The Best Children's Books of 2023
Our Scholastic Book Club editors are sharing the very best children’s books of the year, perfect for gifting this festive season and reading into 2024 and beyond. Our ‘Books of the Year’ selection highlights the picture books, fiction, YA, graphic novels and non-fiction that kids couldn’t get enough of in 2023!
The best picture books of 2023
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Speak Up!
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This is Me
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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There's a Dinosaur in Your Book
Award-winning author
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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The Wonky Donkey: The Stinky Wonky Donkey
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £4.99
- Rewards/RRP: £6.99
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Supertato: Mean Green Time Machine
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
The best fiction of 2023
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The Funniest Boy in the World
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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The Boy Who Saved a Bear
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Luna Wolf: Animal Wizard
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Gods Squad #1: Oh Maya Gods!
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Lost Whale
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
The best non-fiction of 2023
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The Secret Mountain
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- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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The Power of Welcome: Real-life Refugee and Migrant Journeys
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- Offer price: £8.99
- Rewards/RRP: £10.99
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Failosophy for Teens
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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A Life Story: A Life Story: King Charles III
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- Offer price: £3.99
- Rewards/RRP: £6.99
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Amy Gets Eaten
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- Offer price: £4.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Growing Up Black in Britain: Stories of courage, success and hope
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- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £10.99
The best graphic novels and illustrated fiction of 2023
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Dog Man #11: Dog Man 11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Cat Kid Comic Club: Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Tom Gates #21: Tom Gates: Five Star Stories
Award-winning author
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- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Heartstopper Volume Five
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- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
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- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
The best teen and YA books of 2023
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Tie-in
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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This Book Kills
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- Offer price: £8.10
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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The Agency for Scandal
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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Five Survive
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- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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A Taste of Darkness
Editor's pick
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- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
Browse the full range
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Gods Squad #1: Oh Maya Gods!
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Lost Whale
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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This is Me
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Speak Up!
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Tom Gates #21: Tom Gates: Five Star Stories
Award-winning author
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Bunny vs Monkey: The Impossible Pig
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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Failosophy for Teens
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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The Wonky Donkey: The Stinky Wonky Donkey
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £4.99
- Rewards/RRP: £6.99
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Heartstopper Volume Five
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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When Cookie Crumbled
Award-winning author
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £4.99
- Rewards/RRP: £6.99
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Cat Kid Comic Club: Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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The Boy Who Saved a Bear
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Five Survive
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Dog Man #11: Dog Man 11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £9.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
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The Funniest Boy in the World
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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The Power of Welcome: Real-life Refugee and Migrant Journeys
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £8.99
- Rewards/RRP: £10.99
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A Taste of Darkness
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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There's a Dinosaur in Your Book
Award-winning author
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Supertato: Mean Green Time Machine
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Growing Up Black in Britain: Stories of courage, success and hope
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £10.99
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Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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A Life Story: A Life Story: King Charles III
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £3.99
- Rewards/RRP: £6.99
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Movie Tie-in
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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Luna Wolf: Animal Wizard
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £5.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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Amy Gets Eaten
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £4.99
- Rewards/RRP: £7.99
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The Agency for Scandal
Editor's pick
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £6.99
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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This Book Kills
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £8.10
- Rewards/RRP: £8.99
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The Secret Mountain
- gbp prices
- Offer price: £7.99
- Rewards/RRP: £12.99
