#7 — February 2025 bestsellers + World Book Day

Philip and Belle count down the UK's top 20 bestselling books in the month of February (04.03), reveal their "Beyond the Bestsellers" picks (13.18), and discuss World Book Day in "Under the Spotlight" (23.34). Along the way they discuss the huge popularity of Bluey, World Book Day costumes, the enduring success of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and get all nostalgic reminiscing about Choose Your Own Adventure books, the life of Steve Irwin, and a Chinese restaurant in Chesterfield.Link to Bluey: Rug Island episode pageLink to World Book Day websiteLink to BBC article: World Book Day: How to make a last-minute costumeBooks featured in this episode that can be purchased from all good booksellers include:— Julia Donaldson's Tales from Acorn Wood: Who's in Acord Wood?— Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back— Tom Fletcher's There's a Bunny in Your Book— Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory— Stephenie Meyer's TwilightThe views expressed in this podcast are those of the presenters and not that of NIQ. For more information about who we are and what we do, visit NielsenIQ BookData Home - NIQ. Follow Nielsen Book on Instagram (@_bookdata) and Linkedin (@nielsen-book). Get in touch with Philip and Belle at [email protected] hosted by Philip Stone and Belle Edelman, and produced and edited by Chris White. Theme music by Nela Ruiz. Thanks for listening!