The Guardian has named their picks for the UK’s best children’s books of the year. Here they are:

Deep Dark by Zorah Nabi

Donut Squad: Take Over the World! by Neill Cameron

Dracula & Daughters by Emma Carroll

Feminist History for Every Day of the Year by Kate Mosse

Firefly by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Luke Adam Hawker (available in US)

The Great Bear by Annie Booker (available in US)

Letters from the Upside by Katya Balen

No Refuge by Joe Brady and Patrice Aggs

Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (available in US)

Omnibird by Giselle Clarkson (available in US)

The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell (available in US)

This Is Who I Am by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane (available in US)

Torchfire by Moira Buffini (available in US)

We Are Your Children by David Roberts

What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore