Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring – January, February, March, April, and May – 2019. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction for children aged 5-12.
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Spring 2019 new children’s books – our recommendations
Picture books
Tad by Benji Davies
Cloud Forest by Victoria Turnbull
The Green Giant by Katie Cottle
The Go-Away Bird by Julia Donaldson
Super Sloth by Robert Starling
A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton
There’s an Alien in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre
Captain Sparklebeard by Timothy KnapmanFiction 7-9
Charlie Changes into a Chicken by Sam Copeland
Hotel Flamingo by Alex Milway
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pantaloons by Andrea Beaty
Amelia Fang and the Half-Moon Holiday by Laura Ellen Anderson
We Won an Island by Charlotte Lo
Rory Branagan Detective- The Deadly Dinner Lady by Andrew Clover
Banana Pants! by Emma Wunsch
A Moon Girl Stole My Friend by Rebecca Patterson
Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo) by Swapna HaddowFiction 9-12
Lightning Mary by Anthea Simmons
The Last Zoo by Sam Gayton
Kid Normal and the Shadow Machine by Greg James
The Midnight Hour by Benjamin Read
Bad Dad by David Walliams
Bloom by Nicola Skinner
The Boy Who Flew by Fleur Hitchcock
Pog by Pádraig Kenny
The Cosmic Atlas of Alfie Fleet by Martin Howard12-16 Young Adult Novels
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Noughts and Crosses: Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Proud by Juno Dawson
Wolf-Light by Yaba Badoe
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Good Boy by Mal Peet
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie
The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah BrownNon fiction for children aged 5-12
Paper World: Planet Earth by Ruth Symons
Speak Up! by Laura Coryton
D-Day by Michael Noble
Everest by Alexandra Stewart
Meet the Artist: Peter Blake by Rose Blake
Find Tom in Time by Fatti Burke
The School of Numbers: A Galaxy of Maths by Emily Hawkins
When the Stars Come Out: Exploring the Magic and Mysteries of the Night-time by Nicola Edwards
The Sea by Jill CalderThis page was first published on Mar 02 2019 and last updated on .
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