The Prince...a few more thoughts..

Not much more I'm afraid..replaced the dog, jollied up the bear

and there's a frog where the mouse was...this will all become clear 

when the book is finished!
This could be quite long by the time it's finished!

The Prince....

Rockpool Children's Books 

published 'the Princess who couldn't sleep' in 2008. 

It ended on a cliffhanger...which I won't

disclose...but I'm delighted to say, a sequel is

in production as I type!

I thought it might be of interest to share the 

the 'rough's' process of the cover.

This is a development process so what you see may not

be the final cover...but then it might be...

This was the initial rough several years ago...

...that became the Princess...one has to be flexible as

a publisher and as you can see, by request, the gender changed.

But now, we've written a new 'Prince' story, that suits

a prince much better....

This cover is work in progress, and is by no means finished,

and, as I said, could change...but I think drawing it

in the same composition as his sisters book

will create a 'family likeness'. 

As time goes on and the cover develops, I'll

post more illustrative developments!

The Potty Book

 The Potty Book is also new for 

The London Book Fair.
No long winded potty training in this book, 

just brightly coloured potties and fun rhyme 

that will delight, inspire, 

and gently coax the newest of pottygoers.
With reusable stickers 

to help celebrate potties 

and the little people who use them!

The Little Bookworm

‘The little Bookworms favourite treat,
  Is eating books, sheet by sheet,
  BIG books, small books,
  bath books, toy books,
  All are yummy, and good to eat!’

 New title for the Bologna and London Book Fairs,

the Little Bookworm is a delightful picture book...about books.

Written by Stuart Trotter and Illustrated by Sam Walshaw,

it follows the gastronomic tastes of our Little Bookworm

as he munches his way from front to back on all manner

of books. Gentle rhyme, and bright clean illustration this

is an excellent book.

London Book Fair 2013

Rockpool Children's Books will be attending,

but not exhibiting at, the

Should you wish to meet to discuss any

of our books, please contact me through 

the Contacts page on our website

www.rockpoolchildrensbooks.com 

or, on Monday call or text

+44(0)7711351691

Rockpool Children's Books

wishes everyone an enjoyable 

and successful book fair.

Updated Catalogue

The Rockpool Children's Books full fat Catalogue, 

as opposed to
the Rockpool Children's Books Lite version,

that you may have taken home from the book fair,

is now updated and ready for viewing as a PDF.

 I still need to add Nosey Barker, which I'm currently

working on...that will be done in the next few weeks.

Bologna Children's Book Fair 2013

 17 hours! 05.30 to 22.30!

Actually, no ones fault but the
very cold weather in

this part of Europe causing travel delays.

Arriving safe and sound was a miracle
following the third leg of my journey...

transfer by minibus, courtesy of Lufthansa,
from Milan to Bologna. Mad.

 However, something positive did come out 

of my long delay in Dusseldorf, I wrote, 

at last, the sister, or rather brother, book to

'The Princess who couldn't sleep'.

Bologna was a good fair despite not

preparing as much as I'd have liked 

because of Rupert commitments.
 Took several new titles which were well received.

The re done 'The Potty Book', 'The Little Bookworm',

'Parrot Island', the 'Neandersmall' series.
I'd like to thank Sam for all of her hard work for
Rockpool Children's Books pre Bologna
 and for submitting all those years ago.
Her books look wonderful, and her
 talents as an author and illustrator
are beginning to bear fruit as her titles, Maisey and the Pirates,
Neandersmall, and Little Fairies, sell worldwide.
Sam's distinctive style brings a quality feel to Rockpool's brand.
Long may our association remain.

Following Paul Simpson and Inkebooks hard work,
 the ability to offer
our books in several formats digitally.

I was able to demonstrate this with Heather's 

'Riding on an Elephant', showing the paper version,

epub3 on the iPad, epub on the iPad,

and versions in the Kindle app on the iPad 

( I don't have a Kindle or Kindle HD ),

and on the iPhone Kindle app.

The files also work in B/W on the ordinary Kindle.

I'd like to thank Christiane Jansen and Daniele Doglioli,
our agents and our sub agents, Bella and Tony of CA Link in Beijing,
for their continued work on our behalf, and I look forward
to further success in China in the following months.

Spent some time with David Bennett, Boxer Books.
I always enjoy David's company and have done so since he first
commissioned me back in the late 80's as an illustrator.
David's boundless enthusiasm for publishing is infectious,
and his depth of knowledge of this industry
seems bottomless! It's his fault I'm doing this!