Books Children’s Spotlight
classic Christmas fai- rytale, accompanied by a musical note to press on each spread, with key moments of Tchai- kovsky’s famous score.
Caryl Hart, Sarah Warburton (illus.) Peter Pan
Nosy Crow, 5th October, £14.99, hb, 9781788000079
A really charming and playful retelling in a rhyming picture book format ideal for younger children. It will have the same “gifty” feel and finishes as last year’s The Velveteen Rabbit.
retelling of Pinocchio comes a “charming, char- acterful” retelling of The Wizard of Oz, seen through the eyes of Toto the Dog. Also from Harp- erCollins comes an as- yet-untitled Morpurgo novel in September.
Heritage Roald Dahl,
Quentin Blake (illus.) Billy and the Minpins
Puffin, 7th September, £8.99, hb, 9780141377506
A brand new edition of The Minpins, Dahl’s final story, which was first published in 1991. The big hook is that it’s illus- trated by Quentin Blake.
Dr Seuss Oh Baby, The Places You’ll Go!
HarperCollins, 27th July, £14.99, hb, 9780008241650
Michael Morpurgo, Emma Chichester Clark (illus.) Toto
HarperCollins, 7th September, £12.99, hb, 9780008134594 Following their acclaimed
Building on the popular- ity of Oh, the Places You’ll Go! as a newborn and christening gift, this slip- cased edition adapts and introduces both this and other Seuss favourites.
Poetry
Allie Esiri A Poem for Every Day of the Year
Macmillan, 7th September, £16.99, hb, 9781509860548
It’s seldom that poetry books become bestsell- ers but A Poem for Every Night of the Year sold almost 14,000 hardbacks last autumn. This com- panion title will have an exquisite-looking red jacket and a selection of contemporary and clas- sic texts.
Non-fiction
Dr Nick Crumpton, Gaia Bordicchia (illus.) The Amazing Animal Atlas
Flying Eye, 1st September, £25, hb, 9781909263116
ONE TO WATCH
Fewer natural history titles than we’ve seen
in the past few seasons, but this super-sized ani- mal compendium prom- ises to be a beauty. Arranged by continent, each spread showcases
the region’s diversity of wildlife using detailed, biologically accurate descriptions and stun- ning naturalistic illustra- tions, all bound up in Fly- ing Eye’s distinctive high-quality production and finishes. Naturalists as young as six will want to immerse themselves, but its appeal as a gift and coffee-table book goes up and beyond that.
Explanatorium Nature
DK, 7th September, £20, hb, 9780241286845
DK calls this an ambitious “landmark” encyclope- dia designed to inspire curious young minds. It explores the natural world in stunning detail through striking, newly commissioned photog- raphy, cross-sections, x-rays and “exploded”
images. Aimed at chil- dren aged nine and over.
Egypt. Striking graphic design and clever novel- ties reveal the secrets of mummies, the pyramids and more.
Emily Hawkins, Lucy Letherland (illus.) Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures
Nicola Davies, Emily Sutton (illus.) Lots
Walker, 1st June, £12.99, hb, 9781406360486
The sequel to Tiny. Author Davies and illustrator Sutton team up once more for a stunning and inspirational book cel- ebrating the diversity of life on Earth. It’s my June Book of the Month, and one of my favourite non- fiction titles of the year.
Emma Giuliani, Carole Saturno (illus.) Egyptomania
Laurence King, 1st October, £18.99, hb, 9781786270900
This one looks to be a stunner: expect a super- stylish, highly innova- tive guide to Ancient
Wide-Eyed, 2nd November, £20, hb, 9781786030344
A prehistoric journey of discovery in the third Atlas of Adventures vol- ume. Over 30 dinosaur adventures from around the world are profiled in double-page spreads full of facts, fun and Letherland’s playful graphic illustrations.
Anna Milbourne, Simona Dimitri (illus.) Peep Inside the Sea
Usborne, 1st September, £7.99, board, 9781409599166
New in the incred- ibly successful board series which uses flaps, peek-through holes and friendly illustration to bring non-fiction sub- jects to life for small children. Peep Inside the
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