Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd and is a global movement with a mission raise awareness about environmental protection. Earth Day History The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970! This day was created to “give birth to a broad new movement to protect the planet”, according to the official Earth Day website. Since that day, many laws have been passed and created, all in the name of protecting the planet from harm! Some of these laws you may already be familiar with, such as EPA (Environmental and Protection Act), and have been adopted worldwide in the global pursuit of keeping o ..read more

Ways to Make Reading More Exciting In a world filled with screens and digital distractions, cultivating a love for reading in children is more important than ever before. Beyond the joy and entertainment it brings, instilling a passion for reading in young minds has far-reaching benefits that extend into every aspect of their lives. From young and new learners, to older and more advanced readers, this blog has options for everyone! Discover below some ways that parents and teachers can introduce reading to children in a way that makes it fun and educational! How to make reading more exciting f ..read more

A behind the scenes look at the creation of This Book Will Make You An Artist – a blog by Ellen Surrey In February, we were absolutely delighted to have published This Book Will Make You An Artist – a book filled with information about 25 different art techniques and ground-breaking artists from around the world alongside step-by-step instructions on how to recreate them at home, written by Ruth Millington & illustrated by Ellen Surrey. Today we are very excited to be sharing a blog from the illustrator Ellen, herself, detailing some behind the scenes look at the creation of the artwork an ..read more

We’re very excited to be publishing Shadow Fox in April – a beautiful story of loss and belonging, written by best-selling author Carlie Sorosiak. And today we’re delighted to be sharing a preview of the book – you can read the first few pages below! Bee’s family runs a lakeside inn, offering rest and sustenance to weary travellers. Bee’s Nan has gone missing, possibly drowned, but Bee knows that can’t be true. And so does the hungry fox that her grandmother was feeding. Shadow is cross that her supply of salmon has dried up and is determined to do something about it. Soon both fox and child a ..read more

Black Hole Cinema Club Welcome to our Nosy Crow Kids’ Club! Each month, we have fun activities for young readers. Join us for engaging content! Every month we will share a creative prompt inspired by our recent publications. We may also provide printable activity sheets for children to enjoy. Create Your Own Movie Adventure This month, the kid’s club activity takes inspiration from the new picture book Black Hole Cinema Club! Another edge-of-your-seat adventure from the award-winning author of Escape Room, Christopher Edge!   Create your own environment or landscape that you wo ..read more

Every year on March 21st, the world comes together to celebrate World Poetry Day, a day dedicated to “one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity.” We’re big fans of the poetic form here at Nosy Crow, and are glad to have published a number of wonderful anthologies over the years: I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree, And Everything Will Be Glad to See You, Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright and, most recently, A Whale of a Time. These three, amongst our other books filled with poems, are perfect collections to begin a lifelong love of poetry. This year ..read more

This month we were absolutely delighted to have published Lola and Larch: Fix a Fairy Forest – a book filled heart-warming and funny celebrations of friendship, written by Sinead O’Hart & illustrated by Rachel Seago. Today we are very excited to be sharing a blog from Sinead, herself, about her inspiration behind the book and her Irish heritage that can be found throughout her work.  – I try to have some Irish ‘flavour’ in all my books, because I’m very proud of being from Ireland. I’m also proud of Ireland’s rich literary heritage, which is impressive considering how small an island ..read more

We’re Going on an Egg Hunt Welcome to our Nosy Crow Kids’ Club! Each month, we have fun activities for young readers. Join us for engaging content! Every month we will share a creative prompt inspired by our recent publications. We may also provide printable activity sheets for children to enjoy. Create a Hunt This month, the kid’s club activity takes inspiration from the new picture book We’re Going on an Egg Hunt! This interactive book is perfect for families to enjoy together, written by Goldie Hawk & illustrated by Angie Rozelaar.   It’s up to you to create your very own hunt! Ma ..read more

We were delighted to see so many wonderful and resourceful costumes inspired by characters from Nosy Crow books for yesterday’s World Book Day. Designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, World Book Day is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. World Book Day founder, Baroness Gail Rebuck, says: “We wanted to do something to reposition reading and our message is the same today as it was then – that reading is fun, relevant, accessible, exciting, and has the power to transform lives.” Dressing up is a fun and exciting way to help encourage children to engage wi ..read more

We’re very excited to be publishing Lola and Larch: Fix a Fairy Forest in March – the first in a new series filled with heart-warming, funny celebrations of friendship written by Sinéad O’Hart and illustrated by Rachel Seago. And today we’re delighted to be sharing a preview of the book – you can read the first few pages below! Lola can’t believe her luck – the rabbit she’s rescued is actually a fairy in disguise. Now she has her very own fairy! There’s just one problem. Larch, the rebellious fairy she’s rescued, is convinced that Lola is her human… But while Larch and Lola discuss the me ..read more