Children’s Literature News May 2026
Children’s book news for May 2026: Reading Rights, the Children’s Booker, Michael Rosen at 80, the Klaus Flugge and Branford Boase shortlists, BookTrust winners, LitUp results and shared reading data.
Becki.Jayne Crossley author page
Becki Jayne Crossley biography
Becki Jayne Crossley is the author of Tart. Tart is a young adult queer contemporary novel about Libby, whose life is overturned after a video goes viral and she grows closer to Neha while her boyfriend Dan is in a coma. The paperback edition runs to 384 pages and was published on 14 August 2025.
Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips
Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips Bestselling books by Becki.Jayne Crossley
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