Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2018
Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out this Autumn. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
James Bishop writes children’s fiction. His Iguana Boy books are comic superhero adventures about Dylan, a boy whose superpower is the ability to talk to iguanas. The series is illustrated by Rikin Parekh.
Iguana Boy Saves the World with a Triple Cheese Pizza was published by Hodder Children’s Books on 5 April 2018. The paperback has 256 pages, ISBN 9781444939347, and is marked as suitable for readers aged 7 to 10.
Iguana Boy v the 30 Second Thief was published by Hodder Children’s Books on 6 September 2018. The paperback has 256 pages, ISBN 9781444939408, and continues Dylan’s superhero story with the villain Repeat Offender.
Iguana Boy and the Golden Toothbrush was published by Hodder Children’s Books on 7 March 2019. The paperback has 256 pages, ISBN 9781444950960, and is described as the third book in the Iguana Boy series.
The Worst Day Ever!, written by James Bishop and illustrated by Fay Austin, was published on 6 January 2022. The book is a funny science-fiction adventure for readers aged 7 and over, following Chloe and the alien Mylan as Earth is threatened with being recycled.

Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out this Autumn. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-grade fiction; young adult novels and non-fiction.
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