New Title Shelf: What’s publishing in May
Check out new children’s books and YA for primary and secondary school publishing in May.
If you are looking for class sets and prefer titles you know that have been around a little longer please browse our Class Reads Summer Promo.
Some of the titles below feature in our Football Fantasy Book League – a fun, free game to play with students during the Men’s Fifa World Cup. During The National Year of Reading we want to help schools Go All In and get kids reading around the subjects that excite them and make them curious. Find out more and register to get information and links first here.
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New Picture Book Fiction
The Island of the Bees
ISBN: 9780241380918
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
Reprinting
You Be You: A bright and bouncy picture book about difference, diversity and tolerance
ISBN: 9781529514780
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
Available
The Hospital for Mythological Creatures
ISBN: 9781800660694
Original price was: £14.99.£10.49Current price is: £10.49.
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Marcie and Giraffe
ISBN: 9781838919887
Original price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Luna Loves Sport
ISBN: 9781839136535
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Come to the Park
ISBN: 9781907825637
Original price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Max and the Haircut
ISBN: 9781915659798
Original price was: £12.99.£9.35Current price is: £9.35.
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New Primary Fiction
Tuck and Tina and the Dinosaur Thief
ISBN: 9780241704370
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Bim Blake’s Hot Takes: My Pencil Case Doesn’t Define Me
ISBN: 9780241761458
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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Nina Peanut: Major Drama Alert (Book 4)
ISBN: 9780702348198
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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You and Me and the Peanut-Butter Beast
ISBN: 9781035048236
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Trix’s Tree House
ISBN: 9781035902873
Original price was: £7.99.£5.75Current price is: £5.75.
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Kitty and the Moonflower Mystery
ISBN: 9781382069885
Original price was: £6.99.£4.89Current price is: £4.89.
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Anna Hibiscus and the Big Holiday
ISBN: 9781529535587
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Ministry of Manners
ISBN: 9781835873175
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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Tadpole Summer
ISBN: 9781839946523
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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My Cat is Called Odin 2: Rise of the Goblin Queen
ISBN: 9781912923526
Original price was: £8.99.£6.74Current price is: £6.74.
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New Secondary Fiction
Like A Brother
ISBN: 9781471418235
Original price was: £8.99.£6.11Current price is: £6.11.
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Swift and Hawk: Killswitch
ISBN: 9781529523898
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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My Wonderful Disgrace
ISBN: 9781529530698
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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This Boy I Hardly Know
ISBN: 9781839137839
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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New Graphic Novels
Blood City Rollers 2
ISBN: 9780241712085
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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Captain Tsubasa Volume 1 Kick-Off!
ISBN: 9780241824023
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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Manga Classics: Little Women
ISBN: 9781787081949
Original price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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New Non-Fiction
World of Football
ISBN: 9780008820725
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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Airport Adventure: With Mo T – The Airport Guy
ISBN: 9780241682234
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Nature is the Answer: A Toolkit for Eco-Positivity
ISBN: 9780241768907
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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The Miniverse: A Microscopic Journey Into Hidden Worlds
ISBN: 9780241772195
Original price was: £19.99.£13.99Current price is: £13.99.
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Time to Explore Big Machines: With a Foldout Surprise!
ISBN: 9780241772577
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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The World According to Sharks
ISBN: 9780241791400
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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Animals at Work
ISBN: 9781510231672
Original price was: £16.99.£11.89Current price is: £11.89.
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The Nine Times I Nearly Died: An Explorer’s True Tales of Survival and Adventure
ISBN: 9781529526820
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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Communication: How we connect and exchange information
ISBN: 9781787081963
Original price was: £12.99.£9.74Current price is: £9.74.
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Who Will You Be When You Grow Up?: A Let’s Talk picture boo
ISBN: 9781801993494
Original price was: £12.99.£9.09Current price is: £9.09.
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FIFA World Cup 2026 Kids’ Handbook: The Official Guide
ISBN: 9781804539903
Original price was: £9.99.£7.19Current price is: £7.19.
Out of Print
Cute FACTopia!: Follow the Trail of 200 Super-sweet Facts
ISBN: 9781804661833
Original price was: £9.99.£7.19Current price is: £7.19.
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Teeny Tiny Science: I See a Tree
ISBN: 9781805133780
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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British Museum: So You Think You’ve Got It Bad? A Kid’s Life in Tudor Times
ISBN: 9781805137306
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Ultimate Football World Cup Quiz Book
ISBN: 9781835878491
Original price was: £10.99.£7.69Current price is: £7.69.
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The Shipwreck Atlas
ISBN: 9781836002390
Original price was: £16.99.£12.23Current price is: £12.23.
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New Now in Paperback
Beti and the Little Round House
ISBN: 9781529531794
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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Elmer and the White Bear
ISBN: 9781839134807
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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This is Who I Am
ISBN: 9781839135767
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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The Sleeper Train: A moonlit railway adventure set in India
ISBN: 9781529535150
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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The Poisoned King
ISBN: 9781408897478
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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Journey Around the United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781445192369
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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The History of Everything in 32 Pages
ISBN: 9781510232006
Original price was: £7.99.£5.59Current price is: £5.59.
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A Rainforest Story: The Animals of the Amazon
ISBN: 9781035075713
Original price was: £8.99.£6.29Current price is: £6.29.
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Strange Science: How do Plants Eat Animals? The Strange Science of Living Things
ISBN: 9781526328304
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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Animal Stats: Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9781526328809
Original price was: £9.99.£6.99Current price is: £6.99.
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