Hitting The Shelves: June 2026
last updated 01 June 2026
June marks the start of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s a bright, bold, beautiful month full of celebration and excitement. This month we’re celebrating LGBTQ+ pride, Summer Solstice and kicking off the FIFA World Cup. This month more than ever there is so much to enjoy and learn. As proud partners of the Year of Reading, we’re emphasising the point of “if you’re into it, read into it”. With that in mind, here is a collection of books hitting the shelves this June. Let’s get reading!
Dresses are for Messes
Artist: Janet Samuel
Author: Elizabeth Pulsford
Publisher: Five Mile
Available June 1st 2026
Someone Like Me
Artist: Hatem Aly
Agent: James Burns
Author: Alison McGhee
Publisher: Two Lions
Available June 2nd 2026
The World's Game
Artist: Andrés Landazábal
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Yamile Saied Méndez
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available June 2nd 2026
Thank You for Being a Friend
Artist: Sanne Dufft
Author: Andrew Gold
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available June 2nd 2026
The Haunting of Walker Pond
Artist: Kristina Kister
Agent: Robyn Newton
Author: Nancy Tandon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Available June 2nd 2026
America, I'm So Glad You Were Born
Artist: Kim Barnes
Author: Ainsley Earhardt
Publisher: Zondervan
Available June 2nd 2026
Fred Goes to Space
Author/Illustrator: Zoe Waring
Agent: Susan Penny
Publisher: Ladybird
Available June 4th 2026
The Messysaurus
Artist: Chris Chatterton
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Rachel Bright
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Available June 4th 2026
The Biggest Cat in the Book
Artist: Mark Chambers
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Ben Lerwill
Publisher: DK
Available June 4th 2026
I, Rock
Artist: Mark Chambers
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Eoin McLaughlin
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Available June 4th 2026
The Thing About Giants
Artist: Brie Schmida
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Christopher Galvin
Publisher: Walker Books
Available June 4th 2026
Shadow Thieves: Island of Skulls
Artist: Manuel Šumberac
Agent: Robyn Newton
Author: Peter Burns
Publisher: Farshore
Available June 4th 2026
Wishbound
Artist: Kim Ekdahl
Author: Clemency Brown
Publisher: Chicken House
Available June 4th 2026
Nine Times I Nearly Died
Artist: Matthew Taylor Wilson
Author: Benedict Allen
Publisher: Walker Books
Available June 4th 2026
The Glamorous Grandmas
Artist: Rose Gerrard
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Jodie Lancet-Grant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Available June 4th 2026
Youngest Faircrest and the Search for a Sorcerer
Artist: Tom Knight
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Ollie George Clark
Publisher: DK
Available June 4th 2026
Things to Teach Your Grown-up
Artist: Corrie Gorman
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Colette Hiller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's
Available June 4th 2026
She's a Knockout
Artist: Caroline Garcia
Author: Britney Brouwer
Publisher: Little Tiger
Available June 4th 2026
Swim Along With Me
Artist: Mike Moran
Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Paper Engine
Available June 4th 2026
Maisie vs the Pyramids
Artist: Marco Guadalupi
Author: Jack Jackman
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Available June 4th 2026
A Box Full of Murders: Death at the Museum
Artist: Marta Kissi
Agent: Robyn Newton
Author: Janice Hallett
Publisher: Puffin
Available June 4th 2026
A Nantucket Fling
Artist: Nina Chu
Author: Kathryn Freeman
Publisher: Harper Collins US
Available June 9th 2026
Moms on Call Good Behavior for Toddlers
Artist: Lucie Bee
Author: Jennifer Walker RN BSN & Laura Hunter LPN
Publisher: Cottage Door Press
Available June 9th 2026
The Big Brave Choice: Forgiving Like Jesus
Artist: Eszter Miklós
Author: Joby Martin
Publisher: Tommy Nelson
Available June 9th 2026
Piggy
Artist: Anna Quaranta
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Ann Hood
Publisher: Workshop
Available June 9th 2026
Didi Plums Cosy Worlds
Artist: Didi Plums
Agent: Paul Black
Publisher: WSOY
Available June 10th 2026
Inside-Out Colouring: Super Cute
Artist: Clementine Derodit
Publisher: Igloo
Available June 11th 2026
Lilly's Surprise Pumpkins
Artist: Anna Aronson
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Beth Charles
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Available June 15th 2026
Heronry
Artist: Gordy Wright
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Barbara Herkert
Publisher: Tilbury House
Available June 16th 2026
Serpent on the Mountain
Artist: Becca Stadtlander
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: J. Kasper Kramer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Available June 16th 2026
Liberty's Forgotten Hero
Artist: Anastasia Magloire Williams
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Kesha L. Grant
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Available June 16th 2026
What a Bottom!
Artist: Lee Cosgrove
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Saskia Gwinn
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Available June 18th 2026
Wildflower
Artist: Olga Baumert
Agent: Amy Fitzgerald
Author: Becky Jenkinson
Publisher: Zaffre
Available June 18th 2026
Marvel Fantastic Fables: Aesop's Tales Heroically Reimagined
Artist: Nicolas Rix
Author: Robb Pearlman
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
Available June 18th 2026
Say Hello Like an Armadillo
Artist: Karen Obuhanych
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Zewlan Moor
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Available June 23rd 2026
Ghost Army
Artist: Becca Stadtlander
Agent: Anne Moore Armstrong
Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh
Publisher: Viking
Available June 23rd 2026
Hello, Ocean!
Artist: Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Post Wave
Available June 23rd 2026
Modern Bushcraft
Artist: Ethan Davies
Author: Tim MacWelch
Publisher: HarperCollins Focus
Available June 30th 2026
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