The Best Children's Fiction of 2025
Our top picks from this year's new releases
David's Bookshop The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold
£14.99
David's Bookshop Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby
£14.99
David's Bookshop Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper by Jeff Kinney
£14.99
David's Bookshop Skandar and the Spirit War by A.F. Steadman
£14.99
David's Bookshop Bunny vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business! by Jamie Smart
£12.99
David's Bookshop Which Way To The Future by Cressida Cowell
£14.99
David's Bookshop You and Me and the Peanut-Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths
£12.99
David's Bookshop The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 3: A Stocking Full of Spies by Robin Stevens
£7.99
Christmas
Browse our collection of festive reads for children...
David's Bookshop Mr Santa by Jarvis
£7.99
David's Bookshop Dogger's Christmas by Shirley Hughes
£7.99
David's Bookshop Murder at Christmas by Fleur Hitchcock
£7.99
David's Bookshop An Anthology of Christmas by Auriol Bishop
£16.99
David's Bookshop Christmas Tales from the Farm by Amanda Owen
£14.99
David's Bookshop Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett
£8.99
Shop Children's
A curation of the best children's titles we have in stock. Many more in store, as well as secondhand!
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David's Bookshop The History of Information by Chris Haughton
£20.00
David's Bookshop Cleopatra: The Woman Behind the Stories by Alexandra Stewart
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl who Lived to Tell her Story (Children's Adaptation) by Tova Friedman
£8.99
David's Bookshop British Museum: Talk Like an Egyptian by Tegen Evans
£14.99
David's Bookshop Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments by Nancy Dickmann
£9.99
David's Bookshop Usborne History for Beginners
£9.99
David's Bookshop Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy! by Greg Jenner & Dr Emma Southon
£7.99
David's Bookshop Little People, BIG DREAMS Puzzle: 100-Piece Double-Sided Puzzle by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£14.99
David's Bookshop The Truly Terrible History of the Toilet-Flush with Facts by Terry Deary
£7.99
David's Bookshop Tales for the Brave: Heroes and Heroines, Gods and Ghosts by Rachel Pierce
£14.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: Fury of The Vikings by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: The First World War by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: The Fall of the Aztecs by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Adventures in Time: The Second World War by Dominic Sandbrook
£8.99
David's Bookshop Murder at Wintertide by Fleur Hitchcock
£7.99
David's Bookshop Murdle Junior: Curious Crimes for Curious Minds: From the Sunday Times bestselling series by G.T. Karber
£8.99
David's Bookshop The Arctic Fox by Holly Webb
£6.99
David's Bookshop Pablo and Splash: Frozen in Time: The hilarious kids' graphic novel series about time-travelling penguins by Sheena Dempsey
£8.99
David's Bookshop Witch Cat by Lucy Rowland
£7.99
David's Bookshop University of Cambridge: There's No Such Thing as a Silly Question: 213 Weird Questions, Expertly Answered! by Mike Rampton
£18.99
David's Bookshop Anne of Green Gables by Katherine Woodfine
£16.99
David's Bookshop Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong! by Dr Nick Crumpton
£9.99
David's Bookshop Heartseer: The Tale of Anise Star by Rowan Foxwood
£7.99
David's Bookshop Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'Farrell
£8.99
David's Bookshop Pick and Mix Poetry: Children's verse chosen by Julia Donaldson: A stunning gift collection, perfect for every bookshelf by Julia Donaldson
£25.00
David's Bookshop Black History for Every Day of the Year by David Olusoga, Yinka Olusoga & Kemi Olusoga
£25.00
David's Bookshop The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please
£7.99
David's Bookshop Winnie-the-Pooh: Winter in the Wood by Jane Riordan
£16.99
David's Bookshop The Little Prince: Pop Up Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
£20.00
David's Bookshop Moomin Mail: A beautiful gift book with real letters to open and read by Amanda Li
£14.99
David's Bookshop Oi Dinosaurs! by Kes Gray
£12.99
David's Bookshop The World to Come by Robert Macfarlane & Johnny Flynn
£12.99
David's Bookshop Axel Scheffler's Flip Flap Forest
£8.99
David's Bookshop Room on the Broom: A Push, Pull and Slide Book by Julia Donaldson
£7.99
David's Bookshop Mirabelle and the Baby Dragons by Harriet Muncaster
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Bridges by Tom Percival
£7.99
David's Bookshop Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman by Alex Atkinson
£7.99
David's Bookshop There There Little Puppy by Anna Milbourne
£7.99
David's Bookshop First Questions and Answers: Why are there wars?
£9.99
David's Bookshop The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright by Reece Carter
£7.99
David's Bookshop The Time Travellers: Secrets and Spies by Sufiya Ahmed
£7.99
David's Bookshop Knick-Knacks Attacks: 2 by Sophy Henn
£8.99
David's Bookshop Ember Spark and the Frost Phoenix: 2 by Abi Elphinstone
£7.99
Activity Books
David's Bookshop 2026 Children’s Almanac: A Month-by-Month Guide to Nature, Astronomy, Sports, Science, the World and More
£12.99
David's Bookshop Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book by Jeff Kinney
£7.99
David's Bookshop We're Going on an Elf Chase Activity Book: New Edition by Martha Mumford
£6.99
David's Bookshop Stick Man and Friends Festive Super Sticker Book by Julia Donaldson
£9.99
David's Bookshop Santa and the Elves Magic Painting Book
£6.99
David's Bookshop Amazing Christmas Puzzles and Quizzes
£4.99
