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Hitting The Shelves: July 2025

last updated 01 July 2025

If you’re on the lookout for new books to add to your summer reading list – you’re in luck! This July, we have a fantastic selection of brilliant, funny, insightful and joyful books hitting the shelves.

Titles that are available as physical copies in the US are linked to Bright’s Bookshop.org page. If interested in purchasing any of the titles in this list, click here. Each purchase helps support independent bookstores.

Ribbit

Ribbit

Artist: Fred Blunt

Agent: Susan Penny

Author: Fred Blunt

Publisher: Scholastic Australia

Available July 1st

Wednesday is for Wiggling

Wednesday is for Wiggling

Artist: Holly Sterling

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Eva Wong Nava

Publisher: Walker Books

Available July 1st

The Gift of the Broken Cup

The Gift of the Broken Cup

Artist: Jade Orlando

Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong

Author: Allan Wolf

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Available July 1st

Call Your Boyfriend

Call Your Boyfriend

Artist: Sarah Long

Author: Olivia A. Cole

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Available July 1st

Poison Tides

Poison Tides

Artist: Matthew Taylor Wilson

Author: Jay McGuiness

Publisher: Scholastic Children's

Available July 3rd

Bizzy Bear: Swimming Fun

Bizzy Bear: Swimming Fun

Artist: Benji Davies

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Benji Davies

Publisher: Nosy Crow

Available July 3rd

How to Train Your Teacher

How to Train Your Teacher

Artist: Sophie Kent

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Bethany Walker

Publisher: Scholastic Children's

Available July 3rd

Every Botty Burps

Every Botty Burps

Artist: Alex Patrick

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Becky Wilson

Publisher: Little Tiger

Available July 3rd

What Came First?

What Came First?

Artist: Aaron Cushley

Agent: Georgia Tourney-Godphrey

Author: Kit Frost

Publisher: Farshore

Available July 3rd

Meet the Whales

Meet the Whales

Artist: Becca Hall

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Kate Peridot

Publisher: Hodder Children's

Available July 3rd

Where Is Sheep 100?

Where Is Sheep 100?

Artist: Sebastien Braun

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Susie Crosby

Publisher: B&H Kids

Available July 8th

Into the Bewilderness

Into the Bewilderness

Artist: Meggie Johnson

Agent: Alex Gehringer

Author: Gus Gordon

Publisher: HarperCollins US

Available July 8th

A Rakhi for Rakesh

A Rakhi for Rakesh

Artist: Nabi H. Ali

Agent: James Burns

Author: Nadia Salomon

Publisher: Clarion Books

Available July 8th

Data, Big and Small

Data, Big and Small

Artist: Luke Seguin-Magee

Author: Dharini Balasubramaniam

Publisher: Franklin Watts

Available July 10th

Perfect Harmony

Perfect Harmony

Artist: Alex Willmore

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Kristina Stephenson

Publisher: Penguin Children's

Available July 10th

It's Almost Time for . . . Halloween!

It's Almost Time for . . . Halloween!

Artist: Tom Knight

Agent: Susan Penny

Author: Maisha Oso

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Available July 15th

Spooky Hide, Spooky Seek

Spooky Hide, Spooky Seek

Artist: Tom Knight

Agent: Susan Penny

Author: Sam Williams

Publisher: Union Square & Co.

Available July 15th

Ghosts of Fear Street: Hide and Shriek

Ghosts of Fear Street: Hide and Shriek

Artist: Berat Pekmezci

Author: R.L. Stine

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Available July 15th

Little Witch's To Do List

Little Witch's To Do List

Artist: Kiersten Eagan

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Helen Kemp Zax

Publisher: Abrams

Available July 15th

This That What

This That What

Artist: Colleen Larmour

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Kay Ashworth

Publisher: Puffin Books

Available July 17th

A Deadly Inheritance

A Deadly Inheritance

Artist: Julia Murray

Author: Charlotte Vassell

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Available July 17th

The Martian Museum of Earth Animals

The Martian Museum of Earth Animals

Artist: Matt Hunt

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Jules Howard

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's

Available July 17th

Uh-Oh, Niko: Swimming

Uh-Oh, Niko: Swimming

Artist: Chris Chatterton

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Chris Chatterton

Publisher: Ladybird Books

Available July 17th

Stemosaurus

Stemosaurus

Artist: Mark Chambers

Agent: Nicky Lander

Author: Andrew Root

Publisher: Amazon Publishing

Available July 22nd

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

Artist: Galia Bernstein

Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong

Author: Thor Hanson

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Available July 22nd

How to train a Dad

How to train a Dad

Artist: Noémie Gionet Landry

Author: Sally Barns

Publisher: Affirm Press

Available July 29th

My Brother's Butt Is Haunted

My Brother's Butt Is Haunted

Artist: James Rey Sanchez

Agent: Alex Gehringer

Author: Dan Poblocki

Publisher: Penguin Workshop

Available July 29th

A Gift from the Birds

A Gift from the Birds

Artist: Jessica Smith

Author: Caroline Stills

Publisher: Text Publishing

Available July 29th

Hedgehog or Echidna?

Hedgehog or Echidna?

Artist: Amandine Thomas

Author: Ashleigh Barton

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Available July 30th

The One and Only You

The One and Only You

Artist: Ben Mantle

Agent: Susan Penny

Author: Shane Hegarty

Publisher: Hachette Children's

Available July 31st

How Many Farmyard Friends?

How Many Farmyard Friends?

Artist: Sue Reeves

Publisher: Igloo Books

Available July 31st

How Many Whizzy Wheels

How Many Whizzy Wheels

Artist: Sue Reeves

Publisher: Igloo Books

Available July 31st

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