Books - Children

• Dr Janina Ramirez, illus Sarah Walsh
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788009959
• Published: 24-02-2022

Tales of powerful female figures have been told since the beginning of time and this collection, Goddess: 50 Goddesses, Spirits, Saints and Other Female Figures Who Have Shaped Belief (British Museum), brings together 50 stories from around the world. There are loving creators, wise leaders, f...

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• Gill Lewis, Zanna Goldhawk
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781800900615
• Published: 24-02-2022

Times are tough for Cari and her mum. A violent storm has flooded the valley where they live, destroying their home and cafe business. Things seem bleak - but hope appears in the form of a plan to reintroduce beavers into the area, as the changes that these amazing animals make to the w...

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• Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Queenbe Monyei
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780711270695
• Published: 22-02-2022

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Amanda Gorman, America's astounding young poet and activist.  From an early age, Little Amanda read everything she could get her hands on, fro...

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• Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Lucila Perini
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780711270732
• Published: 22-02-2022

In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Gloria Steinem, the world's most famous feminist.Gloria realised from a young age that the women were treated differently than men, and that w...

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• Kieran Larwood, Sam Usher
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571364503
• Published: 17-02-2022

A wonderfully murky, carnivalesque world of intrigue, unexpected friendships and mysteries solved.  Sheba the wolf girl joins an unusual troupe of performers that includes Pyewacket, a witch's imp; Gigantus the giant and Sister Moon, a knife thrower. For the first time in her life she feels sh...

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• Jake Williams
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9781843654988
• Published: 17-02-2022

The award-winning author and illustrator behind Darwin's Voyage of Discovery and Really Remarkable Reptiles turns his attention to the Renaissance man: Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was a master of art, architecture, engineering, mathematics and more. Discover his relationship wi...

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• M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529072655
• Published: 17-02-2022

Ride into danger with Hal and Uncle Nat on the fifth breathtaking Adventures on Trains Mystery, Sabotage on the Solar Express, from bestselling award-winners M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Perfect for readers of 8 to 12 and brilliantly illustr...

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• Nicola Skinner
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008422448
• Published: 17-02-2022

This is the story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful 11-year-old YouTube star who meets a ship that comes alive... and is claimed by it as its new captain as it breaks free from its dry dock. Inspired by the true history of the SS Great Britain, Starboar...

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