Reader's Recommends is our weekly live session with reps from different publishing companys recommending the best and latest titles and WHY you should read them!

This week, RW's own Senior Buyer, Thomas, was joined by two familiar faces: Caitlin Hewitt from Blue Weaver and Lorienne Brown from Penguin Random House South Africa & three new faces: Magdaleen Snyman from Pan Macmillan South Africa, Emma Kirby from Scholastic Children Books and Melleny Smith from Jonathan Ball Publishers

 

Caitlin Hewitt from Blue Weaver Sales and Marketing recommends:

• Madame Langa’s Chair of Dreams by Kevin du Plessis

 

• Ballet Betty - Lands A Plum Role by Lisa Templeton and Laura Bösenberg

 

• The Cape Of Good Stories by Simon Winter

 

 

Lorienne Brown – Penguin Random House South Africa

• Welcome to the World by Julia Donaldson

 

• Under the Baobab Tree By Roslynne Toerien

 

• The Rumbling Rhino By Roslynne Toerien

 

 

 

Magdaleen Snyman – Pan Macmillan South Africa

• Sharks (A Day In The Life) by Carlee Neon Squid

• Part Of A Team by Refiloe Moahloli

• Om jou te ken by Cliffordene Norton

 

Emma Kirby from Scholastic Children Books recommends:

• Cat Kid Comic Club - On Purpose by Dav Pilkey

 

• It's the End of the World and I'm In My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds

 

• You, Me And Our Heartstrings by Melissa See

 

Melleny Smith from Jonathan Ball Publishers recommends:

• The Boy And The Moonimal by Debi Gliori

 

• Onyeka And The Academy Of The Sun by Tola Okogwu

 

• This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

 

RW Top 5 Sellers:

5. You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

4. Treehouse Tales by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

3. Scandar and the Unicorn Thief by A. F. Steadman

2. The World's Worst Pets by David Walliams

1. The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy by Jenny Han

 

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