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The Scarediest Bear

By Frances Stickley
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A heartwarming book about friendship and facing your fears

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398544444

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Illustration: Full colour

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Alice McKinley

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 260.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Frances Stickley

About the Author

Frances Stickley grew up in Nottingham and Norwich in England. She is a trained children’s literacy specialist and an elementary school teacher and is the author of several picture books, including What Will You Dream of Tonight?, Love You Always, and The Mouse’s Apples. In 2017, she received the Bloomsbury and National Literacy Trust Short Story Prize. She lives with her family and a big-eared dog called Babbag. Alice McKinley has worked in publishing for the best part of 4 years, working with brilliant companies such as Andersen Press, Little Tiger Press and Nobrow.  She decided to chase her dreams and become an Author/Illustrator and competed the Children’s Picture Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Arts in 2018. Her first author-illustrated book will be published in 2020 with Simon & Schuster and she is currently enjoying working on fiction and picture books in her home in Brighton. 

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