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Annual edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris
The Bakehouse by Joy Cowley
The Bear and the Wildcat by Kazumi Yumoto, illustrated by Komako Sakai
Bicycling to the Moon by Timo Parvela, illustrated by Virpi Talvitie
The Chicken Thief by Béatrice Rodriguez
Cook’s Cook: The Cook who Cooked for Captain Cook by Gavin Bishop
The Day No One was Angry by Toon Tellegen, illustrated by Marc Boutavant
Dear Professor Whale by Megumi Iwasa, illustrated by Jun Takabatake
Detective Gordon: The First Case by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee
Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee
Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee
Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy by Ulf Nilsson, illustrated by Gitte Spee
Don’t Cross the Line! by Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Bernardo P. Carvalho
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
Dunger by Joy Cowley
The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Sarah Davis
Follow Finn by Peter Goes
Good Night Sleep Tight by Kristina Andres
Gus’s Garage by Leo Timmers
Hannah’s Night by Komako Sakai
Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
The House that Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
How to Be Famous by Michel Shalev
Impossible Inventions by Małgorzata Mycielska, Illustrated by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizieliński
If I Was a Banana by Alexandra Tylee, illustrated by Kieran Rynhart
Inkberg Enigma by Jonathan King
The King and the Sea by Heinz Janisch, illustrated by Wolf Erlburch
The Knot Impossible by Barbara Else
Leilong the Library Bus by Julia Liu, illustrated by Bei Lynn
Leilong’s Too Long by Julia Liu, illustrated by Bei Lynn
Life According to Dani by Rose Lagercrantz, illustrated by Eva Eriksson
Lisette’s Green Sock by Catharina Valckx
The Longest Breakfast by Jenny Bornholdt and Sarah Wilkins
The Lost Kitten by Lee, illustrated by Komako Sakai
The Mapmakers’ Race by Eirlys Hunter, illustrated by Kirsten Slade
Migrants by Issa Watanabe
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
My Dog Mouse by Eva Lindström
No One Is Angry Today by Toon Tellegen and Marc Boutavant
Oink by David Elliot
The Old Man by Sarah V.
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai by Michaela Keeble and Tokerau Brown
A Perfect Wonderful Day with Friends by Philip Waechter
The Queen and the Nobody Boy by Barbara Else
Rivers by Peter Goes
The Road to Ratenburg by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
See You When I See You by Rose Lagercrantz, illustrated by Eva Eriksson
Small and Tall Tall Tales of Extinct Animals by Hélène Rajcak & Damien Laverdunt
Song of the River by Joy Cowley and Kimberly Andrews
Sounds Good! Discover 50 Instruments by Ole Könnecke and Hans Könnecke
Speed of Light by Joy Cowley
Sports Are Fantastic Fun! by Ole Könnecke
Super Rabbit by Stephanie Blake
That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis
The Tale of the Tiny Man by Barbro Lindgren and Eva Eriksson
The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else
The Uprising by Eirlys Hunter
Timeline by Peter Goes
Valdemar’s Peas by Maria Jönsson
The Visitor by Antje Damn
The Volume of Possible Endings by Barbara Else
Waiting for Goliath by Antje Damm
What Dog Knows by Sylvia Vanden Heede, illustrated by Marije Tolman
Wolfy by Grégoire Solotareff
Yours Sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa, illustrated by Jun Takabatake
Zeustian Logic by Sabrina Malcolm
