Zoo Picture Puzzle Book - Gareth Lucas for Usborne

Sumptuously illustrated by Gareth Lucas, this hardback book has 24 animal picture puzzles for children to solve. Puzzles include spotting sleeping tigers and slithering snakes, matching identical animals and spotting the odd one out. Each page is overflowing with animals and objects to spot, creatures to count and delightful details to talk about!

Leo Broadley - Usborne Pirate Stories!

Landlubbers beware! A thrilling collection of illustrated stories full of nail-biting danger, booming canons, mysterious treasure hunts... and plenty of parrots. Stories such as The Captain’s Cat, The Bookish Pirate, The Battle of the Toasted Cheese and others are bristling with swashbuckling sea dogs, cursed cabin boys and even zombie pirates! Beautifully illustrated by our own Leo Broadley.

Leo Broadley - Clever Jack and the Giants - Usborne

An adaptation of a classic German fairy tale, illustrated with fresh, bright pictures and specially retold for beginner readers and illustrated by the wonderfully talented, Leo Broadley. 
When poor Jack swots seven flies away from his sandwhich with a single blow, he can't wait to tell the world how brave he is. But he has to use his wits to defeat an angry collection of giants and become a real hero.

Fred Van Deelen for Design Week!

Our multi talented artist, Fred Van Deelen, was recently asked by Design Week to create some great b&w graphics for their special edition featuring the 2015 survey of the top 100 design consultancies. Having fallen in love with Fred’s traditional scraper board style, he was the perfect choice for commissioning some effortless and refined art!

Richard Johnson for Usborne! Illustrated Nursery Tales

New from Usborne and Richard Johnson! A luxury gift edition of a collection of traditional and much-loved nursery stories.
Includes well-known tales like The Princess and the Pea and Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as lesser-known delights such as Hywel and the Mermaid.
Beautifully designed pages with enchanting illustrations bring each tale to life, while the clothbound cover in a sturdy presentation slipcase means this is sure to be a book that is treasured forever.

David Dean cover art for Sandi Toksvig novel!

Check out the beautiful new cover design by David Dean, for Sandi Toksvig's wonderful book 'A Slice of the Moon', published by Doubleday.

Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life . . .Slim Hannigan and her family are poor but happy. Theirs is a life filled with love and laughter - and a pet pig called Hamlet. 

But things change overnight, and suddenly they find themselves facing hunger and danger like they have never known . . . So they leave their village in Ireland to journey to America where, they hope, family and fortune await them.

Slim soon finds herself living a life that feels just like one of those far-fetched stories her Da has always told. Can one brave girl keep her family together no matter what is thrown at them . . . ?

Alison Jay - Bath Festivals Auction

This is your chance to own a unique piece of original art by one of the UK’s best and most popular illustrators, featuring work by Alison Jay!. Come along on the night to bid on one of several framed pieces of art – each depicting the famous Bath Children’s Literature Red Chair.

Amazing artists including Chris Riddell (Goth Girl), Ben Cort (Aliens love Underpants), Nick Sharratt (The Story of Tracey Beaker), Korky Paul (Winnie the Witch), Alison Jay (Welcome to the Zoo), Michael Foreman (War Game) and Axel Scheffler (The Gruffalo) have all donated pieces featuring their own, entertaining interpretation of the Festivals’ iconic red storytelling chair.

Help secure the future of the Bath Festivals internationally renowned programme of popular Festivals and be in with a chance of acquiring a piece of artwork to treasure for your family, school or business.

An Online Auction of many more Artworks will be launched on the night.

Drinks and nibbles included

Sponsored by Children’s Book Illustration