Hitting The Shelves: May 2026
last updated 01 May 2026
Did you know that May is Get Caught Reading Month? Well, we’ve got some brilliant new books for you to get caught reading. Take a look at some of these beautiful, hilarious and exciting new titles hitting shelves this May.
Mama Says I'm Fine
Artist: Tamisha Anthony
Agent: Anne Moore-Armstrong
Author: Brittney Cooper
Publisher: Scholastic US
Available May 5th 2026
If You Went to the Bottom of the Ocean
Artist: Gordy Wright
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Brooke McIntyre
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Available May 5th 2026
Otis Knows
Artist: Stephanie Laberis
Agent: Anne Moore-Armstrong
Author: Liz Garton Scanlon & Martha Brockenbrough
Publisher: Simon & Schuster US
Available May 5th 2026
Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth
Artist: Honie Beam
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Colleen AF Venable (Adapter) & Barbara Park (Author)
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available May 5th 2026
Jesus and the Outsiders
Artist: Daniel Duncan
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Connor Shram
Publisher: Tyndale
Available May 5th 2026
Play Proud: Fiercely Fabulous Queer Athletes
Artist: Izzy Evans
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Rob Sanders
Publisher: Beaming Books
Available May 5th 2026
Willi Ninja: Vogue Legend
Artist: Nabi H. Ali
Agent: James Burns
Author: Joy Michael Ellison
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Available May 5th 2026
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Harry Kane
Artist: Matt Hunt
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher: Quarto Children's
Available May 7th 2026
Le Maître des Licornes
Artist: Federica Frenna
Author: Sanvoisin Eric
Publisher: Editions Auzou
Available May 7th 2026
The Biggest Breakfast
Author/Illustrator: Richard Jones
Agent: Susan Penny
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Available May 7th 2026
Plants Need Friends Too!
Artist: Rose Gerrard
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Jamie Walton
Publisher: Quarto
Available May 7th 2026
Time to Explore Dinosaurs
Artist: Tania García
Agent: Amy Fitzgerald
Author: Andrea Mills
Publisher: DK
Available May 7th 2026
Your Hand In Mine
Artist: Ashling Lindsay
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Helen Mortimer
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Available May 7th 2026
K-Pop Spirit Academy
Artist: Silvia Brunetti
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Joheun Lee
Publisher: Farshore
Available May 7th 2026
Look at Me, What Do You See? Lion
Author/Illustrator: Richard Jones
Agent: Susan Penny
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Available May 7th 2026
Look at Me, What Do You See? Dog
Author/Illustrator: Richard Jones
Agent: Susan Penny
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Available May 7th 2026
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Alexander Hamilton
Artist: Anna Aronson
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher: Quarto Children's
Available May 7th 2026
The Perfect Match
Artist: Dan Taylor
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Chris Becker
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Available May 7th 2026
The Unchosen One
Artist: Ben Mantle
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Amy Sparkes
Publisher: Walker Books
Available May 7th 2026
Uh-Oh, Niko: Potty Time
Author/Illustrator: Chris Chatterton
Agent: Nicky Lander
Publisher: Ladybird Books
Available May 7th 2026
The Panda-Badger
Artist: Brie Schmida
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Ben Cajee
Publisher: Penguin Children's
Available May 7th 2026
Bunnies in a Rocket: BLAST OFF!
Artist: Ben Mantle
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Philip Ardagh
Publisher: Walker Books
Available May 7th 2026
Mission: Bedtime
Artist: Alex Patrick
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Tracey Corderoy
Publisher: Little Tiger
Available May 7th 2026
Bobby Bains Ain't Playing
Artist: Daniel Duncan
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Bali Rai
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Available May 7th 2026
Friend Group
Artist: Aura Lewis
Agent: Anne Moore-Armstrong
Author: Lisa Greenwald
Publisher: Harper Collins US
Available May 12th 2026
Our Fair Share
Artist: Bece Luna
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Sarah Marie Jette
Publisher: Macmillan US
Available May 12th 2026
Pondering: A Story in Cinquains
Artist: Dao Thuy Linh
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Daniel Brewer & Paul Paolilli
Publisher: Worthy Kids
Available May 12th 2026
The Amazing Augustus
Artist: Pauline Gregory
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Tammi Sauer
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Available May 12th 2026
Name Your Colors (and Critters, too!)
Artist: Hui Skipp
Agent: Amy Fitzgerald
Publisher: Workman
Available May 12th 2026
The Island of the Bees
Artist: Paddy Donnelly
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Patricia Forde
Publisher: Penguin Children's
Available May 14th 2026
Milly-Molly-Mandy Makes a Garden
Artist: Catharine Collingridge
Agent: Nicky Lander
Author: Joyce Lankester Brisley
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Available May 14th 2026
10 Little Monster Trucks
Artist: Jeff Harter
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Annie Bailey
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available May 19th 2026
10 Little Airplanes
Artist: Jeff Harter
Agent: Susan Penny
Author: Annie Bailey
Publisher: Random House Children's
Available May 19th 2026
My First Cowboy Boots
Artist: Denise Holmes
Author: Daria Harper
Publisher: Ten Speed Young Readers
Available May 19th 2026
My First Pickleball Paddle
Artist: Denise Holmes
Author: Daria Harper
Publisher: Ten Speed Young Readers
Available May 19th 2026
The Shrew Detective: The Case of the Pilfered Pearls
Artist: Junyi Wu
Author: Margi Preus
Publisher: Abrams
Available May 19th 2026
Teeny and Tilly
Artist: Laura Watkins
Agent: Alex Gehringer
Author: Beanie Feldstein
Publisher: Philomel
Available May 19th 2026
The Lies We Told This Summer
Artist: Kim Ekdahl
Author: Emily Barr
Publisher: Penguin Children's
Available May 21st 2026
The Roommate Rule
Artist: Sarah Long
Author: Georgia Stone
Publisher: Hodder Children's
Available May 21st 2026
The Time Engine
Artist: Kristina Kister
Agent: Robyn Newton
Author: Lindsay Galvin
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Available May 21st 2026
Handbooks for Little Humans: Friendship
Artist: Maja Veselinovic
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Zanni Louise
Publisher: Affirm Press
Available May 26th 2026
Handbooks for Little Humans: Fairness
Artist: Maja Veselinovic
Agent: Georgia Tournay-Godfrey
Author: Zanni Louise
Publisher: Affirm Press
Available May 26th 2026
This Must Be the Place
Artist: Steffi Walthall
Agent: James Burns
Author: Kelly Quindlen
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Available May 26th 2026
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