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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

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Dogs, Dogs, Dogs by John Devolle, Pushkin, £12.99

“Old dogs, young dogs, dogs on wheels, dogs that want to eat your meals” – this “very silly book about dogs” is a polychromatic picture-book treat for little canine fans, full of bold graphic artwork and audacious rhymes.

More! by Ged Adamson, Moon and Bird, £12.99

Best friends Squirrel and Mouse are on a blissful walk together, but Squirrel keeps wanting more – a hat, a tie, a boingy stick! – until he realises it’s all pointless without Mouse to share it. A slyly hilarious anti-consumerist picture book that encourages small readers to pore over its delightful background details.

The Tale That Time Sews by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Jane Ray, Templar, £12.99

A little girl waits for her new sibling to be born while Nana stitches together family stories in a quilt that will wrap them both in this 5+ picture book; a lyrical, beautiful account of displacement, migration and learning to flourish in new places while remembering your roots.

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