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02/10/2025

✨ Just one week to go! ✨

Be ready to fall in love with When the Sky Falls: Graphic Novel by Phil Earle, gorgeously illustrated by Fred Fordham.

Set in the Blitz of 1941, this richly drawn adaptation tells the powerful, heartfelt story of Joseph who forms an unexpected and unbreakable bond with Adonis, a mighty silverback gorilla. It’s a tale of friendship, resilience, and healing amid chaos.

The graphic novel brings the deeply moving narrative of the award-winning original ovel to vivid, visual life.

Already loved by by David Almond and Jamie Smart plus many more!

Pre-order now to get your copy on 9 October!

01/10/2025

With the night’s drawing in, things are getting spooky at Andersen Press with Yvette Fielding, ghost-hunting expert.

Enjoy spook-tacular accounts of real-life investigations in theatres, houses and castles with the Most Haunted series. Grab your torch and find out about:

👻The History
👻The Hauntings
👻The investigations

While Stranger Things meets Point Horror in The Ghost Hunter Chronicles featuring ghost-hunting trio, Clovis, Eve and Tom. There are now four books in the series:

🏚️The House in the Woods
💀The Rippers of Whitechapel
🧙🏻‍♀️The Witches of Pendle
🧛The Vampire of Whitby (NEW!)

Get your copies now!

30/09/2025

We were thrilled to be joined by so many friends yesterday for the launch WHEN THE SKY FALLS graphic novel by Phil Earle, adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham Fordham at Waterstones Kensington.

Make sure to pre-order your copy from Waterstones now.

This fantastic graphic novel is out on 9 October.

26/09/2025

Happy publication day! We have three fantastic paperbacks for you. ⬇️

🧛 The Vampire of Whitby by Yvette Fielding is the perfect book. A terrifying and sinister series of disappearances have been reported in Whitby… Has the ghost of Vlad the Impaler come to the seaside town? Can our young Ghost Hunters heroes stop the rise of his demonic vampire army? Find out now!

🎄✨ Just 3 months to go until the big day! Treat your little one to Elmer’s Christmas - now with a sparkly gold cover. The perfect festive story to share and bring smiles to everyone’s faces 💛🌟

🐯Don’t Think of Tigers by Alex Latimer is a hilariously magical picture book! Imagine anything you like and Alex will draw it on the next page. But before you start, he has one think to ask you: Don’t think of tigers….!

🚪 Black Star by Kwame Alexander is the second book of the riveting Door of No Return trilogy. Set during the turbulent segregation era, and the beginning of The Great Migration, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination, and the unflappable faith of an American family.

24/09/2025

✨ Love a gripping graphic novel?
Adore stories inspired by real events?
Can’t resist a timeless friendship? 💫

Then When the Sky Falls is for you! Written by the brilliant Phil Earle and brought to life with stunning illustrations by Fred Fordham, this powerful graphic novel is not to be missed.

🌟 Glowing praise already from Chris Riddell and M.G. Leonard!

📚 Out 9 October – but you can pre-order your copy now from your favourite bookshop!

22/09/2025

✨📚 New schools resource alert! ✨

Step into the world of The Uninvited by Ross MacKenzie with our free Schools Resource & Discussion Guide readers aged 9+.

Packed with:
🔹 Cross-curricular activities (Drama, Dance, History, Writing, Poetry, Art and more!)
🔹 Discussion questions for every section of the book
🔹 Creative classroom ideas inspired the Faerae folk

Perfect for teachers looking to spark meaningful conversations about friendship, difference and resilience – all through the power of story. 🌟

📖 Download the full resource pack from our website or http://bit.ly/46jscoE.

Hear more about the book as Ross MacKenzie talks all about Creating Fantasy Worlds in Middle Grade on Thursday 25 September at The Klaus Flugge Salon at the Andersen Press London office. Get your tickets from https://www.tickettailor.com/events/andersenpress

18/09/2025

2 weeks to go until !

This year’s theme is Play 🕹️

Press Start to Play by Sam Gayton is a fun, interactive poetry book that celebrates poetry, creativity and play in all forms!

Try out the Poets Are Adventurers activity pack which turns writing into a quest, helps young readers discover the magic of words, whether they’re writing a haiku, an ode to crisps, or a calligram that looks like the thing it describes! 🎉

Perfect for classrooms or at home, these playful resources encourage children to:
✨ Explore language
✨ Celebrate their imagination
✨ Find their own unique voice

📖 Download your free adventure sheets from our website or this link https://bit.ly/4n0TxTZ– and get ready for your own poetry quest!

17/09/2025

✨ Celebrate the magic of children’s publishing at the Klaus Flugge Salon ✨

Join author Rashmi Sirdeshpande on Thursday 2 October as she talks about Celebrating Identity & Heritage in Award-Winning Picture Books.

Rashmi will be sharing her stunning and poetic picture book This Is Who I Am – illustrated by the wonderful Ruchi Mhasane – a heartfelt story about a little girl with Indian heritage discovering all the amazing things that make her, her. 🌸📖

🎟️ Tickets are £8, including refreshments and a signed copy of This Is Who I Am.
Everyone is welcome – old friends and new 💛
Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/andersenpress

31/07/2025

There’s a wonderful, eclectic, un-put-down able crop of books publishing today from Andersen Press - all available in your local bookshop or online… featuring:

🐶 Just The Two of Us by Polly Noakes - the winner of the 2025 Oscars Book Prize, out now in paperback

🐦 🐦 Two Little Dicky Birds by Anna Brooke and Carly Gledhill, a fun and quirky take on the nursery rhyme, now in paperback

🐕 School for Puppies by Satoshi Kitamura, the hilarious tale of a dog’s day by a picture book master! In paperback now

🐢 Party Animal by Chris Naylor Ballesteros, a brand-new, fun ode on overcoming social anxiety

🐻 Fisherbear by Ruth Quayle and Victoria Sandoy is a brand-new ode against capitalism and greed, and being content with the fantastic life you have

And finally…

🧝‍♂️ The Uninvited by Ross MacKenzie, the latest magical adventure for 9+ from this award-winning author deals with ideas of migration and magic… do not miss this incredible novel!

28/07/2025

Our friends at are running an incredible promotion on upcoming books - save 25% if you pre order online this week! Here’s a glimpse of the amazing titles included from Andersen Press!
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16/07/2025

Read an exclusive extract of Ross Mackenzie’s THE UNINVITED in the latest issue of WRD Magazine!

10/07/2025

THE UNINVITED by Ross MacKenzie, the award-winning author of Evernight and The Colour of Hope publishes at the end of this month and is already been lavished with incredible buzz…

‘Simply magical’ AF STEADMAN, author of The Skandar Series

‘Unforgettable’ Chris Smith, author of Kid Normal

PLUS - brand new resources and discussion guides ready for the new school year (link in stories/on our website) - get your summer reading sorted with Ross MacKenzie’s THE UNINVITED, a thrilling middle-grade adventure which asks what if another world had to take refuge in ours - how would both sides react, and how could it be fixed?

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