Fiona Goble, the knitting genius behind the hugely popular Knit Your Own Royal Wedding, has eagerly picked up the knitting needles once again to welcome the latest addition to the Royal Family and bring you this exclusive free pattern so you can knit your [...]
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Win a set of 7 Ivy Kids books with Families Sussex Coast
Until the 31st May, local parenting magazine Families Sussex Coast are offering 3 readers the chance to win a set of 7 fabulous books from the Ivy Kids list. The bundle includes a variety of children’s activity and reference titles, enough to keep children entertained [...]
Annelie’s Raw Food Power: Recipe extracts from a jungle diary
How do you make the life-changing career move from being a stunt girl for the likes of Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman, to a qualified naturopath living in a commune in Costa Rica? Annelie Whitfield did just that, when, two years ago, she made [...]
Leaping Hare Press announce launch of Smallworldbigideas.org
“THERE’S AN ACTIVIST IN ALL OF US AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO SHOUT TO BE HEARD.” That’s the message from internationally respected peace activist Satish Kumar, who has been quietly setting the agenda for global change for over fifty years. And to prove it, Satish [...]
Mindfulness at Work
The realities of the modern-day workplace can include stress, pressure and apathy, but according to the World Health Organization these strains are only on the rise in Western societies. It’s not surprising, then, that the latest survey compiled by the Mental Health Foundation (January 2013) reveals [...]
Thank you for visiting Ivy Kids at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2013
We’re so proud of our Ivy Kids range this year, we’ve had excellent feedback, not only from local businesses and our new distributors but also from respected reviewers like Kirkus, too. The stylish craft and non-fiction titles have done so well, that the Kids team [...]
Avian Architecture: a modern insight into the construction techniques of birds
Birds’ nests set the bar for the best nature has to offer in terms of functional design, and show the evolutionary process at its most refined. Avian Architecture renders every type of nest in the style of an architectural blueprint, revealing its construction and [...]
30-Second Series sells over 1 million copies worldwide
This news is too good not to shout about – our popular 30-Second… series has hit the 1 million copies mark! In fact 1.2 million copies have now been sold worldwide (with new titles and reprints adding to the total each week). The success [...]
Clive Gifford: Space in 30-Seconds author nominated for science book prize
Publishers across the UK recently submitted their best science books for young people for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2012 and we’re pleased to report that upcoming IvyKids author Clive Gifford made it onto the shortlist for his title Out of This [...]
Showing soon in a book shop near you: 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien
New from Ivy Press, 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien, an unauthorised biography of the world’s most revered fantasy writer Today sees the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, part one of the prequel to the mighty Lord Of The Rings. Unless you’ve been wrestling with [...]
Small World Big Ideas contributor Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy
Small World Big Ideas contributor Bill McKibben talks to Time magazine on the subject of Hurricane Sandy; he discusses whether the storm will be the wake-up call needed for global climate change action. “What we’ve seen is the steady confirmation of exactly what scientists [...]
Happy Halloween! Knitting project from Knit Your Own Zombie
Some of you committed knitting fans out there may have seen the new Fiona Goble sensation Knit Your Own Zombie out and about in a few knitting magazines recently. The book has proved really popular, with everyone wanting to knit the 8 gruesome characters [...]








