NEW BOOKS IN AUGUST FROM ANDERSEN PRESS

The Wild Hooboo

When the selfish King captures the wish-granting wild HooBoo, he is taught a lesson he won’t forget!

The wild HooBoo sings a magical song – coo, chit churp churee! – that can grant you anything you wish for, if your heart is good and true. But the King’s only desire is selfish and cruel, so when he captures the HooBoo and starts making demands, things don’t quite go as he’d planned . . .

Stunningly illustrated and bursting with colour and kindness, this is a new cautionary tale with a classic feel from award-winning Irish children’s author Barry Falls.

 

Be Back Soon

Mo’s older brother has to go away for work, but just like the swallows, he’ll return to him when the summer comes.

Bibi and Mo love to watch the first swallows arriving home to their lake in the summer. But soon, just like the swallows, Bibi has to go north for work. He tells Mo to think of him flying with the birds, and just like the swallows, when summer comes again, he will journey across the cities, oceans, grasslands and jungle, and over the tops of the mountains back to Mo.

 

Elmer and the White Bear

When the ice starts to melt at the North Pole, a polar bear sets off on an adventure that takes him all the way to Elmer’s jungle!

When a mysterious white bear appears in the jungle, Elmer and Wilbur are keen to hear his story. He has come all the way from the north pole on a floating scrap of ice, and now he can’t find his way home. Luckily, Elmer and Wilbur have an idea! But what caused the white bear’s icy home to melt in the first place? That’s a much more puzzling question.

With a gentle introduction to the themes of climate change, this is David McKee’s (1935–2022) Elmer story with artwork by his dear friend and fine artist, Marysia Milewski.

 

Help!

A hideous monster needs YOUR help to reverse the spell so he can return to his gorgeous self! Will you play along and help?

“Excuse me? You – yes, you! A naughty fairy has turned me into this hideous monster, and I need YOUR help to cure me!”

Help the monster reverse the spell by shouting SAUSAGES! ten times, picking his nose (and wiping it on a grown up), and, well you don’t want to know what happens when you press his nose. Do everything right and he’ll return to his true form and be gorgeous again . . . or so he thinks.

An interactive, play-along story guaranteed to make you giggle!

 

The Boldest White

The highly-anticipated sequel to The Proudest Blue and The Kindest Red, a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES which explores sisterhood and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

Bravery grows in your mind, but takes root in your heart. When nobody’s watching, Faizah is the best fencer in the world. But there’s a tournament coming up just before Eid, and with everyone watching, Faizah is worried she won’t be brave enough to compete. Can her big sister Asiya help her find a way to be her boldest self?

An important and uplifting story about faith in religion, in family, and in yourself: to be bold in order to lead, to help, and to grow. Praise for the series:

‘A ground-breaking picture book about religion, sisterhood and identity.’ – WATERSTONES

‘A beautiful and powerful story about the bond shared between siblings and being proud of yourself and your beliefs.’ – BOOKTRUST