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Amelia Cheeseheart Investigates: Mummy Mayhem!
The very first in our new Mini Guppy imprint – meet intrepid heroine Amelia Cheeseheart, and her banana-loving spider bestie, Webster!
A comic-form mystery series for emerging readers starring sparky mouse aviator, join Amelia and Webster as they investigate mysterious goings-on in their home at the museum – things are going missing, and are found in the Ancient Egyptian room. What on earth is Cleo the Cat Mummy up to? Amelia Cheeseheart saves the day!
With fun Egyptian facts at the back of the book, this comic-form early…

Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree
The evocative and moving story of two very different girls in contemporary London who discover a family connection stretching back over 100 years before in the faraway country of India, at a tumultous time in its history; friendships spanning the centuries.
Evie and Maryam are in the same class at school, uneasily thrown together at the start of a new term as they start a project together looking into their family trees. The two girls don’t think they have much in common – Maryam feels like an outsider school…

Bigg School: Scaredy Cat
Ajay is scared of everything – spiders, heights, the dark – you name it, Ajay is scared of it! So when his two best friends persuade him to sign up for the year 7 trip to Merrywood Activity Centre, he knows he’s about to be pushed WAY out of his comfort zone.
Faced with the killer combination of outdoor pursuits, homesickness and getting teased by the popular and competitive Ollie, Ajay feels like a total failure. But when a twilight orienteering challenge goes horribly wrong, Ajay is forced…

Maggie Blue and the Lost Child
In the final part of this thrilling trilogy, Maggie Blue finds herself in the Dark World alone and marooned with a strange and unknown baby that refuses to be parted from her. The world has become dominated by climate disasters, wars are breaking out around them between the surviving people and the witches. Maggie has a single quest she must fulfil, but at what cost – to her and her friends, Hoagy, the irascible talking cat, Joan and Ida, Oz and the umons, who are desperate to save…
Latest news…
It’s that time again! The Guppy Open Submission Competition is launching for 2025!
We’re thrilled to announce that we will be opening the portholes to unagented and unpublished writers in our sixth competition – this time for MIDDLE GRADE authors. Following hot on…
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Amelia Cheeseheart is the BA Indie Children’s Book of the Month!
We are so thrilled that the very first book in our Amelia Cheeseheart series, AND the very first in our new Mini Guppy imprint, is the INDIE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF…
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Announcing a brand new imprint, MINI GUPPY!
Our mission in life is to show children and young people the benefits of reading and how much fun there is to escape into the world of story – and…
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STORIES FOR CHANGE Competition!
Calling All Young Writers. Enter the Stories for Change Competition.
Guppy Books and the Federation of Children’s Book Groups are thrilled to announce Stories for Change – a…
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