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, Thomas was joined by Frances Thorndike from Pan Macmillan South Africa, Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Lorienne Brown from Penguin Random House South Africa and Andy Stafford from Miles Kelly Publishing and they discussed the best recommendations for kids this week!

Frances Thorndike from Pan Macmillan South Africa recommends:

• InvestiGators: Heist and Seek by John Patrick Green

• The Magic of the Ballet: Seven Classic Stories by Vivian French

• Match Annual 2023

Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers recommends:

• The Lost Girl King by Catherine Doyle

• Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger

Lorienne Brown from Penguin Random House South Africa recommends:

• Knowledge Encyclopedia Earth!

• Bluey: Christmas Eve With Verandah Santa

• It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

Andy Stafford from Miles Kelly Publishing recommends:

• Lots to Spot Sticker Book: Nature!

• Lots to Spot Sticker Book: At School!

• Lots to Spot Sticker Book: On Holiday!

• Lots to Spot Sticker Book: Out and About!

• 100 Nursery Rhymes

• Aesop's Fables

• Unicorn Stories

• Dinosaur Stories

• First Words My World 4-pack set

Top 5

5 - Spaceboy by David Walliams


4 - Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger

3 - Guinness World Records 2023


2 - The 156-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths


1 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney

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