18th July 2025


Seven Charts Children’s Children’s & YA Fiction 1


In the Spotlight


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Suzanne Collins Sunrise on the Reaping Scholastic, £19.99, 9780702340574


The fifth book to be published, and the second prequel, in the Hunger Games series has seen sales of 3,437 copies in the latest data from NielsenIQ – down slightly (-4.6%) on the previous week, but notably, at this rate, it is just two weeks away from becoming the first book of the year to pass 300,000 copies sold. So far in 2025, Collins’ backlist sales have reached 135,455 units – up 50.8% compared with the equivalent period in 2024.


3,437 TCM copies sold


 Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls


Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241647226, £8.43


Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch Jamie Smart


DFB Phoenix, 9781788453097, £6.51 Sunrise on the Reaping


Suzanne Collins Scholastic, 9780702340574, £13.09


The Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey


Scholastic, 9780702340291, £6.27


The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie… 3,045 Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241647264, £5.40


6  The World’s Worst Superheroes David Walliams HarperCollins, 9780008305826, £8.53 7  Powerless Lauren Roberts Simon & Schuster, 9781398529489, £6.30 8  Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702330025, £5.70 9  Dork Diaries: Sister Showdown Rachel Renée Russell Simon & Schuster, 9781398541207, £5.19 10  For Whom the Ball Rolls Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702303678, £4.87 11  The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie… Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241460887, £5.51 12  How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell Hodder Children’s, 9781444980011, £5.47 13  The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie… Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241562031, £5.55 14  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone JK Rowling Bloomsbury Children’s, 9781408855652, £5.82 15  Big Jim Begins Dav Pilkey 16  No Brainer Jeff Kinney Puffin, 9780241583159, £5.33 17  Grime and Punishment Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702310676, £5.63 18  Mothering Heights Dav Pilkey Scholastic, 9780702313493, £5.37 Puffin, 9780241562055, £5.14 Scholastic, 9781338896459, £8.87 2,802 2,274 2,270 2,205 2,122 2,011 1,905 1,847 1,825 1,805 1,793 1,741 1,730 19  Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School Trip Katie Kirby 20  Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life Katie Kirby Puffin, 9780241647202, £4.66 48 1,691 1,657 3,253 3,437 5,509 16,275 Pre-school & Picture Books 1


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 Guess How Much I Love You


Sam McBratney; Anita Jeram Walker, 9781406358780, £3.33


Hare’s New Dress


Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler Macmillan Children’s, 9781035044962, £4.21


The Very Hungry Caterpillar


Eric Carle Puffin, 9780241003008, £4.59


Disney Stitch: The Ultimate Colouring Book


- Autumn, 9781837950324, £2.84


Where’s Spidey? -


Studio Press, 9781800783010, £2.99 6  The Tooth Fairy and the Crocodile J Donaldson; L Monks Macmillan Children’s, 9781447284444, £4.72 7  The Camel Who Had the Hump Rachel Bright; Jim Field Orchard Books, 9781408366417, £4.86 Usborne, 9781805316886, £4.82 2,040 1,979 8  Sticker Dolly Dressing Fairy Weddings Fiona Watt; A Miller 9  Dear Zoo Rod Campbell Macmillan Children's, 9781529074932, £4.54 Macmillan Children’s, 9781035048137, £5.60 Studio Press, 9781800784017, £2.89 1,957 1,951 10  The Gruffalo Magic Painting Book J Donaldson; A Scheffler 11  Ultimate Football Heroes Colouring Book 12  Oi Dinosaurs Kes Gray; Jim Field 13  No More Nappies Hodder Childrens, 9781444971828, £5.20 Campbell Books, 9781509836314, £4.16 Usborne, 9781805072461, £4.97 1,851 1,802 1,762 1,723 14  Sticker Dolly Dressing Summer… F Watt; A Miller, N Taylor Macmillan Children’s, 9781035049189, £4.24 1,705 15  What the Ladybird Heard at the Zoo J Donaldson; L Monks Macmillan Children’s, 9781035054473, £4.49 Bonnier, 9781835873069, £4.46 1,651 16  Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book Julia Donaldson; A Scheffler 17  Stitch Crashes Disney Phaea Crede; Steph Laberis 18  Follow the Swallow Julia Donaldson; Thomas Docherty Farshore, 9780008670320, £5.05 19  The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler Macmillan Children’s, 9781509804757, £4.87 Hinkler, 9781488960628, £3 1,595 1,593 1,589 1,519 20  Kaleidoscope Squishmallows Colouring Book Oh So Sweet 1,498 All Children’s charts © NielsenIQ BookScan 2,367 2,461 2,763 3,295 4,706


Children’s author Julia Donaldson continues to dominate Pre-school & Picture Books, with seven of her books ranking in the Top 20 and selling a total of 13,540 units


Out next week


Charts Children’s


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