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IBC Awards 2025
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Latest releases: the best diverse children’s books published in October 2024

All the best new children's books for ages 1-9 released in the UK in October 2024 are shown: their cover images are arranged on a graphic illustration of a yellow bookshelf.

Who creates main characters from marginalised backgrounds? Read our brand-new report to find out.

NEWS

IBC Awards 2025
Judges announced!

NEW!

Latest releases: the best diverse children’s books published in October 2024

Who creates main characters from marginalised backgrounds? Read our brand-new report to find out.

NEWS

IBC Awards 2025
Judges announced!

NEW!

Latest releases: the best diverse children’s books published in October 2024

Who creates main characters from marginalised backgrounds? Read our brand-new report to find out.

Books for babies and toddlers (1-3)

10 Books for a diverse bookshelf: ages 1-3

Time to play!

Going to the doctors: for toddlers!

Snuggly, sleepytime stories and songs

See all diverse booklists for babies and toddlers >

Picture books (3-7)

10 Books for a diverse bookshelf: ages 3-7

Books for bedtime

Picture books with neurodivergent characters

Picture books to boost confidence

$Gorgeously Me! - Cover\n$

See all lists of diverse picture books for ages 3-7 >

Children’s fiction (5-7)

10 Books for a balanced bookshelf: ages 5-7

Ideal first chapter books

First chapter books with Black main characters

Top-rated read alouds

See all lists of diverse children’s books for ages 5-7 >

Children’s fiction (6-9)

10 Books for a diverse bookshelf: ages 6-9

Lizzie & Lucky: The Mystery of the Stolen Treasure - Cover

Mystery chapter books

Chapter books with strong female characters

Books with disabled main characters

See all lists of diverse children’s books for ages 6-9 >

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$The book jacket of \nI Love Chinese New Year \nis shown superimposed over a graphic of a black comic-style star shape$

Chinese New Year

$The cover of \nBilly and the Pirates \nis shown superimposed on a graphic illustration of shooting stars in black and white.$

$An image of the cover of \nThe Girl Who Loves Bugs, \non a background of black and white stars, acting as the cover image for Inclusive Books for Children's\n \nlist of\n \nbrilliant books featuring Deaf characters, and/or incorporating BSL, curated in collaboration with Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, vintage icon and disability advocate.$

Best for Deaf representation

$Th image shows the cover of \nLenny Has Lunch\n, a book for two and three year-olds about a young Black boy making and eating lunch with his dad, against a background of a black and white illustration of stars in a kind of splash formation emanating from the centre. The image acts as a the cover for Inclusive Books for Children's list of acclaimed Zimabwean-born author Ken Wilson-Max's collection of naturally incusive picture books.$