Enjoyed listening to chapter one? Fancy diving into the world of embarrassing parents, luxury Norwegian cruises and a robot clone, or two?! Click here to buy! Want to read more of Jenny Moore? Check out Jenny’s first Maverick title, Agent Starling: Operation Baked Beans, here!
Kristin Guay, reviewer and former Youth Services Librarian, has left a wondrous review for John Condon’s, The Wondrous Dinosaurium; What did you like about the book? Many children love dinosaurs and what child would not want a dinosaur for a pet? In this story, Danny has finally convinced his mom to let him get a new pet. However, …
Karen Argent from The Letterpress Project has reviewed our new batch of Red Readers; As ever, each one is beautifully illustrated with minimal repetitive text, the overall layout of which form interesting little plots to enthuse young readers. All of these titles are from the Red Book band which is the second band designed for ‘guided reading …
Bec, also known as The Ish Mother, has recently reviewed our upcoming narrative non-fiction picture book, Mister T.V. by Julie Fulton with endearing and retrograde illustrations by Patrick Corigan; For those of you who, like me, get their inventors mixed up, John Logie Baird was the inventor of the television – and let’s face it, right …
Loved listening to Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches?! Grab your own copy here! Want more from Julie Fulton? Check out Julie’s new picture book, the story of John Logie Baird, television extraordinaire! Maverick’s second narrative non-fiction coming 28th May!Pre-order now!
This year has already got off to a tough start, but home learning doesn’t have to be. If you are in need of something to help the kids whilst home learning – have no fear, the below titles are what we suggest your little’uns start to read to kick off their independent reading journey; Our …
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Tracy from The Breadcrumb Forest was left wanting Moore after reading Agent Starling, continue reading to check out how Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage compares; If you’ve had time to read Jenny Moore’s brilliant Agent Starling: Operation Baked Beans (link to review) , then you’ll know that this author’s writing is full of high-paced, hilarious and quirky ideas. If …
Cathy Bee at Chez L’Abeille has kindly reviewed our latest Yellow Early Readers, find out what she thought below; Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words.They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have …
Kate Poels has taken a trip back in time to the Neolithic era, in Saviour Pirotta’s Stone Age series – Wolfsong. Take a look at Kate’s review of book one, The Stolen Spear; I found this story fascinating for many reasons, not least the fact that it is based on an era of our history that …
Talented author, Alison Donald, was presented with the Maverick Book of the Year 2019 award for her fabulous narrative non-fiction picture book, The Spacesuit. Surrounded by the Maverick team, Alison celebrated her win in Horsham with a special lunch in town, consisting of great food and even greater wine! The presentation of the winner’s trophy …
Celebration for an Out-Of-This-World Picture Book, The Spacesuit, by Alison Donald. Read More »