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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. Nosy Crow has a great selection, released in August 2026. You’ll find a mix of books in this post.
Picture books
A Bizzy Bear Storybook: The Lost Dinosaur
A busy action-packed dinosaur adventure story featuring Bizzy Bear!
Busy Bear and Mira Mouse are helping at the dinosaur park when the baby Triceratops goes missing. Luckily, Bizzy knows just how to hunt for clues to find the lost dinosaur.
With beautiful, busy scenes illustrated by Benji Davies, the creator of The Storm Whale, this picture book is the perfect story for busy preschoolers who love dinosaurs, vehicles, mysteries and, of course, their ultimate action hero, Bizzy Bear himself!
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Chapter books
Mermaid Academy: Amelia and Breeze
Mermazing action-packed underwater adventures for young readers. Beautifully illustrated throughout and with a glittery cover! From the authors and illustrator of the bestselling Unicorn Academy series.
Hidden deep beneath the waves is Mermaid Academy, a magical school where mermaids are paired with their very own dolphin and must discover their unique mermaid magic, with plenty of adventure along the way!
Musical Amelia and her bubbly dolphin, Breeze, are really excited to be in the school concert. But rehearsals get in the way of Emerald Wave’s plan to visit the Sphinx. How can Amelia choose between the concert and her friends?
Mermaid Academy is the perfect series for 7+ readers who love magic and adventure.
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Unicorn Academy: Isabel and the Fairy Moon
An illustrated early reading book for independent readers who love the hit Netflix show!Join Isabel, River and their Sapphire friends on a magical adventure at Unicorn Academy. When Isabel hurts her ankle while flower foraging, she is cross that she will miss out on the Fairy Moon Masquerade Ball, all because her unicorn, River, wasn’t brave enough! But, a stranger to the island wants a unicorn for himself, and when he learns the bond between River and Isabel is weakening, he will stop at nothing to take River for himself. Can Isabel learn from her mistakes and save River before it’s too late?
With full-colour artwork on every page, an easy-to-read font and simple language, this is the idela first chapter book for newly-independent readers.
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Non-Fiction
HerStory: 50 Women and girls who shook the world
Instead of just studying history, let’s think about HerStory too!
In this uplifting and inspiring book, now released in a stunning new paperback edition, children can learn about 50 intrepid women from around the world and throughout history, including:
- Queen Elizabeth I, one of England’s most famous monarchs
- Harriet Tubman, the civil rights pioneer who led many enslaved people to freedom
- Frida Kahlo, the trailblazing Mexican painter
- Rosalind Franklin, the British chemist who discovered the structure of DNA
With a range of pioneering careers – from astronauts to activists, musicians to mathematicians and many more – young readers will be inspired to follow their own dreams and to make the world a better place.
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