POETRY, PLAYS & SONGS
Samels (illus) 24th March, noveltybook, £6.99, 9781503765313 Shaped pages reveal rainbow colours and their meanings on the LGBTQ+ pride flag.
Titan Books
Garbage Pail Kids Official Tarot Deck and Guidebook Miran Kim, Minerva Siegel 5th April, noveltybook, £22.99, 9781803360638 Bring the wacky and weird world of the Garbage Pail Kids into your tarot practice with this illustrated deck.
Usborne
Listen and Read: The Three Little Pigs Raffaella Ligi (illus), Lesley Sims 3rd March, board, £9.99, 9781474989558 Lively retelling of the much-loved tale with sound buttons on page allowing readers to hear the story read aloud.
Pop-up Butterflies Laura Cowan, Monica Garofalo (illus) 31st March, board, £11.99, 9781474992336 Celebrate the beauty of butterflies with this meticulously crafted book. Pop-ups show butterflies emerging from the chrysa- lis and moving their wings along with the biggest butterfly in the world depicted at actual size.
Pets Sound Book Federica Iossa (illus), Sam Taplin 3rd March, board, £12.99, 9781474994699 Press the pages to hear purring cats, playful dogs and other pets come to life. With bright illustra- tions, fingertrails and lots to spot on every page.
Who Let the Dinosaurs Out? Sam Taplin, Jenny Hilborne (illus), Fred Blunt (illus) 23rd June, board, £12.99, 9781474997751 Giggles guaranteed with this ticklish pop-up book, with dinosaurs springing out from behind every flap. A spectacular pop-up at the end reveals all the dinosaurs together.
Sleepytime Music Sam Taplin 26th May, board, £12.99, 9781474997805 Help little ones drift off to sleep with this book of soothing classical tunes and enchanting animal artwork.
SERIES
Usborne First Jigsaws Matthew Oldham, Elisa Ferro (illus) pb, £7.99, 97814749980 Great for developing problem-solving and visual recognition skills, these boxed sets contain eight two-piece jigsaws and an accompanying book. Garden 31st March, vol 2 48 Bugs 3rd March, vol 1 86 Dinosaurs 23rd June, 9781801313605
SERIES
Usborne Book and Jigsaw 3rd February, pb, £9.99, 97818013109 Hours of entertainment guaranteed with these brilliant boxed sets, each containing a 200-piece jigsaw and a maze book. Under the Sea Maze Sam Smith, Valeria Danilova (illus) vol 2 18 Space Maze Sam Smith, Fermin Solis (illus) vol 1 25
SERIES
Farmyard Tales Poppy and Sam Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (illus) 23rd June, pb, £7.99, 97818013184 Join Poppy and Sam for lots of fun on Apple Tree Farm with these charming boxed sets, containing three nine-piece jigsaws and a story book. Animals vol 1 71 Trains vol 3 88 Tractors vol 2 95
Dance With the Unicorns Sam Taplin, Ana Martin Larranaga (illus) 23rd June, board, £12.99, 9781474997775 With five catchy tunes to dance along to, this magical novelty book is guaranteed to get little children moving and grooving.
SERIES
Tat’s not my Book and Toy Rachel Wells (illus), Fiona Watt 3rd March, boxed pack, £16, 97818013196 Perfect Easter gifts, these boxed sets contain a touchy-feely book and a matching plush toy. That’s not my Bunny vol 1 76 That’s not my Chick vol 2 83
Walker Books
No, Nancy, No! Alice Tait 5th May, hb, £14.99, 9781406394382 Nancy and her sausage dog Roger return for a summery and mischievous day at the beach.
Jeppo Finds His Friends Ingela P Arrhenius 3rd February, hb, £7.99, 9781406398717 Jeppo At the Sleepover Ingela P Arrhenius 2nd June, hb, £7.99, 9781406398724 Vibrant, colourful lift- the-flap books by the immensely popular Arrhenius starring the young tiger Jeppo and his friends.
Wide Eyed Editions
Smile Out Loud Joseph Coelho, Daniel Gray-Barnett 10th May, hb, £12.99, 9780711271791 A book to help children build their confidence reading poems aloud and manifesting happiness and joy for themselves and the audiences they choose to read to.
Y Lolfa
Find the Dragon! Lost in Welsh Legends Huw Aaron 4th February, vol 2, pb, £4.99, 9781800991415 Follow-up to the best- selling Find the Dragon. Find the baby dragon and other items hiding in amusing, colourful scenes from Welsh myths and legends.
Poetry, plays & songs
Arcturus
Shakespeare’s Tales Retold for Children Samantha Newman, Ceej Rowland (illus) 1st July, multiple item, £34.99, 9781398813700 Beautifully illustrated box set brings the Bard’s timeless tales to life for a younger generation. Ideal- for children aged 7+.
Graffeg
Grow, Tree, Grow! Anastasia Izlesou (illus), Dom Conlon 5th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781802580761 Meet Oak, growing taller each year as he becomes a home for a hundred different species of insect and plants and finds his place in a rich forest..
Hodder Children’s Books
Follow That Word John Agard, Momoko Abe 26th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781444964974 The father of performance poetry with a collection of riotously funny poems celebrating imagination and the true diversity of language, illustrated throughout by Abe.
Ink Road
I Wish I Knew Donna Ashworth 10th March, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781785303791 Ashworth is the wordsmith behind the social media phenomenon Ladies Pass It On. I Wish I Knew is a personal collection of poems for young people addressing contemporary issues.
Little Tiger Group
Sing a Song of Kindness Becky Davies, Ciara Ni Dhuinn (illus) 3rd March, board, £7.99, 9781801041904 Rediscover favourite nursery rhymes, adapted to celebrate kindness and compassion. Perfect for sharing aloud, this wonderfully illustrated collection reminds us that a little kindness makes the world a better place.
Once Upon a Big Idea James Carter, Margaux Carpentier (illus) 14th April, hb, £11.99, 9781838913939 Travel from the Stone Age to our modern world in this joyful rhyming-text journey of discovery and find out about all manner of amazing creations that humans have invented over time.
Macmillan Children’s Books
The Scattered Life of Ferren Burke Steven Camden 12th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529067767 Very funny, warm, engag- ing verse novel full of heart and emotion.
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year Allie Esiri (ed) 31st March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781529005035 Inspirational collection of Shakespeare’s best work to keep you company for every day of your life.
She Will Soar Ana Sampson, Ana Sampson (ed) 3rd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529040067 Travel the world with this beautiful collection of powerful poetry.
Poems for 7 Year Olds AF Harrold 3rd February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529065220 Poems for 8 Year Olds Matt Goodfellow 9781529065305 The perfect poetry collections for young wordsmiths.
Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes Axel Scheffler 28th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529055689 Beautiful gift treasury of over 50 nursery rhymes from the illustrator of The Gruffalo.
Methuen Drama
Monologues and Duologues for Young Performers Emma-Louise McCauley-Tinniswood 19th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781350283725 Original collection of monologues, duologues and scenes for young actors with accompanying teacher notes and games, exercises and activities.
Otter-Barry Books
Where Do Wishes Go? Debra Bertulis, Jess
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Mason (illus) 3rd March, pb, £7.99, 9781913074395 Exciting début collection of poems for children full of magic, adventure, humour and empathy.
An Imaginary Menagerie Roger McGough 7th July, pb, £7.99, 9781913074593 New edition of McGough’s classic collection of animal poems, from newts with flutes to boister- ous baboons in hot-air balloons. With his own illustrations.
Puffin
My First Poem and Other Voices Roger McGough 17th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780241527603 Brand new collection for children from best- loved poet, writer and broadcaster.
Walker Books
Ready for Spaghetti Michael Rosen, Polly Dunbar (illus) 2nd June, hb, £14.99, 9781406377644 Former Children’s Laure- ate and award-winning artist join forces for an irresistible new book of rhymes, inviting readers into a toddler’s world over the course of a day.
John Agard’s Windrush Child John Agard, Sophie Bass (illus) 7th April, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529501124 Movingly evocative story of a child’s journey to England on board Empire Windrush from an interna- tionally celebrated, multi- award-winning poet and an extraordinary début illustrator.
Marshmallow Clouds Ted Kooser, Connie Wanek, Richard Jones (illus) 7th April, hb, £14.99, 9781529507072 Captivating collection of poetry explores the wonders of nature in a spirited and magical way.
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