The hottest picture book from the incredible duo behind the New York Times bestseller, The Leaf Thief!

Squirrel is back, and he’s enjoying the long, sunny summer days.

But wait! Why is Bird going to bed when the sun is still up?

What a silly idea! Squirrel could never fall asleep while it’s still light…

And when the sun starts to disappear earlier and earlier each night, Squirrel is convinced there MUST be a sun thief about!

Join Squirrel on a mission to find the culprit, and meet some new nocturnal friends along the way. Luckily, the sun always comes out in the end … even if it doesn’t stay for long!

• Another personality-packed story by Alice Hemming, celebrating the changing seasons
• Brilliant illustrations by Nicola Slater that are full of expression and humour
• With a handy information spread at the back for kids that explains why days become longer in the summer and get shorter through the winter
• Lots of fun facts about nocturnal animals, too!

Also available:

• The Leaf Thief (paperback and gift board book)
• That’s My Flower (paperback)
• The Snow Thief (paperback)
• The Leaf Thief – Colours (lift-the-flap novelty board book)
• The Leaf Thief – Numbers (lift-the-flap novelty board book)
• Where’s The Leaf Thief? (felt flap novelty board book)

BLACKWELL’S CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

‘It’s great to have this wonderful writer back on our shelves.’ DAVID ALMOND

After five happy years, Meggie, her father Mo and the fire-eater Dustfinger, along with a host of new friends, feel safe and settled.

But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreak his revenge on the Inkworld!

He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey – Dustfinger, his brave stepson, Jehan, and his enigmatic friend Lilia, must come together to find a way to save them all!

This is the Colour of Revenge . . .

• A brilliant new stand-alone novel that returns to the beloved world of the Inkheart trilogy – over 14 million copies sold worldwide!
• Features gorgeous new illustrations from Cornelia Funke herself.  
• Cornelia Funke is the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of  Dragon Rider  and  The Thief Lord.
• Inkheart is a major feature film from the makers of The  Lord of the Rings, starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser!

PRAISE FOR THE INKHEART SERIES:  

‘I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading‘ DIANA WYNNE JONES, author of  Howl’s Moving Castle  

‘One of the outstanding children’s novels of the year.’ THE TIMES

‘A breathtakingly fast-moving tale.’ THE INDEPENDENT

‘? a rollicking good tale that pulls you swiftly through its pages.‘ THE TELEGRAPH

Return to the world of INKHEART . . .

After five happy years, Meggie, her father Mo and the fire-eater Dustfinger, along with a host of new friends, feel safe and settled.

But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreak his revenge on the Inkworld!

He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey – Dustfinger, his brave stepson, Jehan, and his enigmatic friend Lilia, must come together to find a way to save them all!

This is the Colour of Revenge . . .

• A brilliant new stand-alone novel that returns to the beloved world of the Inkheart trilogy – a series with worldwide sales of over 6 million copies.
• The Colour of Revenge is already a Spiegel number one bestseller in both adult and children’s lists in Cornelia’s native Germany.
• With gorgeous new illustrations from Cornelia Funke herself.

PRAISE FOR THE INKHEART SERIES:  

‘I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading‘ DIANA WYNNE JONES

‘? a rollicking good tale that pulls you swiftly through its pages.‘ THE TELEGRAPH

The next picture book from the mega-talented creative duo that brought us New York Times bestseller, The Leaf Thief!

GASP! Where has all the grass gone, Bird?

Why is it so white and cold?

Squirrel and Bird are back, and this time it’s winter! But Squirrel has never seen snow before. Will he like it?

You bet he will!  

Except, just as Squirrel starts to get used to the snow, it disappears!

Is there a snow thief on the loose?

• Another personality-packed story by Alice Hemming, all about how the weather changes when winter comes
• Brilliant illustrations by Nicola Slater that are full of expression and humour
• With a handy information spread at the back that tells children all about winter and the changing seasons

Also available:

• The Leaf Thief (paperback and gift board book)
• That’s My Flower (paperback)
• Squirrel and Bird Love Colours (lift-the-flap novelty board book)
• Squirrel and Bird Love Numbers (lift-the-flap novelty board book)

“Hand this to anyone trying their best wobbling through the precarious and precious parts of life.”–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

“An intriguing dynamic and a twist on the typical romance arc.”–Kirkus Reviews

Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, fitting in, and love from Amy Zhang, the acclaimed author of Falling into Place and This Is Where the World Ends.

Ocean Sun has always felt an enormous pressure to succeed. After struggling with depression during her senior year of high school, Ocean moves to New York City, where she has been accepted at a prestigious university. But Ocean feels so emotionally raw and unmoored (and uncertain about what is real and what is not) that she decides to defer and live off her savings until she can get herself together. She also decides not to tell her mother (whom she loves very much but doesn’t want to disappoint) that she is deferring-at least until she absolutely must.

In New York, Ocean moves into an apartment with Georgie and Tashya, two strangers who soon become friends, and gets a job tutoring. She also meets a boy-Constantine Brave (a name that makes her laugh)-late one night on the subway. Constant is a fellow student and a graffiti artist, and Constant and Ocean soon start corresponding via Google Docs-they discuss physics, philosophy, art, literature, and love. But everything falls apart when Ocean goes home for Thanksgiving, Constant reveals his true character, Georgie and Tashya break up, and the police get involved.

Ocean, Constant, Georgie, and Tashya are all cartographers-mapping out their futures, their dreams, and their paths toward adulthood in this stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding the strength to control your own destiny. For fans of Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay and Daniel Nayeri’s Everything Sad Is Untrue.

Now on Netflix! A gorgeous new edition of the first book in Cornelia Funke’s internationally celebrated trilogy – magical, thrilling and mesmerising.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading.’ Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl’s Moving Castle

‘One of the outstanding children’s novels of the year.’ The Times

‘A breathtakingly fast-moving tale.’ The Independent

Meggie loves stories, but her father, Mo, hasn’t read to her since her mother disappeared.

When a stranger knocks at their door, Mo is forced to reveal an extraordinary secret – when he reads aloud, words come alive, and dangerous characters step out of the pages.

Suddenly Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about in books, but this one will change her life for ever …

• A thrilling and magical adventure about stories and the imagination they inspire
• Also a major film from the makers of  The Lord of the Rings, starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser!
• The adventure continues in books 2 and 3, Inkspell and Inkdeath
• Cornelia Funke is the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of Dragon Rider and The Thief Lord

The second book in Cornelia Funke’s internationally celebrated trilogy – magical, thrilling and mesmerising.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading’ Diana Wynne Jones

Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of Inkheart, and the story whose characters strode out of the pages, and changed her life for ever.

But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate.

When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, he sets in motion a dangerous reversal that sees the characters of Inkheart transported to a charmed Inkworld, about to be fought over by rival rebels and princes …

• A thrilling and magical series about stories and the imagination they inspire
• Book 1,  Inkheart, is now a major movie starring Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany and Brendan Fraser!
• The adventure continues in book 3, Inkdeath
• Cornelia Funke is the critically-acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of Dragon Rider and The Thief Lord