Caroline Carpenter

Kent, London

Children’s Editor and Deputy Features Editor at The Bookseller

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Elissa Elwick’s interactive graphic novel series goes to Little Tiger

2 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Little Tiger has acquired The Gumdrops, the first book in a new interactive graphic novel series by award-winning illustrator and author Elissa Elwick. Art director Charlie Moyler and editorial director Lauren Ace bought world rights in all languages from Jodie Hodges at United Agents.
Walker wooed by Kelly McCaughrain’s ‘breakout’ YA speculative romance

2 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Walker Books has signed award-winning Irish author Kelly McCaughrain’s YA speculative romance, Just Another Dead Boy, which is pitched as ‘Adam Silvera meets Romeo & Juliet’. Senior editor Lucy Earley acquired world all-language rights from Kirsty McLachlan at Morgan Green Creatives, in a deal that will see McCaughrain published in the UK and the US for the first time.
Little Tiger sticks with Fiona Lumbers

2 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Little Tiger has signed two picture books from Fiona Lumbers, including Mo’s Stick about a mouse who is bereft after losing its favourite stick. Art director Charlie Moyler and editorial director Lauren Ace struck a deal for world rights in all languages from Jodie Hodges at United Agents. Moyler said: “Fiona Lumbers is a beacon of joy in British publishing.
Walker sets sail for Jennifer Bell and Sarah Horne’s young pirate mystery series

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

You are viewing your 1 free article this month. Login to read more articles. Rights Walker Books Group has acquired new young mystery adventure series Buck & Ears by bestselling author Jennifer Bell, with illustrations by Sarah Horne. In a three-book deal, Megan Middleton secured world all-language rights for Bell’s text from Polly Nolan at PaperCuts Literary (Bell is now represented by Christabel McKinley at David Higham Associates).
Little Tiger scores a hat-trick with debuts from Amber Aü, Kim Gregory and Ruby Amy Thompson

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Little Tiger has signed a trio of debut picture books from Amber Aü, Kim Gregory and Ruby Amy Thompson, all to be released in spring 2026. World all-language rights for Aü’s "heartwarming" The Blue Tomato, and two more books, were acquired by editorial director Stephanie Stansbie from Fiona Kenny at Inkling Illustration. The title follows Blu, who moves in with some tomatoes, decides he wants to be red like everyone else and goes on a journey to change the way he looks.
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025: packed halls but politics cast a shadow

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

An “upbeat” and busy Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025 has seen a marked appetite for shorter and illustrated works – despite there being no runaway book of the fair – though the grim state of geopolitics dimmed many fairgoers’ moods. Belinda Rasmussen, in her first Bologna as Walker Books’ global president and publisher after moving over from Macmillan Children’s Books last year, reported being “busier than ever”, with “back-to-back meetings and lots of partnership conversations”.
Usborne strikes for Yusof Hassan’s ‘major’ debut MG spy series

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Usborne has won a “fierce” four-way auction for Echostrike, a middle-grade action-adventure spy series by debut author Yusof Hassan. Usborne’s Becky Walker and Amelia Mehra – senior commissioning editor and editor, respectively – acquired UK and Commonwealth rights for Echostrike in a "significant" two-book deal from Gemma Cooper at Gemma Cooper Literary. US rights were sold at auction to Random House Books for Young Readers in a six-figure deal.
Post Wave UK launches children’s book illustration prize

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Post Wave Publishing UK is launching a new illustration prize for children’s books at Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The prize will be open to emerging and aspiring illustrators, aged 18-years-old or over, who are not yet commercially published or commissioned in children’s books. Entries will be accepted from illustrators based anywhere in the world.
Puffin strikes six-figure deal for three more from Ed Vere

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Puffin has acquired three picture books from bestselling children’s author and illustrator Ed Vere, continuing their longstanding partnership. World rights were bought by Andrea MacDonald, publisher at Puffin, from Jodie Hodges at United Agents in a six-figure deal. The first book to publish in the new series is No Hugs Please!, described as “a quirky and charming introduction to Waffles and Julius: two LOL-worthy new characters with two wildly different personalities”.
Little Tiger snaps up Philip Ardagh's 'rollicking, rhyming romp'

3 weeks ago | thebookseller.com | Caroline Carpenter

Little Tiger has acquired This Bear Can Stare, a picture book by bestselling author Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Enrico Lorenzi. Editorial director Lauren Ace signed world rights in all languages for two books direct from the author, while art director Charlie Moyler acquired illustration rights from Ethan Long at Tugeau 2. The book is pitched as a “rollicking, rhyming romp through a hilarious cast of animal characters… a purely fun and anarchic read with a clever twist”.