Each month, The Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling children’s books by New Zealand writers across junior fiction and young adult titles. Sponsored by Storylines. Data collected by NielsenIQ BookScan.

Charts produced by NielsenIQ BookScan NZ using sales data from the NZ panel of participating booksellers. © NielsenIQ BookScan NZ 2026.

View the latest monthly list below (25 Jan 2026 to 21 Feb 2026).

1. Stepping Up, David Hill, Penguin Books, $22.00
2. The Day the Mac 'n' Cheese Ran Out (The Terrible Trio 2), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
3. Children of the Rush (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
4. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic, $18.99
5. The Fate of Dragons (Dragonfall 1), Sarina Clark & Abra Gil Celdran, Little Moa, $21.99
6. Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea, T K Roxborogh & Phoebe Morris, Huia Publishers, $25.00
7. Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson, Allen & Unwin Children's, $24.99
8. The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets Book 1), Rachael King, Allen & Unwin Children's, $18.99
9. The Dragon Defenders (Book 1), James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books, $22.00
10. Brown Bird, Jane Arthur, Puffin Books, $19.99