As we head into the second half of this year, you might be wondering what kids and young adult books you’ll be reading soon – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of some of the July to December releases we’re looking forward to.
Picture books
Fashionista by Maxine Beneba Clarke (July)
Pig the Tourist by Aaron Blabey (July)
Moving Your Body by Beci Orpin (August)
Bruce Lee (Little People Big Dreams) and Rudolf Nureyev (Little People Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara (August)
Boo! by Margaret Wild & Freya Blackwood (September)
Mr Chicken All Over Australia by Leigh Hobbs (October)
Just Because by Mac Barnett & Isabelle Arsenault (October)
Junior & middle fiction
Into the Wild (Wolf Girl, Book 1) by Anh Do (July)
Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle (July)
Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories by Helen Milroy (July)
Detention by Tristan Bancks (July)
Best Friends by Shannon Hale (August)
How To Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy (August)
For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man, Book 7) by Dav Pilkey (September)
Guts by Raina Telgemeier (October)
White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio (October)
The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book 4) by Rick Riordan (October)
A Tale of Magic… by Chris Colfer (October)
Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle by Shannon & Dean Hale (October)
Hilda and the Mountain King by Luke Pearson (October)
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney (November)
Young adult fiction
Rogue by A.J. Betts (July)
Impossible Music by Sean Williams (July)
All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan (July)
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood (August)
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim (August)
I Am Change by Suzy Zail (August)
As Happy As Here by Jane Godwin (August)
Angel Mage by Garth Nix (September)
Monuments by Will Kostakis (September)
This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield (September)
Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson (September)
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks (September)
The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, Volume 2) by Philip Pullman (October)
Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard (October)
Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (November)
Kids non-fiction
A Boy Called Bob Becomes an AFL Footballer by Bob Murphy, with Tony Wilson (July)
Argh! There’s a Skeleton Inside You! by Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost
Plastic: Past, Present and Future by Eun-ju Kim & Ji-won Li (August)
Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street: A Collection of Recipes to Share by Felicita Sala (August)
Kulinmaya! Keep Listening, Everybody! by Mumu Mike Williams (August)
Welcome to Your Period by Yumi Stynes & Dr. Melissa Kang
