FICTION 7-9 DK Children
WWE Rule the Ring! 8th July, pb, £6.99, 9780241467602 Featuring doodle-style cartoons, wild art and lively text, this book can encourage reluctant readers to discover what it takes to battle the fiercest WWE Superstars.
Lego Star Wars Yoda’s Galaxy Atlas Simon Hugo 1st April, hb, £12.99, 9780241467657 With Jedi Master Yoda as their tour guide, young readers can meet heroes, villains, and fascinating creatures in this entertaining atlas. Includes exclusive minifigure.
Marvel Can the Hulk Lift a House? 1st April, pb, £6.99, 9780241467664 What’s the farthest distance Spider-Man can sling a web? Can Iron Man fly faster than a space rocket? This book answers more than 50 burning questions for young Marvel fans.
Star Wars Join the Rebellion 3rd June, pb, £6.99, 9780241469361 Discover what it really takes to join your favourite heroes in the Rebel Alliance in this fun illustrated guide. Targeted at reluctant readers.
Marvel Spider-man Swing into Action! 3rd June, pb, £6.99, 9780241469712 Discover what it really takes to be a web-slinging, wisecracking, fearless super-hero in this fun illustrated guide.
Egmont SERIES
Real Pigeons Andrew McDonald, Ben Wood (illus) pb, eb, £6.99 Real Pigeons Eat Danger 8th July, vol 2, 9780755501359 Real Pigeons Fight Crime 4th March, vol 1, 9780755501335 Bestselling young fiction series swoops in on the UK. Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!
Minecraft: Last Block Standing Nick Eliopulos
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3rd February, pb, eb, £5.99, 9781405299688 Book six in the official fiction series for readers age 7+. Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi return for their final adventure in the world of Minecraft.
heroes are on an adventure to Egypt and the Pyramids looking for a treasure hidden centuries ago by a legendary knight known as the Lonely Assassin.
Firefly Press
Rainbow Grey and the Weather Magic Laura Ellen Anderson 27th May, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781405298728 Ten-year-old Ray Grey lives in the magical Isles of Celestia. Her life is changed forever when she develops amazing rainbow powers, but can these powers save the world.
Faber & Faber
Picklewitch & Jack and the Sea Wizard’s Secret Claire Barker, Teemu Juhani (illus) 4th March, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780571335220 Jack is excited about a school trip to the seaside to hunt for fossils. Picklewitch isn’t impressed until she discovers the Sea Wizard, whose lair hides amazing treasure.
Two Terrible Vikings Francesca Simon, Steve May (illus) 4th February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780571349494 Set in the snowy fjords of a Viking kingdom, the story follows twins Hack and Whack who are adored by their parents for causing havoc and demonstrating that they are the best worst vikings.
Bad Panda
Sheena Dempsey (illus), Swapna Haddow 1st July, pb, eb, £5.99, 9780571352418 Everyone thinks Lin is the cutest panda in the world. But Lin hates being cute and will do anything to prove she’s the baddest, most uncute animal in the zoo.
Indiana Bones Harry Heape, Rebecca Bagley (illus) 1st April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780571353507 In their first case our
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Grace-ella: Pixie Pandemonium Sharon-Marie Jones 17th June, pb, eb, £5.99, 9781913102623 When pixie Buddy smuggles himself into her back pack after witch camp, Grace-Ella lets him stay even though her cat tells her pixies are trouble.
Five Quills
Lottie Loves Nature: Bird Alert Jane Clarke, James Brown (illus) 3rd June, pb, £6.99, 9781912923090 Lottie discovers a bird’s nest. But one little sparrow has fallen out and the neighbours’ cat is on the prowl. Will Lottie be able to rescue the chick in time?
Franklin Watts SERIES
Reading Champion
Monster Max and the Bobble Hat of Forgetting Robin Bennett, Tom Tinn-Disbury 18th February, pb, £5.99, 9781913102333 Irresistible mix of slapstick and action-adventure, packed full of chases, inventions, battles and bum jokes. First in a series for 7-9s. Max turns into a monster if he burps.
pb, eb, £4.99, 97814451 The Joker Kay Woodward, Alex Paterson (illus) 8th April, vol 23 68838 How Elephant Learnt Some Manners Cath Jones, Tomislav Zlatic (illus) 27th May, vol 11 68869 Grandpa’s Garden Damian Harvey, Beatriz Castro (illus) 13th February, vol 8 71821 Vixen Penny Dolan, Katie Rewse (illus) 13th February, vol 32 71845 David and Goliath Katie Dale, Shahab Shamshirsaz (illus) 8th April, vol 4 72385 Guinea Pigs on the Loose Cath Jones, Alex Patrick (illus) 22nd April, vol 9 72392 The Blackout Jenny Jinks, Dan Widdowson (illus) 22nd April, vol 16 72408 Birthday Riddles Katie Dale, Lee Cosgrove (illus) 13th May, vol 1 72415 The Cookie Thief Jenny Jinks, Andy Catling (illus) 13th May, vol 17 72422 The Headmaster Disaster Katie Dale, Sarah Hoyle (illus) 27th May, vol 22 72545 The Emperor and the Seed Katie Dale, Le Nhat Vu (illus) 10th June, vol 18 72552 The Mystery of the Haunted House Katie Dale,
Sian James (illus) 10th June, vol 28 72569
Glooscap and the Baby Caroline Walker, Teresa Martinez (illus) 24th June, vol 6 72576 The Snow Globe Adventure Caroline Walker, Sara Ugolotti (illus) 24th June, vol 30 72583 Puss in Boots Jill Atkins, Shahab Shamshirsaz (illus) 13th May, hb,eb, vol 14 £8.99, 74006 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Penny Dolan, Braden Hallett (illus) 13th May, hb, eb, vol 31 £8.99, 74167 The Golden Beetle 24th June, hb, eb, vol 21 £8.99, 74181 The Moon Cake 24th June, hb, eb, vol 27 £8.99, 74204 Series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills.
Gecko Press
Can You Whistle, Johanna? Ulf Stark, Anna Hoeglund,
Julia Marshall 1st February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781776573264 Funny and sensitive illustrated chapter book about two boys searching for a grandfather and friendship across generations.
Graffeg
A Winning Wednesday Karl Davies (illus), Roy Noble 11th March, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781913733490 As the next Wednesday rolls around, Rhodri, Idris and Dylan the dog set out to achieve their goals.
Greenwillow Books
Amelia Bedelia & Friends Mind Their Manners Herman Parish, Lynne Avril 1st April, pb, £4.99, 9780062961891 Fifth book in a new arc in the New York Times bestselling chapter book series.
Guppy SERIES
Ghost Scouts Taylor Dolan 4th February, pb, eb, £6.99
Hullabaloo At Camp Croak! 9781913101138 Welcome to Camp Croak! 9781913101572 Funny two-colour illustrated books about a summer camp with a very dramatic difference. For young readers graduating from picture books.
Brian Smith 10th June, pb, £6.99, 9780062981226 Pea and Bee finally teach their good pal Jay to do the one thing he’s always wanted: learn how to fly.
HarperCollins
The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian 3: The Uncommon Cold Jonathan Messinger, Aleksei Bitskoff 1st April, pb, £4.99, 9780062932204 Finn Caspian, his robot Foggy, and Explorer Troop 301 get trapped on a planet full of viral robots. A story about best friends growing up on a space station.
Sparkleton 4: The Weirdest Wish Calliope Glass 27th May, pb, £4.99, 9780062948007 Sparkleton goes one on one with a wish-granting magical hat in the fourth book of this full-colour HarperChapters series about a unicorn who’ll do anything to get wish- granting magic—except- his homework.
Trouble At Table 5 No 5: Trouble to the Max Tom Watson 27th May, pb, £4.99, 9780063004498 Simon and his friends test the laws of physics to get out of trouble.
It’s Raining Tacos! Parry Gripp 8th July, hb, £12.99, 9780063006478 Silly tale in the vein of Mo Willems and Sandra Boynton, based on the kid-favourite, smash hit YouTube song by Parry Gripp.
13th Street 5: Tussle With the Tooting Tarantulas David Bowles 27th May, pb, £4.99, 9780063009585 Malia, Ivan, and Dante return to 13th Street to help their new friends battle giant farting spiders.
Will Jakeman and His Marvellous Mechanimals Nick Ward 13th May, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781913101503 Will Jakemen is an inventor renowned for his incredible machines that have uses out of this world. This extraordinary book reveals the secrets behind his Marvellous Mechanimals.
HarperAlley Pea, Bee, & Jay 3: Lift off
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Lottie Luna and the Giant Gargoyle Nathan Reed (illus), Vivian French 4th February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780008343071 When Lottie the werewolf’s school holds its talent competition, she finds that she might just have to use her skills if she’s going to help her friends save the day.
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