As we head into the second half of this year, you might be wondering what kids and young adult books you’ll be reading soon – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of some of the July to December releases we’re looking forward to.

Picture books

• Fashionista by Maxine Beneba Clarke (July)

• Pig the Tourist by Aaron Blabey (July)

• Moving Your Body by Beci Orpin (August)

• Bruce Lee (Little People Big Dreams) and Rudolf Nureyev (Little People Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara (August)

• Boo! by Margaret Wild & Freya Blackwood (September)

• Mr Chicken All Over Australia by Leigh Hobbs (October)

• Just Because by Mac Barnett & Isabelle Arsenault (October)

Junior & middle fiction

• Into the Wild (Wolf Girl, Book 1) by Anh Do (July)

• Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle (July)

• Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories by Helen Milroy (July)

• Detention by Tristan Bancks (July)

• Best Friends by Shannon Hale (August)

• How To Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy (August)

• For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man, Book 7) by Dav Pilkey (September)

• Guts by Raina Telgemeier (October)

• White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio (October)

• The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book 4) by Rick Riordan (October)

• A Tale of Magic… by Chris Colfer (October)

• Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle by Shannon & Dean Hale (October)

• Hilda and the Mountain King by Luke Pearson (October)

• Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 14) by Jeff Kinney (November)

Young adult fiction

• Rogue by A.J. Betts (July)

• Impossible Music by Sean Williams (July)

• All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan (July)

• It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood (August)

• The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim (August)

• I Am Change by Suzy Zail (August)

• As Happy As Here by Jane Godwin (August)

• Angel Mage by Garth Nix (September)

• Monuments by Will Kostakis (September)

• This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield (September)

• Some Places More Than Others by Renée Watson (September)

• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks (September)

• The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, Volume 2) by Philip Pullman (October)

• Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard (October)

• Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (November)

Kids non-fiction

• A Boy Called Bob Becomes an AFL Footballer by Bob Murphy, with Tony Wilson (July)

• Argh! There’s a Skeleton Inside You! by Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost

• Plastic: Past, Present and Future by Eun-ju Kim & Ji-won Li (August)

• Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street: A Collection of Recipes to Share by Felicita Sala (August)

• Kulinmaya! Keep Listening, Everybody! by Mumu Mike Williams (August)

• Welcome to Your Period by Yumi Stynes & Dr. Melissa Kang

Leanne Hall is a children’s and YA specialist at Readings Kids. She also writes books for children and young adults.