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Win a copy of Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Dinosaurs

Next month we’re publishing Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Dinosaurs – the sixth book in Axel’s fantastic Flip Flap series. With over 121 possible prehistoric creations, silly names and strange noises to make you giggle, this new Flip Flap book is perfect for preschoolers and ideal for dinosaur fans. Published in a wonderfully child-friendly split-page, spiral-bound board-book format, and with a hilarious rhyming text and brilliant illustrations from Axel Scheffler, simply flip the pages to create some seriously silly mixed-up dinosaurs!

And today we’ve got copies of the app edition of Flip Flap Dinosaurs to give away!

Just like the book, our app edition of Flip Flap Dinosaurs features over 121 possible dinosaur combinations – and you can swipe any part of the screen to create new animals and hear the poem read aloud, with original sound effects, music, and text highlighting.

Here’s what to look for on the App Store:

And we’re giving a copy of the app away for free to anyone who pre-orders a copy of the print version! Just email a receipt of your pre-order to tom@nosycrow.com, and we’ll send you a code to download the iOS app for free – available for the iPhone and iPad.

You can pre-order the book of Flip Flap Dinosaurs from Amazon here, from Waterstones here, and directly from Nosy Crow here – this offer ends on Thursday, August 16th at 5pm.

Watch our teaser trailer for Peter Pan

This September we are incredibly proud to be publishing the second title in our Nosy Crow Classics collection: Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, re-told in rhyme by Caryl Hart and illustrated by Sarah Warburton. And today we’re thrilled to share our teaser trailer for the book!

Just like our first Nosy Crow Classic, The Velveteen Rabbit, our edition of Peter Pan will be a stunning physical object as well as a wonderful story: we’re publishing the book in a beautiful cloth hardback format, complete with a specially-foiled jacket, luxurious paper, and a ribbon marker.

With beautiful artwork by Sarah Warburton, and a wonderful new rhyming text by Caryl Hart, this new version of the classic tale is a perfect gift – a wonderful book to treasure and share, bringing an old favourite story to a new generation.

You can watch our trailer at the top of this post – and here’s a look inside the book:

Pre-order your copy.

Peter Pan will be in shops in September – you can pre-order your copy here. And if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below.

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Watch our new August books video!

We’ve got some wonderful new books out this month – and a beautiful new video to showcase them all! You can watch our August Books video at the top of this post – and you can find out more about all of the new Nosy Crow books out this month here.

If you like the video, subscribe to our YouTube channel and you’ll be the first to find out about new content – including author Q&As, readings, live-drawings, and more.

Win a copy of A Chase in Time!

This month we published A Chase in Time – the first book in a brilliant time-slip adventure series from multi-award-winning author Sally Nicholls and illustrator Brett Helquist. And today you can win a copy of the book – we have three copies of A Chase in Time to give away!

To win one of these copies of the book, just head over to the @NosyCrowBooks Twitter feed, follow @NosyCrowBooks, and re-tweet this message.

You can read an exclusive preview of A Chase in Time below – and here’s a bit more about the book.

The old gilt-edged mirror has hung in Alex’s aunt’s house for as long as he can remember. Alex hardly notices it, until the day he and his sister are pulled through the mirror, back into 1912. It’s the same house, but a very different place to live, and the people they meet need their help. Soon they’re caught up in car chases and treasure hunts as they race to find a priceless golden cup – but will they ever be able to return to their own time?

Read the first chapter:

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We’ll pick three winners at random at the end of this week – good luck!

Take a look inside I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year

This September we are publishing, in partnership with the National Trust, I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon and collected by Fiona Waters.

I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree is a lavishly illustrated collection of 366 nature poems – one for every day of the year. Filled with familiar favourites and new discoveries, written by poets, including John Agard, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Robert Frost, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy and many more, this is a perfect book for children (and grown-ups!) to share at the beginning or the end of the day.

It’s the most ambitious book that we’ve ever published at Nosy Crow – and also, we think, the most ambitious poetry collection for children ever published: over three hundred fully-illustrated pages (the equivalent of ten picture books!) of poetry, in a beautiful and lavishly-produced hardback edition, and a stunning collection of material, spanning hundreds of years – from sonnets to haikus.

We’ll be talking about the book a lot over the coming months, and today we’re delighted to share an early preview – you can take a very first look inside the book below:

Pre-order your copy.

I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree will be in shops in September –  this richly illustrated, clothbound collection of nature poems will inspire and delight all year round. You can pre-order the book now, and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below, and you’ll never miss a thing.

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It’s our August publication day!

It’s our August publication day – and there are some wonderful new books from Nosy Crow out this month! From non-fiction to picture books and middle-grade fiction, there’s something for everyone. Here’s a look at what you can find in shops now.

To kick things off, we have a pair of captivating new board books in our First Concepts series, featuring objects from the British Museum – Nature and Around the World. Discover amazing objects and simple first concepts in this stylish photographic board book series for curious little ones. Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning about different objects from nature and from around the world, with gorgeous photographic images on every page. Scan the QR code on the last spread to find out more about each object.

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Meet Spike: The Hedgehog Who Lost His Prickles, the new book by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Jarvis. Spike, a little hedgehog, has always had impressive prickles. But one morning, after a particularly scary dream, he wakes up completely bare! Oh no! Feeling very embarrassed, he goes in search of something to cover himself, from a paper lampshade to a tea cup to a very stinky sock. But nothing stops the other animals giggling at him. Poor Spike! Then he discovers a big bunch of balloons, which takes him across the world and ends in a very satisfying POP! and a very prickly party. This book is sure to be read over and over again. Here’s a look inside:

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Toby and the Tricky Things is hits the shelves today – a brand new story written by Lou Peacock and illustrated by Christine Pym. Toby is no longer a little elephant. He’s a Big Boy now, much bigger than baby sister Iris. He can pour his own milk, read his own bedtime stories, and even reach the snacks high on the “just for mummies” shelf. But some things are still very tricky, even when you’re big. And when Mummy is too busy with Iris to help him, Toby ends up with bad buttons, wrong wellies and loo paper everywhere! Then Toby gets very cross . . . This touching tale about growing up is wonderfully brought to life by Christine Pym’s beautiful artwork. Here’s a look inside:

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How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear is out now – a beautiful new book created in collaboration with The National Trust. Children can learn about 13 different habitats – gardens, hedgerows, heathlands, woodlands, highlands, wetlands, the coastline, freshwater, seas and oceans, savannahs, jungles and mountains – and how they can be protected. Filled with animal facts and plenty of creative little ways that nature enthusiasts can make a big difference. Learn how to save endangered animals in this timely book by Jess French, presenter of Minibeast Adventure with Jess on CBeebies, and illustrated by Angela Keoghan.

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The latest book in the Unicorn Academy series is out today! We’re welcoming Layla and Dancer to the series of magical, action-packed adventures perfect for young readers, with sparkly holographic foil covers. Layla can’t believe how lucky she is to be at Unicorn Academy! She adores her lively unicorn, Dancer, though she’s too nervous to go jumping and riding fast like their friends. When the trees around Sparkle Lake start dying, Layla must find her courage and take Dancer on a thrilling adventure to find the cure! Written by Julie Sykes and illustrated by Lucy Truman, these books are sure to strike a chord with young dreamers.

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Next up is Olivia Tuffin’s latest A Pony Called Secret adventure, A Ride to Freedom. It’s summer time and Alice and Secret are going on a Pony Club trip to France. Alice is over the moon to be show-jumping at an international festival! She soon makes new friends, including the gorgeous Seb. But when Finn gets into trouble, Alice has to work out who her real friends are, and prove just how far she and Secret have come together. A perfect pony story from the author of the much-loved Palomino Pony series.

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The next book in the Rescue Princesses series is here: Rescue Princess: The Star Bracelet! We’re also re-issuing stories from the series with wonderful new covers: The Snow Jewel, The Magic Rings, The Lost Gold, and The Shimmering Stone. Written by Paula Harrison, this sparkling series for young readers is a winning combination of plucky princesses, animals in danger, and magic jewels! When Princess Lily and her friends find an abandoned baby kangaroo, they must look after the tiny joey and work out who is ruining the palace gardens at night. To solve this mystery the princesses will need a magic jewel, ninja skills and the special power that comes from true friendship!

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Take a look inside Max the Detective Cat: The Phantom Portrait

This September we’re delighted to be publishing Max the Detective Cat: The Phantom Portrait, written by Sarah Todd Taylor and illustrated by Nicola Kinnear – the hugely exciting second instalment in the Max the Detective Cat middle-grade mystery series.

And today you can take a first look inside the new book!

Max is ready to solve another case! The entire theatre company have travelled to Lord Fawley’s castle to put on a show for his daughter’s Halloween birthday ball! Rehearsals start well, but soon some ghostly goings-on and talk of a family curse have the actors in a panic. Never fear – Max the detective cat is on the case, and his whiskers are prickling with suspicion that these strange events have more to do with jewels than ghouls…

Filled with plenty of fun and drama, and with a vintage crime feel, this beautifully-written and illustrated series is fantastic fun – Hercule Poirot in feline form!

Here’s a look inside The Phantom Portrait:

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Max the Detective Cat: The Phantom Portrait will be in shops in September –  you can pre-order the book now, and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below, and you’ll never miss a thing.

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Take a look inside How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

This August we’re incredibly proud to be publishing How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear – learn how to save endangered animals in this timely book written by Jess French, presenter of Minibeast Adventure with Jess on CBeebies, and illustrated by Angela Keoghan.

And today you can take an early look inside the book!

In this beautifully illustrated book, children can learn about 13 different habitats – gardens, hedgerows, heathlands, woodlands, highlands, wetlands, the coastline, freshwater, seas and oceans, savannahs, jungles and mountains – and how they can be protected. Filled with animal facts and plenty of creative little ways that nature enthusiasts can make a big difference.

And here’s a look inside the book:

Order your copy.

How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear will be in shops in August –  you can order the book now, and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below, and you’ll never miss a thing.

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Read the opening chapter of Storm Witch – the first instalment of a gripping new fantasy quartet

This September we’re incredibly proud to be publishing Storm Witch, by Ellen Renner – the first instalment of a gripping fantasy quartet from the prize-winning author of Tribute and Castle of Shadows.

And today you can take a very first look inside the book – and be in with a chance of winning an exclusive proof copy.

Child of Air, Water, Earth or Fire: now that she is thirteen, Storm must undertake The Choosing and be claimed by one of the Elementals, which will determine her whole life’s work. But for Storm, daughter of a father murdered by Water and a warrior mother claimed by Earth, there will be no easy destiny.

The Elementals bestow her with a great and terrible gift. Storm-bringer. Storm-rider. Storm-queller. Storm has powers that no one, not even the island Elders, can understand. And when the Drowned Ones – a savage band of pirates who roam the seas on floating towns – attack her island, will her powers help her to save the people she loves, or is her fate to betray everything she holds dear? Soon Storm faces a decision which will change her life – and that of everyone who lives on her island – forever.

Perfect for fans of Ursula Le Guin, Storm Witch introduces an extraordinary new fantasy world.

Here’s the first chapter of the book:

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And we’re giving away a proof copy of Storm Witch to one lucky reader! Head over to our Instagram channel to find out how to enter.

Storm Witch will be in shops in September –  you can pre-order the book now, and if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below, and you’ll never miss a thing.

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Take a first look inside The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin – the brand new picture book by Nicola O’Byrne

This September we’re incredibly pleased to be publishing The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin – a brand new picture book by Nicola O’Byrne, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winning ilustrator of Open Very Carefully.

And today we’re delighted to share a first look inside the new book!

Rabbit doesn’t want to go to bed, so he decides to kidnap The Dark in a biscuit tin and stay up ALL NIGHT LONG. But The Dark soon reminds Rabbit of all the good things that he does. What about all the nocturnal animals, he asks . . . and you can only have a yummy breakfast of toast and honey and fresh orange juice if you’ve been to bed. But the BEST thing about The Dark, of course, is the chance to read a REALLY good bedtime story . . .

Here’s a look inside The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin:

Pre-order your copy.

The Rabbit, the Dark and the Biscuit Tin will be in shops from September – you can pre-order the book here. And if you’d like to stay up-to-date with all of our book news, you can sign up to our books newsletter with the form below, and you’ll never miss a thing.

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