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

1. All the Ways to be Smart by Allison Colpoys & Davina Bell
2. The Ice Monster by David Walliams & Tony Ross
3. Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor Book 2) by Jessica Townsend
4. The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) by Jeff Kinney
5. Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
6. Where’s Santa Claus? by Ingela Peterson Arrhenius
7. Tricky’s Bad Day by Alison Lester
8. 101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes) by David Astle
9. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor Book 1) by Jessica Townsend
10. Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan

Australian duo Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys top last week’s list of bestselling children’s and YA books with All the Ways to be Smart. Our reviewer writes that this picture book is ‘funny and tender, exuberant and whimsical, and an absolute joy to pore over’. You can read the full review here.

Other bestselling children’s titles from last week include a a gorgeous collection of illustrated stories from Shaun Tan (Tales from the Inner City), a delightfully weird mini-dictionary from David Astle (101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes)), the much-anticipated second book in Jessica Townsend’s middle grade fantasy series (Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow), and a moving, tender story for ages 10 through to adults (Lenny’s Book of Everything).