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  • Does a Bear Wash its Hair?: Animals eat, sleep and poo, just like you!

    Does a Bear Wash its Hair?: Animals eat, sleep and poo, just like you!

    • Moira Butterfield, Adam Ming
    • Bloomsbury Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9781526647085
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    Learn all about the incredible daily routines of animals in this bright, fact-packed sequel to Does a Monkey Get Grumpy? Did you know that some crabs get dressed? Or that young meerkats have to go to 'school'? Or that sloths have very particular pooping habits? From brave plover...

  • The Wrong Shoes

    The Wrong Shoes

    • Tom Percival
    • Simon & Schuster
    • ISBN13: 9781398527126
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    A beautiful and urgent exploration of the experience of child poverty from Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series, for fans of Boy at the Back of the Class. There's a bunch of kids in there and suddenly they're all looking at me like someone who can act...

  • When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

    • Tony Bradman, Tania Rex
    • Barrington Stoke
    • ISBN13: 9781800903241
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    A young boy's relationship with his struggling dad is strained when he is forced to choose between playing football and quality time in this sensitively told story from award-winning writer Tony Bradman. Daniel had a hard time when his parents split up and his dad started working abroad...

  • The Hidden Story of Estie Noor

    The Hidden Story of Estie Noor

    • Nadine Aisha Jassat
    • Orion Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9781510111608
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    No one wanted to hear Estie's side of the story. Now she's on a mission to make sure the truth is heard . . . A page-turning mystery novel in verse about identity, friendship and learning to use your voice, with accessible text and beautiful illustrations throughout.When twelve-yea...

  • Angel of Grasmere: From Dunkirk to the Fells

    Angel of Grasmere: From Dunkirk to the Fells

    • Tom Palmer, illus Tom Clohosy Cole
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9781800902169
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale from Tom Palmer. July 1940 - as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother in the chaos of the British retre...

  •  What it was like to be an Ancient Maya

    What it was like to be an Ancient Maya

    • David Long, Stefano Tambellini
    • Barrington Stoke
    • ISBN13: 9781800902497
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award-winning author David Long. Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featu...

  • The Destiny of Minou Moonshine

    The Destiny of Minou Moonshine

    • Gita Ralleigh
    • Bloomsbury Children's Books
    • ISBN13: 9781804545485
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    The story of a Queendom set in an alternate India. A debut rich in fantasy, friendship and faith, and an original middle grade magical adventure that sparkles with storytelling magic. 'A land that loses its stories loses its way.' The beautiful queendom of Moonlally has fallen under a t...

  • Knowing the Score

    Knowing the Score

    • Ros Roberts
    • Little Tiger
    • ISBN13: 9781788956765
    • Published: 09-05-2024

    For as long as Gemma can remember it's been her and Mum against the world. They're as close as can be, but deep down she longs to get to know the rest of her family - Gran and Mum's brother Joe - the family Mum turned her back on around the time Gemma was born. With the summer holidays...