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Indie Book Awards 2024 Picture Book WinnerThe Dress in the Window is an affirming, uplifting tale about love, acceptance, and being true to yourself from award-winning author Robert Tregoning and illustrator Pippa Curnick, perfect for children aged 3 to 6.One day a boy is walking past a second-hand shop when he sees a dress. It's no ordinary dress - it's glittering, sparking, dazzling, and red. For the boy it's love at first sight. His mum suggests he do some odd jobs to save the necessary money, but what if someone else buys it first?

Join Snow on a joyful journey through the water cycle.High on the mountaintop, Snow is watching the clouds dance by. And then, something extraordinaryhappens-Snow begins to melt. She flows down the mountain, into the river, through the city, and out into the ocean.During her journey, Snow changes. She becomes fluid and can drift with the river currents and dances with the tides. But there's one more change in store-maybe she will be able to dance and twirl with the clouds through the beautiful open sky.

From the Indie Picture Book Award Winner 2024 Robert Tregoning, comes What the Crow Saw Below, a beautifully wirtten fable-like tale of hope, stunningly illustrated by Greg Stobbs.On the tangled, twisted branches, in a tangled, twisted wood, stood a young crow, looking downward, like her elders said she should.But the curious little crow soon starts to question why the older crows always look for danger below. If she can find the courage to look up and explore the world above the treetops, perhaps she might find the freedom she longs for?

Meet the Rocks. Dad is a rock guitarist, Pops is the singer, Liv is the drummer, and Bo is keyboardist and writes the lyrics. Oh, and Nan and the dog are in the band too. It's a household of big shoes, big hair, and GLAM ROCK. Except for the youngest child, Sam. Sam is a flautist who likes peace, quiet and classical music. He doesn't feel like he fits in and he's dreading his end-of-year school recital. Can he trust his family to sit and listen?But when stage fright hits, maybe Sam's rocking, grooving, clanging family might be just what he needs. A new picture book from Robert Tregoning, winner of the Indie Book Awards 2024, Picture Book Category for The Dress in the Window.

Discover how two best friends get into the groove at their first school disco . . . with just a little help from a sparkling diva!As soon as Dylan walks into his first school disco with his friend Daisy, his feet start to tap and he feels incredible. Soon he's shimmying and shaking on the dance floor. He's having a fantastic time until he realises that everyone has stopped to look at him. Dylan is embarrassed and his toe-tapping boogie suddenly stops. High above, the disco ball is watching. Not wanting Dylan's confidence to be dampened, the disco ball shines and sparkles especially brightly. Someone else's feet start tapping too-it's Daisy! With a little encouragement from her, Dylan returns to the dance floor.Their boogieing is contagious-soon all their classmates are on the dance floor too in this empowering story about dance, over-coming self-consciousness and letting it all go from the author of The Dress in the Window!

**'Glorious' - Sunday Post****'Joyfully inclusive. A celebration of families of every shape and size' - The Bookseller**Who’s ready to answer the family quiz?Let’s try to work out what a family is! Is your family big or small? Noisy or quiet? Is it full of singing and hugs? Or dancing and dogs?Is it one you were born into? Or one that found you?This joyfully inclusive picture book celebrates every kind of family - and the love that lies at the heart of each one. From Robert Tregoning, Polari Prize-shortlisted author of Out of the Blue, with stunning illustrations by the award-winning Yasmeen Ismail.

**'Glorious' - Sunday Post****'Joyfully inclusive. A celebration of families of every shape and size' - The Bookseller**Who's ready to answer the family quiz?Let's try to work out what a family is! Is your family big or small? Noisy or quiet? Is it full of singing and hugs? Or dancing and dogs?Is it one you were born into? Or one that found you?This joyfully inclusive picture book celebrates every kind of family - and the love that lies at the heart of each one. From Robert Tregoning, Polari Prize-shortlisted author of Out of the Blue, with stunning illustrations by the award-winning Yasmeen Ismail.

**'Glorious' - Sunday Post****'Joyfully inclusive. A celebration of families of every shape and size' - The Bookseller**Who’s ready to answer the family quiz?Let’s try to work out what a family is! Is your family big or small? Noisy or quiet? Is it full of singing and hugs? Or dancing and dogs?Is it one you were born into? Or one that found you?This joyfully inclusive picture book celebrates every kind of family - and the love that lies at the heart of each one. From Robert Tregoning, Polari Prize-shortlisted author of Out of the Blue, with stunning illustrations by the award-winning Yasmeen Ismail.

ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand. Anything that isn''t blue, by colour law, is banned.In a very blue house on a very blue street, sits a little boy who feels as blue as the world around him. For this little boy has a BIG secret: he loves the colour yellow.In a world where only one colour is allowed, will he be brave enough to tell his dad? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome? One boy and his dad are about to come OUT OF THE BLUE and into life in technicolour!A stunning celebration of being yourself and living in ALL the colours of the rainbow, from debut author Robert Tregoning and rising star illustrator Stef Murphy. Championing difference, diversity and pride, this gloriously illustrated picture book is perfect for fans of Perfectly Norman, Grandad''s Camper and Julian Is a Mermaid.

ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand. Anything that isn't blue, by colour law, is banned.In a very blue house on a very blue street, sits a little boy who feels as blue as the world around him. For this little boy has a BIG secret: he loves the colour yellow.In a world where only one colour is allowed, will he be brave enough to tell his dad? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome? One boy and his dad are about to come OUT OF THE BLUE and into life in technicolour!A stunning celebration of being yourself and living in ALL the colours of the rainbow, from debut author Robert Tregoning and rising star illustrator Stef Murphy. Championing difference, diversity and pride, this gloriously illustrated picture book is perfect for fans of Perfectly Norman, Grandad's Camper and Julian Is a Mermaid.

Fred the fairy works at a Wish-Granting Plant – and when he’s finally given his very first wish to grant, he wants to get it right!Josh only has one wish. He’s been invited to a princess party . . . and he needs a dress to wear! With time ticking and the party approaching, it’s up to Fred to conjure up the PERFECT outfit, and make sure that Josh is the very best-dressed princess. Can Fred make this little boy’s wish come true, and prove himself in the process?A Fairy Called Fred is a funny, joyful Cinderella story that celebrates the courage it takes to be yourself and to do something for the very first time. From the creators of the much-loved picture book Out of the Blue, it’s perfect for fans of Grandad's Camper and Julian Is a Mermaid.

Fred the fairy works at a Wish-Granting Plant – and when he''s finally given his very first wish to grant, he wants to get it right!Josh only has one wish. He''s been invited to a princess party . . . and he needs a dress to wear! With time ticking and the party approaching, it''s up to Fred to conjure up the PERFECT outfit, and make sure that Josh is the very best-dressed princess. Can Fred make this little boy''s wish come true, and prove himself in the process?A Fairy Called Fred is a funny, joyful Cinderella story that celebrates the courage it takes to be yourself and to do something for the very first time. From the creators of the much-loved picture book Out of the Blue, it''s perfect for fans of Grandad''s Camper and Julian Is a Mermaid.