Nosy Crow

12/08/2025

Dig into the amazing world right beneath your feet with Wonder World: Earth!

👉 https://ow.ly/5glk50WErCb

From hosting billions of worms 🪱 minibeasts 🪲 and microbes 🦠, to being the home of fungi 🍄 and providing enough nutrients to feed the whole planet . . . soil is a muddy, magical, marvellous miracle!

Created in partnership with National Trust this book encourages children to discover and explore the natural world.

Want to keep listening? The paperback book includes a FREE Nosy Crow Stories Aloud® audiobook! Scan the code, hear the story. 🎧

📖 By Ben Lerwill
🎨 By Xuan Le

11/08/2025

It's competition time, and we have a SUPA prize for you! 🌟

Meet Nova – scientist, genius and total superstar! When she creates a plastic-eating monster, she thinks she’s saving the planet . . . until it starts causing chaos in her city! Can she fix her creation before it’s too late?

We've teamed up with National Book Tokens to celebrate this GENIUS book with a giveaway that’s fizzing with fun and invention! 🙌

🎁 One lucky person will win a science lab kit (for ages 6+), 2 Supa Nova sticker sheets AND a signed copy of Supa Nova by Chanté Timothy.

📚 PLUS 10 runners-up will each receive a signed copy of the book!

Enter here: https://ow.ly/MSvl50WCJHF

Entries close Thursday 21 August. You can also enter via the link in our bio. T&Cs apply.

08/08/2025

Happy International Cat Day! 🐱🎉

Meet some of our team’s purr-fect pets — expert nappers, snack lovers, and keyboard warmers! 🐾

Do you have a cat as a pet? Share your favourite story with us in the comments! 😺💬.

Featuring our feline friends (in order of appearance) from…

🎩 The Cat and the Rat and the Hat by Em Lynas and Matt Hunt
🌅 Eid for Nylah by Nizrana Farook and Zelma Firdauzia
🚜 Suki Cat: Farmer by Grace Habib
🧁 Marvellous Margot by Lou Peacock and Ingela P Arrhenius
🚂 Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Train Trouble by Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton
🐾Peanut, Butter, and Crackers: Doggy School by Paige Braddock

06/08/2025

Let's go swimming with Bizzy Bear! ☀️

Bizzy has come to the pool and needs YOUR help getting ready to swim. With fun sliders on every page, kids can help Bizzy to dive and play 🛟

Discover the beloved series by Benji Davies: https://ow.ly/gYmV50WzjWL

06/08/2025

Enter the Escape with bestselling author, Christopher Edge, as he brings to life the heart-racing adventure of his new book, Escape Room: Game Zero, at Edinburgh International Book Festival this Saturday. The fun, puzzle-filled event is perfect for children aged 9+

Book your tickets:

From Sat 9 Aug - Welcome to The Escape – an epic new world full of puzzles and peril to beat before time runs out…

04/08/2025

Learn something new this summer! ☀️

From exploring the history of life to digging deep underground, summer is the perfect time to encourage kids to explore their interests, or learn something new. Discover fun and fascinating non-fiction reads for all ages.

The question is – which one will you choose first? 🔍

🦕 Choose Your Own Evolution by Jules Howard and Gordy Wright
✨ Lands of Belonging by Donna and Vikesh Amey Bhatt and Salini Perera
🏛️ Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses by Tegen Evans and Tom Froese, in partnership with British Museum
🎨 This Book Will Make You An Artist by Ruth Millington and Ellen Surrey
🐘 Mega by Jules Howard and Gavin Scott
💬 There's No Such Thing As A Silly Question by Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten, in partnership with University of Cambridge

01/08/2025

It's great to see two of our books featured on the Reading Agency's Joys of Nature List picked by National Trust rangers (and our own author of Wonder World: Earth, Ben Lerwill). Take young readers on a journey into the wild with a specially curated selection of books for this year's Summer Reading Challenge.

🌱I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree – a beautifully illustrated collection of nature poems for each day of the year

🐦 Listen To The Birds – a joyful board book featuring real-life birdsong

Discover adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors, and encourage children to learn more about the world around them through storytelling and reading.

See the list:

As part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, take young readers on a journey into the wild with a specially...

31/07/2025

Maisie’s back, and this time, adventure’s calling from high up in the mountains! ⛰️

She’s off to the Himalayas with her dad, who’s busy researching his latest book, How to Find Buried Treasure. But before long, Maisie has outrun explosions, discovered a cursed treasure and stolen a shark?! Just another average day... 🦈

With just two weeks to go, journey up...up...up... and down in Maisie Vs The Himalayas, the brand new middle-grade adventure from Jack Jackman, out 14th August.

Pre-order from Waterstones 👉 https://ow.ly/ZGce50Wxcfb

29/07/2025

They've done it again! Congratulations to the Lionesses for a brilliant win in the Euros final. 🤩

Got a future football star at home? How to Be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs by former Lioness and CBeebies presenter, Rachel Yankey, is packed with winning tips for those who want to know the score on football jobs.

From training to become a player or team coach to running the game as a referee, scouting young players for talent, sports TV or even working inside the stadium - this book has it all.

🏆 It's coming home: https://ow.ly/uhek50WwxKp

28/07/2025

Destiny is back for another INKTASTIC adventure – this time, she's baking up a storm! 🎂

Destiny Ink is a delightful early-chapter book series that helps children explore themes of friendship, anxiety and creative coping skills. Written and highly illustrated by Adeola Sokunbi, the stories are packed with laughs, unexpected twists and genius ideas.

Destiny Ink: Baking Mix-Up is the fourth book in the series 👉 https://ow.ly/97RF50Ww2r8

25/07/2025

Something monstrous is lurking in the bowels of Carrion Castle, and only Mallory Vayle (with her speak-to-the-dead powers) and her sassy skull sidekick can stop it! This fearsome twosome are back again for some seriously hair-raising fun and games. 💀

The second in a spooky and hilarious new series about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-training by Martin Howard is out on 25 September.

Full of brilliant illustrations by Pete Williamson, and cover artwork by Ray Tierney.

🔗 Pre-order: https://ow.ly/t1my50Wv9v8

24/07/2025

Win an inspiring prize bundle! 🏆🏃‍♀️

👉 https://ow.ly/Wqve50Wu3JU

To celebrate the inspiring new book Running My Own Race, we've partnered with National Book Tokens to offer you the chance to win a motivational prize bundle — perfect for aspiring runners and avid readers alike!

The winner will receive:
✨ A signed copy of Running My Own Race
✨ A pair of sporty Nike trainers
✨ Two personalised metal tags to decorate your new trainers

PLUS 10 runners-up will each receive a signed copy of Running My Own Race.

This empowering middle grade story by Abena Eyeson is full of heart, determination and finding your own path – an uplifting must-read for the summer.

⏳ Entries close on Thursday 31 July.