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Editor’s Choice


Editor’s Choice


Fiction 9–12


David Solomons A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy Nosy Crow, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9780857639936


David Solomons’ My Brother is a Superhero! soon became a reader and industry favourite on publication in 2015, and his new novel is just as warm and hilarious as his début. Gavin is an ordinary boy going about his life at school when Niki, an overconfident “fruitcake with extra crazy currants”, comes into his life. It turns out that Niki is in fact an alien prin- cess fleeing from her warring parents. Can Gavin help her and stop the destruction of planet Earth?


Picture book


Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane (illus)


Dadaji’s Paintbrush Andersen Press, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781839131394


Sirdeshpande and Mhasane’s new picture book is a moving portrayal of grief. A boy loves to paint with his Dadaji but when Dadaji passes away, the boy is too sad to pick up his brush. Yet when a little girl comes to the house to learn to paint, the boy realises that by using the paintbrush he can, in fact, keep his grandfather close. Mhasane’s clever illustrations reflect the boy’s sadness, and how life and joy let the colour back in.


Paul Linnet, Sue Hendra I Spy Island 2: Book vs Shark S&S Children’s, 7th, £6.99, 9781471196300 A book has forgotten its story. Can it remember in time to stop a bored shark from attacking? I Spy Island 2 features Linett and Hendra’s trademark silliness and wit, combined with a reassuring message about how wonderful life is, even if sometimes we forget.


Marcus Rashford, Carl Anka You Can Do It Macmillan Children’s Books, 21st, £9.99, pb, 9781529097054 The impact footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford has had on chil- dren’s publishing is hard to overestimate: at the time of writing his sales are at £1.32m through Nielsen BookScan. His new book, a follow-up to his number one bestseller You Are a Champion!, encourages children to be the best version of themselves, with advice on everything from taking a break to getting some exercise. This is a must for young fans.


Editor’s Choice


Editor’s Choice


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Fiction 5–9


Sibéal Pounder, Sarah Warburton (illus) Neon’s Secret Universe Bloomsbury, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9781408894149


Did you know that the kind of unicorns we know about, with horns and sparkly tails, are just decoys for the real thing? When Neon finds an old lipstick, she opens a portal into the world of the real deal and begins an adventure that involves goo and ghosts before she can find her way home. This silly and sparkly delight is the first in a new series.


Fiction 9–12


Anna Fargher, Sam Usher (illus) The Fire Cats of London Macmillan Children’s Books, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781529046878


From the duo behind The Umbrella Mouse comes an adventure about two wildcats who are captured and taken to an apothecary, who thinks their blood and whiskers have healing powers. Fargher puts edge-of-your- seat thrills into the world of the Great Fire of London and Usher’s illustrations give this book a really classic feel.


Hilary Robinson, Mandy Stanley (illus) Tatty Mouse Rock Star Catch a Star, 1st, £7.99, board, 9781913639914 Tatty Mouse becomes a rock star by making instruments from things she finds around her. Part of a new series about looking after the environment.


Little Chunkies: Animals in the Ocean DK, 7th, board book, 9780241533574 Tactile elements help small hands explore the ocean in this book for very young readers. Little Chunkies: Animals on the Farm is also out this month.


Tony Neal Too Heavy, Elephant! Oxford University Press, 7th, pb, 9780192783455 Elephant is too heavy to play with mouse on the seesaw in this introduc- tion to mathematical concepts. Another book


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in the series, Hop on Top, Mouse!, is also published this month.


Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (illus) Goodnight Moon Two Hoots, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781529090789 A 75th anniversary edition of this classic bedtime story, published with gold cover flourishes. Macmillan is pitching this as an ideal present for a birthday or christening.


Jo Lodge On the Farm Campbell Books, 7th, £7.99 board book, 9781529063646 Join Farmer Fred as he searches for his runaway sheep in this funny farm- yard tale with hide-and- seek mechanisms. Lodge’s Under the Sea, part of the same series, is out this month, too.


Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks (illus) What the Ladybird Heard: A Push, Pull and Slide Book Macmillan Children’s Books, 7th, £6.99, board book, 9781529072532 Donaldson and Monks’ tale about a ladybird outwitting thieves has been adapted for little hands, with push, pull and slide mechanisms on every page.


Rod Campbell Goodnight Buster! Macmillan Children’s Books, 21st, £6.99, board book, 9781529093018 Buster says goodnight to the cat, the dog, his cuddly toys, the stars and the moon, and finally his teddy, in this sweet baby book from Dear Zoo author Campbell.


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Nina Pirhonen (illus) Cars Cars Cars! Macmillan Children’s Books, 21st, £6.99, pb, 9781529069761 Follow 50 colourful cars as they travel through Pirhonen’s colourful spreads. This follow-up to Trains Trains Trains! was developed to encourage pre-reading skills and contains reading tips for parents and carers.


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