EL Norry Runaways
Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 3rd July 2025, £7.99, PB, 9781526683335
A contemporary story olds living in London, desperate to get away from home.
Cornelia, unexpectedly die, their students are instructed to compete in a series of challenges, based on Cornelia’s beloved historical novel, to win their stately home and its multi-million- pound inheritance.
Chibundu Onuzo Mayowa and the Fire of Speech Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 4th June 2026, £12.99, HB, 9781526661098
The second title in an adventure trilogy about one girl’s power to change the world through the magic of book-jumping and the power of words.
The bestselling spooky mystery series from Rashford is back.
Emma Slade Edmondson Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed-Race Identity Macmillan Children’s Books, 12th February, £9.99, PB, 9781035041619
Edmondson, the co-host of the Mixed Up podcast, guides readers to be their authentic selves and live “outside of the box”.
Adeola Sokunbi Destiny Ink: Baking Mix-Up
Nosy Crow, 3rd July 2025, £6.99, PB, 9781805131342
Destiny uses her creativity to overcome her worries. The fourth in the new, highly-illustrated chapter-book series.
Tolá Okogwu Champions of the Galaxy Simon & Schuster Children’s, 25th September, £7.99, PB, 9781398523159
A brand-new, epic SFF action-adventure.
Aleema Omotoni Winners and Liars Scholastic, 21st May, £7.99, PB, 9780702314940
When Derin’s favourite professor and his wife,
Marcus Rashford, Abiola Bello The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Movie Monster Macmillan Children’s Books, 9th October, £7.99, PB, 9781035082070
Mary Watson Strange Nature Bloomsbury YA, 14th August, £8.99, PB, 9781526619372
A compulsive dark-academia mystery thriller.
Kimberly Whittam Always Angel Usborne, 12th February, £7.99, PB, 9781803708072
Ashley Thorpe Spirit Warriors Usborne, 14th August, £7.99, PB, 9781805075653
A novel about second chances, friendship and rewrite your story.
Ken Wilson-Max The Big Green: Everyone Can Make
Otter-Barry Books, 8th January, £12.99, HB, 9781915659651
The story of how one family helps to bring hope and regeneration to their community in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jessica Wilson, Rochelle Falconer (illus) Rasta Granny’s Rainbow
Two Hoots, 30th July 2026, £12.99, PB, 9781035007110
Hamza Yassin Hamza’s Wild World Macmillan Children’s Books, 3rd July 2025, £8.99, PB, 9781035032228
Everything you need to know about animals from naturalist and television presenter Yassin.
Markia Jenai (illus) Windrush Child: Graphic Novel
Scholastic, 12th March, £10.99, PB, 9780702344497
In this story, Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation.
In this epic story of chaos, myth and adventure, ancient magic and all-new heroes battle for survival.
Traci N Todd,
Jade Orlando (illus) This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets
Nosy Crow, 11th September, £20, HB, 9781805132646
A beautiful, bold and moving collection of 100 poems by Black poets for the whole family to treasure.
Anna Wilson, Be Back Soon Andersen Press, 28th June 2025, £7.99, PB, 9781839136504 A comforting story that follows the migration of birds, written for any child whose parent, sibling or loved one needs to be away from home.
A celebration of cooking with Granny. Dylan is feeling low and Granny knows just how to lift his spirits… She will show him how to make a rainbow. From red ackee to orange plantain, this beautiful story shows the richness and deliciousness of Jamaican foods.
readers 8+
When Christmas loses its sparkle, it’s up to Mikey and Gramps to bring back the magic.
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The first published title from Storymix, the multi- award-winning inclusive fiction studio behind Fablehouse and The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries.
WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK A CHRISTMAS CRACKER: A joyful reinvention of the Santa myth
Christmas gets a competitive twist
Highly illustrated with short, punchy chapters Ideal for younger middle-grade readers
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