| Founder: | David Fickling |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters: | Oxford |
| Publications: | books |
David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) was founded in 1999[1] and became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years (2001-2013) with Scholastic and later Random House.[2] [3] They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including Lyra's Oxford (from the world of His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, Bing Bunny by Ted Dewan, Pants by Nick Sharratt and Giles Andreae, Before I Die by Jenny Downham, Trash by Andy Mulligan (shortly to be a major movie with script by Richard Curtis) and A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton.
They are the only other publishing house to have ever won the Branford Boase Award three times, other than Chicken House’s Barry Cunningham.[4]
DFB also works closely with The Phoenix, a weekly story comic for children which David Fickling founded.[5]
| Date | Title | Author | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ||||
| August 7 | Poochie-poo | Helen Stephens | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| November 3 | Celandine | Steve Augarde | ||
| 2006 | ||||
| January 5 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne | ||
| January 19 | Pants | Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt | ||
| Shark in the Park | Nick Sharratt | |||
| March 2 | A Swift Pure Cry | Siobhan Dowd | ||
| April 6 | The Penderwicks | Jeanne Birdsall | ||
| May 4 | Set in Stone | Linda Newbery | ||
| July 6 | Kat Got Your Tongue | Lee Weatherly | ||
| August 31 | Into the Woods | Lyn Gardner | ||
| October 5 | Uneversaurus | Aidan Potts | ||
| November 2 | Blue Skies and Gunfire | K. M. Peyton | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| February 1 | D. M. Cornish | |||
| Sadie the Airmail Pilot | Kellie Strom | |||
| March 1 | Butterfingers | J M Trewellard | ||
| Charlie Small: Gorilla City | Charlie Small | |||
| Charlie Small: The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy | Charlie Small | |||
| May 3 | More Pants | Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt | ||
| June 7 | The London Eye Mystery | Siobhan Dowd | ||
| July 5 | Before I Die | Jenny Downham | ||
| The Lost Art | Simon Morden | |||
| August 2 | Charlie Small: The Puppet Master | Charlie Small | ||
| September 6 | The Inferior | Peadar Ó Guilín | ||
| 2008 | ||||
| January 3 | Winter Wood | Steve Augarde | ||
| Charlie Small: The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny | Charlie Small | |||
| February 7 | Bog Child | Siobhan Dowd | ||
| April 3 | Time's Chariot | Ben Jeapes | ||
| Once Upon a Time in the North | Philip Pullman | |||
| Flightsend | Linda Newbery | |||
| May 1 | D.M. Cornish | |||
| Grizzly Dad | Joanna Harrison | |||
| June 5 | The Penderwicks on Gardam Street | Jeanne Birdsall | ||
| Red Spikes | Margo Lanagan | |||
| 2009 | ||||
| September 3 | Boom! | Mark Haddon | ||