ART & MUSIC/GEOGRAPHY Boxer Art & Music
Animal Portraits Lucie Brunelliere 23rd May, board, £9.99, 9781915801821 Fabulous, large-format, 34-page board book, full of bold and colourful animal portraits, from mice to elephants, pandas to reindeer.
Arcturus SERIES
Draw and Discover Corinna Keefe, Ana Peake (illus) 1st April, pb, £7.99, 97813988286 Delightful books combine easy-to-follow, step-by-step drawing projects with fascinating facts alongside so young readers can hone their art skills as they learn.
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The Complete Guide to Drawing Manga and Comics Anthony Williams (illus), Leo Campos (illus), Seb Camagejevac (illus), Nigel Dobbyn (illus) et al 1st June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398837652 Comprehensive guide packed with techniques, exercises in stages and tips based on the illustrations of five acclaimed comic artists. Covers styles from manga and superheroes to fantasy and horror.
BC Books SERIES
My First Colouring Book
Eilidh Muldoon 4th April, pb, £7.99, 97817802786 Scotland 36
Simple illustrations of a variety of Scottish themes including castles, country dancers, bagpipes, the Loch Ness Monster, and much more. Scottish Animals 43
Puffins, ducks, garden birds, hedgehogs and hares all ready for colouring in.
Big Picture Press
Music Eva Wong Nava, Eleonora Marton (illus) 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9781800786455 Bright and busy book provides a fun first look at music and is jam-packed with things for busy little fingers to try.
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I Am an Artist Doro Globus, Rose Blake (illus) 7th March, hb, £15.95, 9781644231210 Follow-up to the popular Making a Great Exhibition offers young creatives exciting insights into the many ways artists work and the reasons they make art.
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Beyoncé
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Jade Orlando (illus) 4th April, hb, £9.99, 9780711292130 Part of the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series tells the inspiring story of one of the world’s most iconic performers.
Gecko Press
Sounds Good!: Discover 50 Instruments Ole Könnecke, Hans Könnecke, Melody Shaw (tr) 1st March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781776575558 Interactive introduction to musical instruments, from the kazoo to the bassoon. Light-hearted, engaging and with 50 original compositions to listen to via a QR code.
Ladybird
Bluey: How to Draw 18th July, pb, £7.99, 9780241675359 Fans can draw their favourite Bluey characters using this step-by-step guide.
Nosy Crow
Scholastic Non-Fiction
A Sign-along Songbook: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 14th March, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780702325427 Everyone can join in with a first performance of the evergreen nursey rhyme in this sing- and sign-along introduction to British Sign Language.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books
Look What You Made Me Do Kat McKenna 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398532809 What does it mean to be a fan? From the history of fandom to the current obsessive landscape, this zeitgeisty guide explores everything from stalkers to super fans.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books Audio
Look What You Made Me Do Kat McKenna 9th May, audiofile, £9.99, 9781398532816 Details above.
Templar Publishing
This Book Will Make You an Artist Ruth Millington,
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Children’s
Raising the Roof Jack Pepper, Michele Bruttomesso (illus) 6th June, hb, £16.99, 9781787419285 Composer and broad- caster Jack Pepper intro- duces the world of
Ellen Surrey (illus) 1st February, hb, £14.99, 9781839944758 Explore 25 art techniques inspired by groundbreak- ing artists.
Owlet Press
Unstoppable Artists Loll Kirby 2nd April, pb, £7.99, 9781913339371 If we want to change the world, we need to do things differently, just like the unstoppable artists in this book. So, rise up, make art and break the mould.
Phaidon Press
The Art Book for Children Ferren Gipson, Amanda Renshaw, Gilda Williams 15th June, hb, £19.96, 9781838667863 Much-anticipated combined, revised and expanded edition.
classical music and its colourful characters as never seen before.
Tuttle Publishing
Kawaii Doodles Yuu 3rd May, pb, £14.99, 9784805317815 Doodling is cute and creative, the very essence of Kawaii culture. Japanese illustrator Yuu is known for her style and here’s a chance to draw like her, in four easy steps.
Union Square Kids
Tagging Freedom Rhonda Roumani 22nd February, hb, £12.99, 9781454950714 pb, £7.99, 9781454950721 Kareem roams Damascus secretly tagging messages of freedom. He is sent to stay with his American cousin Samira, who has to choose between social approval and loyalty to Kareem and activism.
Workman Children’s
Paint by Sticker Kids: Rainforest Animals 4th April, pb, £8.99, 9781523524365 Vibrant new title with 10 rainforest animal images, such as sloth and jaguar, to complete. Mess-free activity book for 5 and up.
Geography
where they used to live in the wild.
Faber & Faber Andersen Press
Who Makes an Ocean? Sally Nicholls, Carolina Rabei (illus) 6th June, pb, £7.99, 9781839131318 Take a trip to the Sea Museum with Dad and find out how the oceans came to be and why they’re so important to our planet.
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Finding Home: Amazing Places Animals Live Mike Unwin,
Jenni Desmond (illus) 20th June, hb, £16.99, 9781526638281 Celebration of animals and their drive to survive, no matter the odds. An eye-opening exploration of how animals find shelter in every nook and cranny on Earth, from the obvious to the unusual.
Don’t Panic! We Can Save the Planet James Campbell, Rob Jones (illus) 15th February, pb, £7.99, 9781526658944 Light-hearted look at the problems facing planet Earth. Useful for educat- ing and comforting children.
Cicada Books
At the Top of the World Ed J Brown 23rd May, hb, £16.99, 9781800660472 Reach the heights of Earth’s most extreme landscapes.
Collins
Flags of the World 6th June, pb, £6.99, 9780008663513 The design and colours of every single country’s flag, with lots of fascinating facts and stats along the way.
Wilder Planet 11th April, hb, £12.99, 9780008664503 Rewilding and conservation projects from around the world in an inspirational book. Details species that have been brought back to
Nature’s Fascinating Friendships Mike Hills, Kerry Hyndman (illus) 4th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780571372591 How animals, plants and microscopic organisms develop unlikely friendships to survive and thrive, from ravens and wolves to trees and fungi.
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Tenzing Norgay Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Bandana Tulachan (illus) 1st February, hb, £9.99, 9780711285705 From the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, this tells the story of the brave mountain climber who got to the top of Mount Everest.
Hodder Children’s Books
SERIES
African Stories Ken Wilson-Max 11th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 978144497 Inspired by traditional African stories, this vibrant animal adventure series is perfect for curious little ones. Once Upon a Lion Chantelle Thorne (illus), Burgen Thorne (illus) vol 4 4980 Once Upon an Elephant Subi Bosa (illus) vol 2 5000 Once Upon a Giraffe Tumi Katrien Steyn (illus) vol 1 5024 Once Upon a Hippo Zinelda McDonald (illus) vol 3 5048 Once Upon a Zebra Toby Newsome (illus) vol 5 5062
Quarry Books
Extreme Weather for Kids Matthew Cappucci, Stephanie Hathaway (illus) 28th March, pb, £14.99, 9780760385142 Tour of the world’s wildest weather and natural disasters —what they are, what makes them, how to prepare, and how humans are involved with them.
Templar Publishing
Paper World: Ocean Gail Armstrong (illus), Ruth Symons 29th February, hb, £16.99, 9781800783317
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