Laugh Out Loud Joke Book (Scholastic) Sept 1
[It is what it says it is: a joke book]
Who Are Refugees and Migrants? co-written with Annemarie Young (Wayland) Sept 22
[a non-fiction book for schools]
Jelly Boots Smelly Boots (Bloomsbury) Sept 22
[a new book of poems for children, illustrated by David Tazzyman]
What is Poetry? (Walker) October 6
[a book about how to write poems for children, parents and teachers]
Zola in Norwood (Faber) jan 15 2017
[a book for adults about Emile Zola in England and his last couple of years in France]
Barking at Bagels (Andersen) Feb 2 2017
[a short ‘chapter book’ for early readers, illustrated by Tony Ross]
Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads (Bloomsbury) Feb 9 2017
[a sequel to Uncle Gobb and the Dread Shed, illustrated by Neal Layton]