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Editor’s Choice
Non-fiction: history
Donna & Vikesh Amey Bhatt, Salini Perera (illus) Lands of Belonging: A History of India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Britain Nosy Crow, 7th, £14.99, hb, 9781839944680
Husband and wife Donna and Vikesh Amey Bhatt dive into the history of ancient India up to modern-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and how their history is intertwined with Britain’s. Featuring subjects such as Partition and empire, as well as sport, food and culture, this is a fascinating look at south Asian history that will be published for the 75th anniversary of the Partition of India.
Rhiannon Fielding, Chris Chatterton (illus) Ten Minutes to Bed: Where’s Little Unicorn? Ladybird, 7th, £6.99, board book, 9780241554319 Travel through the land of Nod to find Twinkle the unicorn in a new lift-the- flap adventure. Part of the Ten Minutes to Bed series, which has racked up sales of more than one million books since 2018, says the publisher.
Editor’s Choice
Rob Jones Who’s Tickling Tilly Pavilion Children’s, 7th, £6.99, hb, 9781843655244 The reader is tasked with finding out who tickled Tilly the dinosaur in this concertina board book, which folds out to a length of two metres.
Fiction 9–12
M T Khan Nura and the Immortal Palace Walker Books, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781529503494
Nura is a young girl who has to mine mica in modern-day Pakistan to help support her family. When a mine shaft collapses, Nura and her friend Faisal find themselves in the Sijj Palace, a hotel for jinn. At first Nura is seduced by the luxuries of the palace but soon comes to realise she must come up with a way to escape. A hugely impressive début, rooted in Muslim culture and folklore.
Ingela P Arrhenius Felt Flaps: Where’s Frida Kahlo? Nosy Crow, 7th, £6.99, board book, 9781839945717 Find artists Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol in the latest title in Arrhenius’ bestselling “felt flaps” series.
Jane Ormes Animal Families: River Nosy Crow, 7th, board book, 9781839941450 Learn the different names for mummy and daddy animals, then lift the flaps to find out what their babies are called in this board book, vibrantly illustrated by printmaker Ormes.
Caryl Hart, Rosalind Beardshaw (illus) When a Dragon Comes to Stay Nosy Crow, 7th, £6.99, board book, 9781788005807 Hart and Beardshaw’s story about a dragon who has to learn manners is
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Peter Millett, Tony Neal (illus) The Pirates on the Bus Ladybird, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9780241493687 Sing about pirates to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus” in the first of a singalong picture book series, pitched at children who are moving on from board books.
now available in board book format.
Michael Foreman Happy Times! Andersen Press, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781839130304 Foreman celebrates the simple delight of spending a day with your family at the beach before going home to be tucked up in bed in this charming tale for tiny readers.
Characters
Tee and Mo: We’re Not Tidying Up HarperCollins Children’s Books, 21st, £6.99, pb, 9780008542764 Picture book based on a song from CBeebies show “Tee and Mo”, about a three-year-old monkey and his single mum.
Peppa Plays Rugby Ladybird, 21st, £4.99, board book, 978 0241530290 Peppa and her friends learn to play rugby in a new story, publishing in time for the Rugby World Cup in September.
Picture books
Emma Perry, Andrea Stegmaier (illus) Know It Owl Storyhouse Publishing, 28th, £7.99, pb, 9781916281868 An owl learns about the importance of friendship and not taking over while building a den.
Daniel Gray-Barnett Katarina Cruickshanks Scribe, 14th £12.99, hb, 9781914484339 Wild child Katarina learns the importance of finding friends who value you for who you are in this celebration of loud, outra- geous children.
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Mark Chambers (illus) Supermouse and the Volcano of Doom Little Tiger, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781912756858 Supermouse is back and faces a cheesy volcano disaster in this action- packed adventure, with flaps and peep-through pages for little readers.
Caroline Crowe, Richard Merritt (illus) The Fairy Dogmother Little Tiger, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9781801040013 A classic twist on the Cinderella fairytale, featuring Woofington’s
Dog Shelter resident Cinders. Now out in paperback.
Smriti Halls, Richard Merritt (illus) Dinos Don’t Give Up Little Tiger, 7th, £11.99, hb, 9781801043090 Diplodocus Dinah, who is usually good at every- thing, learns a valuable lesson about friendship and taking part when she finds she can’t surf in this bold and bright tale.
Alison Murray Pooka Orchard Books, 21st, £6.99, pb, 9781408358269 This empowering story about a small girl who transforms her city for the better is now out in paperback.
Queen of the Classroom Scallywag Press, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781912650941 MJ makes sure she is the queen of the classroom on her first day of kindergar- ten by helping her friends and being caring and kind. A sweet addition to the “first day of school” story canon.
Moira Butterfield, Gwen Millward (illus) Sometimes I’m a Baby Bear,
Sometimes I’m a Snail Welbeck Editions, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781803380186 Developed with the support of a child psycho- therapist, this book helps tiny readers understand their emotions through the language of animals and, crucially, explains what to do if friends have those feelings, too. Butterfield’s text is clear and warm, and Millward brings her protagonists vividly to life.
Toni D’Alia, Alice Lindstrom (illus) Bees Are Our Friends Hardie Grant, 7th, £9.99, hb, 9781761210488 A lusciously illustrated story about how a bee pollinates a garden, told in rhyming verse.
Adam Beer Solo
S&S Children’s, 21st, £12.99, hb, 9781471191633 When a group of other dogs turn up on his island, Solo is unimpressed. Will he learn to make friends? Also out in paperback.
Paula Bowles Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab S&S Children’s, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9781471191794 Tiny Crab invites his friends to the beach but when they leave a lot of mess, Tiny Crab has to make his voice heard.
Wendy Meddour, Carmen Saldana (illus) Peggy the Always Sorry Pigeon Oxford University Press, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9780192777836 Peggy the pigeon always believes she is in the wrong, even when she is being bullied. Enter Cynthia, an older seagull, who teaches Peggy to stand up for herself.
Derrick Barnes, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Anna Friend, Jake Biggin (illus) How Will It Be with Baby and Me? Scholastic, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9780702311925 A reassuring story about a boy dealing with his anxieties over getting a baby sibling. Part of the Big Little Hearts series, created to support fami- lies dealing with traumatic events.
Saviour Pirotta, Nilesh Mistry (illus) Turtle Bay Otter-Barry Books, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781913074364 A story about how two children help keep the beach clean and learn about the importance of helping sea turtles, reis- sued because of demand from schools and libraries, says the publisher.
Peter Bently, John Bond (illus) Cats in Chaos HarperCollins Children’s Books, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9780008469184 The cats of the city head to the circus in this amus- ing companion book to Dogs in Disguise.
Kelly DiPucchio, Raissa Figueroa (illus) Oona and the Shark HarperCollins Children’s Books, 7th, £7.99, 9780008511845 Oona, a mermaid who likes to invent things,
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