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.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Sarah Dellow is a children’s book illustrator and a Graphic Design graduate. She is a member of an editorial team, and her work brings together illustration, typography, book production and project management. She has illustrated a number of Child’s Play books, including titles in the Now You See It! series.
Dellow’s baby and early-years books include Haz un Pastel/Pat A Cake, a Spanish and English board book illustrated with Annie Kubler and translated by Yanitzia Canetti; it was published by Child’s Play-International on 1 October 2021. She also illustrated Diez deditos/Ten Little Fingers with Annie Kubler, a Spanish and English board book published on 1 January 2021.
Her Now You See It! books are board books for early readers that use hidden animals and changing page patterns to support early perception skills. Now You See It! Meadow and Now You See It! Ocean were both published on 30 July 2022.

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.
Children’s book news for April 2026: Michael Rosen wins the Hans Christian Andersen Award, CLiPPA and UKLA shortlists arrive, and Puffin launches its new picture book list, Puffin Studio.
Rainforest books for children with titles by Bear Grylls, Kay Barnham, Simon Chapman, Kate Messner, Lynne Cherry, Sarah Ridley, Sarah Dellow, Sally Spray, Holly Duhig, John Wood, Kathryn Jewitt, Fiametta Dogi, Mike Clark and Mari Schuh.
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