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  • The Great (Food) Bank Heist

    The Great (Food) Bank Heist

    • Onjali Q. Rauf, Elisa Paganelli
    • Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781781129623
    • Published: 01-07-2021

    Written with great empathy and Rauf's trademark humour, The Great (Food) Bank Heist is a moving story that gives a child's-eye view of the increasing problem of food poverty. On Thursdays, Nelson, Ashley and Mum head out to the bank. But not just any old bank - the food bank. With its s...

  • Crowfall

    Crowfall

    • Vashti Hardy
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9781407197272
    • Published: 01-07-2021

    A rip-roaring, island-hopping adventure - and unforgettable ecological fable - from the award-winning author of Wildspark and Brightstorm. Ironhold is an orderly place where "industry brings prosperity", and where nature is pushed aside for progress. But when Orin Crowfall, a lowly serv...

  • How to Be a Vet and Other Animal Jobs

    How to Be a Vet and Other Animal Jobs

    • Dr Jess French, Sol Linero
    • Nosy Crow
    • ISBN13: 9781788006972
    • Published: 01-07-2021

    A friendly and fascinating book about how to work with animals, for children from 6+, written by vet and CBeebies presenter Dr Jess French Do you have what it takes to become a vet, a horse trainer or to work at a nature reserve? Find out all about the incredible animal jobs you could d...

  • World-whizzing Facts: Awesome Earth Questions Answered

    World-whizzing Facts: Awesome Earth Questions Answered

    • Dr Emily Grossman, Alice Bowsher
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526602435
    • Published: 24-06-2021

    In this new book, TV science expert Dr Emily Grossman answers incredible and important questions about our natural world. You'll find out silly things like why some animals do square-shaped poos and which direction a dog is likely to face while weeing, but you'll also learn what climate change...

  • The Incredible Talking Machine

    The Incredible Talking Machine

    • Jenni Spangler, Chris Mould
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471190391
    • Published: 24-06-2021

    Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage in a gloriously gothic adventure from Jenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould.  Twelve-year-old Tig works at Manchester's Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is a...

  • A Dinosaur Ate My Sister: A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice

    A Dinosaur Ate My Sister: A Marcus Rashford Book Club Choice

    • Pooja Puri, Allen Fatimaharan
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529070668
    • Published: 24-06-2021

    A Dinosaur Ate My Sister is the first book selected in the Marcus Rashford Book Club.  'The perfect story to escape into and find adventure. Pooja is super talented and I'm a big fan!' - Marcus Rashford MBEThis brilliantly illustrated, laugh-out-loud, wacky adventure through time b...

  • Kitty Quest

    Kitty Quest

    • Phil Corbett
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781398504707
    • Published: 24-06-2021

    Dog Man meets the Lord of the Rings in this laugh-out-loud graphic novel debut about two aspiring adventurers who face off against startling ghosts, rampaging monsters and bumbling wizards! This is the perfect new read for fans of Captain Underpants, Dog Man and The Simpsons!  Woolfrik...

  • Something I Said

    Something I Said

    • Ben Bailey Smith
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526628688
    • Published: 10-06-2021

    From comedian, actor, rapper and screenwriter Ben Bailey Smith comes the biggest middle grade debut of the year - a blazingly funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh.For thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, life is one big joke - in a good w...