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The best new inclusive children’s books: June 2025

Welcome back to the IBC monthly round-up of the latest and greatest diverse children’s books published in the UK!

June 2025 brought a particularly rich selection of diverse baby & toddler books⁠, which is always wonderful to see. Top Picks included award-winning author Atinuke’s mouth-watering M Is for Mango and Eva Wong Nava’s joyful collaboration with Holly Sterling, Wednesday Is for Wiggling.

There was also a glorious range of books with Own Voice South Asian representation among the list. Scroll down to check out Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu, the first instalment in an exciting, new, comic-style series; a new picture book from IBC favourites Sophia Payne and Ruchi Mhasane, The Beautiful Layers of Me, and loads more incredible titles.

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How are books selected for this list of the latest inclusive children’s book releases?

You are browsing the Inclusive Books for Children round-up of the very best diverse children’s books published each month in the UK. We run this feature every month to help parents, librarians, teachers and anyone else choosing a book for a child to make great, up-to-date choices.

Working with every traditional publisher in the UK, we obtain all eligible inclusive children’s books, usually fiction for ages 1 to 9, to assess their suitability for our website. The books feature main characters who are neurodivergent or disabled or from diverse ethnic backgrounds or family structures.

Each book is reviewed and rated by two members of our diverse panel of experts in children’s literature. At least one reviewer will have lived experience of the marginalised identity represented in a book.

Only the highest-rated books are published on our website and then served up to you in our monthly round-up! Click here to check out diverse children's book round-ups from previous months.