September Picture Books

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

New in Hardback

Alphonse, You're Ruining the Show! by Daisy Hirst

New in Paperback 

Vlad The Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z. Drago

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Steve and Maggie: Maggie's Birthday by Steve and Maggie, Illustrated by Sr. Sanchez

Monster Post by Emma Yarlett

King Lion by Emma Yarlett

Count the Stars by Raewyn Caisley, Illustrated by Gabriel Evans

Witch in Training by Michelle Robinson, Illustrated by Briony May Smith

Peace on Earth by Smriti Halls, Illustrated by David Litchfield

The Queen in the Cave by Júlia Sardà

The Woman Who Turned Children Into Birds by David Almond, Illustrated by Laura Carlin

Betty and the Mysterious Visitor by Anne Twist, Illustrated by Emily Sutton

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Grotti by Leonie Lord

New In Board Books

Maisy Loves Water by Lucy Cousins

Maisy Loves Birds by Lucy Cousins

Ada, Are You Ready? by Daishu Ma

Ada, Look at my Teeth? by Daishu Ma

Dinosaurs by Ingela P. Arrhenius 

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

New August Picture Books

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

New Hardback Releases

The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston


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Telling the Time with Anna: First Skills by Vivian French, Ya-Ling Huang (illus.)


Mr Lepron's Mystery Soup by Giovanna Zoboli, Mariachiara Di Giorgio (illus.)


Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo


Rising: A Shabbat Baking Story by Sidura Ludwig, Sophia Vincent Guy (illus.)

New Paperback Releases

Fart Zoo by Leigh Hodgkinson


You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems by Sean Taylor, Sam Usher (illus.)

Space Pirate Bears by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by Jez Tuya

Hummingbird by Nicola Davies, Jane Ray (illus.)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Other Stories by Lucy Cousins

Loveykins by Quentin Blake

Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Yas Imamura (illus.)

Our Gorgeous Baby by Smriti Halls, Eve Coy (illus.)

Oh, Are You Awake? by Bob Shea, Jarvis (illus.)


The Underhills: A Tooth Fairy Story by Bob Graham


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

New July Picture Books

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

New Hardback Releases

Olu's Teacher by Jamel C. Campbell, Lydia Mba (illus.)

Wild Blue by Dashka Slater, Laura Hughes (illus.)

Aisha's Colours by Nabila Adani

The Seal on the Beach by Mara Bergman, Brita Granström (illus.)

The Repair Shop Stories: The Birthday Bike by Amy Sparkes, Katie Hickey (illus.)

We're Moving House by Mick Jackson, Rashin Kheriyeh (illus.)

Mermaid Lullaby by Kenneth Kraegel

New Paperback Releases

Rabbit on the Rampage by Lorna Watson, Rikin Parekh (illus.)

The Happy Hut by Tim Hopgood

A Boy, His Dog and the Sea by Anthony Browne

I am Wriggly by Michael Rosen, Robert Starling (illus.)

All Around Me: A First Book of Childhood by Shirley Hughes

This is a School by John Schu, Veronica Miller Jamison (illus.)

Today is for You! by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Kevin Waldron (illus.)

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

New June Picture Books

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

New Hardback Releases

Bartie Bristle and Other Stories by The Teddy Bear Ladies Julie Tatchell and Amanda Middleditch, Elke Boschinger (illus.)

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Pavlo Gets the Grumps by Natalia Shaloshvili

The Wild Beastie by Helen Kellock

Dive, Dive into the Night Sea by Thea Lu

the Night Whale by Bryher Mackenzie, Gillian Eilidh O'Mara (illus.)

Smelly Peggy by Helen Stephens 

A Cedric and Boo Book: Two Birthdays by Tim Hopgood

Luigi: The Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (illus.)

New Paperback Releases

Gorgeously Me! by Jonathan Van Ness, Kamala Nair (illus.)

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Natterjack Toad Can't Believe It! by Sean Taylor, Kathryn Durst (illus.)

Ready for Spaghetti: Funny Poems for Funny Kids by Michael Rosen, Polly Dunbar (illus.)

I Really Want to be a Cat by Helen Hancocks

Grandpa is Here by Tanya Rosie, Chuck Groenink (illus.)

Goodnight, Little Bookshop by Amy Cherrix, E. B. Goodale (illus.)

The Mermaid Moon by Briony May Smith

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