5th September 2025


18,137 Charts Children’s Children’s & YA Fiction 1


In the Spotlight


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JB Priestley An Inspector Calls Heinemann, £9.99, 9780435232825


As schools head back in England and Wales, JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls returns for its annual visit to the Children’s Top 20 chart. Across the next six weeks, this edition of the playwright’s 1945 play will sell a third of its annual total – since 2015, that total has topped 50,000 every year, except for 2021 when some weeks were missing from the data due to the national lockdowns. This 1993 edition has sold 889,997 copies since accurate records began. An Inspector Calls appears in 15th place in the overall children’s chart.


1,981 TCM copies sold


 Skandar and the Spirit War


AF Steadman Simon & Schuster, 9781398524743, £11.66


Lottie Brooks vs the Ultra Mean Girls


Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241647226, £9.85


Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch


Jamie Smart DFB Phoenix, 9781788453097, £7.28


The Summer I Turned Pretty


Jenny Han Penguin, 9780241599198, £8.32


A Language of Dragons


SF Williamson HarperFire, 9780008652296, £6.60


6  The Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702340291, £7.15 7  A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Holly Jackson Electric Monkey, 9781405293181, £7.14 8  Powerless Lauren Roberts Penguin, 9780241735183, £8.18 Simon & Schuster, 9781398529489, £6.89 9  We’ll Always Have Summer Jenny Han 10  Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins Scholastic, 9780702340574, £13.74 11  Unfairies Huw Aaron Puffin, 9780241683767, £8.30 12  The Majorly Awkward… Lottie Brooks Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241647264, £6.08 13  Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702330025, £6.04 14  No Brainer Jeff Kinney Puffin, 9780241583159, £5.76 Puffin, 9780241460887, £6.08 2,090 2,016 2,009 1,962 1,947 1,881 1,754 1,747 1,706 15  The Extremely Embarrassing… Lottie Brooks Katie Kirby 16  Dog Man Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9781407140391, £7.18 17  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone JK Rowling Bloomsbury Children’s, 9781408855652, £6.07 18  Lottie Brooks’… School Trip Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241562055, £5.83 19  Dork Diaries: Sister Showdown Rachel Renée Russell Simon & Schuster, 9781398541207, £5.40 20  The Mega-Complicated… Lottie Brooks Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241562031, £5.93 36 1,674 1,642 1,632 1,590 1,588 1,559 2,296 2,593 2,642 3,760 18,137 Pre-school & Picture Books 1


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 The Dinosaur that Pooped a Zoo!


Dougie Poynter et al Puffin, 9780241649282, £5.04


Greg the Sausage Roll


Mark and RoxanneHoyle Puffin, 9780241737873, £6.50


The Very Hungry Caterpillar


Eric Carle Puffin, 9780241003008, £5.31


Peppa’s New Baby Sister Ladybird, 9780241737811, £5.07


Bluey: Where’s Bluey and Bingo? Ladybird, 9780241728802, £5.28


6  Bluey: Outdoor Games 1,948 2,177 2,415 2,509 1,920 Ladybird, 9780241728765, £4.38 7  The Colour Monster Goes to School Anna Llenas Templar, 9781787415522, £4.61 8  Dear Zoo Rod Campbell Macmillan Children’s, 9781529074932, £5.15 9  Guess How Much I… Sam McBratney; Anita Jeram Walker, 9781406358780, £4.98 10  Disney Stitch: The Ultimate Colouring Book - Autumn, 9781837950324, £2.60 11  The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr 12  Where’s Spidey? - Studio Press, 9781800783010, £3.16 13  Hare’s New Dress Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler Macmillan Children’s, 9781035044962, £4.50 14  Ultimate Football Heroes Colouring Book Studio Press, 9781800784017, £2.75 15  Minecraft: Catch the Creeper and Other Mobs Farshore, 9780755503575, £4.49 16  Bluey: Granny Mobile Ladybird, 9780241734063, £4.24 17  Follow the Swallow Julia Donaldson; Thomas Docherty Farshore, 9780008670320, £4.76 18  Oi Dinosaurs Kes Gray; Jim Field 19  Where’s Spot? Eric Hill Warne, 9780723263661, £5.25 20  Disney Stitch: Story Book & Money Box Autumn Publishing, 9781837951994, £6.10 Hodder Children’s, 9781444971828, £5.67 HarperCollins Children’s, 9780007215997, £5.37 1,912 1,899 1,809 1,784 1,644 1,597 1,590 1,581 1,570 1,491 1,447 1,443 1,372 1,343 1,334 All Children’s charts © NielsenIQ BookScan


AF Steadman’s Skandar and the Spirit War has raced ahead of the chasing pack by almost 15,000 units to reach the summit of the Children’s & YA Fiction chart


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