Welcome to our monthly book recommendations post for March! Unfortunately, due to ill health on one side and a house move on the other, we’ve been unable to do our regular level of detail for this month. But we haven’t stopped reading, and it doesn’t stop us recommending those books!
So if you’re looking for a book to pick up, or perhaps give as an Easter gift, here are some to look out for.
Fiction
The Appletree Animal Agency – Katya Balen and Gill Smith (pub. Walker Books)
The Notwitches – Gary Panton and Dotty Sutton (pub. Chicken House Books)
Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower – Nathanael Lessore and Simran Diamond Singh (pub. Little Tiger Press)
Please Don’t Read the Footnotes Please – Rob Walton and Reena Makwana (pub. The Emma Press)
Wrong Tracks – Susan Brownrigg and Jenny Czerwonka (pub. UCLan Publishing)
Non-fiction
Don’t Squish A Slug – Yussef Rafik and Riley Samels (pub. Words & Pictures)
Surviving Vesuvius – Beth Waters and Christopher Harrisson (pub. Wide Eyed Editions)
The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure – Amy Atwater and Natalia Cardozo (pub. Magic Cat Publishing)
Mega: The Most Enormous Animals Ever – Jules Howard and Gavin Scott (pub. Nosy Crow)
Illustrated and Graphic
The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief – Vashti Hardy and Agnes Saccani (pub. Barrington Stoke)
Cat and Dumpling: Home Sweet Home – Nicola Kent (pub. Oxford University Press)
Boss of the Underworld: Shirley vs The Green Menace – Tor Freeman (pub. Hodder Children’s Books)
Picture books
Little Seed – Hector Dexet (pub. Post Wave Publishing)
Slug Life – Moesha Kellaway (pub. Rocket Bird Books)
Do Not Say These Words – Frances Tosdevin and Rhian Wright (pub. UCLan Publishing)
Are You A Hungry Monster? – Guilherme Karsten (pub. Happy Yak)
That’s it for March’s recommendations, we should be back to our normal level of service for April’s set next month. For now, why not join us on Threads, Bluesky, or Twitter/X, and let us know what you’ve been reading!
If any of the books have grabbed your attention, then you can pick up a copy of them via our recommendations list below.
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If you’re looking for more book round-ups, check out our previous reviews here.
