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The Salariya Book Company is an international publishing company that publishes in informational (nonfiction) illustrated books, graphic novels, art books, drawing books and fiction for babies, children and young adults. In the UK the Salariya Book Company publishes books under the imprint of Book House.

The Salariya Book Company's first fiction series, Amos Daragon, was published in June 2009 under the imprint of Scribo. The first book, Amos Daragon: The Mask Wearer, centres on the adventures of Amos Daragon, a twelve-year-old boy who has been chosen by the Lady in White to become a 'mask wearer' and return the balance of good and evil to the earth.

Salariya books are published in the UK and abroad.

History

The company was founded as a book-packaging company by David Salariya in Brighton, England, in 1989. In 1994, the X-Ray Body Book, designed by David Salariya, written by Kathryn Senior, published by Watts, was named the British Book Design and Production Exhibition Best Children's Book. The Times Educational Supplement awarded two books designed by the Salariya Book Company's – Keeping Clean and Fast Forward: Rainforest – with the Senior Information Book Award in 1996 and 2000.

In 2002 started publishing under its imprint ‘Book House’. In 2007, Salariya launched its imprint Scribblers books, a division of 'Book House', publishing books designed to develop key learning skills for babies and pre-school children.


Born in Dundee, Scotland, David Salariya has illustrated a wide range of books and has created and designed many new series for publishers both in the UK and overseas. He lives in Brighton with his wife Shirley and son Jonathan.

Series

The Salariya Book Company's imprint 'Book House' publish books in series; all books in a series are standalone titles.

  • Amos Daragon
  • You Wouldn't Want To Be
  • The Danger Zone (UK edition of You Wouldn't Want To Be...)
  • Graffex
  • A Very Peculiar History
  • The Secret Journal of Victor Frankenstein: On the Workings of the Human Body
  • Scary Creatures
  • WOW! World Of Wonder
  • Whiz Kids
  • WOE: What On Earth
  • Amaze
  • The Explosion Zone
  • Inside
  • Battle Zones
  • Brain Power
  • Spectacular Visual Guides
  • How To Be A...
  • Adventures In the Real World
  • Ancient Greek Myths
  • How To Draw
  • Fast Forward
  • Knight: The Siege Chronicles and Castle: Ready For Battle

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