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 Mary-Anne Viljoen from Penguin Random House, Frances Thorndike from Pan Macmillan South Africa, Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Asanda Ndlovu from Jacana Media and Emma Kirkby from Scholastic and they discussed the best recommendations for kids this week!

Mary-Anne Viljoen from Penguin Random House recommends:

• 100 Children's Wordsearches - Animals by Phillip Clarke

• The Book Of Stolen Dreams by David Farr

• Practice Girl by Estelle Laure

Frances Thorndike from Pan Macmillan South Africa recommends:

• The Book Of Legends - What If All The Stories Were Real? by Lenny Henry

• The Girl With Wings by Jaco Jacobs

• Die Meisie Met Vlerke by Jaco Jacobs

• 156-Storey Treehouse (With Treehouse Frisbee) by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers recommends:

• Vetman And His Bionic Animal Clan by Noel Fitzpatrick 

• Prey Zone by Wilbur Smith

• Dogs Of The Deadlands by Anthony McGowan

 

Asanda Ndlovu from Jacana Media recommends:

• Dare by Lorna Gutierrez

 

• Eco Girl by Ken Wilson Max

 

• Sam's Smile by Ian Lusted

Emma Kirkby from Scholastic recommends:

• Everything Awesome About Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures! by Mike Lowery

• Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

• The Aquanaut by Dan Santat

Reader’s Warehouse Top 5

1 - Spaceboy by David Walliams

2 - Guinness World Records 2023

3 - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

4 - Diary Of A Wimpy Kid - Big Shot by Jeff Kinney

5 - The Very, Very Funny Book by Jaco Jacobs

 

Check out the live here: