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Hitting The Shelves: January 2025

last updated 02 January 2025

As we step into 2025, January brings a host of exciting new books; dive in and discover what’s waiting to be added to your reading list!

Illustrators credited below are represented by The Bright Agency, one of the top illustration agencies in the UK and US.


Undercover Combat: Courageous Spies of World War I

Undercover Combat: Courageous Spies of World War I

Artist: Leo Trinidad

Author: Matthew K. Manning

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Secret Agents of Honor: Bold Spies of World War II

Secret Agents of Honor: Bold Spies of World War II

Artist: Leo Trinidad

Author: Matthew K. Manning

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Up Up High

Up Up High

Artist: Katie Rewse

Author: Lydia Lukidis

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

100th Day of School With Yasmin

100th Day of School With Yasmin

Artist: Debby Rahmalia

Author: Saadia Faruqi

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Eid Al-adha With Yasmin

Eid Al-adha With Yasmin

Artist: Debby Rahmalia

Author: Saadia Faruqi

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Juneteenth With Yasmin

Juneteenth With Yasmin

Artist: Debby Rahmalia

Author: Saadia Faruqi

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Indigenous Peoples' Day With Yasmin

Indigenous Peoples' Day With Yasmin

Artist: Debby Rahmalia

Author: Saadia Faruqi

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

Write Here, Write Now

Write Here, Write Now

Artist: Andrea Boatta

Author: Rebecca Gardyn Levington

Publisher: Capstone

Available 1st January

I Love You More Than.... A Baboon's Bum

I Love You More Than.... A Baboon's Bum

Artist: Ben Whitehouse

Agent: Amy Fitzgerald

Author: Candy Bee

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

Available 2nd January

Mrs Owl’s Forest School: The Wet Welly Day

Mrs Owl’s Forest School: The Wet Welly Day

Artist: Sebastien Braun

Agent: Freddie Dawson & Nicky Lander

Author: Ruth Symons

Publisher: Bonnier Books

Available 2nd January

Unicorn Babies

Unicorn Babies

Artist: Tilia Rand-Bell

Author: Lucy Rowland

Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books UK

Available 2nd January

Our Love

Our Love

Author/Artist: Fátima Ordinola

Agent: Susan Penny

Publisher: Post Wave UK

Available 2nd January

On Our Way! What a Day!

On Our Way! What a Day!

Artist: Tamisha Anthony

Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong

Author: JaNay Brown-Wood

Publisher: Penguin US

Available 7th January

Can You Find the Easter Bunny

Can You Find the Easter Bunny

Artist: Suzie Mason

Agent: Alex Gehringer

Author: Danielle McLean

Publisher: Little Tiger

Available 7th January

Willow Takes on the Weather

Willow Takes on the Weather

Artist: Annabel Tempest

Agent: Freddie Dawson & Nicky Lander

Author: Rachel Noble

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Available 7th January

Mamiachi & Me

Mamiachi & Me

Artist: Mirelle Ortega

Agent: James Burns

Author: Jolene & Dakota Gutiérrez

Publisher: Abrams

Available 7th January

Mind Maps: Physics for Kids

Mind Maps: Physics for Kids

Artist: Anna Kuptsova

Author: Anna Claybourne

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing

Available 7th January

Les magimatous - La nuit des sorcières

Les magimatous - La nuit des sorcières

Artist: Benedetta Capriotti

Author: Julien Hervieux

Publisher: Editions Auzou

Available 9th January

Oshún & Me: A Story of Love and Braids

Oshún & Me: A Story of Love and Braids

Artist: Alleanna Harris

Agent: Alex Gehringer

Author: Adiba Nelson

Publisher: Macmillan US

Available 14th January

Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds

Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds | Super Senses: Detector Dogs

Artist: Daniel Duncan

Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong

Author: Christina Couch

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Available 14th January

Make Your Mark

Make Your Mark

Artist: David Wilkerson

Author: Jacci Gresham & Sherry Fellores

Publisher: Penguin US

Available 14th January

When Fish Finger Froze

When Fish Finger Froze

Artist: Tom Knight

Agent: Susan Penny

Author: Michelle Robinson

Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books UK

Available 16th January

Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo

Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo

Artist: Brie Schmida

Author: Philippa Leathley

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Available 30th January

Das alles kann mein Körper

Das alles kann mein Körper

Artist: Julianna Swaney

Author: Michael Engler

Publisher: arsEdition

Available 27th January

Little Love List

Little Love List

Artist: Summer Macon

Author: Bethany Clark

Publisher: Affirm Press

Available 28th January

Dragons Can't Eat Snow Cones

Dragons Can't Eat Snow Cones

Artist: Pauline Gregory

Author: Amanda Sobotka

Publisher: HarperCollins Focus

Available 28th January

The Wonder You See

The Wonder You See

Artist: Julianna Swaney

Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong

Author: Joanna Gaines

Publisher: HarperCollins US

Available 28th January

Hunt for the Golden Scarab

Hunt for the Golden Scarab

Artist: Manuel Šumberac

Author: M. G. Leonard

Publisher: PanMacmillan

Available 30th January

The Detention Detectives: Talent for Trouble

The Detention Detectives: Talent for Trouble

Artist: Glenn Thomas

Author: Lis Jardine

Publisher: Puffin Books

Available 30th January

Mega Sounds: Beautiful World

Mega Sounds: Beautiful World

Artist: Noémie Gionet Landry

Publisher: Igloo Books

Available 31st January

The Great Unicorn Rescue

The Great Unicorn Rescue

Author/Illustrator: Diane Ewen

Publisher: PanMacmillan

Available 30th January

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