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Picture Books

How to Catch a Rainbow
Written by Naomi Jones, Illustrated by Ana Gomez
Published by Oxford University Press

Blog: sla.org.uk/     Twitter: @NaomiJones_1 

How to Count to One
By Caspar Salmon, Illustrated by Matt Hunt

Published by Nosy Crow

Watch Caspar Salmon introduce How to Count to One on Vimeo

How to Count to One book cover with an apple

Yes You Can Cow! 
By Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Illustrated by Rikin Parekh
Published by Faber

Watch Rashmi Sirdeshpande introduce Yes You Can Cow! on Youtube      Twitter: @RashmiWriting

Yes you can cow! book cover with three cows

I Did See a Mammoth!
By Alex Willmore
Published by Farshore

Website: alexwillmore.co.uk/  

Shorter Novels

News Hounds: The Dinosaur Discovery

By Laura James, Illustrated by Charlie Alder

Published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books

Website: laurajamesauthor.com/    Twitter: @PugandLadyM

Marv and the Mega Robot
Written by Alex Falase-Koya, Illustrated by Paula Bowles
Published by Oxford University Press

Twitter: @AlexFKoya

The Marvellous Granny Jinks and Me
Written by Serena Holly, Illustrated by Selom Sunu
Published by Simon & Schuster

Read an interview with Serena Holly

The Marvellous Granny Jinks book cover, with a grandma and granddaughter on the cover

Grimwood
By Nadia Shireen
Published by Simon & Schuster

Website: nadiashireen.org/     Twitter: @NadiaShireen

Longer Novels

The Lost Whale
By Hannah Gold
Published by Harper Collins

Hannah Gold Introduces The Lost Whale on Vimeo      Website: hannahgold.world/     Twitter: @HGold_author

Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City 

By Rob Biddulph 

Published by Macmillan Children's Books 

Website: robbiddulph.com/    Twitter: @RobBiddulph

Peanut Jones book cover, two illustrated young people on the cover with swirly sky

Sleepover Takeover
Written by Simon James Green, Illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff
Published by Scholastic

Website: simonjamesgreen.com/     Twitter: @simonjamesgreen

Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
By Tola Okogwu
Published by Simon & Schuster

Website: tolaokogwu.com/      Twitter: @TolaOkogwu