Blog in the Workshop

Rebuilding Building Books 

After a thousand sales, Building Books is getting a new look. Before, the four books were packed in a cube to imitate a window. Now, the package resembles a tower, communicating the product's function as a stacking toy much more intuitive. More exciting windows have been added, along with a 'roof' and a hole to hook it on - much more convenient for the shop owners (and better for shelf visibility!) 

Our team is busy creating lots of prototypes and testing materials for durability and fit at the moment, but it wont be long until the rights are available for this edition of Building Books. Get in touch with Rachel Pidock at The Rights Solution to discuss Publishing Rights.

We are on a journey to expand our age range

Top Banana Publishing is trying something out that we've never done before. 

Whilst this company has generally kept within the 0-7 year age range, a new project is going to breach that boundary. A Minstrel's Song is a short novel suitable for ages 7-11. Our small aelf characters onboard on a journey akin to The Hobbit, looking as closely at the world as Tinkerbell, exposed to a land of diverse fairfolk - and invisible threats.

The Wonderful Seasons Duology is getting a new look! (Finally...)

Below you can see how many times over a decade we revised The Wonderful Seasons Duology. With each new version, we knew we could just do a little bit better! Finally, we outdid ourselves with the final (?) version, depicting scenic landscapes and gorgeous characters with unrivalled beauty.

New looks for the fan favourites...

120'000+ Detective Zebra readers! SEQUAL in the works...

We are thrilled to be able to confirm that there are over 120'000+ readers of Detective Zebra in the world, many of which are from Turkiye and Slovakia. Due to popular demand, we have developed a sequel as wacky as the original, with lots of easter eggs to look out for...

We are in the United States!

We are thrilled to announce that US now has the publishing rights to 7 of our books, and book review articles have already been published!

The titles currently being sold by Rosen in the US include the Nelephant and Friends series as separate books (Nelephant Finds Her Feet; Wolly Olly Takes Flight; Wabbit Takes the Plunge; and Waggy Rides Again) plus three independent titles: I-Go Robot; and Detective Zebra and the Mystery of the Missing Tarts. North Star Publishing also sell Jack the Runaway Terrier in US territories. See the article below!

We all began as apes... In this case, we began as one ape

If we were to think back to our roots, it would take us to the logo. 

Our logo is a monkey, and this monkey is very special, because it exists in real life. The toy belonged to the child of Top Banana's creator, Gill McLean, and we believed that his sweet smile would suit the company image just perfectly. Not that we're cheeky monkeys here, of course...

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