Alex Vs Axel: The Impossible Quest

ALEX VS AXEL by best-selling author, Sam Copeland, showcases Dotty’s creative versatility from the stunning cover and lettering right through to the interiors which include a fabulous fantasy map.

We are so proud that Alex Vs Axel: The Impossible Quest is also Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month for May!

Alex is a normal, everyday boy living a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. Unfortunately, when the two boys mysteriously swap worlds, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other.

Alex has zero experience of heroism, he can’t even climb the rope in a gym but he is thrust into an epic quest to defeat the evil Felonius Gloam who has stolen the Book of Lifetales and is using it to unravel the very fabric of the world of Aérth.  Axel would love to be saving the world… but instead he has to win a chess tournament (when he doesn’t even know how to play) AND pass a maths test!

Can the two boys complete their Impossible Quests and fine a way back to their own lives? Dotty Sutton’s characters leap off the page using dramatic lighting to full effect. This book is a wonderfully funny adventure about family, friendship and finding your inner confidence and strength and shows the reader that heroes come in many forms.

Dotty Sutton is represented by Arena Illustration.

Hannah Riordan Illustrates Lift-the-Flap Book for Lonely Planet

Hannah Riordan has illustrated Let’s Play Sports – a book by Lonely Planet exploring famous and lesser-known sports from across the world.

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NILA AYE – Julia Donaldson’s Book of Names

Imaginatively illustrated by Nila Aye, Julia Donaldson’s Book of Names, published by Macmillan, celebrates her readers in this delightful new picture book, inspired by the children she has met at hundreds of book signings over the years.

Nila Aye is represented by Meiklejohn

LIGHTS, DRAMA, ACTION – ALEKSEI BITSKOFF!

Harper Drew is back! Aleksei Bitskoff teams up with author, Kathy Weeks for the third instalment in this phenomenally successful series published by Hachette Children’s Books. 

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Liz Kay – Dorling Kindersley

Liz is the illustrator behind ‘The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s jam-packed sticker book with treasures from around the world... From dancers to dragons, masks to mummies and much, much more, your Met Sticker Book will be bursting with awesome art, curated by you.’

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KRISTYNA LITTEN’S GROWS HER OWN

Welcome to the wonderful world of no-dig gardening. 

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STEVE MAY FEAST WITH THE KING

The Two Terrible Vikings return in a brand-new bonkers adventure!

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Luiza Laffitte/Tastillery

Five alcohol themed advent calendars are handsomely illustrated by Luiza Laffitte for Tastillery.

Luiza worked with Parisian agency Millecent on the project which involved her creating packaging illustrations for calendars containing 24 taste bottles of Gin, Whisky, Rum, Scotch and World Spirits.

Luiza adds, "To represent each drink, we focused on a main theme and color, each box has a unique universe and feeling. We also focused on making something amusing, each box has a lot of fun and crazy details."

See the calendars here.

Luiza Laffitte is represented by IllustrationX 

What Goes Up White and Comes Down Yellow?

Presenting an EGGcellent riddle compendium written by broadcaster and television celebrity Gyles Brandreth, and humorously illustrated by the brilliant Emily Fox.

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The Eyebrows of Doom 

We are very proud that one of our children’s picture books was chosen to appear on CBeebies Bedtime Stories - the reading of The Eyebrows of Doom....was read brilliantly  by no other than  Steve Carell the Hollywood actor …

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