Hitting the Shelves January 2026
last updated 05 January 2026
As we enter the new year, more than forty brilliant new books are hitting shelves in January alone! Scroll through the full collection and find the perfect reads for your 2026 reading list.
Love Potion Commotion
Artist: George Ermos
Author: Kristen Aguilar
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Available January 1st 2026
The Dreamland of Clara, Lilly, Boo, and Bee
Artist: Zöe Bennett
Author: Michael Cronin
Publisher: GrayCronin Books
Available January 1st 2026
Five and the Smuggler's Code
Artist: James Lancett
Author: Chris Smith
Publisher: Hodder Children's
Available January 1st 2026
Baby on Board: Rocket
Artist: Sebastien Braun
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Ruth Symons
Publisher: Templar
Available January 1st 2026
Baby on Board: Submarine
Artist: Sebastien Braun
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Ruth Symons
Publisher: Templar
Available January 1st 2026
Tana Cooks for Field Day Fun
Artist: Maria Gabriela Gama
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Stacy Wells
Publisher: Capstone
Available January 1st 2026
Tana Cooks a Show-and-tell Brainstorm
Artist: Maria Gabriela Gama
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Stacy Wells
Publisher: Capstone
Available January 1st 2026
Celebrate Latin America and the Caribbean
Artist: Andrés Landazábal
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Gabriela Goldin Marcovich
Publisher: Walker Books
Available January 1st 2026
Just Like Rabbit
Author/illustrator: Katy Hudson
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Publisher: Capstone
Available January 1st 2026
Secrets of the Broken House
Artist: Matthew Taylor Wilson
Author: Taryn Souders
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Available January 6th 2026
Colors of My Heart / Colores De Mi Corazón
Artist: Maria Gabriela Gama
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: 123 Andrés
Publisher: Scholastic
Available January 6th 2026
Who Will Rule the Trees?
Artist: Alette Straathof
Author: Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher: Kar-Ben
Available January 6th 2026
Time for Courage
Artist: Violet Tobacco
Author: Rob Currie
Publisher: Tyndale
Available January 6th 2026
Little Easter Bunny To Do List
Artist: Kiersten Eagan
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Helen Kemp Zax
Publisher: Abrams
Available January 6th 2026
Bunnytale
Artist: Anita Schmidt
Author: Christopher Franceschelli
Publisher: Abrams
Available January 6th 2026
Tractors in Space
Artist: Alex Willmore
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Ross MacKay
Publisher: DK
Available January 8th 2026
Say Peekaboo! Chick's Easter Egg Hunt
Artist: Sebastien Braun
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Anne Forni
Publisher: DK
Available January 8th 2026
TMTB: Where's Little Chick?
Artist: Chris Chatterton
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Rhiannon Fielding
Publisher: Ladybird
Available January 7th 2026
Mission Playtime!
Artist: Clara Reschke
Agent: James Burns
Author: Nelly Buchet
Publisher: Mattel
Available January 13th 2026
How to Hatch
Artist: Galia Bernstein
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Sara Holly Ackerman
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available January 13th 2026
The Unfunny Bunny
Artist: Tony Neal
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Kenan Thompson & Bryan Tucker
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Available January 13th 2026
Prayer Is
Artist: Alleanna Harris
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Tameka Fryer Brown
Publisher: Macmillan US
Available January 13th 2026
Tree Thing
Artist: Matthew Taylor Wilson
Author: Piers Torday
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Available January 15th 2026
My First Sticker Book: Bizzy Bear: Busy Jobs
Author/illustrator: Benji Davies
Agent: Nicky Lander
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Available January 15th 2026
Everything You Know About Birds Is Wrong!
Artist: Gavin Scott
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Dr Nick Crumpton
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Available January 15th 2026
Poo! What? Where?
Artist: Gareth Conway
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Mike Rampton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s
Available January 15th 2026
Auntie’s Bangles
Artist: Alea Marley
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Dean Atta
Publisher: Hachette Children’s
Available January 15th 2026
It’s Almost Time for… Easter!
Artist: Tom Knight
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Maisha Oso
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Available January 20th 2026
Melodies of The Weary Blues
Artist: Aaron Marin
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Available January 20th 2026
Louisa Learns to Write
Artist: Sofia Moore
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Kate Hannigan
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Available January 20th 2026
Endloser Stickerspaß auf dem Bauernhof
Artist: Rosie Butcher
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Ohne Klebstoff
Publisher: arsEdition
Available January 26th 2026
Endloser Stickerspaß auf der Baustelle
Artist: Rosie Butcher
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Ohne Klebstoff
Publisher: arsEdition
Available January 26th 2026
The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne
Artist: Yas Imamura
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Laura Alary
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing
Available January 27th 2026
Bunnies to the Rescue
Artist: Eszter Miklós
Author: Sophy Williams
Publisher: Affirm Press
Available January 27th 2026
Life Lessons for Little Ones: You Are Loved
Artist: Anna Quaranta
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Jess Sanders
Publisher: Affirm Press
Available January 27th 2026
Main Street
Artist: David Wilkerson
Author: Britt Hawthorne & Tiffany Jewell
Publisher: Kokila
Available January 27th 2026
Das EiHörnchen
Artist: Gabriele Tafuni
Author: Miriam Mann
Publisher: Carlsen Verlag
Available January 29th 2026
Our Dreams
Artist: Fátima Ordinola
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Fátima Ordinola
Publisher: Post Wave
Available January 29th 2026
A Hugh Dunnit Mystery: Splitting Hairs
Artist: Lee Cosgrove
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Guy Bass
Publisher: Andersen Press
Available January 29th 2026
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