18th July 2025
A Forest explores one of the coldest places on earth in this illustration- packed title, and takes the reader on a journey to icefalls, icebergs, active volcanoes and more.
Alice Pattullo All About Mushrooms Laurence King Publishing, 23rd, £9.99, HB, 9781510231696
This informative title celebrates fungi and their uses and is published alongside a similar title by another HCG imprint: The Secrets of Mushrooms (Welbeck Children’s Groups, 804538739).
Dr Anna Ploszajski What’s It Made Of? DK Children, 2nd, £19.99, HB, 9780241683156
Ploszajski is a scientist and storyteller who has appeared on Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, and here she delves into how everyday objects such as glue, trainers and smartphones are made.
Kate Siber, Kaitlynn Copithorne (illus) The Hidden Wisdom of Animals
Wide Eyed Editions, 10th, £18.99, HB, 9780711294769
The focus of this illustrated title is the superpowers of animals: how owls listen deeply, why squirrels plan ahead and how fireflies shine from within. Siber also includes animal myths from different cultures and encourages the reader to take lessons from the animal world to apply to their own life.
Anja Sušanj Explore the Solar System DK Children, 2nd, £19.99, HB, 9780241758083
This introduction to the solar system has flaps to lift on every page and was created in collaboration with ESA, Europe’s Space Agency.
Tracey Turner, Jane Burnard, Dawn Cooper (illus) Up and Down
Kingfisher, 23rd, £9.99, PB, 9780753448519
Up and Down is the first in a new series that can be read in two ways. Learn about atmosphere and space above us, then flip the book to travel beneath the earth’s surface. With a different topic on each spread, this is being pitched at reluctant readers as well as fans of non-fiction.
Sports, crafts & hobbies
Stephen Mulhern Unbelievable! The Secrets of
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Magic Revealed by Stephen Mulhern Piccadilly Press, 9th, £12.99, HB, 9781800783850
Entertainer Mulhern reveals the secrets to 30 magical tricks in this book for young magicians, a key release for Bonnier in October.
Matt Oldfield, Seth Burkett The Football GOAT: Kane v. Bellingham
Walker Books, 9th, £7.99, PB, 9781529530988
Key players in England’s 2026 World Cup squad are the focus of the latest book in this football series, which celebrates some of the greatest players of all time.
Russell Tovey, Robert Diament, Rose Blake (illus) Art School (in a book)
Laurence King Publishing, 23rd, £16.99, HB, 9781510231412
The makers of the podcast Talk Art discuss some famous
contemporary artists, including Henri Matisse, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Frida Kahlo, and profile artists working today.
Activity
Aleksandra Artymowska Sophie’s Incredible Voyage
Templar Books, 30th, £14.99, HB, 9781800789340
Help Sophie, Bird, the Mechanical Beetle and the Little Ones after they are transported to a magical world and need to solve puzzles to progress in this book, which is an adventure story with a puzzle on every spread.
Rosie Bay Super Cuties: A Cosy Christmas Colouring Book
DK Children, 2nd, £9.99, PB, 9780241775820
Tear out the postcard pages of this book to colour cute, festive scenes inspired by the kawaii aesthetic.
Angela Ferraro-Fanning, AnneliesDraws (illus) A Christmas Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Ivy Kids Eco, 9th, £9.99, PB, 9781836004615
This cute and colourful title has crafting ideas and festive recipes, and there is a theme of self-sufficiency and being in tune with nature running throughout.
Alice James, Jenny Addison (illus) My Big Happy Christmas Colouring Book
Usborne, 9th, £4.99, PB, 9781805072799
This title has 90 Christmas characters to colour in this first Christmas book, which will help children aged three and up develop pen control, says Usborne. The publisher will also release Sparkly Santa Sticker Book in October (35404324).
Adam Kay ( 9), Henry Paker (illus) Kay’s Anatomy: The Poo-tastic Puzzle Book
Puffin, 23rd, £10.99, PB, 9780241722107
Answer “true or poo” to the quizzes in this activity book, based on Kay’s Anatomy.
Clover Robin Christmas Origami Nosy Crow, 9th, £9.99, PB, 9781805134848
There are instructions for making 13 origami animals and objects in this festive activity book, published in association with the National Trust.
Axel Scheffler Christmas Magic Painting
Campbell Books, 23rd, £8.99, board, 9781035052158
This reusable painting book has festive pictures that children can colour in again and again, and is part of a series that also includes Farm Magic Painting.
Angela Wilkes, Stephen Cartwright (illus) First Cookbook
Usborne, 9th, £12.99, concealed wiro, 9781836042402
Cutely illustrated with a tiny chef, this charming cookbook has recipes for pancakes, sausage rolls, brownies and ice-cream sundaes.
Media tie-ins
Kate Howard The Vanished Return (Goosebumps: The Vanishing Novel)
Scholastic, 9th, £8.99, PB, 9780702344794
In this novel, based on season 1 of the Goosebumps TV show, a group of teenagers try to find out what happened to Harold, a classmate of their parents who died 30 years ago. Isaiah, Margot, James and the rest of their friends contend with doppelgängers, haunted books and one creepy dummy, and risk becoming monsters themselves.
Pet Simulator Graphic Novel Scholastic, 9th, £9.99, PB, 9781546169338
There are three stories about Whiskers the cat, Ruffles the dog and Penny the unicorn in this graphic novel based on Pet Simulator, a game developed by Big Games Pets, which is owned by Roblox.
Pokémon: Big Book of Facts Farshore, 9th, £16.99, HB, 9780008616793
This Pokémon book is packed full of infographics and facts about the popular fictional creatures.
Reissues & new editions
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (illus) The Gruffalo Pop-Up
Macmillan Children’s Books, 16th, £19.99, HB, 9781405089272
Macmillan is releasing a new edition of Donaldson and Scheffler’s biggest hit with pop-up scenes and a 3D Gruffalo. An activity book based on The Gruffalo’s Child will also be published in October (4302).
AA Milne, EH Shepard (illus) Winnie-the-Pooh – Classics 100th Anniversary
Farshore, 9th, £20, HB, 9780008645984
Farshore is releasing a 100th anniversary collection of Milne’s classic stories in hardback with a foiled jacket and a gold-foiled character on the front. The series will also include new editions of The Best Bear in All the World, When We Were Very Young, The House at Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six, Once There Was a Bear and Tales from the Forest.
Susan Wojciechowski, PJ Lynch (illus) The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey: 30th Anniversary Edition
Walker Books, 9th, £7.99, PB, 9781529530551
Lynch won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his work on this festive tale, in which the spirit of Christmas heals a sorrowing woodcarver’s heart. Now republished in a 30th-anniversary edition with gold foil on the cover and spine.
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