Category rhyme

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Young Readers)

Earth Verse by Sally M Walker & William Grill (Walker Studio)

Yellow Kayak by Nina Laden & Melissa Castrillón (Simon & Schuster)

The Night Flower by Lara Hawthorne (Big Picture Press)

Fresh Festive Fiction – a round-up of truly seasonal reads

The 12 Sleighs of Christmas by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Jake Parker (Chronicle Books)

Make & Play Nativity illustrated by Joey Chou (Nosy Crow)

The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (Scholastic)

Leading Ladies

Never Take A Bear To School by Mark Sperring & Britta Teckentrup (Orchard Books)

A Greyhound A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins & Chris Appelhans (Schwartz & Wade Books)

I Don’t Want Curly Hair by Laura Ellen Anderson (Bloomsbury)

Bookish Christmas Gift Guide – a round-up of our 2016 favourites!

Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer by Nicola Killen (Simon & Schuster)

Nothing by Yasmeen Ismail (Bloomsbury)