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👀 Best Books for June 2026 📚

This month, our panel of experienced teachers, librarians and children’s book experts has carefully selected five outstanding titles for you to read, with a mixture of longer and shorter reads to engage and excite young readers.

From burrito loving flamingos and frogs to a bear that loves sushi, there’s plenty to entertain younger readers in Genevieve Aspianall’s fun new picturebook, Tigers Don’t Eat Jelly.

There’s a great choice of chapter books for older readers, from adventure and courage amidst challenging family relationships in The Children of Wolf Rock, to a football-focused story about chasing your dreams and speaking out in Strike.

The popular partnership of Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton return with Six Weeks, a verse novel which powerfully explores a grieving boy’s journey to rebuild his life, described by our reviewer as “raw but entirely hopeful”.

For fact-book fans, this month’s pick is Chris Packham’s Nature is the Answer. This brilliant book explores eco-anxiety, confronting some of the challenges facing our planet which young people can find overwhelming. Offering reassurance and hope alongside practical tools to help children navigate their worries and transform them into positive action.

Head to the ‘New Books’ section on the BFT website to discover each of our Review Panel’s top new children’s books for you to read this month.

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