Lou Peacock is an author with nearly two decades of experience in children's publishing, focusing on the world of picture books. Her role at Nosy Crow reveals a deep understanding of the genre. Peacock often dons her author hat, bringing a notebook full of scribbled ideas to life. Her expertise lies in crafting engaging narratives for young readers.
A fun and festive Christmas fairy-tale adventure. It's Christmas Eve and Father Christmas has fallen asleep at the Three Bears' cottage but NOTHING will wake him. all before the children wake up on Christmas morning?The perfect picture book to share with children from 3+ at Christmas!
When Noah goes Christmas shopping with his mum and baby sister, he has a brilliant time with his toy elephant, Oliver, playing peekaboo, hiding in a dolls house and dancing Oliver on tables. But suddenly disaster strikes - Oliver goes missing! And - oh dear - the department store is VER Y big. Will Noah ever find his favourite toy again?
Robert Norris. An eighteen-year-old petty criminal is brutally tortured and left in a farmer's field to die. DCI Jack Lambert and his team think they have it all figured out. It's a robbery gone wrong. Suspicion immediately falls on the man who called it in. What Jack doesn't realise is that this is just the beginning. An escaped prisoner, an attempted hit, and a seemingly unending trail of violence and retribution follows. As the mystery unfolds, Jack begins to suspect the existence of a secret, but powerful, syndicate operating on the very edges of the North East's criminal underworld. With the situation spiralling out of control, Jack finds himself at a crossroads--one which could lead him back into the kind of life he has spent a career running away from. Time is running out and this case might not only cost Lambert his job, but also his life...
A brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems to keep you laughing all year round!From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and is perfect for reading aloud to share even more side-splitting hilarity with family and friends.
Is murder in her DNA?My mother lied to me. My family is not my own. If it wasn’t for the genealogy test, I would never have known I was the child of another woman.Now I’m learning that I have four brothers I have never met. And one of them is a serial killer. My brother is taunting me to play his vicious game – solving his clues before he spills more blood.Who can I trust? How can I find and stop him before it is too late? And what if it is me he really wants?A read-in-one-sitting, utterly nail-biting thriller that you will not be able to put down...Fans of Chris Carter and M.W. Craven will love this.
A sweet and comical story about the three things a baby needs for the perfect bedtime!What do you need for the perfect bedtime?
The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and Margot has made a delicious cake for her best friend Oscar! But by the time she reaches Oscar's house after having helped all her friends along the way, will there be ANY cake left to share?A story about empathy which shows that kindness and cake is always the best recipe for friendship.
Meet a riot of cheeky dinosaurs in this adorable story about friendship. When a dinosaur comes to play, you're sure to have lots of fun. But wouldn't 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . or even 10 dinosaurs be better still? Perhaps one very special dinosaur is just perfect!
"After decades in a mental health hospital, Dee knows that people find her creepy - because they tell her so. Once the reluctant star of an infamous documentary, she is trying to blend back into the outside world. But when a string of local girls disappear, only to be found dead days later, she becomes fixated on the case and decides to film her own True Crime documentary. There is a serial killer on the loose - The Righteous Wraith. Girls are being found one by one, their bodies gruesomely staged in the most innocent public spaces. With the killer taunting the police and public fear mounting, the armchair detectives begin pointing fingers at one suspect. But for Dee, something isn't adding up. She knows what it's like to be accused of something that you didn't do. She resolves to prove his innocence, unmask the real killer, and save The 13th Girl. But who will believe her?"--Publisher.