Felix in Turkey
Super-excited that our little man, Felix Twain, has travelled all the way to Turkey and found a lovely home with Turkish Publisher, Carpe Diem (@carpediemkitap for Insta people). Double Felix by Sally Harris, illustrated by Maria Serrano, has now been sold into the...
The Fox Project
As well as a generous donation of books to The Children’s Book Project, we have also donated a couple of boxes of our popular book ‘The Hidden Talent of Phoenix Fox’ by Kristina Radkevich to The Fox Project. This is all part of our distribution move...
Book Donation
With our recent distribution move from BookSource in Glasgow to Combined Book Services in Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, we have been able to offload slow moving stock and have donated over 10,000 books to The Children’s Book Project. During the last school year the...
Empathy Lab Conference
At Wacky Bee we are proud empathy builders with EmpathyLabUK. If you’d like to get a head start on the National Year of Reading, why not join Empathy Lab on the 27 November as they share cutting-edge research from the University of Sussex exploring how reading impacts...
The Week Junior Book Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Grandpa Kuma by Michelle Maiden has been shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. The awards – which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year – consists of thirteen categories and Grandpa Kuma has been...
Empathy Day Festival
The inaugural Empathy Day Festival runs from Monday 2nd June, culminating with Empathy Day on Thursday 12th June and, as a Empathy Builder, we’re delighted to be part of it. We’re embracing the theme ‘Jump Into Someone Else’s Story’ and...
New Signing
We’re delighted to have signed a second book from author/illustrator Michelle Maiden. The Worry Box Monster will be part of our Buzzy Reads series, books which bridge the gap between picture books and first chapter books. Her new title tackles the difficult...
Klaus Flugge Prize
Hot on the heels of its Read for Empathy listing, we are delighted to announce that our wonderful picture book, Grandpa Kuma by Michelle Maiden, has been long listed for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2025. The prize is awarded annually to the most promising and exciting...
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