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  • Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum

    Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum

    • Alasdair Beckett-King, illus Claire Powell
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529501049
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    A brilliantly funny young murder mystery from a rising stand-up comedian, podcaster and filmmaker - and exciting new talent in children's fiction.Many people go their whole lives without noticing anything that is afoot, amiss, or even untoward; without ever experiencing that toe-ti...

  • The Time Tider

    The Time Tider

    • Sinéad O'Hart
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788953306
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    Mara and her dad have lived in their van for as long as she can remember. Whatever her father does to scrape a living has kept them constantly moving and Mara has never questioned it. That is until she uncovers a collection of notes addressed to 'the Tider', an individual responsible for harve...

  • Out of the Blue: A heartwarming picture book about celebrating difference

    Out of the Blue: A heartwarming picture book about celebrating difference

    • Robert Tregoning, illus Stef Murphy
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526627964
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    ONLY BLUE ALLOWED, by Blue government demand. Anything that isn't blue, by colour law, is banned! In a very blue house on a very blue street, sits a little boy who feels as blue as the world around him. For this little boy has a BIG secret: he loves the colour yellow.  In a world where...

  • Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!

    Press Start! Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!

    • Thomas Flintham
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839949227
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    For 7+ kids who love video games but aren't allowed to play as often as they'd like... Sunny's favourite game is Super Rabbit Boy, where his carrot-loving friend must thwart all the plots the evil King Viking of Boom Boom Mountain comes up with.  King Viking is planning to build a Super...

  • Read Between the Lies (paperback)

    Read Between the Lies (paperback)

    • Malcolm Duffy
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781800241718
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    Two very different boys, one new family, a shared struggle and a big secret.  Tommy is talented, cool, a young offender, and dyslexic. Ryan is smart, uncool, well-behaved, and dyslexic. The two develop an unlikely friendship.  As Ryan helps Tommy to read, a secret is revealed that will change...

  • Outside

    Outside

    • Bee Chuck
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781838913946
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    Outside is a place that nobody thinks much about. It's somewhere to go for a walk in the park or a trip to the duck pond or to get from one place to another. Inside is much more important. Until suddenly, no one is allowed to go outside and everything changes . . . This brilliantly illu...

  • Vita & the Gladiator

    Vita & the Gladiator

    • Ally Sherrick
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913696535
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    Vita longs to write the plays that she steals off to watch - but as the daughter of a high-born Roman, her only future is marriage. When her father is murdered, everything changes. She escapes with her life - only to end up a slave, sharing a cell with a fierce gladiator, Brea, and her wolf. B...

  • The Funniest Boy in the World

    The Funniest Boy in the World

    • Helen Rutter
    • Scholastic
    • ISBN13: 9780702314674
    • Published: 02-02-2023

    Billy Plimpton took to the stage and captivated the crowd at the triumphant ending to The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh, and in the sequel, he's going to go viral. Celebrity comedian Leo Leggett takes Billy under his wing, as his new sidekick: when Leo tweets a clip of his stand-up act, Billy su...