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15th November 2024

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Jeff Kinney secures third week at the top of charts with latest Wimpy Kid book

Jeff Kinney secures third week at the top of charts with latest Wimpy Kid book

Jeff Kinney retains first place despite drop in sales.

More than half of children's books with diverse main characters are by white authors, report finds

More than half of children's books with diverse main characters are by white authors, report finds

Polly Whybrow becomes editor-at-large at Magic Cat

Polly Whybrow becomes editor-at-large at Magic Cat

Latest News

Scottish Book Trust to take part in Bookshop.org’s 2025 Read It Forward initiative

Scottish Book Trust to take part in Bookshop.org’s 2025 Read It Forward initiative

Arts Council England funds second phase of the World of Stories ‘library transformation’ programme

Arts Council England funds second phase of the World of Stories ‘library transformation’ programme

Hachette UK's school reading programme boosts children's reading skills and confidence

Hachette UK's school reading programme boosts children's reading skills and confidence

LitUp project boosts reading for pleasure among Hastings children

LitUp project boosts reading for pleasure among Hastings children

GLL to offer bursary placements to children's authors as part of new literary foundation

GLL to offer bursary placements to children's authors as part of new literary foundation

Bloomsbury Children’s Books acquires illustrated story of First World War messenger dogs

Bloomsbury Children’s Books acquires illustrated story of First World War messenger dogs

Penguin Random House pulls Jamie Oliver children's book after criticism from Indigenous Australians

Penguin Random House pulls Jamie Oliver children's book after criticism from Indigenous Australians

DK donates 18,000 children's books to BookTrust Christmas appeal

DK donates 18,000 children's books to BookTrust Christmas appeal

Latest Features

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

Teachable moments? Why increased funding is key for the schools sector

Teachable moments? Why increased funding is key for the schools sector

Diversity for children

Diversity for children

In conversation: Simon James Green and Kalynn Bayron

In conversation: Simon James Green and Kalynn Bayron

Pride united: industry-wide networks join up for socials and sharing best practice

Pride united: industry-wide networks join up for socials and sharing best practice

Usborne to run: kids’ indie toasts half century

Usborne to run: kids’ indie toasts half century

by Horace Bent

It was a family affair over at the inconspicuous Usborne stand, as the children’s independent celebrated five decades in publishing.

On your marks: BCBF sets off at a pace

On your marks: BCBF sets off at a pace

by Horace Bent

UK delegates at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair were greeted with an unusual scene in the city centre after alighting from their Sunday flights…

On John Agard

by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

This week, John Agard became the first poet to win the BookTrust lifetime achievement award. Here, judge Frank Cottrell-Boyce pays tribute to him.

Lessons from Clanchy

Lessons from Clanchy

by Tara Tobler

The response to the criticism of Kate Clanchy’s memoir was a moral failure on the part of white publishing—and an artistic failure too

Difference and disability

by Lisette Auton

Children’s fiction remains awash with dangerous tropes when it comes to characters with disabilities. It’s time to ensure there is positive representatio

Children’s Top 20View All

1

Hot Mess

Hot Mess

Jeff Kinney

Imprint: PuffinISBN: 9780241583166RRP: 14.99, ASP: 7.9Publish Date: Oct 22, 2024

2

Super Sleuth

Super Sleuth

David Walliams; Adam Stower

Imprint: HarperCollinsISBN: 9780008305857RRP: 14.99, ASP: 8.1Publish Date: Oct 24, 2024

3

Beano Annual 2025

Beano Annual 2025

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Imprint: D C ThomsonISBN: 9781845359911RRP: 11.99, ASP: 6.96Publish Date: Aug 12, 2024

4

Squirrel's Snowman

Squirrel's Snowman

Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler

Imprint: Macmillan Children'sISBN: 9781529034370RRP: 6.99, ASP: 4.12Publish Date: Oct 28, 2021

5

Jonty Gentoo

Jonty Gentoo

Julia Donaldson; Axel Scheffler

Imprint: Alison GreenISBN: 9780702329432RRP: 12.99, ASP: 7.73Publish Date: Sep 12, 2024

6

Match Annual 2025

Match Annual 2025

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Imprint: MacmillanISBN: 9781035041084RRP: 9.99, ASP: 4.81Publish Date: Sep 26, 2024

7

Dear Santa

Dear Santa

Rod Campbell

Imprint: Macmillan Children'sISBN: 9781529050714RRP: 7.99, ASP: 4.22Publish Date: Oct 1, 2020

8

The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks

The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks

Katie Kirby

Imprint: PuffinISBN: 9780241679166RRP: 7.99, ASP: 5.26Publish Date: Oct 24, 2024

9

Bluey's Night Before Christmas

Bluey's Night Before Christmas

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Imprint: LadybirdISBN: 9780241673553RRP: 7.99, ASP: 5.06Publish Date: Oct 10, 2024

10

Kaleidoscope Squishmallows Feelin' Mallow Colouring Book

Kaleidoscope Squishmallows Feelin' Mallow Colouring Book

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Imprint: HinklerISBN: 9781488900969RRP: 3.99, ASP: 2.36Publish Date: Feb 1, 2024

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

Books in the Media: critics spellbound by Jon Fosse novella

Books in the Media: critics spellbound by Jon Fosse novella

This week a novella from Jon Fosse captured critics’ attention while a history of Donald Duck beguiled at the Times

Folio Prize winner Michelle de Kretser on her Virginia Woolf-influenced new novel

Author Interviews

Folio Prize winner Michelle de Kretser on her Virginia Woolf-influenced new novel

Folio Prize for Fiction-winning Michelle de Kretser on her new novel and how it was influenced by Virginia Woolf.

Books on BookTok: responses to the US election

Books on BookTok: responses to the US election

This week BookTok creators reflected on how the platform has been affected by the outcome of the US election.

Books in the Media: Chloe Dalton's debut bewitches

Books in the Media: Chloe Dalton's debut bewitches

This week established names in non-fiction and fiction occupied reviews while Chloe Dalton’s debut captivated the Guardian critic.

Folio Prize winner Michelle de Kretser on her Virginia Woolf-influenced new novel

Author Interviews

Folio Prize winner Michelle de Kretser on her Virginia Woolf-influenced new novel

Books on BookTok: responses to the US election

Books on BookTok: responses to the US election

Books in the Media: Chloe Dalton's debut bewitches

Books in the Media: Chloe Dalton's debut bewitches

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Lucy Steeds

Author Interviews

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Lucy Steeds

More Author Interviews

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Nussaibah Younis

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Nussaibah Younis

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Danielle Giles

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Danielle Giles

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Kate Kemp

Debuts of 2025, Volume 1: Kate Kemp

Layne Fargo discusses her new novel, which stages Wuthering Heights in the world of elite ice dance

Layne Fargo discusses her new novel, which stages Wuthering Heights in the world of elite ice dance

Keon West begins a much-needed conversation to end discrimination with The Science of Racism

Keon West begins a much-needed conversation to end discrimination with The Science of Racism

Latest Previews

Children's Previews

Children's Previews

Next year, a raft of titles by the likes of Michael Rosen, Polly Crosby and Patrice Lawrence will help spice up the children’s market.

by Charlotte Eyre

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

Harry Trevaldwyn

Silver

Silver

Olivia Levez

Birdie

Birdie

J P Rose

Looking at Women Looking at War

Victoria Amelina, Daisy Gibbons (trans)

Mortification

Mark Watson

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

Harry Trevaldwyn

The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know But Probably Don’t Yet

Keon West

The Boy from the Sea

Garrett Carr

Confessions

Catherine Airey

Paperback Previews

Paperback Previews

Discover Previews

Discover Previews

by Natasha Onwuemezi

Non-fiction Previews

Non-fiction Previews

by Caroline Sanderson

Fiction Previews

Fiction Previews

by Lauren Brown

Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Stealth literacy

Stealth literacy

by Rebekah Polding

We need to think differently if we are going to lure kids back to books.

Who has the right to write?

Who has the right to write?

by Lisette Auton

Should disabled authors have to share their medical history?

Crowd control

Crowd control

by Alex Milway

Thinking about crowdfunding your book? Here’s why this bestselling children’s author took the leap.

The backlist bonus

The backlist bonus

by Anna Hervé

It’s time that literary estates learned from the children’s trade and put their considerable classic backlists to work.

Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Stealth literacy

Stealth literacy

by Rebekah Polding

We need to think differently if we are going to lure kids back to books.

Who has the right to write?

Who has the right to write?

by Lisette Auton

Crowd control

Crowd control

by Alex Milway

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