Wild magic, Cowell’s trademark bonkers humour, rich environmentalism and the complexities of family love are woven deftly through the first book in a fabulous new series for 8+. But K2 O’Hero has a gift – his drawings can transport people between worlds – and when Annipeck is kidnapped, all the siblings must travel to a place of desperate peril to rescue her. The unusual O’Hero children and the down-to-earth Smiths are an uneasy not-yet-blended family (although they all adore baby Annipeck). Which Way to Anywhere by Cressida Cowell, Hodder, £12.99 Child’s vivid spot-colour illustrations elegantly complement the fierceness of the story. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back by Emma Carroll, illustrated by Lauren Child, Simon & Schuster, £12.99Ī compelling, defiant revisiting of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl for 7+, in which heroine Bridie sees visions of a better future when she uses her last three matches – and leads the factory workers out on strike in the hope of realising it.
Atmospherically illustrated and luxuriously bound, it’s a wonderful gift for children of 6+. This 5+ picture book is joyously anarchic in both word and illustration, sizzling with imagination and colour.Īnd Everything Will Be Glad to See You chosen by Ella Risbridger, illustrated by Anna Shepeta, Nosy Crow, £20įrom Maya Angelou to Amanda Gorman, Elizabeth Jennings to Grace Nicholls, this wide-ranging selection of poetry by women and girls is uplifting, moving and invigorating. When Mink, an indomitable, rule-breaking little girl, meets a baby zebra on the run, she knows it’s up to her to liberate his parents – and the rest of evil Mr Spit’s captive menagerie.
The Zebra’s Great Escape by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, Bloomsbury, £14.99 An illustration by Nia Tudor from When You Joined Our Family.
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