BOOKS
simultaneously in paper- back and small hardback formats.
Ciara Flood,
Lucia Gaggiotti (illus) Wrong! Farshore, 7th, pb, 9780755501472 All the animals in the jungle are good at sharing, except for Hog, who is greedy and bad- tempered. But what will the animals think when a polite Tiger with sharp teeth turns up? A caution- ary but funny tale about bad manners.
Previews Children’s Previews
Adam Stower The Day Fin Flooded the World Andersen Press, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781839131295 Fin is so forgetful that he even comes home from school without his trou- sers, so it is no surprise when he leaves the tap on and floods the world. Now out in paperback.
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (illus) Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files #2: All About Plants! Abrams, 21st, £9.99, hb, 9781419761515 The new book in the Questioneers series asks questions such as, why do some plants have flowers? Which plant is the tallest? Illustrated in scrapbook format.
Frances Stickley, Lucy Fleming (illus) What Will I Be? Andersen Press, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781839130250 A group of friends think about what they will be when they grow up and imagine being superheroes, doctors, adventurers and more. Previously published in hardback.
Fiction 9–12
Jamila Gavin Never Forget You Farshore, 7th, pb, 9780755503346
Jane Porter, Maisie Paradise Shearring (illus) The Girl Who Noticed Everything Walker, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781406398144 Stella notices everything, from a flock of geese flying overhead to people who look like their dogs. When she sees a sad lady in the park, she knows that speaking up is the right thing to do. From the duo behind the Little Rebels Award-winning The Boy Who Loved Everyone.
Bob Graham
Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781529503319 A family searches for a missing puzzle piece, uncovering forgotten letters and missing train tickets along the way. Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning bookmaker and has received the Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award an unprecedented seven times.
Bridget Marzo You, Me and Our Whole Wide World Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781529500011 Marzo’s celebration of diversity shows how we all grow from being tiny
babies to children who swing, paddle, cry and laugh.
Michael Rosen, Robert Starling (illus) I am Angry Walker Books, 7th, £7.99, pb, 9781529504149 I am Angry is all about the kind of anger toddlers experience: they explode for seemingly no reason and show no signs of calming down until suddenly, of course, they do. This is based on a popular poem from Rosen’s A Great Big Cuddle and is the start of a new series: the next book is titled I am Hungry.
Cathy Camper, Sawsan Chalabi (illus) Arab Arab All Year Long! Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781529505467 Camper and Chalabi, who both have Arab roots, celebrate the life of the Arab diaspora.
Timothy Knapman, Jenny Løvlie Princesses Break Free Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781406387605 When Princess Tilly decides she doesn’t want to be rescued by a Prince, she saves herself by making a parachute out of knickers. Her bravery inspires the other Princesses to break out of their fairytale roles, and then the witches, dragons and Fairy Godmother, too. Spirited and fun.
Oti Mabuse, Samara Hardy (illus) Dance with Oti: The Lion Samba Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781529500783 “Strictly Come Dancing” star Mabuse teaches children how to stomp like an elephant and shake their mane like a Lion in her second picture book. Illustrator Hardy was highly commended in the Macmillan Children’s Picture Book Prize.
Jane Clarke, Lucy Fleming (illus) Small Person’s Guide to Grandmas Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781406398489 Told from the point of view of a grandchild, this gorgeously heartwarming celebration of grandmas contains advice such as: “Put on the TV and let her snuggle up with you. Grandma’s favourite programmes are the ones you love.”
Vivian French, Ya-Ling Huang (illus) Maps: From Anna to Zane Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781406388749 Anna receives an invita- tion to her friend Zane’s house and a map showing how to get there. This kicks off an interest in maps, and Anna and her dad decide to make their own, too. Maps is the first book in a “first skills” early learning strand and is being marketed as an alternative to Collins’ Telling the Time.
Zoë Ingram My First Book of Minibeasts
One to Watch
Four friends meet at boarding school in the 1930s before the war scatters them across Europe. Gwen joins the Air Transport Auxiliary, Dodo spies on British fascists, Vera helps Jewish people fleeing from the Nazis in Paris,
and Noor, inspired by Noor Inayat Khan, becomes part of the Resistance. A heartbreaking but ulti- mately uplifting novel from an iconic author.
Picture book Lou Carter, Magda Brol (illus)
The Great Hamster Getaway Bloomsbury, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781408878910
Walker Books, 7th, £12.99, hb, 9781529501025 Ingram’s fourth book in a series about nature for the very young features 20 common British mini- beasts, from glow-worms to bumblebees.
about the magic of trees. Now out in paperback.
Jion Sheibani The Worries: Shara and the Really Big Sleepover Puffin, 28th, £7.99, pb, 9780241572207 The third title in this series about worrying focuses on anxiety over feeling responsible for a sibling.
Sarah Roberts, Hannah Jayne Lewin (illus) Somebody Woke Wilson Scholastic, 7th July, £6.99, pb, 9780702314032 Eco expert Sarah Roberts has created an unusual picture book about the environment by telling the story on Wilson, a carbon atom. Scholastic will reach out directly to schools and eco-campaigners ahead of release.
Fiction 5-9 I P Daley,
Nigel Parkinson (illus) Beano Dennis & Gnasher: Super Slime Spectacular Farshore, 7th, pb, 9780755504589 Dennis and Gnasher, who turned 70 last year, team up with their classmates and undertake a risky experiment to create the ultimate slime.
Natasha Farrant, Lydia Corry (illus) The Girl Who Talked to Trees Zephyr, 7th, £9.99, pb, 9781800242241 Sumptuously illustrated gift book about Olive, whose best friend is a 400-year-old oak, with seven interlinked stories
Karl Newson, Wazza Pink (illus) The Hat Full of Secrets Little Tiger, 7th, £5.99, pb, 9781788950794 A little boy bonds with his grandfather in Newson and Pink’s young fiction title, now out in paperback.
S J King The Secret Explorers and the Haunted Castle DK, 7th, £6.99, pb, 9780241538746 The latest instalment of this educational fiction series sees Kiki and Gustavo get caught up in a time-travelling mystery.
Alex Falase-Koya, Paula Bowles (illus) Marv and the Pool of Peril
One to Watch
This delightful rhyming story about a hamster who wants to escape is a perfect summer read, with its colourful depic- tions of the seaside, fairground rides and ice-creams. But when night falls and the rats come out, will Raffleton Grey
regret his decision to flee? Simultaneously published in paperback.
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