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 Shinola Govender from Penguin Random House, Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Derek Field from Lapa Uitgewers and Emma Kirkby from Scholastic and they discussed the best recommendations for kids this week!

Verushka Louw from Jonathan Ball Publishers recommends:

• Escape From Atlantis by Kate O'Hearn

• Children Of The Stone City by Beverley Naidoo

• The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman

Shinola Govender from Penguin Random House recommends:

• Diary Of A Wimpy Kid - Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney

• The Bastard Son And The Devil Himself by Sally Green

• Bluey - All About Bluey

Emma Kirkby from Scholastic recommends:

• Fartboy - The First Sniff by Adam Wallace

• The Elemental Detectives by Patrice Lawrence

• Sparks - Future Purrfect by Ian Boothby

Derek Field from Lapa Uitgewers recommends:

• Die verdwyning Van Seamus Smit Deur Seamus Smit by Nerine Ahlers

• Druk speel! by Leon Van Nierop

• Dagboek Van 'n Wimpy Kid - Oorvöl Duk by Jeff Kinney

Reader’s Warehouse Top 5
1 - Diary Of A Wimpy Kid - Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney

2 - Spaceboy by David Walliams

3 - Guinness World Records 2023

4 - 156-Storey Treehouse (With Treehouse Frisbee) by Andy Griffiths

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


Check out the live here: