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If you’ve got a little bookworm at home then you will probably always be on the lookout for new books. Walker Books has a great selection, released in February 2026.
Picture books
Sticky Mildred by Alastair Chisholm
For exasperated parents of sticky children comes a hilariously unexpected and surreal cautionary tale on cleanliness to get even the most reluctant kids excited about bath time.
Mildred Honeyfur LOVES being sticky and REFUSES to have a bath. She sets off to find the stickiest things in the world – doughnuts, pond slime, toffees and glue – until she becomes a ball of stickiness, rolling through the town sticking to everything … and everyone! Stuck in the ULTIMATE sticky situation, will Mildred ever be stopped?
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The Cloud: A Bear and Bird Picture Book by Jarvis
Cosy, funny and with heaps of heart, this is a picture book story of first friendship from the beloved creator of the The Boy With Flowers in His Hair, winner of the Oscar’s Book Prize, and a picture book prequel to the internationally successful young reader series.
When Bear arrives at the Woody Woods for the first time, he is looking for a friend. But it seems like all the friends are already taken. But then he meets Bird, who is looking for something, too – the Puffy Fluffy Octopus Cloud! Bear decides to help her look for it and so begins an unexpected adventure… Will they ever find that octopus-shaped cloud? Perhaps they might find something even better?
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A Golden Eid by Hiba Noor Khan
Get ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, commemorating the end of Ramadan, in this heartfelt picture book.
The first sliver of a new moon hung low and bright …
which brought with it the festival of Eid al-Fitr.
Join Hafsa and her family as they prepare to spend Eid with their loved ones, decorating the house and cooking a feast. But, when Hafsa’s dad starts packing up her favourite snack, the halwa, to share with the neighbours, Hafsa’s community rallies together to save the day. With words from award-winning author Hiba Noor Khan and warm, charming art from talented newcomer, SInggih Cahyo Jadmiko, this is the perfect gift to celebrate Eid.
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100 Goats and Granny! by Atinuke
Introduce children to numbers 1 to 100! Granny’s beloved goats follow her wherever she goes – to the tailor, to the salon, and on the bus. They are VERY cheeky, and even steal the aunties’ panties! In the yard at home and then through the bustling market the children help Granny to keep count of them all until… Oh wait! Oh no! Where did goat 100 go?
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Middle grade
YOU VS The Poison Plot by Josh Hicks
Can YOU solve the case? Choose your suspect, choose your next move – choose the story!
YOU VS is a series of interactive adventure stories where the reader gets to choose what happens next! Full of maps, diagrams and illustrations, YOU VS gives readers the chance to star in their own stories: big genre adventures with huge stakes, real heart and a sense of humour. Oh, and lots and lots of endings.
In YOU VS The Poison Plot, it’s the eve of the school talent show, but the school’s drama teacher has suddenly collapsed with four witnesses at his side! As editor of the school newspaper and a seasoned journalist, you investigate – and smell foul play. You’ve got ‘til tomorrow’s show to follow your nose and unravel the mystery…
Perfect for fans of Cluedle and Murdle Junior as well as The Boy With Big Decisions, this first book in the series is an attempted-murder mystery where YOU get to solve the case!
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The World’s Worst Alien Fights Back by Alice Primmer
The second book in the super funny series featuring “Sky” the laziest alien to ever visit Earth.
Planet Earth failed to get Sky a passing grade in her school project, now Sky must figure out how to fix this mess AGAIN. If only humans would stop fighting wars all over the place!
There’s only one thing for it: return to Oak Lane Primary School as an eleven-year-old girl and reunite with her human friends to stop all fighting with Sky’s genius idea of winning. Which would be a lot easier if a disastrous cricket match and a declaration of war painted on the school fence hadn’t just kicked off a battle with a rival school…
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Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Faraway Adventure by Rachel Chivers Khoo
When Tuft, a young Finder of Silverthorn Forest, wakes early from hibernation, he decides to set out on an adventure to find the legendary Faraway Forest. After an unexpected trip to London via a postbox, Tuft is reunited with his human friend Max, and secretly signs him up for an adventure camp in the New Forest. Tuft is convinced that they’ll uncover the homeland of the Finders here, but Max is sceptical. The camp is the last place he wants to be spending his school holiday, especially as he doesn’t have any of the right equipment and it won’t stop raining.
But with a severe storm approaching, things soon turn perilous, and Max must use all of his newfound skills if he’s to save Tuft and the new Finders they have befriended.
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