Buy The Little Black Fish CLPE wrote a fantastic review of The Little Black Fish for World Book Day 2015! Read it below! On World Book Day, it’s good to be able to feature a picture book from a new publishing house that plans to make more international children’s literature available in the UK. They are […]
Buy Grobblechops Educational consultant Jill Bennett wrote a fab review of Grobblechops for her blog Red Reading Hub! Read it below! Many young children imagine monsters under the bed and sometimes use their fear of same as a tactic to delay bedtime. In this story based on a Rumi tale it appears that young Amir […]
Buy There’s Room for Everyone We’re delighted to say that our beautiful picture book There’s Room for Everyone by Anahita Teymorian has been longlisted for the Derby Children’s Picture Book Award! Derby Book Festival have launched the award to celebrate picture books that children can relate to and in which the diversity and challenges of modern life […]
Introducing our campaign for inclusive books In 2018, CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) published their report into the representation of BAME characters in children’s books, with some truly damning results. While 32% of school children in the UK are from BAME backgrounds, only 4% of children’s books have any BAME characters. Of these, […]
Buy A Rainbow in My Pocket Melanié McGilloway for Armadillo wrote a fabulous review of A Rainbow in My Pocket. Read it below! Can you fit a rainbow in your pocket? The little girl in this beautifully lyrical Iranian picture book seems to think so. Of course, real rainbows won’t fit, but all you need to […]
Buy Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me Fab education blog That Boy Can Teach loved our poetry book Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me. These sweet poems tell the story of the boy poet Jace and his talking puppy, while celebrating friendship and family life! Read his review below! In this heartwarming book of poems from […]
How picture books can help to discuss difficult topics Buy Alive Again (hardback, Paperback) By Samantha Brown When one of my friends, Katie, was five years old, her dad suddenly died. Not really sure how to explain it to her young daughter, Katie’s mom turned to a picture book. This book introduced Katie to the topic of […]
Buy The Drum Hooray! Sue McGonigle for Books for Keeps magazine has written a lovely review of The Drum, which she awards five stars! Read the review below! On a tropical beach a series of different drummers are playing and everyone is dancing to the beat. The simple text is memorable with rhyme and a […]
Buy The New Baby and Me Read a fantastic review of The New Baby and Me by Anne Harding, written for The School Librarian, the journal of the School Library Association. They recommend the book for children aged 8 years and younger. Five siblings await a baby’s arrival into the family. Each of them has their own vision […]
Explore the magic of storytelling with Sally Pomme Clayton! Buy The Phoenix of Persia It’s National Storytelling Week! We celebrated by speaking to one of our favourite storytellers, Sally Pomme Clayton, about what makes storytelling so magical! She is the author of our upcoming book The Phoenix of Persia, from the mythical series One Story, […]
Hive Book Depository Amazon Buy The Phoenix of Persia, hardback, 32 pp, £12.99 (discounts may apply) Written by Sally Pomme… Read more…
Hive Book Depository Amazon Buy Dare, paperback, 32pp, £6.99 (discounts may apply) Dare to be what you truly are.… Read more…
Hive Book Depository Amazon Buy The Flute, hardback, 24 pp, £9.99 (discounts may apply) Buy The Drum Written by Ken… Read more…
Hive Book Depository Amazon Buy Grobblechops, hardback, 32pp, £12.99 (discounts may apply) Written by Elizabeth Laird Illustrated by Jenny Lucander… Read more…
Tiny Owl Catalogue Spring 2019
Our catalogue for Spring 2019 is available to view now! We're so excited to share these fantastic new titles with… Read more…
