active founded 1989 1989 founder david salariya country of origin united kingdom headquarters location brighton distribution worldwide publication types books nonfiction topics children s non fiction fiction and baby books imprints book house scribblers and scribo official website salariya.com the salariya book company is an independent publishing company based in brighton united kingdom which publishes children s non fiction fiction and baby books both domestically and internationally . 1 salariya books are published in the uk through its book house scribblers and scribo imprints . contents 1 history 2 founder 3 books 4 awards 4.1 graffex 4.2 a very peculiar history 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the salariya book company was founded by david salariya as a book packaging company in 1989 in brighton england . in 2002 it started publishing under its imprint book house going on to launch the imprint scribblers designed to develop key learning skills for babies and pre school children 2 in 2007 and the children s fiction imprint scribo in 2009 . founder edit david salariya was born in dundee scotland in 1954 . he attended ancrum road primary school then harris academy before studying illustration and printmaking at duncan of jordanstone college of art and design dundee specialising in book design in his postgraduate year . 3 he worked as a freelance illustrator and designer before founding the salariya book company in 1989 . he lives in brighton with his wife shirley and their son jonathan . books edit book series publishing by the salariya book company include you wouldn t want to be published as the danger zone in the uk a series of over fifty illustrated historical non fiction titles told using a first person narrative 4 and graffex classic novels adapted into the graphic novel format . 5 in 2009 the company bought the rights to the popular french canadian fantasy fiction series amos daragon 6 an animation of which is being developed by spectra animation in canada . 7 awards edit in 2009 the salariya book company was one of three publishers shortlisted for the independent publisher s guild s children s publisher of the year award . 8 in 2010 the company went one better beating walker books and top that to win the children s publisher of the year award . 9 graffex edit graffex is a series of books published in the uk by book house and available in numerous languages worldwide . the series takes famous literary classics and retells them in a graphic novel format . each title is an abridged version of the original book and is designed to engage young readers through the use of simplified narratives and colourful visual aids . most of the titles are illustrated by penko gelev although li sidong nick spender and romano felmang have also contributed to the series . titles in the series include the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain retold by tom ratliff dracula by bram stoker retold by fiona macdonald dr.jekyll and mr.hyde by robert louis stevenson retold by fiona macdonald frankenstein by mary shelley retold be fiona macdonald the hunchback of notre dame by victor hugo retold by michael ford a journey to the center of the earth by jules verne retold by fiona macdonald kidnapped by robert louis stevenson retold by fiona macdonald macbeth by william shakespeare retold by stephen haynes the man in the iron mask by alexandre dumas p re retold by jim pipe moby dick by herman melville retold by sophie furse oliver twist charles dickens retold by john malam a tale of two cities by charles dickens retold by fiona macdonald treasure island by robert louis stevenson retold by fiona macdonald hamlet by william shakespeare retold by kathy mcevoy julius caesar by william shakespeare retold by micheal ford wuthering heights by emily bront retold by jim pipe jane eyre by charlotte bront retold by fiona macdonald the three musketeers by alexandre dumas p re retold by jim pipe the odyssey by homer retold fiona macdonald romeo and juliet by william shakespeare retold by jim pipe twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne retold by jacqueline morley gulliver s travels by jonathan swift retold by john malam a very peculiar history edit a very peculiar history is a series of illustrated non fiction books published in the united kingdom by salariya under the book house name . the series is intended to interest adults and young people in history by compressing many facts and curiosities into 192 pages . the books are designed with multiple entry points fact boxes lists recipes etc. so they can be dipped into . the emphasis is on highlighting little known and bizarre stories and facts while covering the known history of the subject and debunking popular urban myths . the books are written by different authors including fiona macdonald jim pipe david arscott ian graham and jacqueline morley . titles in the series include ancient egypt a very peculiar history the art of embalming mummy myth and magic scotland a very peculiar history 2 volumes london a very peculiar history castles a very peculiar history golf a very peculiar history great britons a very peculiar history the olympics a very peculiar history kings & queens a very peculiar history christmas a very peculiar history titanic a very peculiar history royal weddings a very peculiar history global warming a very peculiar history the tudors a very peculiar history william shakespeare a very peculiar history charles dickens a very peculiar history world war one a very peculiar history whisky a very peculiar history brighton a very peculiar history wales a very peculiar history ireland a very peculiar history the blitz a very peculiar history rations a very peculiar history vampires a very peculiar history victorian servants a very peculiar history yorkshire a very peculiar history the world cup a very peculiar history cats a very peculiar history dogs a very peculiar history england a very peculiar history 3 volumes edinburgh a very peculiar history oxford a very peculiar history 2013 will see the release of ebook editions of the a very peculiar history series . see also edit uk children s book publishers amos daragon the danger zone scribblers children s literature portal references edit http www.salariya.com about pages about.html http www.booktrade.info index.php showarticle 375 http www.childrensillustrators.com industry insider interviews david salariya id 31 http snipesville.blogspot.com 2008 04 book time 1 you wouldnt want to miss.html http www.book house.co.uk graphic graffex pages oliver.html http www.lovereading4kids.co.uk book 4043 amos daragon the mask wearer by bryan perro.html http www.spectraanimation.ca spip.php article24 http www.thebookseller.com news 75041 ipa shortlist introduces new award.html ipg 20 march 2010 . earthscan leads independent winners of the 2010 independent publishing awards . independent publishers guild press release . archived from the original on 16 april 2010 . retrieved 25 september 2013 . children s publisher of the year the salariya book company external links edit book house website salariya book company website scribblers website amos daragon website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salariya book company & oldid 742727726 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 12 03 . text is available under the creative 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