Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week

1. The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
2. Bluey: The Pool
3. The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
4. The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 15) by Jeff Kinney
5. Day Break by Amy McQuire & Matt Chun
6. What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers
7. The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
8. When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke
9. Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Real Pigeons, Book 1) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
10. Welcome To Country (Board book by Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy

It’s well after Christmas but we’re still enjoying stories about dastardly family secrets! Karen McManus’s YA mystery, The Cousins, sits at number one for the second week running.

There are some exciting new entries this week. In advance of 26 January, Amy McQuire and Matt Chun’s Day Break, hits our top 10. This essential picture book refocuses the narratives around ‘Australia Day’ on Indigenous survival, resistance and truth-telling. Bluey fans can also rejoice this week with the release of a very summery pool-side adventure.

Beyond that we’ve got captivating historical fantasy, a resurgence of pigeon activity, a modern Wurundjeri classic in handy board book format and a timely exploration of the Black Lives Matter movement for kids.