Thursday, 2 May 2024

New May Picture Books

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Take a look at a selection of our new picture books coming out in May! Click on the images for more information about each book.

 New Hardback Releases

Grey by Laura Dockrill and Lauren Child


Watch Laura Dockrill read an extract from Grey:


Click the image below to download Grey teachers' notes:


To the End of the World, Far, Far Away by Ronda Armitage, Victoria Turnbull (illus.)


Big Gorilla: A Book of Opposites by Anthony Browne


The Spaceman by Randy Cecil


Earnest Sandpiper's Great Ascent by Timothy Basil Ering


Maisy Goes for an Eye Test by Lucy Cousins



New Paperback Releases

Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis


Watch the trailer:


The Princess and the (Greedy) Pea by Leigh Hodgkinson


My Bollywood Dream by Avani Dwivedi


National Theatre: Lola Saves the Show by Katherine Halligan, Guilherme Karsten (illus.)


A Bed of Stars by Jessica Love



Planet Football by Michelle Robinson, Chris Mould (illus.)


No, Nancy, No! A Seaside Adventure by Alice Tait


New Board Book Releases

Little Fish's Opposites by Lucy Cousins


Giggles! by Sally Symes, Nick Sharratt (illus.)


All of our May picture books are available from all good booksellers!