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Illustrated Almanac
  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241839683
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $45.00

Illustrated Almanac



A timeless, illustrated children’s almanac celebrating the seasons through stories, nature, crafts, play and quiet everyday wonder.

A month-by-month guide to the year, The Children’s Almanac invites young readers to reconnect with the seasons through stories, poems, plays, crafts, games and nature notes. Inspired by the structure and magic of Lia Leendertz’s bestselling almanacs, each chapter offers a rich mix of moon phases, wildlife, folklore, simple recipes and creative prompts. With a deliberately screen-free, timeless feel, this beautifully illustrated book encourages curiosity, imagination and a slower way of engaging with the world, helping children to notice, make, play and find meaning in every month of the year.

  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241839683
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Lia Leendertz

Lia Leendertz writes about gardening for the Guardian's Weekend magazine. She is the author of several books, including The Half-hour Allotment and Conservatory and Greenhouse Gardening, and she studied horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Lia lives in Bristol and has an 80-ft garden and an allotment and is on the residents' committee of her local park.