Day 6 of our Trailblazer Blog Tour is underway with a great post from Library Girl and Book Boy; Nowadays, women’s football is shown on the television and some of its star players are household names. It seems difficult to believe that in 1921, the Football Association decided to ban women’s football. But who was playing? …
Lexi Rees, AKA Mums Book Blast, is our next stop on our Trailblazer Blog Tour. Lexi joins us on Day 5 with a Q&A with Carolina Coroa, illustrator of Lily’s journey; Those of you who’ve followed my blog for a while will know that as a former rugby player myself, I’m passionate about encouraging girls into …
Jenny Moore Continues To Deliver The Punchlines When Audrey Orr’s mum wins a luxury cruise to Norway, Audrey thinks she’s won the jackpot — until she realises it’s during term-time. With her no-nonsense headteacher, Mr Stickler, on her case, she has to resort to something a bit unusual: a robot clone! But can she trust …
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Kate Poels is leading day four of our Trailblazer Blog Tour, take a look to see what she thought of our newst narrative non-fiction book; This fascinating non-fiction picture book tells the story of Lily Parr, one of the pioneering women’s football players of the early 20th century. Full of incredible facts about the history of women’s …
We’re here celebrating the Trailblazer Blog Tour Day 3, by visiting Sarah from Let Them Be Small; The book, Trailblazer, from Maverick and written by Elizabeth Dale and illustrated by Carolina Coroa is a fantastic book about Lily Parr. Lily Parr was a true trailblazer for women’s football, and her story is one that I wasn’t aware …
‘Fabulously written and the illustrations pop off the page’ Trailblazer Blog Tour, Day 3 Read More »
We all know someone who’s a little greedy! But no one as greedy as Mrs MacCready! Enjoyed listening to Julie Fulton?! Take a look at her other books here, including her newest picture book, Mister T.V.
Louise over at Books For Boys has reviewed our newest narrative non-fiction picture book, Trailblazer by Elizabeth Dale, with illustrations by Carolina Coroa; This delightful picture book follows Lily Parr the inspirational women’s footballer, whobattled prejudice to play the sport she loved. When football is banned, Lily and her teammates don’t give up! On the inside cover …
Sarah and Emma over at My Book Corner have been able to chat with author, Elizabeth Dale, asking her their infamous author questions; Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I adore writing for children – the best job in the world! I’ve had 84 books accepted/published and my three daughters are children’s authors too. …
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Karen over at The Letterpress Project has reviewed a selection of our Yellow Early Readers; The Red Rocket Pirates by Katie Dale illustrated by Elena Resko Pirates are always a popular subject with children and it is refreshing to see that this one depicts both girls and boys with their parrot embarking on an exciting sea …
You’ve written a manuscript… now what?! We know how hard it can be to put your manuscript out there. Join our editor – Kim, who shares Maverick’s top ten tips to making sure your book idea has the best chance of getting published. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH0XaGVdWJg Our Maverick book submissions are open; so if you feel your …
Top 10 Tips to Submitting a Children’s Picture Book Manuscript Read More »