Ottoline Goes to School
By Chris Riddell
Macmillan £8.99, 170 pages
A second quirky adventure for the girl detective and Mr Munroe, her canine companion, this time investigating a haunting at the Alice B Smith School for the Differently Gifted. A masterly blend of witty text and inventive drawing.

Spells
By Emily Gravett
Macmillan £10.99, 28 pages
Frog longs to be a handsome prince. But he’s carelessly shredded the book of spells that could make his wish come true. Can he put the pieces back together? And can Gravett, who has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal for children’s book illustration, triumph again with this ingenious tale?