Books - Children

• Eric Huang, illus Phung Nguyen Quang
• Little Tiger
• ISBN13: 9781788957571
• Published: 08-01-2026

The Heavenly Palace is in uproar! Biao the tiger has gone missing and there's no Year of the Tiger without her. Ming and Miaow are sent to find her - but bringing her back might just be their most difficult mission yet. Focused and stubborn, Biao hasn't got time for silly things like th...

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• Neal Zetter, Will Hughes
• Otter-Barry Books
• ISBN13: 9781915659873
• Published: 08-01-2026

Small poems are fabulous funSo I thought I would write this oneIt will not be too long I thinkCos my pen has run out of Only Neal Zetter could create a collection of short poems that includes 'The Loooooooooongest Poem in the Universe'. His new volume makes a great int...

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• Michael Catchpool, illus Shanarama
• Otter-Barry Books
• ISBN13: 9781915659880
• Published: 08-01-2026

The first in a funny and lively new chapter book series - Maple Street. Written for first readers, about a Black British extended family - Jake, older sister Ellie, little brother Sam, Mum, Dad and Grandad, all living in Maple Street. Jake in the Middle has four deligh...

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• Rebecca Stead
• Andersen Press
• ISBN13: 9781839137815
• Published: 01-01-2026

From the winner of the Newbery Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize comes a fast-paced coming-of-age novel - with aliens. Nathan never understood what was 'fun' about secrets, probably because he's always had to keep a very big one. Although he appears to be a ty...

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• Mo O'Hara, illus Aya Kakeda
• Andersen Press
• ISBN13: 9781839136306
• Published: 01-01-2026

It's time for Bee Camp!  Honey and her friends are taking the little bees camping. Honey teaches the little bees to trust themselves and 'bee themselves'. There are sweet treats, games, and camp light stories. But when danger strikes, can the bees work together to get safely b...

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• Emma Green
• Usborne
• ISBN13: 9781836045663
• Published: 01-01-2026

Hedley has always played it safe, especially since the night that changed his life for ever. But when his friend Aiden steals an alpaca, Hedley is dragged on a runaway road trip that he did NOT sign up for:An accidental robbery. A night in a haunted wood. And becoming internet famo...

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• Rowan Foxwood, illus Crystal Kung
• Usborne
• ISBN13: 9781803707389
• Published: 01-01-2026

Beware the firebird who grants wishes . . . they come at a terrible price. Lavender Wild is a magpie girl - she grows feathers, talks to birds and has a talent for finding lost things. But stuck in her tiny village, she wishes for freedom. So when her ex-friend Kit realizes his dad...

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• Iszi Lawrence
• Bloomsbury Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781801996068
• Published: 01-01-2026

A hilarious tale of hijinks, cows and a well-meaning sister with a comical culture clash between Anglo-Saxons and Normans.  It's 1086 CE in Anglo-Saxon England and young Nora has learned that her older sister is being forced to marry a Norman. How can she prevent this f...

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