Publishing this Month: September

With the return of school right around the corner, we herald its return by showing off all the wonderful new books out this month featuring the amazing work of our Bright Artists. This month sees Kathryn Durst reunite with the legendary Paul McCartney for Grandude’s Green Submarine, as well as an ode to the power of music and friendship in A Song in the Mist.

Grandude’s Green Submarine, illustrated by Kathryn Durst, written by Paul McCartney // Puffin

A Song in the Mist, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock, written by Corrinne Averiss // OUP Oxford

Jack and the Giant Tantrum, illustrated by Chris Jevons, written by Louis Growell // Ladybird Books

Dear Spookysaur, illustrated by Nicola O’Byrne, written by Chae Strathie // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Someday, illustrated by Frances Ives, written by Stephanie Stansbie // Little Tiger Press

Snow White in Space, illustrated by Chris Jevons, written by Peter Bently // Hodder Children’s Books

An Adventurer’s Guide to Dinosaurs, illustrated by Yas Imamura, written by Isabel Thomas // Ladybird

Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly, written by Philip Reeve // David Fickling Books

The Midnight Hunt, illustrated by Hannah Peck, written by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder // Chicken House

His Royal Hopeless, illustrated by George Ermos, written by Chloe Perrin // Chicken House

Malice’s Adventures in Underland: A Trick of Time, illustrated by Hannah Peck, written by Jenni Jennings // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

If You’re Spooky and You Know It, illustrated by Mark Chambers // Ladybird Books

Can we really help the Polar Bears?, illustrated by Róisín Hahessy, written by Katie Daynes // Usborne Publishing

Annabel Karmel’s Fun, Fast and Easy Children’s Cookbook, illustrated by Bryony Clarkson, written by Annabel Karmel // Welbeck

Six Chicks, illustrated by Susana Gurrea, written by Helen Betts // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Hush, illustrated by Susana Gurrea, written by Helen Betts // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

This is Such Fun!, illustrated by Susana Gurrea, written by Helen Betts // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

This and That, illustrated by Susana Gurrea, written by Helen Betts // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Ken the Kid, illustrated by Mette Engell, written by Charlotte Raby // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Dig It Up, illustrated by Mette Engell, written by Charlotte Raby // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Tick Tock!, illustrated by Mette Engell, written by Charlotte Raby // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Fun in the Fog, illustrated by Mette Engell, written by Charlotte Raby // Scholastic Children’s Books UK

Hooray for Snow!, illustrated by Zoe Waring // Golden Books

Everything Under the Sun, featuring illustrations by Grace Easton and Richard Jones, written by Molly Oldfield // Ladybird Books

Shipwreck Reefs, illustrated by Adele Leyris, written by Aimée M. Bissonette // Albert Whitman & Company

Ten Minutes to Bed: Baby Unicorn, illustrated by Chris Chatterton, written by Rhiannon Fielding // Ladybird Books

Bizzy Bear: Breakdown Truck, by Benji Davies // Nosy Crow

The Wall and the Wild, illustrated by Katie Rewse, written by Christina Dendy // Lantana Publishing

How Many Sleeps ‘til Halloween?, illustrated by Gabriele Tafuni, written by Laura Knowles // Welbeck Publishing Group

Pages & Co., illustrated by Marco Guadalupi, written by Anna James // HarperCollins Children’s Books

Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong, illustrated by Gavin Scott, written by Dr Nick Crumpton // Nosy Crow

Die Schule der Wunderdinge, illustrated by Marta Kissi, written by Kira Gembri // Arena Verlag

The Last Seaweed Pie, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly, written by Wendy Shurety // Storyhouse Publishing

SuperJoe Does NOT Do Cuddles, illustrated by Emma Proctor, written by Michael Catchpool // Lantana Publishing

Misty the Cloud, illustrated by Rosie Butcher, written by Dylan Dreyer // Listening Library

Seven Wherewithal Way, illustrated by Flavia Sorrentino, written by Samantha-Ellen Bound // Affirm Press

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst, illustrated by Karl James Mountford, written by Jaclyn Moriarty // Guppy Books

The Princess Rules: The Mammoth Adventure, illustrated by Chris Chatterton, written by Philippa Gregory // HarperCollins Children’s Books

The Book of Stolen Dreams, illustrated by Kristina Kister, written by David Farr // Usborne Publishing

The Nutcracker, illustrated by Margarida Esteves, written by Lauren Holowaty // Welbeck Publishing Group

Major Detours, illustrated by Karl James Mountford, written by Zachary Sergi // Running Press Kids

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