POETRY, PLAYS & SONGS SERIES
Musical Books Encourages tactile experiment in very young children. Pushing buttons produces music while beautiful illustrations keep the eye occupied while they listen. The Animal Orchestra Plays Tchaikovsky Sam Taplin, Ag Jatkowska (illus) 3rd August, board, £12.99, vol 1, 9781801319256 Little Children’s Music Book Fiona Watt, Elisa Squillace (illus) 14th September, hb, £12.99, vol 2, 9781805315957
Lauren Ellis (illus) 12th October, £12.99, 5057
Spy Maze Kate Nolan, Sam Smith, Various (illus) 9th November, £12.99, 5071 Halloween Kate Nolan, Jo Rooks (illus) 14th September, £9.99, 8218
Bears Love Hugs Lara Bryan, Alys Paterson (illus) 4th January, board, £7.99, 9781805312215 Turn the curvy, shaped board pages to make the baby animals hug.
Vie
Calm-a-doodle 11th January, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781837992140 Bumper activity book offers plenty of lovely illustrations and patterns to colour. Inspired by techniques used by psychologists to help children cope with difficult feelings.
Walker Books
Advent Calendar Book Collection 2 14th September, pb, £19.99, 9781803703732 Great value pre-Christmas gift with 24 books to keep young readers enchanted.
SERIES
Santa Post Emma Yarlett, Emma Yarlett (illus) 5th October, pb, £7.99, 9781529512076 Sparkling and joyous festive novelty book starring Santa and a very puzzling Christmas letter. By the creator of Dragon Post and Beast Feast.
Wide Eyed Editions
Wand Books: Fairy Magic Sam Taplin,
Joanne Partis (illus) 9th November, board, £12.99, 9781805316879 Tap the wand on to the pages in this enchanting novelty book to hear the magic spells bring fairyland to life.
Usborne Book and Jigsaw pb, 978180370 Hours of entertainment guaranteed with these brilliant boxed sets, each containing a strikingly illustrated jigsaw and an accompanying book. Trains
Sam Smith, Gabriele Antonini (illus) 3rd August, £9.99, 4814 Diggers and Cranes Sam Smith, Gabriele Antonini (illus) 3rd August, £9.99, 4821 Christmas Maze Kate Nolan, Sam Smith,
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A Miscellany of Mischief and Magic Tom Adams, Jasmine Floyd (illus) 7th September, hb, £16.99, 9780711280588 Compendium of history’s best hoaxes, hijinks, tricks and illusions.
Illuminoceans Barbara Taylor, Carnovsky (illus), Alex Hithersay (ed) 5th October, hb, £20, 9780711280625 A magic, three-colour lens reveals the most unusual, fascinating and important denizens of the deep.
Spin to Survive: Pirate Peril Emily Hawkins, Ruby Fresson (illus) 7th September, novelty book, £20, 9780711281608 Take to the seas with Spin to Survive: Pirate Peril, the next in the innovative choose-your-own- adventure series that pits survival skills against the treacherous tides of chance.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Children’s
Poetry, Plays & Songs
Various 3rd August, hb, £12.99, 9781838915551 Collection celebrates nature, from the trees and animals to the sea and stars, using a wide range of voices and beautiful illustrations.
Bloomsbury Education
Find Peace in a Poem Various 4th January, hb, £12.99, 9781838915643 In praise of mindfulness, from listening for silence to living in the moment.
Macmillan Children’s Books
Who Let the Words Out? Joshua Seigal 14th September, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781801992091 In this new collection words take on a whole new meaning. Enter a world of creative word- play with silly poetry.
Creative Editions
Sister Spring James Christopher Carroll 28th October, pb, £9.99, 9781682772843 Lyrical celebration of springtime revels in the life-affirming renewal of the season.
Greystone Kids
Imagine a Garden Rina Singh 28th September, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781771647137 Illustrated with incredible cut-paper art, these seven vignettes capture true stories of courage, hope, and resilience from around the world.
Little Island Books
I Am the Wind: A Compendium of Irish Poems for Children Lucinda Jacob (ed), Sarah Webb (ed), Ashwin Chacko (illus) 5th October, hb, £17.99, 9781915071460 Ranging from medieval to modern poets in English and Irish. Includes beloved voices such Heaney and Yeats as well as emerging practitioners of the art.
Little Tiger Our Earth is a Poem
Gods and Monsters— Mythological Poems Ana Sampson, Chris Riddell (illus) 14th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781035023011 Attractive gift book drawing together classic and brand-new poetry from around the world. With an introduction by Natalie Haynes.
Out There in the Wild Nicola Davies, James Carter, Dom Conlon, Diana Catchpole (illus) 14th September, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781035004065 Anthology of three high- profile, contemporary children’s poets covers nature and the wild.
Poems to Live Your Life by Chris Riddell 14th September, £8.99, 9781509814381 Gorgeous collection chosen and illustrated by award-winning illustrator .
Poems to Save the World With Chris Riddell
£9.99, 9781529040128 Thoughtful anthology of poems full of hope., selected and illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Poems to Fall in Love With Chris Riddell
£9.99, 9781035023035 Heartwarming paeans to love and romance from award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.
Rock-a-bye Rumpus Julia Donaldson, Sebastien Braun (illus) 17th August, multiple item, £9.99, 9781529038996 Essential collection of action poems and rhymes for the very
young.pecially chosen by bestselling author, Julia Donaldson, and charmingly illustrated by Sebastien Braun.
Tread Softly: Classic Irish Poems for Children Erin Brown (illus), Nicola Reddy 11th September, hb, £19.99, 9781788494113 With poems by WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Katharine Tynan, Lady Wilde and Lady Gregory, Johnathan Swift and many others.
Otter-Barry Books
The Star Whale Nicola Davies, Petr Horáček (illus) 7th September, hb, £16.99, 9781915659095 Two major talents combine in what will
Nosy Crow
surely become a treasured item celebrating nature.
Welcome to Wild Town Dom Conlon, AF Harrold 10th August, pb, £8.99, 9781915659125 Exciting poetry adventure by two of the UK’s most popular poets.
A Whale of a Time Lou Peacock, Matt Hunt (illus) 14th September, hb, £25, 9781839942013 Brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems for laughter all year round.
The Shape of Rainbows Neal Zetter, Will Hughes (illus) 11th January, pb, £8.99, 9781915659163 Brimming with wit, fun and entertainment, Zetter’s new and varied collection offers non-stop entertainment, heightened by wild and wacky illustrations.
Scholastic Non-Fiction
A Sign-along Songbook: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 12th October, pb, £6.99, 9780702325427 Discover simple BSL with charming artwork demonstrating signs for this favourite rhyme.
The Emma Press
’Tis the Season Richard Jones (illus) 14th September, board, £19.99, 9781839946868 Count down to Christmas with well-loved poets. Classic collection opens up to reveal a beautiful, fold-out concertina scene.
O’Brien Press
Eggenwise and Other Poems Andrea Davidson, Amy Louise Evans (illus) 19th October, pamphlet, eb, £8.99, 9781915628091 Davidson explores moving to a different country, learning a new language, growing up and falling in love through poems that delight in a curious, atten- tive perception of the everyday.
Walker Books
Honey for You, Honey for Me Chris Riddell (illus), Michael Rosen (ed) 5th October, pb, £9.99, 9781529504309 From two Children’s Laureates, the bestselling team behind A Great Big Cuddle, comes a first book of nursery rhymes, now available in paperback.
Wide Eyed Editions
Poetry Prompts Joseph Coelho, Georgie Birkett (illus), Amanda Quartey (illus), Grasya Oliyko (illus), Viola Wang (illus) 12th October, pb, £9.99, 9780711285118 Discover 40 ways to write a poem with this fabulous resource for creative writing, with an emphasis on performing poems out loud.
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