Fat Fox Books Catalogue 2015
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Fat Fox is an independent publishing company. We published our first beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated children’s picture books and fiction last year and have a very strong list for 2015. Reading is the most exciting tool we possess, and stories create magic in the world around us. Fat Fox wants to bring the most inspiring, funny and dazzling books to a whole world of young readers and listeners and to install a lifelong love for reading.
Transcript of Fat Fox Books Catalogue 2015
FAT FOX BOOKS 2015
01 Happy Hooves, Ta Dah! 02 Happy Hooves, Oh! Oh! Oh! 03 Prankenstein 04 Prankenstein vs Yankenstein 05 Lili 06 Little Bell & The Moon07 The Me, Me, Me’s, Angry Me08 The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex09 The Pomegranate Tree
INTRODUCTION
Fat Fox is an independent publishing company. We published our first beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated children’s picture books and fiction last year and have a very strong list for 2015.
Any child from anywhere, regardless of their background, should be given the opportunity to be enthralled by stories. Reading is the most exciting tool we possess, and stories create magic in the world around us. Fat Fox wants to bring the most inspiring, funny and dazzling books to a whole world of young readers and listeners and to install a lifelong love for reading.
Our books are aimed at 2-14 year olds and we are looking for new talent as well as established authors and illustrators.
Contents
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HAPPY HOOVES, TA DAH!A. BOGIE
Author: A. Bogie This is Anna’s debut book. She lives in Gibraltar with her husband and three children.
Illustrator: Rebecca Elliott Rebecca is also an author and has published several books of international acclaim. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and children.
260mm x 265mm
Hardback £10.99, Paperback £7.99
32 pages
Illustrations 14 spreads
Readership 2 – 6 years
English language
Published in September 2014 and November 2014
ISBN HB 978 0992872816, PB 978-0992872809
Donkey has a dream about a trip to the beach. He calls to his friends and they begin their journey to the sea and the sand. But how will they cross the terrifying cattle grid that lays ahead? Happy Hooves, Ta Dah! is the first book in a series of tales about the exciting and funny adventures of five hoofed friends who use the power of teamwork and friendship to overcome challenges.
• TaDah!isthefirstinaseriesof five hoofed friends who have unusual, exciting adventures written in outstanding rhyming couplets full of warmth and wit.
• RebeccaElliott’sexquisitedeepcolouredtexturedillustrations are in her signature retro-modern style.
• Theseriesmovesbacktowardsatraditionalanimal set-up in a market swamped with books about increasingly outrageous characters, but with an abundance of magic and imagination.
About the book
HAPPY HOOVES, OH! OH! OH!A. BOGIE
Author: A. Bogie This is Anna’s second book in her debut series. She lives in Gibraltar with her husband and two children.
Illustrator: Rebecca Elliott Rebecca is also an author and has published several books of international acclaim. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children.
260mm x 265mm
Hardback £10.99
32 pages
Illustrations 14 spreads
Readership 2 – 6 years
English language
Published in October 2014
ISBN 978-0992872823
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A magical Christmas tale where Cow tells his hoofed friends that Santa will not visit unless they tidy their houses. But as each of the animals make everything sparkle and gleam, a panic arises as they realise something is missing. How will Santa bring presents if they don’t have a chimney?
Happy Hooves are back! This snowy adventure brings warmth and wit from our favourite animal friends who discover that Christmas comes to everyone, no matter where you live.
• Oh!Oh!Oh!isthe second in a series of five hoofed friends who have unusual, exciting adventures written in outstanding rhyming couplets full of warmth and wit.
• RebeccaElliott’sexquisitedeepcolouredtexturedillustrations are in her signature retro-modern style.
• Theseriesmovesbacktowardsatraditionalanimal set-up but with an abundance of magic and imagination.
About the book
About the book
PRANKENSTEINANDY SEED
Author: Andy Seed Andy is an author and poet, he writes memoirs, funny poems and humorous non-fiction books. Andy lives in Yorkshire with his wife and three children.
Illustrator: Richard Morgan Richard has been an illustrator for more than 20 years. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.
Paperback 130mm x 200mm £6.99
250 pages
100 spot illustrations
Readership 7+ years
English language
Published in September 2014
ISBN PB 978-0992872830
When Soapy Thompson’s granny is shot through the roof on a turbo-charged stairlift he knows that something is not right. Someone, or something, is playing incredible, hilarious pranks on Soapy’s family, neighbours and teachers – but who? Soapy and his friends appoint themselves chief detectives to solve the mystery and discover that the culprit is a hairy, superhuman figure – and Soapy’s alter-ego!
• Whatchilddoesn’t dream about playing pranks on their family and teachers? When a scary, hairy, clawed figure is spotted in the night, Soapy and his friends discover the prankster, and Soapy’s alter ego.
• Prankensteinwillbeadoredanddevouredby any child with a mischievous twinkle in their eye – of which there are many!
• RichardMorgan’senigmaticinkandwashstandsout in a market dominated by doodle-style illustrations.
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PRANKENSTEIN VS YANKENSTEINANDY SEED
Author: Andy Seed Andy is an author and poet, he writes memoirs, funny poems and humorous non-fiction books. Andy lives in Yorkshire with his wife and three children.
Illustrator: Richard Morgan Richard has been an illustrator for more than 20 years. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.
Paperback 130mm x 200mm £6.99
225 pages
100 spot illustrations
Readership 8-11 years
English language
Published in April 2015
ISBN 978-0992872854
When Soapy Thompson’s American cousin Topazz comes to stay, he wakes up one morning handcuffed to a toilet seat. He has been pranked.
Blaming his cousin, Soapy decides there is only one thing for it – to bring back his alter ego prank playing monster,Prankenstein!Butthere is another beast out there and war is unleashed across the country. Can Soapy’s best friends, the Twince save him?...
• Whatchilddoesn’tdreamaboutplayingprankson their family and teachers? And now there are two hairy, clawed, prank playing monsters to unleash double the havoc and twice the fun!
• PrankensteinVsYankensteinwillbeadoredand devoured by any child with a mischievous twinkle in their eye – of which there are many!
• RichardMorgan’s enigmatic ink and wash stands out in a market dominated by doodle-style illustrations.
About the book
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LILIWEN DEE TAN
Author and illustrator: Wen Dee Tan This is Wen Dee Tan’s debut book. She lives inMalaysiaafterstudyinganMAinChildren’sIllustrations at The Cambridge School of Art.
250mm x 250mm
Hardback £10.99
32 pages
Illustrations 12 spreads
Readership 2-5 years
English language
Published in February 2015
ISBN 978-0992872847
Lili is an ordinary little girl. Well except for one thing, she has fiery red hair. Lili finds it hard to make friends with her fiery red hair, but one day, Lili finds the village children lost in the deep dark woods and her bravery (and hair) leads them all home safely. Lili is a beautiful story of overcoming rejection and being accepted for who you are – something that will resonate with children and adults everywhere.
• Lili won third in the prestigious Macmillan Prize 2013.
• Thestorydealswiththesubjectofbeingostracised for being different with warmth and sensitivity that will touch any child or adult.
• WenDeeTan’sstunningandunusualillustrationswill captivate with every read.
About the book
LITTLE BELL AND THE MOONGILES PALEY-PHILLIPS
Author: Giles Paley-Phillips Giles is an award winning acclaimed picture book author who lives in Seaford with his wife and two children.
Illustrator: Iris Deppe Iris has had her work published in both the children’s and adult sectors. Iris was born and raised in the Caribbean and now lives in the Netherlands.
Hardback 220mm x 270mm £10.99
32 pages
Illustrations 14 spreads
Readership 2-6 years
English language
Published in May 2015
ISBN 978-0992872861
LittleBelllovestheMoonandtheMoonlovesLittleBell.EverynighttheMoontakesLittleBell’shand and together they fly off on their adventures. Little Bell grows old and frail but one last flight withtheMoonmakessomethingveryspecialhappen to Little Bell.
A wonderful rhyming tale of growing up – this story touches upon a subject rarely dealt with in children’s picture books in the most beautiful and positive way.
• LittleBellAndTheMoonoffersacompassionateand positive way of dealing with the death of a loved one for children.
• GilesPaley-Phillipshaswonseveralawardsforprevious picture books, including The Fearsome Beastie.
• IrisDeppehascapturedthenightskiesperfectlywith her deep blue and detailed illustrations – her drawings make for a magical bedtime adventure.
About the book
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THE ME ME ME’S, ANGRY MEANNABELLE NEILSON
Author: Annabelle Neilson AnnabelleNeilsonisaTVpersonalityand ex-model. She lives in London.
Illustrator: Astro Astro is a Canadian-born artist who specializes ingraffiti.HelivesinMontreal.
210mm x 210mm
Paperback £6.99
32 pages
Illustrations 14 spreads
Readership 2-6 years
English language
Published August 18th 2015
ISBN 978-0992872878
TheMeMeMe’sareauniquecollectionofcharacters who explore the ups and downs of emotions that every child can relate to. This exceptional series will take you on adventures totheworldofTheMeMeMe’sandbeyond. The first in this series is all about the little red characterofAngryMewhostrugglestocontainhisanger.ButMellowYellow–theconstantvoice of calm in the series – reassures and guides, remindingAngryMethatheisneveralone – there is always a friend to listen and help.
• Thegraffiti-styleillustrationsbyAstroarebold,colourful and work perfectly with the punchy, rhyming prose.
• Thisistheseriesthatchildrenwillgobacktotimeagain for its reassuring messages, for the fun and adventure, and parents will enjoy reading over and over.
• AnnabelleisaTVstarturnedauthor,who’simagination is wild and endless, which is reflected in this uniqueseries.
About the book
THE CURIOUS TALE OF FI- REXCELEBRITY AUTHORS
Author: Various JamieandJoolsOliver,AmandaHolden, Ronan Keating, Bear Grylls, Rod Stewart and PennyLancaster,ColleenandWayneRooney,DeniseVanOuten,AndyMurray,LeighFrancis,TomDaley,SirPaulMcCartney,OneDirection, TakeThat,KateMoss,AnnabelleNeilson, NickGrimshawandKylieMinogue.
Illustrator: Julia Patton JuliaPattoniscurrentlytheArtistinResidenceat EdinburghCollegeofArt.Sheworksfromarustic wood shed in a field in the middle of Northumberland.
Hardback 315mm x 250mm £12.99. £2 of every RRP sale donated to BBC Children in Need
32 pages
Illustrations 14 spreads
Readership 3-8 years
English language
Published September 16th 2015
ISBN 978-0992872885
For the first time ever some of the most famous names in music, sport and show business have gottogetherforagameof‘consequences’toraise money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal. Eachparticipatingcelebrityhaswrittenasectionof the book based only on the final line of the previoussectionwithhilariousresults!Thisuniqueidea has resulted in a comic tale which twists and turns like no other to raise thousands of pounds for BBC Children in Need.
About the book
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THE POMEGRANATE TREEVANESSA ALTIN
Author: Vanessa Altin VanessaAltinisahardnewsjournalistturnedauthor. She splits her time with her Kurdish husband and two daughters in the UK and Turkey.
Illustrator: Faye Moorhouse FayeMoorhouseisanawardwinningillustratorwho lives in Brighton.
Hardback 210mm x 160mm £12.99
240 pages
Inside illustrations
Readership 12+ years
English language
Published 13th October 2015
ISBN 978-0992872892
‘It wasn’t even a proper diary… no dates or days or even 365 pages – but after this morning I’d be surprised to make it to the end of the week – so seven pages would be plenty… Well she’d asked me to write everything down – and as there was nothing else I could do, as we sat in the little courtyard listening to the gunfire in the streets below us, I started to write…’
In the summer of 2014 a black plague swept across Syria – a killer cult spreading misery and murder. SittingintheshadeofthePomegranateTree,we meet Dilvan, a young Kurdish girl whose family have been ripped apart by the war. Through the pages ofherdiary,wefollowDilvanonherquesttofind her family with courage, hope and a determination to fight, maybe even to die – but never to surrender.
• Acontroversialsubjectforachildren’sstorytold inthemostmoving,sensitiveandexquisiteway.
• VanessaAltin’sfirst-handexperienceofreporting on a war-torn country shines like a bright beacon on every page.
• FayeMoorhouse’sillustrationsareidealforthis diary- type book, as if each one has been individually drawn by the protagonist.
About the book
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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01580 857249fatfoxbooks.com
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