Mum, Me and the Mulberry Tree by Tanya Rosie and Chuck Groenink (Walker, £12.99)
With its lulling, looping rhymes and softly muted palette, this adorable picture-book account of a mother-daughter trip to gather mulberries evokes the sweet immediacy of small childhood rituals – and the loving memories they lay down for a lifetime.
John Agard’s Windrush Child by John Agard and Sophie Bass (Walker, £12.99)
Debut illustrator Bass’s intricate, colourful, arresting pictures bring out all the resonances of Agard’s spare text in this story of a child, a ship, a journey, and a new life enriched by the loves and memories of the old.
