Our January 2025 children's and young adult bestsellers

Here are the kids and young adult books that our shoppers were loving in January! Coming in at number one is the latest novel from the winner of The Readings Young Adult Prize 2023, Ann Liang. At number two and three are two wonderful, but very different graphic novels. Also making the list are two favourites from the dynamic duo, Mem Fox and Judy Horacek – A new story about a mischevious meerkat and everyone's favourite sheep, now in an adorable touch-and-feel board book!

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1. I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
2. Escaping Peril: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Eight) by Tui Sutherland & Mike Holmes (illus.)
3. Big Jim Begins (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 13) by Dav Pilkey
4. Meerkat Mayhem by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
5. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
6. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen
7. Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza by Jamie Smart
8. Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 19) by Jeff Kinney
9. Wurrtoo by Tylissa Elisara & Dylan Finney (illus.)
10. Unravelled (Keeper of the Lost Cities, Book 9.5) by Shannon Messenger
11. Magic Beach by Alison Lester
12. The Midwatch by Judith Rossell
13. The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
14. Shadows and Secrets: Wolf Girl 12 by Anh Do
15. Where is the Green Sheep? Touch and Feel Book by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek (illus.)
16. Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
17. Real Pigeons Power Up (Real Pigeons, Book 12) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (illus.)
18. The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, Book 2) by Peter Brown
19. The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell (illus.)
20. Super Sleuth by David Walliams & Adam Stower (illus.)