FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN, October 28,2019 – Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc. (NSE) is excited to announce the January 1, 2020 return of the Long-Lost Secret Diary series, a hilarious middle grade series for readers ages 8-12. Author Tim Collins and illustrator Isobel Lundie are back with two new …

Skycircus by Peter Bunzl Release date: February 11, 2020 Request on NetGalley Old secrets can weigh heavy when you want to fly. Invited to a spectacular show by Slimwood’s Stupendous Traveling Skycircus, Lily, Robert, and mechanical fox Malkin can’t wait to jump aboard. But behind the daredevil acts of the bewitching bird-girl and other performers, …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAINT PAUL, MN, August 22, 2019 – Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc. (NSE) is excited to announce the January 1, 2020 release of Unicorns of the Secret Stable, a magical new 4-book series for early readers ages six to eight. The series, written by Whitney Sanderson and illustrated …

The first release in our fall season is almost here! While you wait, check out this delightful trailer for Moonlocket, the second book in The Cogheart Adventures. Preorder Now About Moonlocket When infamous escapologist Jack Door breaks out from prison, he sets out for the town of Brackenbridge, determined to find his missing treasure—the Moonlocket. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. PAUL, MN, July 26, 2019 – UK author Peter Bunzl’s award-winning steampunk middle grade fantasy series the Cogheart Adventures is back with Skycircus, an all-new adventure for American readers, coming to bookstores February 11, 2020. Skycircus, the second book in the series picks up where Moonlocket left off, plunging Lily, Robert, and …

Nocturnal Symphony by J. A. Watson Release date: September 1, 2019 Middle Grade, Outdoors & Nature Twelve-year-old Brubeck Farrell has two problems. First, she needs to help the Science Squad of Central Wisconsin raise enough money for quality ultrasound equipment to record bat sounds. Second, she needs to convince her mom to marry her longtime …

Sandwich Shenanigans by Verity Weaver Release date: September 1, 2019 Jolly Fish Press – Humor, Middle Grade Sam Witt’s sandwich was a marvel on a plate. The sandwich to end all sandwiches. If life were a movie, there’d have been trumpets and drums playing as Sam paraded his delicious STEAM fair project into class. But …

Most Valuable Puppy by Carol Kim Release date: September 1, 2019 Children’s Fiction, Parenting & Families Doggie Daycare is open for business. Join siblings Shawn (9) and Kat (7) Choi as they start their own pet-sitting service out of their San Francisco home. Bouncer, the Jack Russell terrier, is full of energy. But when Shawn …

If the Fire Comes by Tracy Daley Release date: September 1, 2019 Historical Fiction, Middle Grade It’s 1935, and the Great Depression and California drought has left eleven-year-old Joseph McCoy shining shoes to help his family survive. He has figured out how to get by as one of the few black people in a mostly …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAINT PAUL, MN, May 23, 2019 – Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc. (NSE) is excited to announce the September 1, 2019 release of What Happened, a hilarious new 4-book series for middle grade readers ages eight to 12. In Sandwich Shenanigans, the lead title in this new series, …