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Phil Earle
A warm football adventure uses Pickles’s humorous viewpoint to explore a family trying to stay together while money problems and housing insecurity affect everyday life.
Ellen Osborne
Expect an imaginative fantasy built around a dangerous darkness, paired roles and a developing relationship. Its strongest focus appears to be how people resist restrictive expectations while learning to trust someone very different from themselves.
Nicola Davies
A poetic picture book follows a girl whose ordinary school day is shattered by war. Alone, she travels through dangerous displacement before encountering a school that initially excludes her. The story presents destruction, bereavement and possible drowning indirectly, then turns towards welcome, solidarity and hope through children’s practical kindness.
Nadia Hasan
This is an introductory account of Muslim faith and identity, presented through Hasan’s personal experience and covering worship, customs, traditions, community and vocabulary.
Kate Weston
This is a breezy, witty murder mystery about two friends trying to become investigators while navigating popularity, school cliques and complicated friendships. Its comic voice contrasts with recurring deaths and deliberately grotesque details.
Alexandra Benedict
A festive, clue-led murder mystery for readers who enjoy solving puzzles alongside a team. Its emotional centre is a group of five neurodivergent children combining different strengths while trying to protect their out-of-school club.
Jen Carney
A funny school-and-family story about disrupted routines, fostering and learning to cooperate when two boys must tackle a shared challenge.
Joseph Coelho & Richard Johnson
An imaginative journey transforms how three children see both nature and their tower-block home. The story offers a strong visual contrast between built surroundings and greenery, then turns towards community, belonging and renewed appreciation.
Sydney Smith
This is an atmospheric picture-book journey in which a child navigates an intimidating city and offers practical-sounding advice about danger, warmth and food. Its central emotional effect comes from seeing a small person try to make sense of a large world.
A seasonal collection follows Beti through birthday events, a journey to a waterfall, berry picking with Mam, a storm, and winter responsibilities. Friendship, family reassurance, practical problem-solving and living alongside nature shape the book’s gentle world.
Raymond Briggs
Expect an imaginative, detail-rich portrait of an invented society rather than a tightly plotted adventure. The book invites readers to notice how ordinary routines, customs and values look when viewed from an unfamiliar culture.
Satoshi Kitamura
This is a quiet, visually rich story about wanting to buy something, losing money and discovering that a smile can change how the world feels. It invites looking as much as listening.
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