Bologna Fiere 2023
We’re back at Bologna Children’s Book Fair this year, represented by our fab rights director, Petula Chaplin. The Fair runs from 6th – 9th March and Petula will be on the shared Tiny Owl stand in Hall 25, Stand B108. Swing by to check out all our...
Usophy Kids
Wacky Bee has teamed up with Italian-based company, Usophy Kids. Usophy Kids is a subscription-based reading and learning programme, offering unlimited access to ebooks for children aged 12 and under. Founder, Leonardo Giovanni Olivieri, believes that reading is the...
Pink Pride
Happy to report that Patrick, the pink penguin, has been out and about in Bangkok on Thai Children’s Day as part of the Kids’ Pride community. Rights to Pink! the picture book, were sold to new Thai publishing company, Happy Daisy, back in 2021 and...
Christmas Dates
We will be closing for Christmas and the New Year from close of play Thursday, 22nd December, reopening on Tuesday, 3rd January. May we take this opportunity to thank you all very much for your support in 2022. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New...
Introducing Nooksy
New subscription service, Nooksy, have selected ten Wacky Bee picture books to appear on their app. Nooksy uses video technology to enable far away family to read meaningful children’s books to their little ones. According to Nooksy, 50% of grandparents have at...
New Signing
The plan was to concentrate solely on our backlist next year, but somehow we just can’t resist exciting new submissions when they come along. So delighted to announce that we are welcoming author/illustrator, Emily Snape, into the Wacky Bee fold. Emily is...
Good Morning Vietnam!
Vietnamese translation rights to our first chapter books, ‘Geronimo, the Dog Who Thinks He’s a Cat’ and ‘Philomena, the Cat Who Thinks She’s a Dog’, have been sold to Kim Dong Publishing House. This is a first sale to Vietnam. Many...
Estonian Grandma
Grandma’s Odd Socks has been sold to Estonian publisher, Ajakirjad. Grandma’s Odd Socks is a debut picture book by Marta Taylor. This is Wacky Bee’s newest picture book so we are very excited by such early success. We wish her the best of luck!
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