Marlow & TideIndependent Children's Publishing · Est. 1987

Our Books

A selection from the current catalogue. Booksellers: trade terms on request.

THE LIGHTHOUSE THAT FORGOT M. PELLOW

The Lighthouse That Forgot

by M. Pellow

A lighthouse loses track of what it was warning everyone about, and decides the warning can't have mattered.

A PERFECTLY NORMAL PUDDLE J. ARROWSMITH

A Perfectly Normal Puddle

by J. Arrowsmith

There is nothing unusual about the puddle on Almond Street. Everyone agrees. Everyone keeps agreeing, a little too often.

THE BOY WHO SWALLOWED THE SEA F. UNSWORTH

The Boy Who Swallowed the Sea

by F. Unsworth

He didn't mean to. It was in a cup. The tide has been coming in and out of him ever since, twice a day, politely.

TEN QUIET SHIPS AUTHOR'S NAME WITHHELD AT THEIR REQUEST

Ten Quiet Ships

Author's name withheld at their request

A counting book. Ten ships, then nine, then eight. Where do the ships go? The book is very calm about it, which somehow makes it worse.

you are not here THE MAP OF WHERE YOU AREN'T E. VERITY

The Map of Where You Aren't

by E. Verity

Every place you are not is on this map. It is a very large map. Fold along the dotted lines and you will be somewhere else entirely.

WE ARE PRINTED WHILE YOU SLEEP

We Are Printed While You Sleep

author unrecorded

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Curious how our books find us? Most publishers would say the slush pile. Ours arrives on the tide; see Submissions.