It’s a new year and we’re excited about all the fantastic children’s books that will be published in 2020. Here are some of the titles that have already piqued our interest.

For the most anticipated YA books of 2020, check out our comprehensive roundup here.

Picture books

• Coming Home to Country by Bronwyn Bancroft (February)
• Counting our Country by Jill Daniels (February)
• Izzy and Frank by Katrina Lehman & Sophie Beer (February)
• Cats Do Not Like Birthdays by Nicki Greenberg (February)
• The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants by Phillip Bunting (February)
• You Complete Me by Thomas Elliott (February)
• Brother Moon by Maree McCarthy Yoelu & Samantha Fry (March)
• I’ll Always Be Older Than You by Jane Godwin & Sara Acton (March)
• The Artist by Alison Binks (March)
• Some Brains by Nelly Thomas (March)
• What Colour is the Sea? by Katie Stewart (March)
• Monkey’s Tail by Alex Rance & Shane McG (March)
• There’s No Such Thing by Heidi McKinnon (April)
• Backyard Birds by Helen Milroy (April)
• Peter and the Tree Children by Peter Wohlleben & Cale Atkinson (June)
• Littlelight by Kelly Canby (August)
• The Curiosities by Zana Fraillon & Phil Lesnie (August)
• At the Dog Park by Moira Court (November)

Junior fiction

• Monster Nanny by Pasi Pitkanen & Tuutikki Tolonen (January)
• Puppy Playtime! and Take Off! (Evie and Pog, Book 1 & 2) by Tania McCartney (February)
• Narwhal’s Otter Friend by Ben Clanton (February)
• Hotel Flamingo: Carnival Caper by Alex Milway (February)
• Hattie by Frida Nilsson (March)
• Scary Mary and the Stripe Spell (Monty’s Island, Book 1) by Emily Rodda & Lucinda Gifford (April)
• Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony by Magda Szubanski (April)
• What Zola Did on Monday by Melina Marchetta (June)

Middle fiction

• Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly (January)
• The Champions of the Blade (Paladero, Book 4) by Steven Lochran (January)
• Jane Doe and the Key of All Souls (Jane Doe, Book 2) by Jeremy Lachlan (February)
• Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray (February)
• The Ghost of Howlers Beach (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries, Book 1) by Jackie French (March)
• The Highland Falcon Thief by M. G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman (March)
• The Threads of Magic by Alison Croggon (March)
• Red Day by Sandy Fussell (March)
• The Republic of Birds by Jessica Miller (March)
• The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour by Ally Carter (March)
• Landing with Wings by Trace Balla (March)
• The List of Things that Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead (April)
• Snow White Rose Red and Other Tales of Kind Young Women by Kate Forsyth & Lorena Carrington (April)
• The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks (April)
• Ottilie Colter and the Withering World (Ottilie Colter, Book 3) by Rhiannon Williams (May)
• Battle Born (Elementals, Book 3) by Amie Kaufman (June)
• One True King (The School for Good and Evil, Book 6) by Soman Chainani (June)
• Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai (June)
• Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend (August)
• The Chameleon Thief by Mat Larkin (November)

Non-fiction

• Ninja Bandicoots and Turbo-Charged Wombats by Hazel Flynn (January)
• 7 Steps to Get Your Child Reading by Louise Park (February)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mai Ly Degnan (February)
• David Attenborough by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Mikyo Noh (February)
• Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi & Sarah Tanat-Jones (February)
• Girls Can Fly by Sally Morgan & Ambelin Kwaymullina (March)
• Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson & Jess Racklyeft (March)
• Evonne Goolagong (Little People, Big Dreams series) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (March)