SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Stevie Wonder, Megan Rapinoe and Michelle Obama.
Little Tiger Group, 1 April, hb, £11.99, 9781838911591
Picture books Follow the adventures of
four boys as they grow up, forming bonds of friendship to last a lifetime. A companion to The Girls, which won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
“wobbler” is out of control. From one of my favourite picture-book creators comes the hilarious story of one big bad mood—and how to make it go away.
about a little dog who is cruelly snatched from his family. Also from Lewis comes the beautiful Swan Song (Barrington Stoke, February).
Katie Daynes, Kirsti Beautyman (illus) What is a Virus? Usborne, 4 March, hb, £9.99, 9781474991513
Science Our lives have been taken over by a tiny
germ we can’t even see. Usborne demystifies a tricky topic in typically friendly and accessible style. New in the excellent Lift the Flap First Questions and Answers series.
Ben Brooks, Nigel Baines (illus) Not All Heroes Wear Capes Wren & Rook, 18 March, pb, £9.99, 9781526362896
PSHE & Citizenship
Brooks follows his bestselling Dare to Be Different titles
with an empowering guide to ordinary people doing extraordinary things, with comic-book style art. In June comes the paperback of The Greatest Inventor, illustrated by George Ermos.
April
Julia Donaldson, Yuval Zommer (illus) The Woolly Bear Caterpillar Macmillan Children’s Books, 15 April, hb, £12.99, 9781529012187
Picture books Donaldson collaborates
Barry Timms, Ged Adamson (illus) This is Not a Unicorn! Nosy Crow, 1 April, pb, £6.99, 9781839942884
Picture books Meet a unicorn even more
magical than most as a shape- shifting horn takes readers on a riot of imagination, transforming into a wand, a key, a space rocket and more. Clever word play makes it a dream to read aloud. For fans of magical creatures and the Oi books alike.
with Zommer for the first time in a minibeast twist on the Ugly Duckling story. Look out too for paperbacks of What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside (illustrated by Lydia Monks, March) and The Hospital Dog (illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, May).
Rachel Bright, Jim Field (illus) The Whale Who Wanted More Orchard Books, 29 April, hb, £12.99, 9781408349236
Picture books From the creators of The
Lion Inside comes a stunning under-water tale of friendship, community and discovery. Look out too for the paperback of Field’s author-illustrated picture book Monsieur Roscoe on Holiday (Hodder, June).
Zadie Smith & Nick Laird, Magenta Fox (illus) Weirdo Puffin, 15 April, hb, £12.99, 9780241449608
Picture books Bestselling authors Zadie
Smith and Nick Laird make their picture book début with this “warm and endearing” story celebrating the quiet power of being different.
James Catchpole, Karen George (illus) What Happened to You? Faber & Faber, 1 April, pb, £6.99, 9780571358311
Picture books The first ever picture book,
says Faber, addressing how a disabled child might want to be spoken to. Based upon the author’s own experience of being a visibly disabled child, this fills a real gap in representation.
Ele Fountain Melt
Pushkin Children’s Books, 29 April, pb, £7.99, 9781782692881
Fiction 9–12 A breathless adventure story
of courage and survival in a warming climate, set in the Arctic tundra. Fountain has a real talent for thought- provoking contemporary fiction with strong child appeal; Boy 87 and Lost come highly recommended.
Michelle Paver Skin Taker Zephyr an imprint of Head of Zeus, 1 April, hb, £12.99, 9781789542417
Fiction 9–12 Danger, magic and non-stop
adventure await Torak, Renn and Wolf in a devastating Dark Time that threatens everything they know. This follows the superb Viper’s Daughter.
Radiya Hafiza, Rhaida El Touny & Areeba Siddique (illus) Rumaysa: A Fairytale Macmillan Children’s Books, 1 April, pb, £6.99, 9781529038309
Fiction 9–12 Three classic fairytales are
woven into one adventure set in a magical version of South Asia, starring a girl who lets down her hijab to escape from a tall tower. Empowering and funny, says Macmillan, with a strong sense of sisterhood.
David Almond, David Litchfield (illus) Bone Music Hodder Children’s Books, 1 April, hb, £12.99, 9781444952919
Fiction 12–16 In the wild and extraordinary
Vashti Hardy, George Ermos (illus) Harley Hitch 1: Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest Scholastic, 1 April, pb, £6.99, 9780702302558
Fiction 7–9 The first younger readers series from
the Blue Peter Award winner follows inventor Harley Hitch in the world of Inventia, where science rules and technology grows in the forest. In July comes Crowfall, for readers aged nine to 12.
Nadia Shireen Barbara Throws a Wobbler Jonathan Cape, 15 April, pb, £6.99, 9781780081366
Lauren Ace, Jenny Løvlie (illus) The Boys
12
Picture books Barbara is having one
of those days, and now her The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Children’s
landscapes of Northumberland, a girl reconnects with the ancient past and discovers what it really means to be young in the world today. A standalone novel from the Carnegie Medal- winning author of Skellig.
Gill Lewis A Street Dog Named Pup David Fickling Books, 1 April, hb, £10.99, 9781788452182
Fiction 9–12 The unique bond between humans
and animals is celebrated in an “utterly heartwarming” novel
Sara Barnard Destination Anywhere Macmillan Children’s Books, 15 April, pb, £7.99, 9781529003581
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