NEW TITLES CHILDREN’S BOOKS
JANUARY – JUNE 2025
PICTURE BOOKS
We're Looking for the Perfect Hug
A Lift-the-Flap Adventure
Martha Mumford
Illustrated by Cherie Zamazing
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Hop into HUGS with the Bunny Adventures!
We're looking for the perfect hug. Come and join the fun!
Get ready to celebrate HUGS with the bunnies, as our four favourite friends set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to find the very best, cuddliest, happiest hug of all. With prickly hedgehog hugs, woolly lamb hugs and fluffy chick hugs to find hidden under the flaps, it's an actionpacked treasure hunt! Can you help the bunnies in their search –and get them home in time for bed?
Bouncy, joyful and full of fun, this is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day and EVERY day of the year, from the bestselling author of We're Going on an Egg Hunt andWe’re Going on a Sleigh Ride
Martha Mumford has written many picture books for Bloomsbury, including the bestselling Bunny Adventures series. Martha lives in Berkshire with her husband and young daughters.
Cherie Zamazing graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Illustration. She is the illustrator of many beautiful picture books, including I'm a Unicorn Hairdresser, and the latest books in the Bunny Adventures series.
January 2025
Paperback 9781526671370 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526671363 • £12.99
24 pages Series: The Bunny Adventures Bloomsbury Children's Books
Twenty Bears
Kathryn Simmonds
Illustrated by Alison Brown
The funniest counting book of the year, featuring twenty VERY silly bears as they spring clean their house. Can you count them all?
Twenty bears have been asleep, Lying in a snoring heap.
Now it’s spring and time to clean! Time to tidy, shine and sheen!
Get ready for a shot of pure counting fun, as twenty very busy bears attempt to spring clean their cottage after winter hibernation. Spring is here and it’s time to TIDY . . . but are these silly bears up to the task?
This hilarious picture book is perfect for little ones learning to count all the way up to twenty!
Kathryn Simmonds is a British poet and short-story writer. Her first book of poems, Sunday at the Skin Launderette (2008), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is her first picture book with Bloomsbury.
Alison Brown studied Fine Art at Liverpool and then became a graphic designer. She has illustrated many much-loved books including You Make Me Happy and the Little Owl series by Debi Gliori.
Never Dance With a Dinosaur
Pamela Butchart Illustrated by Marc Boutavant
An energetic, action-packed picture book from the team who brought you the bestselling Never Tickle a Tiger, featuring one girl, one dancing dinosaur and a waltzing whirlwind of chaos.
Peri LOVES dancing and dinosaurs. So when she tags along to her sister's ballet class and the teacher asks everyone to pretend they are dancing with a beautiful creature, Peri knows the perfect partner. But Miss Tippytoes is furious! "Never dance with a dinosaur!" she says.
But does Peri listen? She does NOT – and what happens next is a boogying, bashing, shimmying, crashing, waltzing whirlwind!
With illustrations by the internationally acclaimed Marc Boutavant, this book is set to become a firm bookshelf favourite, and a reminder to always dance to your own tune.
Pamela Butchart is the author of Never Tickle a Tiger and the Yikes! Stinkysaurus picture book series with Bloomsbury. When she's not busy writing, Pamela teaches Philosophy to students in Dundee.
Marc Boutavant is the illustrator behind the incredibly popular Mouk books (Tate Publishing) as well as many much-loved titles. He lives and works in Paris.
January 2025
Paperback 9781408855881 • £7.99
Hardback 9781408855867 • £12.99
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Happy Holi!
Celebrating the Festival of Colours
Chitra Soundar
Illustrated by Amberin Huq
Swirling clouds of colour. Sweet gujiya dumplings. Singing and dancing in the street. Discover the magical moments that make up Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours, in this beautifully bright storybook.
See the growing moon rise slowly . . . It’s only one more day till Holi!
During this very special celebration of spring, follow two young siblings as they learn about all the wonderful traditions Holi has to offer –baking and bonfires, stories and sweets, and, of course, a wild day of fun where everyone takes to the streets to shower one another in brightly coloured powders!
With Chitra Soundar's lyrical rhymes and rich, vibrant illustrations from Amberin Huq, this is the perfect introduction to one of the world’s most colourful celebrations.
Chitra Soundar is an Indian-born British writer. She is the author of over 40 books for children, including the award-winning picture book You’re Safe with Me, illustrated by Poonam Mistry.
Amberin Huq is a graduate from University College Falmouth and has illustrated a wide range of books for children of all ages, including Garland of Lights: A Diwali Story by Chitra Soundar.
February
February 2025
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Letters to a Monster
Patricia Forde
Illustrated by Sarah Warburton
A laugh-out-loud picture book from the Irish Children’s Laureate, featuring a hilarious exchange of letters between a girl and a very unusual monster!
It’s a dark and stormy night, and Sophie knows that there is a MONSTER hiding under her bed. So, like any sensible child, she decides to send him a letter.
Dear Monster, I know you are hiding under my bed. This is your last warning. Leave now or I will call THE MONSTER POLICE. I have their number. Yours truly,
Sophie
As the letters fly back and forth, Sophie begins to wonder if Monster isn’t as scary as she thought. What if he’s the friend she’s been looking for all along?
Patricia Forde lives in Galway and is the current Irish Laureate na nÓg and the author of many books for children, including The Wordsmith and The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Sarah Warburton is an award-winning illustrator and has worked on books including One Camel Called Doug (Simon & Schuster) and The Don’t Panic Gang(Bloomsbury). She loves monsters, letters and imaginary friends.
March 2025
Paperback 9781526615817 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526615800 • £12.99
32 pages Bloomsbury Children's Books
The Girl and the Mermaid
Hollie Hughes
Illustrated by Sarah Massini
'A truly magical tale, with stunning artwork'
David Litchfield
'Completely magical' Emily Sutton
From the bestselling creators of The Girl and the Dinosaur comes a stunning story about a girl, her grandmother and a magical underwater adventure.
Alina and her granny live in a lighthouse by the sea: a home filled with the warmth of Granny’s magical stories. But Alina is worried. Granny’s memories and stories are starting to fade away, and she doesn’t know how to bring them back. Then, one day, she meets a mermaid on the rocks near the lighthouse – and she’s swept into a magical deepsea adventure that will change everything.
Hollie Hughes is a hugely talented picture book writer and the author of many successful picture books including Princess Swashbuckle and the bestselling classic The Girl and the Dinosaur.
Sarah Massini studied Graphic Design in Manchester and followed careers in corporate design and children’s book design before settling down to pursue her lifelong dream of illustrating books.
Ten Little Kittens
Lucy Rowland
Illustrated by Aki
Get ready for a game of peek-a-boo in this search-and-find book, perfect for little catlovers!
The sun is up, it’s a brandnew day. Ten little kittens want to play. So close your eyes, you mustn’t peek. Let’s play a game of hideandseek!
Join ten little kittens as they set off on an adventure full of charm and mischief! There’s a new busy scene to explore with each turn of the page, from a day at the fairground to a speedy bike race, and from supermarket shenanigans to splashy April showers. Can you spot which little kitten is hiding on each page?
This adorable search-and-find book is packed with details for little ones to spot – perfect for reading and sharing together!
Lucy Rowland is a star of the picture book world, and her charming, energetic and irresistible rhyming stories are firm favourites with children everywhere.
Aki is an award-winning French illustrator who lives in Berlin, and is the illustrator of The Weather Girls and The Nature Girls.
March 2025
Paperback 9781526607744 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526607737 • £12.99
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
This is Us
The Story of a Family
Emily Hamilton
A celebratory, universal story about love, family and disability.
Some days are tough, some days are fine, And sometimes days are just sublime!
Welcome to a family like any other, where life is full of ups and downs, tickles and tantrums, board games and laughter.
Universal, celebratory and quietly revolutionary, this uplifting picture book celebrates life in a family with a disabled child. Written from parent to child, it’s a normalising and uplifting story of ordinary life.
Emily Hamilton is an artist and illustrator based in North Devon, UK. She is the illustrator of Thank You For the Little Things by Caryl Hart and The World Made a Rainbow by Michelle Robinson, both published by Bloomsbury. She works from her studio at home and likes fine black pens, ocean dips and a good mug for tea.
April 2025
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
April 2025
Paperback 9781526648990 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526649003 • £12.99
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
It's OK to Say No
A Let'sTalkpicture book to help young children understand giving and getting consent
Molly Potter
Illustrated by Sarah Jennings
From the bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes an important and reassuring picture book, perfect for starting conversations with young children about consent.
This book is all about asking for, giving and not giving permission, which is usually called consent. Using child-friendly explanations and colourful illustrations, this book helps you to teach children that it’s OK to say ‘no’ when they feel uncomfortable, and that they should respect when others say ‘no’ to them too. From personal space to sharing, and from privacy to asking for help, this is the perfect resource for starting important conversations about respect and consent.
Let’s Talk books help you start meaningful conversations with your child. Written by an expert and covering topics like feelings, relationships, diversity and mental health, these comforting picture books support healthy discussion right from the start.
Molly Potter is a leading Personal, Social and Health Education expert and bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today?.
Sarah Jennings enjoys combining traditional and digital techniques to create illustrations and is known for her creative character designs.
April 2025 Hardback 9781801995382 • £12.99
32 Series:pagesLet's Talk
Bloomsbury Education
Sea for Yourself
Jordan Stephens Illustrated by Beth Suzanna
An original and captivating picture book about self-discovery and the wonders of the natural world from Jordan Stephens and Beth Suzanna, author and illustrator of Waterstones-shortlisted, The Missing Piece.
Jasper and his dad are from a family of amazing inventors, and are especially fascinated by flying contraptions and all things airborne.
But Jasper begins to wonder about the top of the world – it feels great, but wouldn’t it be interesting to try going in the other direction? His father is bemused. No one in the family has ever thought about taking an ocean-bound journey, travelling down to the bottom of the world. How will Jasper get there? And what will he find when he does?
A powerful story about fathers and sons, family ties, having the courage to do something new – and about the glorious wonders of nature and the worlds we have yet to explore.
Jordan Stephens is a writer and performer best known for being one half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks. Jordan is now a writer, performer and campaigner. He’s also passionate about books and reading.
Beth Suzanna is a Bristol-based illustrator and designer with a love of bold colour and shape. She's an advocate for diverse representation, and her work often comments on recurrent issues in modern society.
The Princes and the Pea
Peter Bently
Illustrated by Claire Powell
A hilarious rhyming retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, The Princess and the Pea, with a modern twist!
Prince Fred decides it’s time he got married – to a genuine, proper, perfect princess. His best friend, Prince Zac, warns him that such a bride might be hard to find . . .
Enter Princess Ardwenna, who turns up at the palace to ask for shelter from the storm. Prince Fred can’t believe she’s a real princess – she’s not fussy or proud AT ALL – so Ardwenna decides to play a trick on Fred, involving one little pea and a whole pile of mattresses!
But Prince Fred might not need a princess after all. Perhaps his own handsome prince has been there all along . . .
Peter Bently is the award-winning author of many children's books, including The Great Dog Bottom Swap and Cats Ahoy! (winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize).
Claire Powell is the illustrator of many bestselling picture books, including Octopants and The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by Kes Grey. This is her third book with Bloomsbury, following on from The King's Birthday Suit and The Royal Leap-Frog.
May 2025
Paperback 9781526641953 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526641960 • £12.99
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
There Is No Giant In This Story
Lou Carter Illustrated by Deborah Allwright
In this fabulously funny follow-up to the internationally bestselling There Is No Dragon In This Story, the fairytale characters have to deal with a big, scary GIANT. Uh-oh! Who will save the day?
Fee-fi-fo-fum! Catchy, catchy, here I come!
The big, scary giant has come down from his beanstalk, and he wants to play! But Jack, Cinderella, the Gingerbread Man and their friends are not so sure! Can they stop Giant from destroying their fairytale town –and teach him how to play nicely?
From the pairing behind the brilliantly funny and internationally bestselling There Is No Dragon In This Story and There Is No Big Bad Wolf in This Story comes another hilarious story featuring your favourite fairytale characters – as you’ve never seen them before!
Lou Carter worked as a primary school teacher before turning her hand to writing picture books. She is the author of Pirate Stew and the bestselling There Is No Dragon in This Story.
Deborah Allwright became a star of the picture-book world following the publication of the bestselling The Night Pirates, and has been shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Award.
June 2025
Paperback 9781526608208 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526608222 • £12.99
32 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
MIDDLE GRADE
Terrible True Tales: Greeks
From the author of Horrible Histories, perfect for 7+
Terry Deary
‘Bubbling with wit, language play and robust dialogue' Books For Keeps
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary presents a laugh-out-loud collection of Greek tales based on gripping true stories – four books in one!
Join Terry Deary for four epic tales based on real events in ancient Greece, where incredible inventors, savage soldiers and perilous plagues were all around. From the fearsome Spartan army to the not-so-great Archimedes, and from a rigged Olympic race to a highly suspicious wooden horse – these are the Greeks as you’ve never seen them before! Aimed at children aged 7-9, the Terrible True Tales series is full of the subversive wit, historical accuracy and flair for drama which have made the Horrible Histories so popular with millions of readers. Features bonus facts and activity sections.
Terry Deary is the bestselling author of over 300 books, including the Horrible Histories series which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and been adapted for TV and film.
Helen Flook is known for her evocative pen and ink designs and has illustrated more than 100 books for children and adults.
January 2025
Paperback 9781801996006 • £8.99
256 pages
Bloomsbury Education
The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick
Larry Hayes
Finn has horrible nightmares. By day, they come TRUE!
Finnegan Quick is too scared to sleep. The nightmares he has aren't just terrifying, they change the waking world too. They've taken his dog, his parents, even his shadow. Now they're coming for his gran, the only family he's got left.
Then a mysterious girl appears in his dreams, and helps Finn fight against the creatures that haunt him. On the first day of term, Finn finds her in real life, attending his school.
She's Cass, and has come to solve the mystery of Finn's missing parents. They join forces with Finn's geeky friend Squid and enter the nightmare world – battling goblins, ghosts and zombies. But even with their powers combined, can they prove a match for the deadly creatures of the night?
Larry Hayes helps run both a homeless charity and an investment fund. On Fridays he homeschools his two kids, letting them decide what to study. His first book for children, How to Survive Without Grown-Ups, was published in 2021.
Terrible True Tales: The Stone Age
From the author of Horrible Histories, perfect for
7+
Terry Deary
'Deary's storytelling is simple, historically accurate and compelling' i newspaper on The Silver Hand
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary presents a laugh-out-loud collection of Stone Age tales based on fascinating true stories –four books in one!
Join Terry Deary for four epic tales based on real events in the Stone Age, where ruthless hunters, rival tribes and raging mammoths were commonplace. From the legendary Gilgamesh to a secret cave painter, and from stolen food supplies to rapidly rising river water – this is the Stone Age as you’ve never seen it before! Based on real archaeological and historical evidence, and full of Deary's trademark wit and flair for drama, these Terrible True Tales are the perfect stepping stone for readers aged 7–9 to explore the Stone Age. Features bonus fact and activity sections.
Terry Deary is the bestselling author of over 300 books, including the Horrible Histories series, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and been adapted for TV and film.
Tambe graduated in Traditional Animation at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 2008 and now works as a freelance illustrator for animation and publishing in London.
January 2025
Paperback 9781801995962 • £8.99
256 pages
Bloomsbury Education
January 2025
Paperback 9781526677785 • £7.99
320 pages
Disaster Diaries: The Worst Birthday Ever
The hilarious new series from the creators of The Worst Class in the World Joanna Nadin
Daffodil Patterson is a small girl with BIG plans – but they always seem to go a bit wrong …
The start of a hilarious new series for young readers from the duo behind The Worst Class in the World.
Almost eight-year-old Daffodil likes dictionaries, the middle bit in custard creams, and thinking BIG. She does NOT like her cousin, the biscuit bit of custard creams or any sort of catastrophe. The trouble is that Daffodil’s plans usually go pearshaped
Daffodil’s planning her Best Birthday Party EVER. But she hasn’t reckoned on Colin, the greyhound that eats everything except dog food. Or the fact that her brother’s band Hairy Wasp would break up before they could perform there. Or the total lack of guests.
Luckily, Daffodil always looks on the bright side and is soon planning her next bobby-dazzler of an idea!
Joanna Nadin is the author of more than 80 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages. She also lectures on the acclaimed MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.
Rikin Parekh studied art at the Camberwell College of Arts and the University of Westminster.
January 2025
Paperback 9781526675583 • £6.99
176 pages
40 b/w line illustrations
Bloomsbury Children's Books
The Cursed Tomb
A thrilling, ancient-Egyptian adventure, perfect for readers aged nine and over
Iszi Lawrence
'Compellingly evocative and fast-paced' Guardian on City of Spies
A thrilling adventure of curses, myths and legends set in ancient Egypt, perfect for fans of Emma Carroll and Horrible Histories.
It’s 1240 BC in ancient Egypt and elevenyearold Henut is sceptical of just about everything, even the gods. But a mysterious break-in, an unsettling dream and a strangely familiar shadowy figure lead her into a dangerous quest she could never have imagined. Will she really venture into a tomb in the Valley of Kings? She might not have a choice …
Packed with real historical details of the rule of Pharaoh Rameses II, mummification, hieroglyphs, historical figures and the pyramids of Giza, this page-turning thriller about the myths and magic of ancient Egypt will have readers gripped.
Iszi Lawrence is a comedian, podcaster and author of historical middle-grade adventures. She regularly appears on history documentaries including shows for Sky History, Netflix and the Smithsonian Channel.
The Forbidden Atlas
Sam Sedgman
Isaac Turner returns for another actionpacked mystery uncovering the hidden corners of Paris. For fans of the Adventures on Trains series and Sharna Jackson's High Rise mysteries.
Isaac and Hattie have been invited to an event in Paris to celebrate their achievement in saving time. But as Isaac prepares to make his speech, the lights go out and a single shot is fired.
The police think it was an assassination attempt on the infamous businessman Balthazar Blaise, but Isaac and Hattie realise that something very different is going on when they discover a boy stealing from the archives before vanishing without a trace.
As they investigate, Isaac and Hattie are pulled into an underground world, searching secret and forgotten places for a stolen letter, a missing sister and a map that will unearth a long-buried secret ...
Sam Sedgman is a bestselling author, confirmed nerd and enthusiastic ferroequinologist. Forever interested in piecing things together, Sam is a lifelong fan of puzzles and detective fiction, and once founded a company making murder mystery treasure hunts for adventurous Londoners. His books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He lives in London, on top of a railway station.
January 2025
Paperback 9781801996051 • £7.99
288 pages Bloomsbury Education
February 2025
Paperback 9781526665430 • £7.99
272 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Squirrel and Duck: Mission Improbable
Tom Percival
Hilarious illustrated fiction about unlikely friends Squirrel and Duck. Laugh as they outwit bungling burglars, with only the help of their pet cactus!
Squirrel and Duck might seem strange housemates but they are drawn together by their secret – they are the only two talking animals in the world. When bulldozers arrive to redevelop the abandoned theme park they call home, they flee with nothing but Mr Spikes, Duck’s beloved ‘pet’ cactus.
Overhearing a conversation between two nincompoop art thieves puts them on the trail of untold riches (according to Squirrel) or a great deed to help the nation (as far as Duck’s concerned). Only some surprisingly unhelpful woodland creatures and a temporary lack of transport stand in their way! Young readers will love this zanily brilliant story, full of unlikely scenarios and laugh-out-loud moments.
Tom Percival is a writer, artist, video producer and musician. He grew up in the rural south-west and now lives in Gloucestershire. His series of picture books exploring the emotions, Big Bright Feelings, is widely loved. In Squirrel and Duck, his new young fiction series, his irrepressible sense of humour and love of the anarchic come to the fore.
The Time Machine Next Door: Artists
Iszi Lawrence
‘This is children's fiction at its best ... Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson’ The Lady on Blackbeard's Treasure
A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.
Sunil and his mad scientist friend Alex have a problem. Alex's time machine wants to go time-travelling all by itself! When it turns up in a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Sunil and Alex must go on a quest through time to collect all pictures, tiles and tapestries of the machine and bring them back to the present. Join their journey to meet Da Vinci, the architect of the Taj Mahal, Ahmad Lohri, the women who embroidered the Bayeux Tapestry and Imhotep and the artists working on the Pyramid of Giza. This is art history like you’ve never seen it before!
Iszi Lawrence is a comedian, podcaster and author of historical middle-grade adventures. She regularly appears on history documentaries including shows for Sky History, Netflix, Yesterday and the Smithsonian Channel.
Rebecca Bagley is an illustrator, graphic novelist and book designer.
April 2025
Paperback 9781801997027 • £7.99
272 pages 40 b/w illustrations
Children's Books
192 Series:pagesThe Time Machine Next Door Bloomsbury Education
The Time Machine Next Door: Inventors
Iszi Lawrence
‘I love Iszi Lawrence’s new series, The Time Machine Next Door. Perfect for clever kids aged 7+’ Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries novels
A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence, perfect for fans of Horrible Histories.
When Sunil and his not-so-mad-scientist neighbour Alex almost fall out over a game of Monopoly, Alex decides to take to her time machine to settle the rules once and for all – by asking none other than Elizabeth Magie, the inventor of Monopoly itself! When Elizabeth is horrified to learn that her anti-capitalist game is now a bestselling pastime, Alex starts to wonder if other inventors are happy with their work. On their mission for answers, Sunil and Alex meet Leonardo Da Vinci, inventor of the life raft, Maria Beasely, and father of mathematics, Archimedes.
Iszi Lawrence is a comedian, podcaster and author of historical middle-grade adventures. She regularly appears on history documentaries including shows for Sky History, Netflix, Yesterday and the Smithsonian Channel.
Rebecca Bagley is an illustrator, graphic novelist and book designer.
Ghostlines
Katya Balen
A powerful story about friendship, community and discovering what it means to carry home in your heart, from Yoto Carnegie Medalwinner Katya Balen.
Tilda lives on the island of Ayrie. To her, the isolation, the tight-knit community and the natural beauty make it a perfect home. So when newcomer Albie arrives, she wants to show the island off. Albie just wants her to leave him alone.
Determined to win him over, Tilda decides to take Albie to a dangerous and off-limits haunted island in her sea kayak. But it's a different kind of ghost that's been haunting Tilda …
Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Her debut novel, The Space We’re In, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award, October, October won the Yoto Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award, and The Light in Everything was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal.
April 2025 Paperback 9781801997010 • £7.99
192 pages Series: The Time Machine Next Door Bloomsbury Education
Mayowa and the Sea of Words
Chibundu Onuzo
The first title in a dazzlingly imaginative adventure trilogy. Fans of Anna James's Pages & Co. series will be captivated.
Ten-year-old Mayowa has always thought that her Grandpa Edward, who dyes his beard emerald green and jumps on books in private, is rather unusual. Until one day she jumps on a book for herself, and uncovers a huge family secret …
Mayowa is a logosalter. By jumping on a book, she can harness the emotions inside it and channel them directly into other people. And when the opportunity to use her power to save the lives of countless refugees presents itself, Mayowa wants to jump in with both feet. But Mayowa and her grandpa aren’t the only logosalters in existence. And not everybody wants to use this power for good …
Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria but moved to England as a teenager. She's the author of critically acclaimed novels for adults, including Welcome to Lagos. Mayowa and the Sea of Words is her debut children’s novel.
Paula Zorite is an artist based in Valencia, Spain. Her style is characterised by her rich use of colours and a strong sense of narrative.
June 2025
Paperback 9781526661005 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526660992 • £12.99
304 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
World All Languages (excluding Cameroon/Gambia/Ghana/Liberia/Nigeria/Sierra Leone)
May 2025
Paperback 9781526663887 • £7.99
Hardback 9781526663863 • £12.99
304 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
NON-FICTION
KEW Treehouses Sticker Activity Book
Royal Botanic Gardens: Kew
Illustrated by Jojo Clinch
Meet the animals and insects that make trees their homes, from koalas in Australia to goldfinches in the hedgerows of the UK, in this immersive sticker activity book, published in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – with 150 plastic-free stickers!
Have you ever climbed a tree and imagined what it would be like to nest like a bird amongst the branches? Or laid in the grass and peered into the tiny world of insects? This sticker activity book teaches children all about the amazing wildlife that lives and shelters in trees, with fun activities and 150 plastic-free stickers to keep small hands busy. Inspired by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew treehouse for children, design your own treehouse, build a bug hotel and fill sticker scenes with bugs, animals, nests and more! This book is the perfect gift for curious young readers who love nature, the outdoors and finding out about animals and their tree homes.
Jojo Clinch is an artist and illustrator living near Brighton in the UK. She works from her sunny garden studio with her dog, Benji, surrounded by the South Downs and some noisy magpies.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. Over the past 250 years, it has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi, with many benefits for humankind.
February 2025
Paperback 9781526662248 • £7.99
24 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
We Are All Inventors!
Discover how to turn your ideas into reality!
Kate Pankhurst
Unleash your IMAGINATION and learn all about INVENTING in this fact-packed new picture book from the bestselling creator of the FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN series and We Are All Astronauts. This is the perfect introduction to inventing for the next generation of curious creators, whoever they may be.
Can you feel it? That FANTASTICAL FIZZ of CURIOSITY? Lizzy Sparks has the spark, the spark of INVENTION, and she’s going to need it because her pet hamster Gizmo is MISSING! That's where Milly, Lizzy's super-smart babysitter, comes in. She's going to show Lizzy how inventors NEVER give up . . . because there's an inventor in ALL of us. And maybe Lizzy can invent the perfect solution to find Gizmo.
Join Lizzy, Milly and Gizmo in the second title of Kate Pankhurst's new non-fiction picture book series. Including facts on famous female inventors (like Mary Hopkinson and Marie Curie), the Industrial Revolution, how inventions are made, life-saving inventions, planetsaving inventions and MORE! Mixing STEM topics with a story of adventure and learning will inspire young readers to aim high, dream big and discover that they can design their future.
Kate Pankhurst is the bestselling author and illustrator of the trailblazing and internationally successful Fantastically Great Women books. Kate's books have been translated into 22 languages and been shortlisted for many awards, including the Nibbies award for Children's Illustrated & Non-Fiction. Most recently, her first book Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World has been adapted into an inspiring stage show.
Historic Royal Palaces: Animals at the Palaces Sticker Activity Book
Historic Royal Palaces Illustrated by Jenny Wren
Meet royal animals from across history in this fact-packed, keepsake sticker activity book published in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces. With fun activities and 150 plasticfree stickers!
In partnership with Historic Royal Palaces, this sticker activity book will take you to some of the most stunning palaces in the United Kingdom, and tell you the stories of their lesser-known inhabitants – the animals!
Marvel at the Tower of London's famous ravens and discover how strange animals including polar bears, elephants and lions once lived there! Design your own coat of arms, complete with lions, dragons or unicorns and learn all about the royal family's famous pets.
With plenty of pages to decorate with adorable stickers, along with mazes, spot the differences and more! Children will be entertained for hours while learning all about the palaces' amazing animals and the history of how they got there.
JennyWren is an illustrator from Staffordshire. She illustrates children’s books, greetings cards and stationery and has worked with Egmont, Usbourne, DK, Hachette and more.
HistoricRoyalPalaces was established in 1989 with the task of caring for five royal palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle.
February 2025
Paperback 9781526671189 • £7.99
24 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Frog
A story of life on Earth Isabel Thomas Illustrated by Daniel Egnéus
"A rare pleasure" Wall Street Journal on Moth
A visually spectacular story of how life on Earth came to be, with beautifully lyrical text by expert science writer for kids Isabel Thomas and Impossible Creatures cover artist Daniel Egnéus.
This is the incredible story of how frogs came to be. To find out, we go all the way back to the very beginning. Before frogs, dinosaurs, planet Earth – before even the stars existed . . . back 13.7 billion years to the moment just before the universe began. And from there, through Isabel Thomas’s beautifully lyrical text and Daniel Egnéus’s breathtaking illustrations, we are transported through time to the evolution of the very first frogs.
The story of frog is an epic; an adventure in space and time. It’s a story still being told, in every garden, every pond and every corner of our extraordinary planet.
This is the third in the series from the award-winning team behind Moth and Fox
Isabel Thomas is a science writer and the author of a galaxy of books for young audiences. Isabel studied Human Sciences at the University of Oxford and Education Research at the University of Cambridge. Daniel Egnéus is a well-regarded illustrator and fashion artist, regularly illustrating for the likes of Chanel, H&M, Nike and many more.
April 2025
Hardback 9781526600752 • £12.99
48 pages
Bloomsbury Children's Books
A Bear Belongs
A rescue story
Catherine Barr
Illustrated by Harriet Hobday
"Brilliant, inspirational and pulls no punches, telling one of the really big conservation stories, The Tigers' Tale is superbly illustrated and wonderfully told" Tim Birkhead, Author of What it's Like to Be a Bird on THE TIGERS' TALE
The perfect book for families that care about conservation and love animals. This is the incredible true story of how three tiny, cute sun bears in Borneo were rescued and looked after before being released into the rainforest where they belong, by expert eco-author Catherine Barr.
Meet Tan-Tan 'the tiny one', Kitud 'the quiet one' and Boboi 'the big brother', and follow them from their heartbreaking beginnings as little cubs stolen from their natural habitat, through to their heroic rescue by Dr Wong before being released back into the wild Bornean rainforest where they belong.
Featuring insightful fact pages about the amazing flora and fauna of the rainforest and its importance to the ecosystem, alongside inspiring information about how to save the bears.
A brilliant follow-up for fans of Fourteen Wolves, this uplifting eco story was created in close consultation with globally respected sun bear expert Dr Wong.
Catherine Barr is a prolific non-fiction natural history writer and former Greenpeace campaigner. She writes illustrated books to spark conversation and curiosity, and works closely with local experts on her books.
conversation and curiosity, and works closely with local experts on her April 2025
Hardback 9781526655684 • £14.99
48 pages Bloomsbury Children's Books
The Week Junior Ultimate Puzzles and Quizzes
Welcome to the ultimate collection of brainteasing puzzles and mind-melting quizzes from bestselling children’s magazine The Week Junior. From slippery Sudoku to mind-stretching brainteasers, The Week Junior Ultimate Puzzles and Quizzes is packed with over 100 brilliant memory, word and number games, all specially designed by the award-winning team at The Week Junior Including a variety of puzzle types, this book features all of the classic games like crosswords, anagrams, spot-the-difference, word searches, number towers and sudoku, as well as brand-new fact-packed quizzes covering subjects including sports, animals, space, food, arts and entertainment, history, science and more!
With colourful photos and exciting design, this book is the ideal challenge for curious children. Perfect for fans of The National Geographic Kids Big Puzzle Book, The Week Junior Ultimate Puzzles and Quizzes will keep children occupied with hours of educational fun!
The Week Junior is a multi-award-winning magazine for children aged 8+, renowned for engaging children in news and current affairs in a balanced, accurate and positive way.
May 2025
Paperback 9781801997003 • £9.99
224 Series:pagesThe Week Junior Bloomsbury Education
YOUNG ADULT
Carving Shadows into Gold
Brigid Kemmerer
War is looming. Love is tested. And magic could be the only answer … The spellbinding series by bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer continues.
The King’s Courier Tycho has made a treacherous bargain and is now beholden to the magical scraver who saved King Gray’s life. As Jax escapes his small village life to join Tycho in Emberfall, both are faced with unexpected challenges – and unlikely adversaries.
After years of hating the royal family, Callyn never expected to be at the Queen’s side, with magic on her fingertips. But at the royal court, she can’t trust anyone – especially the man she thought she loved.
Cast apart, Tycho, Jax and Callyn must learn to wield the magic that is dividing their kingdom, and time is running out.
Brigid Kemmerer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Defy the Night and Cursebreakers series. She also wrote the contemporary young-adult romances, Call It What You Want, More Than We Can Tell and Letters to the Lost. A full-time writer, Brigid lives in the Baltimore area with her family.
Needy Little Things
Channelle Desamours
Sariyah is determined not to let her missing friend become just another statistic, one of many vanished Black girls. But despite her talent for ESP, Sariyah is struggling, even when the clues point surprisingly close to home.
When Sariyah's birthday celebrations at a music festival turn sour with the disappearance of one of her friends, she knows she can't rely on the police to find her. The authorities are no more help than they were when her friend's twin sister, another young woman of colour, went missing five years earlier. Sariyah feels guilty that her uncanny ability to predict people's needs didn't help to keep her friends safe. She is determined to find out what's happened to Deja. But the more she cracks the clues leading to her, the closer she gets to home …
Channelle Desamours is a high-school science teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Needy Little Things is her debut novel.
January 2025
Paperback 9781526652188 • £8.99
384 pages Series: Forging Silver into Stars
Bloomsbury YA
February 2025
Paperback 9781526675064 • £8.99
384 pages Bloomsbury YA Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
Where the Heart Should Be
TheTimesChildren's Book of the Week
Sarah Crossan
The outstanding novel from the CarnegieMedalwinning, former Laureate na nÓg, Sarah Crossan. Thought-provoking and incredibly moving, it explores love and family during The Great Hunger.
Ireland, 1846. Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved school and books and dreaming. But there's not much choice
of work when the land grows food that rots in the earth. Now she is scrubbing, peeling, washing, sweeping for Sir Philip Wicken, the man who owns her home, her family's land, their crops, everything. His dogs are always well fed, even as famine sets in.
Upstairs in the Big House, where Nell is forbidden to enter, is Johnny Browning, newly arrived from England: the young nephew who will one day inherit it all. And as hunger and disease run rampant all around them, a spark of life and hope catches light when Nell and Johnny find each other.
Sarah Crossan has lived in Dublin, London and New York, and now lives in East Sussex. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature before training as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. Sarah was the Laureate na nÓg (Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate) from 2018–2020.
They Bloom at Night
Trang Thanh Tran
New York Times bestselling author Trang Thanh Tran crafts a harrowing story about a teen searching for a future where she can finally be free from the monsters that haunt her …
Ever since a hurricane devastated the small town of Mercy, a red algae bloom has taken over and mutated wildlife now lurk in the rising water. But Noon has long known Mercy is a place where monsters walk in plain sight ...
Noon longs to escape but is stuck navigating the submerged town with her mum, who believes their family, caught in the deadly storm, have been reincarnated as sea creatures. When Mercy's predatory leader demands they capture the creature drowning residents, Noon reluctantly finds an ally in his deadly hunter of a daughter.
As the next storm approaches, Noon must confront the past and decide if it's time to answer the monster itching under her own skin.
Trang Thanh Tran is the New York Times bestselling author of She Is a Haunting. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora. When not writing, they can be found over-caffeinating on iced coffee and watching zombie movies.
March 2025
Paperback 9781526674838 • £8.99
352 pages
Bloomsbury YA Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/Europe/Open Market
Stealing Happy
Brian Conaghan
A moving and uplifting story about one teen’s daring plan to get his own back on the sinister loan shark who is threatening his family. Perfect for 13+ fans of Phil Earle and Keith Gray.
In Sonny Gilmour’s neighbourhood, everyone’s afraid of Chick Lennon. So when Sonny discovers that Mum has borrowed money from Chick to pay the rent while Dad’s laid up with long Covid, he finds himself in need of the quickest of get-rich-quick schemes.
With his two best mates, he hatches a plan – to pay back what Mum owes using Chick's own ill-gotten gains. It's far from foolproof, and it doesn’t help that Sonny's Tourette's makes him blurt out 'ROB CHICK LENNON!' at every available opportunity … Can Sonny pull off the heist and steal his happiness back?
Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He was a teacher for many years, and his novel When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the Costa Children’s Book Award, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers won the Irish Book Award for Teen/YA Book of the Year.
Make Me a Monster
Kalynn Bayron
New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron twists a classic horror in this retelling of the Frankenstein origin story, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls.
Seventeen-year-old Meka hasn't had a good night's sleep in years. Plagued by a recurring nightmare in which her father pulls her mother's mangled body from a gruesome car wreck, Meka's only solace is confiding her fears about the dream's meaning to her boyfriend, Noah.
But when Noah dies in a tragic accident, Meka's world is torn apart. Heartbroken, Meka tries to move on, but strange things begin to happen. Someone follows Meka wherever she goes. The bracelet Noah was buried with reappears on Meka's front step. And Meka's nightmares evolve, becoming more and more twisted.
Determined to make sense of everything, Meka must unravel a centuries-old secret and this dark truth to her family's past.
Kalynn Bayron is the bestselling author of the young-adult novels Cinderella Is Dead, This Poison Heart, This Wicked Fate, You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight and Sleep Like Death as well as the middlegrade series The Vanquishers.
March 2025
Paperback 9781526653987 • £7.99
352 pages
Bloomsbury YA
World All Languages (excluding Canada/USA)
The Hero Complex
Helen Comerford
First the Love Interest, now the hero – Jenna and Blaze's adventures continue in the swoony action-packed sequel to The Love Interest.
Jenna Ray was the Love Interest, but now she gets to be an actual HERO. However, it turns out having superpowers doesn’t make life any easier.
For starters, being an official superhero means Jenna and Blaze can work together but not be together. Which will be fine. Just. Fine
Jenna knows she can make it work. She can stay away from Blaze, keep up with the intensive training from retired hero Tomas, schmooze investors such as the gag-inducing oil-rig billionaire Shelly Taylor, battle wildfires and EV outbreaks, while keeping her own power-triggering panic attacks a secret ... She can be the perfect hero.
As the pressure builds, what more will Jenna have to sacrifice in order to save the world?
Helen Comerford writes funny and fantastical tales, with diverse casts of characters, for children and young adults. She is fueled by a love of all things super-powered, feminism and chocolate raisins. When she’s not writing, you can find Helen hiking around the Welsh countryside with her dog, Cocoa.
June 2025
Paperback 9781526680464 • £8.99
352 pages Bloomsbury YA Commonwealth (excluding Canada)/UK/Open Market
June 2025
Paperback 9781526667632 • £8.99
384 pages
Bloomsbury YA
POETRY
Poems in Your Pocket
A.F. Harrold
'This moreish anthology – a menu of poetic snacks – is illustrated with beguiling, gentle humour' The Observer on Midnight Feasts
Poems in Your Pocket is a hilarious pocketsized collection of short poems which you’ll want to keep close, from Carnegie Medal-nominated poet A.F. Harrold, author of Midnight Feasts.
Written in A.F. Harrold’s fun and accessible style, these silly poems will get young readers smiling, whether they like poetry or not! With poems about everything from shenanigans at school, to what would happen if hens laid coconuts, Poems in Your Pocket and its hilarious illustrations will keep you giggling. From the Carnegie Medal-nominated author of The Imaginary and The Worlds We Leave Behind, this collection of short and sweet poems, which are all 60 words and under, is the perfect book to carry with you anywhere. Perfect for readers aged 8+.
A.F. Harrold is a poet and the author of Carnegie Medal-shortlisted The Worlds We Leave Behind, the Fizzlebert Stump series and the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal-long-listed The Imaginary March 2025
Paperback 9781801994972 • £7.99 128 pages Bloomsbury Education
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