The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away

Publishing April 2026 and available to pre-order from all good bookshops, including WaterstonesBlackwellsBookshop.org, and with signed and personalised copies available from Sam Read Bookseller and Bookends.

Cover illustration by Melissa Castrillón. Internal illustrations by Elisa Paganelli.

Brimming with fairy-tale magic, friendship and extraordinary adventure, The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away is the epic, spellbinding return to the bestselling, award-winning world of The House with Chicken Legs.

All Marinka’s life, she has lived in her house with chicken legs. Running across the world on magical adventures, Marinka knows how her house is feeling, and it listens to her, too. But something is wrong. And before anyone can stop it, the house has pulled itself apart and run away.

With her friend Benjamin and jackdaw Jack, Marinka races after the house to find answers. Travelling across far-distant lands, through new realms and magical places, Marinka must face up to her fears to save her friends. But her house might not want to stop running…

US COVER BY RED NOSE STUDIO