Hi, cat, bye, cat.
Written and illustrated by Jade Orlando.
HarperCollins, 2025.
Board book.
Rhyming text.
Opposites. Basic, but fun.
Possible read-alikes:
- Opposites: a peep-through book by Mike Henson.
- Up cat down cat by Steve Light.
- Little Owl's opposites by Divya Srinivasan.
- The very hungry caterpillar eats snacks: an opposites book by Eric Carle.
Slo mo.
Written by Mark Sommerset.
Illustrated by Carla Martell.
Scholastics NZ, 2026.
Aotearoa.
Picture book.
Rhyming names for sloths. A bit odd / quirky.
Possible read-alikes:
- Oi frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field.
- Sloths love parties by Rory H. Mather and Binny Talib.
- When you smile by Charles Fuge.
- Archie the arty sloth by Heath McKenzie.
- A spider named Itsy by Steve Light.
Time to go, Sid!
Written and illustrated by Isabel Greenberg.
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2026.
Sid is definitely on their own timescale and with their own
priorities.
Possible read-alikes:
- Still stuck by Shinsuke Yoshitake.
- Skipping to Sammy's beat by Coral Vass and Blithe Fielden.
- While we wait by Bee Johnson.
- What can a mess make? by Bee Johnson.
- Oh hogwash, Sweet Pea! by Ngareta Gabel; translated and adapted from te reo Māori by Hannah Rainforth; illustrated by Ali Teo and Astrid Jensen.
- Ready, Rabbit? by Fiona Roberton.
I guess I'll go eat worms.
Written and illustrated by Linda Liu.
Henry Holt and Company, 2026.
Surely you know the song – well, this is the book you should
have on hand if you want to show your age to the youn’uns in your life and
start chanting it.
Possible read-alikes:
- What about worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins.
- The grumpy mole by John Evan Harris and Minky Stapleton.
- Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard.
- The dumped truck by Daniel Bernstrom and Marcelo Verdad.
Cat's new book.
Written and illustrated by Nathalie Belhassen.
Scholastic Australia, 2026.
Picture book.
Australian.
Poor Cat just wants to read – but is a good friend and
shares.
Possible read-alikes:
- The story house by Vikki Conley and Jennifer Falkner.
- Just one more story by Perry Emerson and Sean Julian.
- Albert's bubble bath by Mark McKinley.
- My best friend Tilly by Iris Samartzi translated by Ikaros Publishing.
- Bert and the bubble: a story about sharing by Kim Hillyard.
The rare bird.
Written and illustrated by Elisha Cooper.
Roaring Brook Press, 2026.
Picture book.
Imagination. What a cat.
Possible read-alikes:
- No, I'm a... shark! by Mike Henson and Ana Gomez.
- A fish like me by Jamie Sumner and Devon Holzwarth.
- A day off school by Oliver Jeffers and Kevin Waldron.
- Bear for a day by Corey R. Tabor.
- Inside cat by Brendan Wenzel.
A year of kites: traditions around the world.
Written by Monisha Bajaj.
Illustrated by Amber Ren.
Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2026.
Illustrated nonfiction.
Fascinating and fun.
Possible read-alikes:
- World kitchen celebrations: recipes from around the world by Abigail Wheatley and Chaaya Prabhat; recipe consultant, Dagmar Vesely.
- Around the world celebrations by Evi Triantafyllides and Nefeli Malekou.
- Around the world in 80 festivals by Nancy Dickmann and Lucy Banaji.
- Matariki around the world: a cluster of stars, a cluster of stories by Rangi Matamua, Miriama Kamo, and Isobel Joy Te Aho-White.
- King for a day by Rukhsana Khan and Christiane Kromer.
The little bird that fell: a Penguin Bloom story.
Written by Bradley Trevor Greive.
Illustrated by Gabriel Evans.
ABC Books, 2026.
Australian.
Picture book.
Biographical picture book introduction to Sam Bloom and her
story. https://sambloom.com.au/
Possible read-alikes:
- Matt Formston: surfing in the dark by John Dickson and Philip Bunting.
- Helping hounds by Anna Kenna and Lara Cash.
- Rescue & Jessica: a life-changing friendship by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon.
- Perla, the mighty dog by Isabel Allende and Sandy Rodríguez.
The pumpkin seed.
Written by Poppy O'Neill.
llustrated by Brizida Magro.
Nosy Crow, 2026.
Picture book.
New step-parent (same sex). Changing family – and struggles with
that.
Possible read-alikes:
- What made you smile today? by Lou Peacock and Raquel Catalina.
- And then came you: when families grow, love grows too by Christina Shawn and Shahrzad Maydani.
- Together we grow by Helen Docherty and Brizida Magro.
- We grew a dragon by Emma Chinnery.
- Two people can by Blessing Musariri and Maisie Paradise Shearring.
- A wish is a seed by Jessica Young and Maria Cristina Pritelli.
- Open: every seed has its moment by Robert Agis and Sarah Jacoby.
The last leaf.
Written and illustrated Ali Pye.
Puffin, 2026.
Picture book.
Sort of like Chicken Licken – but more around the
significance of what the leaf falling means.
Possible read-alikes:
- What if? by Britta Teckentrup.
- The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and Britta Teckentrup.
- Seasons by the lake: adventures in Greenland by Naja Lund Aparico and Alex Nees.
- Tree and me by Alison Jay.
- When autumn comes by Ekaterina Trukhan.
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