Books we are publishing this August!

Let’s Find Tabby McTat by by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s favourite characters are now available as gorgeous board books with soft felt flaps, perfect for little hands.

Where has Tabby McTat gone? Can you find him? Lift the colourful felt flaps in this fun chunky board book, until you find Tabby McTat! While your little one is having fun playing with the felt, this board book will also help increase hand-eye co-ordination, develop speech and aid learning through repetition.

Everyone’s Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni

At an elite boarding school, Nigerian cousins Iyanu and Kitan are thrown into the middle of a schoolwide conspiracy when everyone’s juicy secrets are released “Burn Book style”...

Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera.

For Iyanu’s estranged cousin Kitan, life seems perfect. She has money, beauty and friends like queen bee Heather. But as a Nigerian girl in a school as white and insular as Wodebury, Kitan struggles with the personal sacrifices needed to keep her place – and the protection she gets – within the exclusive popular crowd.

Then, photos from Iyanu’s camera are stolen and splashed across the school – each with a juicy secret written on it. With everyone’s dirty laundry suddenly out in the open, the school explodes in chaos, and the whispers accusing Iyanu of being the one behind it all start to feel like déjà vu.

Dog Man With Love: The Official Colouring Book by Dav Pilkey

“I hope you enjoy filling this book up with colours, and may all of your stories be stories about love.” Dav Pilkey

Hooray, Dog Man fans! Now you can create art alongside Dav Pilkey in the first ever official Dog Man colouring book. Hang out with Dog Man, Petey, Li’l Petey, Chief, and other favourite characters as you visit some of the most beloved scenes from Dav’s acclaimed graphic novel series.

Tom Gates 20: Happy to Help (eventually) by Liz Pichon

The top-of-the-class, extra special 20th book from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon.

A feel-good, laugh-out-loud, packed-with-pictures Tom Gates story! It’s TIDY UP Saturday, but Tom is VERY busy relaxing and not helping out much. Until he spots the art box of his dreams in a shop window and everything changes. He’s suddenly focused on earning extra pocket money and helping with EVERYTHING.

But nothing quite goes to plan. Washing and shrinking Delia’s clothes isn’t a good start. And the hours spent carefully cleaning cars with Derek are ruined overnight when a storm hits Oakfield Town, causing even MORE chaos. At this rate it’s going to take a MILLION years for Tom to get the art box of his dreams… or will it?

Jay’s Guide to Crushing It by Ruby Clyde

It isn’t easy working out who you like when you’re still working out who you are.

Jay – sorry, Jennifer – and her family move to a new town for a fresh start, after bullying at her last school went too far.

Jennifer’s mum insists that she do things differently, so gone are her jeans, T-shirts, skateboard and short hair. Jennifer want to keep her mum happy, so she follows Mum’s plan to start looking and acting like a girl.

But it soon starts to wear on Jennifer, and she starts leading a double life, dressing in her brother’s clothes to sneak out to go skateboarding in the local park. That’s where Jennifer feels most like herself, where she can be Jay again.

But then Jay gets tangled up in a crush with Alex, a closeted boy at the skate park who thinks Jay is a boy. But is her friend Mina flirting with Jay … as a girl? Can Jay keep their different worlds from colliding?

Shine by Sarah Asuquo and Nadia Fisher

Shine is a touching and heart-warming journey through a child’s worries and insecurities about being different.

When Kai is bullied for being too tall and having a unique scar under his eye, he begins to wish he was the same as everybody else. With the help of his parents, can Kai learn that the things that make him different are the things that make him special, and let his own light shine through? And will he be able to help his friends, when they share similar worries of their own to him?

Bad Guys 4 Colour Edition: Attack of the Zittens by Aaron Blabey

The fourth laugh-out-loud Bad Guys episode by award-winning creator Aaron Blabey, now in full colour.

“I wish I’d had these books as a kid. Hilarious!” – Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys … and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that – whether you want them to or not!

It’s a zombie kitten apocalypse! Can the Bad Guys save the world from evil Dr. Marmalade’s meowing monsters?!? They’ll need help from foxy Agent Fox, a swampy secret zombie antidote, and the feistiest, toothiest, hungriest granny around. Get ready to watch the fur fly!