Jack Jackman

The book Maisie vs the Himalayas.

Just one week till 🏔️ Maisie vs the Himalayas 🏔️ hits the shelves and Maisie officially becomes a series!

“The BEST MG summer read this year.”
🩵🩵 Thank you for this AMAZING review! 🩵🩵

Tennis: I need 2 poles and a net.
Badminton: Yes, 2 poles and a net for me too.
Volleyball: Yep, sounds good.
Squash: Build me a room with no windows.

Two books side by side, Maisie vs Antarctica and Maisie vs the Himalayas.

Just 3 weeks till Maisie vs Antarctica gets a friend!
🩵 Maisie vs the Himalayas 🩵 out on 14th August. ⛰️🥳

#maisievsantarctica #mgadventures #middlegradebooks #booksforkids #childrensbooks #kidslit ##readingforpleasure #kidsbooks

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Small cover image. The book cover is in matt pale blues, aqua/turquoise, with a near diamond pointed middle section that extends to points north and south and with flat sides east to west. Within and central is the books title, above is Maisie and her father in the antarctic and below is an ornate compass in red and orange. in the outer quadrants/corners, from top left clockwise appears a skidoo, a plummeting, orangey coloured plane with smoking engine, a brown seal looking left, and three penguins looking right. The authors name appears in gold within a pale creamy box between along the bottom. All of the above appear in a small scalloped white and gold band set in from the book edge.

MAISIE VS THE HIMALAYAS BY @jackjackman.bsky.social
@nosycrow.bsky.social is OUT 14/8/25. Head on over to our blog to see how this breath-of-fresh-air stunning MG magical action adventure began in MAISIE VS ANTARCTICA Https://erinthecatprincess.blogspot.com/2025/07/maisie-vs-antarctica.html

Are you ready for a daring new adventure? ⛰️

Zip across mountains and descend deep into caves with Maisie in the new book Maisie Vs The Himalayas by @jackjackman.bsky.social, out 14th August!

Request to read now on NetGalley... only for the most courageous of readers!

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A wooden chest filled with treasure.

Finally finished the last chest for my book event! Maisie vs the Himalayas comes out 6 weeks today. 🥳🏴‍☠️🗻

Me: What does HTH stand for?
Friend: it’s a 3-letter abbreviation. Hope that helps.
Me: no, that really doesn’t help.
🤦‍♂️

The book Maisie vs the Himalayas.

LOOK HOW PRETTY! 😍
#maisievsantarctica #maisievsthehimalayas #kidslit #mg #mgadventure #readingforpleasure

Request to read Maisie Vs The Himalayas on NetGalley UK! This middle-grade adventure written by Jack Jackman and published by Nosy Crow is out on 14 August 2025.

Zip off with Maisie for her next globetrotting adventure in Maisie Vs The Himalayas by @jackjackman.bsky.social.

Now on NetGalley... Only for the most daring of readers!

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A picture of the cover of the book Maisie vs the Himalayas.

Just two months till MAISIE VS THE HIMALAYAS, the 2nd book in the MAISIE VS series, is out in the world! 🧡🗻🦇 🧗‍♀️🧨

#maisievsantarctica #mgadventures #kidslit

A wooden treasure chest.

Chest #2 is ready for my autumn book event! I had fun with this one as I don’t normally work with metal. More to come soon about Maisie vs the Himalayas, the 2nd book in the Maisie vs series!

A homemade wooden chest.

Maisie vs the Himalayas is arriving soon! Meanwhile I need to build three treasure chests for my schools event. In the autumn I’ll be taking thousands of children on a treasure hunt! First chest is complete. 🥳🏔️

Yay for Nosy Crow! 🐦‍⬛🩵

Thank you Robynn! 🩵

DEBUT JOURNEYS Jack Jackman Words and Pictures is the online magazine of SCBWI British Isles.

I caught up with @jackjackman.bsky.social about his debut #MaisieVsAntarctica, a fantastic adventure #MG with a touch of the supernatural! This is his 6th book written, 1st published, and his advice to new authors is spot on: keep writing/learning/reading!

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We are really proud to have been shortlisted for the Children’s Publisher of the Year Award, and our exceptional Rights Director, Erin Murgatroyd, has been shortlisted for the Rights Professional of the Year Award at the British Book Awards 2025! ✨

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Book 2: Maisie vs the Himalayas is now on the Waterstones website and part of their 25% off offer! 💚🏔️

www.waterstones.com/book/maisie-...

A text message saying the engineer has arrived at my house.

Half an hour after the engineer got to my house, BT sent me a text to tell me the engineer is in my house and did I want to tell him how to get here? 😂

I followed Shackleton’s footsteps into Antarctica 20 years ago and it’s more emotional than expected to see my inane little book making the same journey!
#MGadventure

The book ‘Maisie vs Antarctica’ in front of the landscape of Antarctica.

A 2nd copy of Maisie has arrived in Antarctica, this time thanks to the brilliant film director Natalie Hewit whose film ‘Endurance’ is now on Disney.

So sorry to hear this, Whit. Sending love from afar. 🫶

Look at these fantastic penguins! 🐧🐧🐧🩵🩵🩵

A picture of the cover of the book “Maisie vs Antarctica” and the text Bookzilla Book of the Month.

Bookzilla Book of the Month! Last week to enter @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social ‘s competition to win a copy!

Turns out it means there are two comments, the first of which is about the words “from Renata”. Panic over! 😂

A screenshot of an email saying 2 comments from Renata.

I was shocked on Saturday to get this email about my WIP: “2 comments from Renata”.

Renata is one of the characters in the WIP. 😳 My characters don’t usually comment on their own story.

#amwriting

So many Maths teachers are going to write the year as 45² next term.

A screenshot of a webpage from Waterstones. Three books are shown. The middle one is Maisie vs Antarctica.

An early Xmas present to me! 🎄Maisie is on Waterstones’ list of Best New Paperbacks for 9-12 Year Olds! 🩵🩵 I never dreamed my name would be alongside the likes of Aisling Fowler and Eoin Colfer!

A book - Maisie vs Antarctica - with a bookmark and instructions to make an igloo cake.

And look! An igloo cake! 😍🎂