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Set Sail on the Latest Explorers' Club Adventure

Pack your maps and compasses it’s time to embark on a piratical quest with Alex Bell and Tomislav Tomic, Explorers at Pirate Island...

A Brand new Jonny Duddle Jolley-Rogers Adventure

Get ready for the next Jolley-Rogers family adventure by Jonny Duddle with The Pirate Piper (Published by Templar Publishing)......

The Pirates of Scurvy Sands by Jonny Duddle

We are pleased to announce the long awaited publication of The Pirates of Scurvy Sands by Jonny Duddle. Published by Templar on 8th...

Lands of Long Ago Illustrated by Frances Castle

Frances Castle's full colour illustrations are a joy to behold in Spot the Mistake: Lands of Long Ago, a fun 48 page non-fiction book...

Exclusive- Captain Firebeard's School for Pirates!

Feast your eyes on Anna Chernyshova's beautiful new illustrations for Captain Firebeard's School for Pirates! join Tommy and his friends...

Maps Maps Maps! Part Two- All About Detail

In our second installment in our map series we have taken two of our talented artists, who are notorious for detail, Jonny Duddle and...

Calling all Teachers! Jonny Duddle Shortlisted for the Lollies!

We are excited to announce that Jonny's Cave of Doom has been shortlisted for the 6-8 Best Laugh Out Loud Book in the Lollies Book...

The Jolley Rogers and The Monster's Gold by Jonny Duddle

Congratulations to Jonny Duddle on the publication of Monster’s Gold the third title in the bestselling Jolley Rogers series...

Q&A Jonny Duddle Artist Profile

In the latest of our Artist Profiles we ask Jonny Duddle about his life and work. Jonny's books have sold over a million copies worldwide...

In Memory of Sally Goldsworthy Discover Children's Story Centre

Thank you Sally for having the energy to create such a wonderful home for stories, thanks for your tenacity at fundraising your effortless...

Just Published: Cave of Doom by Jonny Duddle

Ahoy there, me hearties! It's April 1st and today is publication day for the much awaited, The Jolley Rogers and the Cave of Doom by...

Just Published: The Jolley-Rogers and the Ghostly Galleon by Jonny Duddle

Ahoy me hearties! We're very pleased to announce that Matilda and Jim Lad from Jonny Duddle's award winning, The Pirates Next Door,...

Sheffield Children's Books Awards 2012: And The Winner is.....

CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Jonny Duddle for being highly commended for his picture book, The Pirates Next Door...

Jonny Duddle: Pirates Next Door: Shortlisted for Specsavers National Book Awards

Congratulations to Jonny Duddle who's hugely popular book has been shortlisted for this most prestigious award...

Pirates! Jonny Duddle: Character Designs

We thought we'd show you a few more luscious characters designed by Jonny Duddle for The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists...

Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, character designer, Jonny Duddle

The Pirate with Prosthetics was one of the first characters I worked on, he wasn’t based on any existing drawings and evolved...

The World of Pirates!

Jonny Duddle, our resident pirate expert has been busy creating a new motley crew of pirates...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

Finally we're able to share with you the exciting news ~ Jonny Duddle has been working alongside director Peter Lord at Aardman...

Just Published: CLAUDE on Holiday

We are delighted to announce the publication of the new adventure starring Claude, the small, plump, beret wearing dog and his sidekick...

Philip Hood StoryWorld

Here are just four of Philip‘s intricately detailed illustrations for Templar’s StoryWorld cards. Stories Of The Sea Magical...

"Read it Again!"

The talented Jonny Duddle has been shortlisted for "Read it again!" The Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award...