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Cover illustration © by Kanako Wakabayashi for The Old Forest Path. Independent children's publishers since 1985 founded by Charles & Pamela Shirley.

24/07/2025

Only a week until this beauty is coming out, to celebrate or festival of snakes in India 🇮🇳 J Zacharias has written another compelling story about Anitha; a teenage girl, or young woman with supernatural powers of telepathy, dreamtime and esoteric exploration relating to her heritage with roots in pre-vedic culture

23/07/2025

The Roots of Hatha Yoga is a graphic novel with illustrations by in collaboration with and the erc_research from the perspective of a Sanskit scholar Dr James Mallinson it is a fascinating insight into the history and development of yoga practice, it makes a great summer read for all ages from about 8 years old, but especially teens!It’s hard to categorise it, which makes marketing tricky! But it’s a very delightful book with beautiful illustrations 🧘‍♂️ 🧘🏾 🧘🏻‍♀️

09/07/2025

Could Frank the gnome be here⁉️ Looking for Frank who features in ‘The Long Walk’ is coming soon 😊 by award winning author & illustrator .horacek_

26/06/2025

The state of Love illustrated by in The Old Forest Path by this story explores the breaking down of old structures and discovering new ways of being

19/06/2025

Another beautiful preliminary sketch by for The Old Forest Path by the stellar as a little heads up for and thanks so much to the brilliant indies who hosted events

30/05/2025

The Old Forest PathJamie Catto and Kanako WakabayashiRagged Bears This story is the first for young readers by musician Jamie Catto. Once upon a time, deep in a magical forest lived fairies: delica…

14/05/2025

We love Jamie Catto and wonderful bookshops like The Alligator's Mouth in Richmond JC snapped here with his wonderful story The Old Forest Path❤️🤩

Last week, we had a wonderful time celebrating The Old Forest Path with Jamie Catto, with a raucous singalong and fun fairytales. Thank you and for a fabulous event!

09/05/2025

Muji the cat is not too impressed with the book taking up space in the window. But we are! This is one of Lynley Dodd’s most popular books, “Hairy Maclary’s Bone” and we have a treasure trove of them, only available from our website: www.ragged-bears.com

01/05/2025

This is a prelimary illustration by for The Old Forest Path by we’re sharing this to celebrate Jamie will be bookshop in Richmond this Saturday sharing songs & stories - guaranteed fun for everyone!

23/04/2025

One of our oldies! A delightful pocket sized collection of poems edited and illustrated by Julia Killingback. ‘O, to be in England / Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England / Sees, some morning, unaware, / That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf / Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, / While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough / In England - now!’ By Robert Browning

22/04/2025

We’re celebrating Earth Day with Frank the gnome! From The Long Walk by we can’t wait for this to come out in September (Spring in the southern hemisphere;)

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Ragged Bears was created by Charles Shirley to bring the best of children's independent publishing from all over the world to the British market. He worked previously for many years at Methuen & ABP & he was involved with publishing classics such as Winnie the Pooh, Tintin, Wind in The Willows, Babar and Miffy, to name a few - as well as a variety of adult books ranging from the King James Bible to Monty Python.

Ragged Bears was founded by Charles and his wife Pamela in 1986. Within a short space of time it became a successful sales, marketing and distribution company building a reputation for bringing wonderful children's books from all over the world to the UK. Ragged Bears then created its own publishing division, producing some best selling books for children.

Ragged Bears is still family run and our aims today remain true to the original intention; to publish engaging, interesting & eclectic books which will inspire a love of learning and be accessible to all children via schools and libraries, as well as via shops. We seek to create books which are relevant to the issues children face today, as well as classic stories with timeless appeal. Thank you for visiting our page!