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LadBaby announce new book – Greg the Sausage Roll: The Perfect Present

Your first look at Mark and Roxanne Hoyle’s (AKA LadBaby and LadBaby Mum) new picture book, Greg the Sausage Roll: The Perfect Present. Illustrated by Gareth Conway.

Greg the Sausage Roll is back!  Join him on a brand new festive adventure, a sequel to last year’s No. 1 Bestseller, Greg the Sausage Roll: Santa’s Little Helper. It will be released fresh from the oven on the 10th November 2022.

An image of the book cover of LadBaby's new kids book Greg the Sausage Roll: The Perfect Present. In the background is a snowy winter scene with presents and a snowman.

The book

This Christmas Greg the Sausage Roll is swept up in an even BIGGER festive ROLL-ercoaster that takes him all the way to the North Pole.

Will Santa's home be every bit as magical as Greg imagines? Will Greg make friends with the elves? And will he be able to make this year the best Christmas EVER?

From the creators of the hilarious No. 1 Bestseller comes this unmissable new picture book release.

Pre-order now!

Order your signed or unsigned copies from the following retailers:

Puffin, in partnership with The National Literacy Trust, has again pledged to donate a Puffin book to a child in need with every copy of Greg the Sausage Roll: The Perfect Present pre-ordered or purchased from WHSmith. This charitable initiative will continue to support the National Literacy Trust’s ongoing work with schools and disadvantaged children in socioeconomically deprived areas in the UK to help children improve valuable literacy skills.

The authors

A photo of authors and LadBaby creators Mark and Roxanne Hoyle smiling/laughing whilst holding their thumbs up. They are both dressed in sausage roll print tracksuits and are in the Abbey Road Studio

LadBaby, aka Mark and Roxanne Hoyle and their two children Phoenix and Kobe, are a social media phenomenon. In just four years, through their hilarious videos on parent hacks and budget-saving tips, they have amassed a global audience of 12 million. Mark won Celebrity Dad of the Year in 2018 and Roxanne won Celebrity Mum of the Year in 2019. Their charity singles for the Trussell Trust have reached Christmas number one for four years running (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). They are the first act in UK chart history ever to have four consecutive Christmas number ones, surpassing the Beatles and the Spice Girls.

The illustrator

Gareth Conway is an illustrator and character and background animation designer. He graduated from university with a degree in animation and has worked in children's television animation ever since. Gareth started working on illustration projects in 2007 and joined the Bright agency in 2014; in that time he has illustrated joke books, activity books, educational reading books and young fiction, poems, puzzles and most recently picture books.

Greg the Sausage Roll: The Perfect Present will be released on 10th November 2022.

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