★ MY OWN SPECIAL WAY MITHAA ALKHAYYAT (Retold by Vivian French) MAYA FIDAWI

★ MR P’S NAUGHTY BOOK FRANCESCA SIMON PETE WILLIAMSON

Little Hamda wants to wear the veil, like her big sisters, but it’s up to her to find her own special way and prove she’s grown up, just like her sisters.

Written by Mithaa alKhayyat with lively illustrations by Maya Fidawi. Both author and illustrator live in the United Arab Emirates.

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Mr P’s Naughty Book has the perfect punishment for every naughtiness in the world – so why does he keep getting it so wrong?

Francesca Simon spent her childhood in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities. She won the Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. She lives in London with her family.

Pete Williamson is an artist, illustrator and animation designer.

★ POPPY THE PIRATE DOG LIZ KESSLER MIKE PHILLIPS

★ CUDWEED IN OUTER SPACE MARCUS SEDGWICK PETE WILLIAMSON

A brand new Early Reader about Poppy, the dog who dreams of being a pirate, from bestselling Emily Windsnap author Liz Kessler.

Liz Kessler has worked as a teacher and a journalist and has an MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. She now lives in Cornwall.

Cudweed travels into space in his second Early Reader adventure.

Marcus Sedgwick writes full-time and is currently the Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University. He has a teenage daughter, Alice.