The Search for Carmella: A sensational new title in the ""Hidden Wonders"" series from the award-winning...

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The Search for Carmella

A sensational new title in the ""Hidden Wonders"" series from the award-winning creator of The...

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Walker Books
01 September 2025

Children's & Educational; Picture storybooks

Series: Hidden Wonders

A stunning book about wonder, bravery, and the freedom to pursue your curiosity from Chloe Savage, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Illustration for The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish.

Ever since Dr Rose was a little girl paddling in rock pools, she has always loved the sea and exploring the weird and wonderful creatures living there. Now, as a marine biologist, Dr Rose is in search of a sea creature rumoured to reside within its hidden depths; one that many speak of, but no one has ever seen – Carmella. With her team of scientists and explorers, she will descend to the unfathomable dark of the deep ocean in a slick submersible, to discover the incredible, and almost unbelievable, creatures that inhabit a nearly pitch-black world.

By: Chloe Savage
Illustrated by: Chloe Savage
Imprint: Walker Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 298mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 210g
ISBN: 9781529523171
ISBN 10: 1529523176
Series: Hidden Wonders
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 September 2025
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Chloe Savage is the author-illustrator of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Illustration and was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration. She has an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from The Cambridge School of Art. She has worked for a number of years in opera, film and television. While doodling on call sheets Chloe found her way to her great love of illustration and storytelling. Chloe is a great lover of food and the seaside, she currently lives in Hitchin with her husband and has never been happier. Find her online at chloesavage.co.uk and on Instagram as @chloe.the.savage.

Reviews for The Search for Carmella: A sensational new title in the ""Hidden Wonders"" series from the award-winning creator of The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish

Featured, The Bookseller November Children’s Previews * The Bookseller * Featured in ‘The Best Baby & Toddler Books of 2024’ * Waterstones * The Search for Carmella is hotly anticipated and Savage doesn’t disappoint ... The story has a magical quality- and even more special is it puts a female scientist at its heart. * The Courier Dundee * exquisitely illustrated, right from the endpapers of the book, to the awe-inspiring two page spreads throughout […] a visual masterpiece of watery wonders and magical mystery […] sure to inspire young explorers, big dreamers and little scientists and researchers. * Mini Travellers * Full of the awe and wonder of possibility and reality, and stunningly illustrated, this is a unique, almost magical take on being a marine biologist. * Red Reading Hub *