Children in Read is a family organisation that has been running for the past 6 years. They raise money for BBC Children in Need by creating an auction and auctioning off signed and dedicated books donated by a range of authors. In 2022 we donated There’s No Deer Around Here and this year, 2023, we are very happy to do the same again and add our new title, Any Trout About? to the auction.

British Trout Association are kindly working with MLB to help promote “Any Trout About?”. British Trout Association represents the UK trout farming industry. They aim to encourage research and development and promote all aspects of the industry, including promoting trout as a great food source. We think it’s really important that children know where their food comes from so this is a great collaboration for us. We must stress however, Any Trout About? is NOT a fishing book, it promotes outdoor adventure and discovering the riverbank.

We’re really excited to announce that Longstock Park Farm Shop (Waitrose) have kindly bought our books and will be stocking them in their children’s / gift department.

Today I had such a fantastic couple of hours “chewing the fat” (as they say) with Will Hamilton-Davies a children’s author from Bristol. We compared experiences, challenges we’ve faced and generally looked to be positive and proactive, looking at ways to help each other in this new and exciting world of children’s publishing. It was such a positive experience and Will is such a lovely chap.

Leave no Trace is truly our mantra, something we try and follow and promote where possible.

We just wanted to give a big shout out to Pete Tyias and Jonathan Ogborne from Fly Culture Magazine. As you will all know we are putting the finishing touches on our NEW BOOK and these chaps have offered some great advice. Thank you.

Celebrating #internationalpicnicday !

We love how a picnic brings everyone together! Based on the weather outside we think that whoever invented today must have lived somewhere much warmer than the UK, or was a definite optimist! But I guess dodging the rain showers is all part of the picnic charm!

We are soo excited to announce that our second book entitled “Any Trout About” will launched at The Trout ‘N About! Festival, Stockbridge, Hampshire, this August 7th.

During May, Founder and Author, Andy Hussey, had the pleasure of of visiting Stockbridge Primary School to do a book reading, Q&A session and “Look Again” workshop, encouraging children to look closer at nature and let their imagination run wild.

We’ve just had a real flurry of interest from farm shops, destination venues, gift shops and indie book stores. We are quite overwhelmed by the interest and support. Thank you! See our stockists page for more info.