if
she is to keep those she loves safe.
To do that she must sacrifice 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 +
June 2014 • Walker Books UK
Bursting Bubbles
Dyan Sheldon
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
The Truth About
My Success
A trio of privileged 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
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 rich
fairytale for readers ages 12 to 112.
6 x 8 ½ inches • 496 pages • 12 years + • September 2014 • Candlewick Press
Spark
Rachael Craw
When her best friend Kitty is attacked,
special powers awaken in seventeen-yearold 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
series 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
Monstrous Affections
edited by Kelly Link and Gavin Grant
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
Steampunk!
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.
As in their acclaimed and awardwinning 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 hilarious,
darkly imaginative volume.
480 pages • 6 ½ x 9 inches • 14 years +
September 2014 • Candlewick Press
Buffalo Soldier
Tanya Landman
198 x 129 mm • 288 pages • 12 years + • May 2014 • Walker Books Australia
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
BACKLIST
OPPORTUNITY:
The Wrong Boy
Apache
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
terrible cruelty beyond her worst
nightmares. But thanks to her courage
and her sense of right and wrong, she
finds out that there is freedom after all.
198 x 129 mm • 320 pages • 14 years +
April 2014 • Walker Books UK
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