Books - Children

• Claire Mulligan
• The Moth
• ISBN13: 9780956979575
• Published: 05-05-2022

It is 1940 and Britain is at war with Germany. Robert has been evacuated from London to his grandparents' farm in Scotland. While exploring the rugged coastline, he finds a boy living in the caves. The boy is called David and he is a Kindertransport child. David had to leave his mother and gra...

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• Yarrow Townsend
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781913696481
• Published: 05-05-2022

Orla has lived on her own since Ma died, with only her beloved garden for company. When sickness comes and nature is blamed, Orla knows she must find a cure. Armed with her mother's book of plants and remedies, she steals away on a river boat with two other stowaways, Idris and Ariana. Soon th...

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• Ross Montgomery, Mark Beech
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781800900820
• Published: 05-05-2022

Fair is foul and foul is fair ... bestseller Ross Montgomery returns with a laugh-out-loud, perfectly pitched introduction to Shakespeare's Macbeth. Beth has been looking forward to the Prizegiving Assembly all year. She's won best-behaved pupil two years in a row and is confid...

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• Phil Earle, illus Steve May
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781800901100
• Published: 05-05-2022

An unexpected family secret has hilarious consequences in this action-packed story from Phil Earle and illustrator Steve May - perfect for superhero fans.Plane crashes, robberies and fires were not what Stanley was expecting on a day out at the seaside with his nan and the other re...

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• Alex Evelyn, George Ermos
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406399394
• Published: 05-05-2022

A fantastical, botanical adventure about friendship, bravery - and finding home in a new place.   Fern has spent her whole life in the rainforest, and loves nothing more than climbing, exploring and talking to the trees. When she suddenly has to leave all that behind and move to London, with o...

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• Vashti Hardy, illus George Ermos
• Scholastic
• ISBN13: 9780702312250
• Published: 05-05-2022

The exciting conclusion to the Brightstorm twins' trilogy within The Brightstorm Chronicles! Arthur, Maudie, and the rest of the Aurora crew are going on a mission to the Volcanic North, where years before their parents discovered the moth...

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• Dr Thomas Bernard, Lisa Moss, Amy Willcox, Sophie Stericker
• QuestFriendz
• ISBN13: 9789082994056
• Published: 03-05-2022

Meet Lilli and her best friends Leo and Bea - three endlessly curious kids with BIG imaginations. When they unite to solve a challenging science problem, they turn into SUPERHEROES Lillicorn, Leo Zoom and Bea Bumble and journey to a world full of magic, adventure and quests. And now they want...

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• Ziggy Hanaor, Benjamin Phillips
• Cicada Books
• ISBN13: 9781800660229
• Published: 28-04-2022

This first graphic novel from Cicada follows 11-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner. Bubbe's relationship with the city is complex - nothing is quite as she remembered it and she fe...

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