Who we are
Guppy Books is an independent children’s fiction publisher based in Oxford, UK. Set up in 2019 by publisher Bella Pearson, Guppy publishes an eclectic, diverse and entertaining list of books for children from the age of five to eighteen. Since its first publication in September 2019, we have been shortlisted for all the major children’s book prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Young Adult Book Prize and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. In 2023, The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail won the Waterstones Overall Children’s Book of the Year.
Awards and Shortlistings
Latest Guppies
Fairytale Fiasco: Hansel and Gretel
Fairytale Fiasco: Cinderella
Amelia Cheeseheart Investigates: Chocolate Cheat!
Pizza Pete and the Peculiar Professor
Latest news…
Just like buses…
Good news comes all at once! Firstly, a huge happy publication day to the wonderful wife-and-husband duo, Evgenia Golubeva and Myles McLeod, whose new series launches today. Fairytale Fiasco has…
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Evie and Maryam shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize AND the Read for Empathy Collection 2026!
It’s quite the day for Janeen Hayat and her Guppy Open Submission winner, EVIE AND MARYAM’S FAMILY TREE! Not only has it been chosen as part of the Read for…
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New sales team!
We are excited to announce that from Monday 2nd February 2026, Guppy Books will be represented by Bounce Sales and Marketing. With nine field sales representatives based around the UK…
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BEST OF ALL WORLDS chosen as the The Times Children’s Book of the Year!
We were absolutely thrilled to see Kenneth Oppel’s masterful sci-fi dystopian thriller, BEST OF ALL WORLDS, was chosen as The Times Children’s Book of the Year. What an accolade for…
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