Books - Families

• Jennifer Claessen
• UCLan Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781912979905
• Published: 01-09-2022

There's so much to love about October - Halloween, pumpkin everything and MAGIC. Especially magic. But for nervous young witch Clemmie, this October might see the stars descend on her for the first time, bringing with them a whole month of chaotic new power. She's spent twelve years watching h...

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• Frances Hardinge
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509836970
• Published: 01-09-2022

"This multilayered, humane and brilliant YA fantasy is the Costa-winning Hardinge's best yet." The Guardian.  "Gothic and twisty and witty and gripping . . . I loved it" Katherine Rundell.Unraveller is a spell-binding fantasy from the Costa-award winning author of The Lie Tree, Fra...

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• Catherine Johnson, illus Katie Hickey
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781781129227
• Published: 01-09-2022

From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story. Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano's peaceful childhood was brought to an abrupt end when he was captu...

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• Kate Read, Lauren Fairgrieve (Junior Editor)
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839942723
• Published: 01-09-2022

In this gorgeous gift book, create your own beautiful 3D birds before discovering fascinating facts about each species!   Press out pieces and slot them together to create 10 different irresistible feathered friends. After finishing your 3D flock, either hang the birds of a feather as stunning...

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• Teresa Heapy, Erica Salcedo
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781801991353
• Published: 01-09-2022

A funny story about a madcap race to the finish line... with cake! Seven-year-old Jamila sees a notice for a Great Cake Race in her local park and despite having never baked before she is eager to enter. But Jasper Dedicoat - the self-proclaimed best baker in town - has also entered and will d...

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• Kory Merritt
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781913696085
• Published: 01-09-2022

Nothing is out of place in the quiet suburban town of Cowslip Grove. But kids have been going missing - and only Levi and Kat notice. It's up to them to save the missing kids before a hidden evil swallows the town whole ... A spellbinding, original and lavishly illustrated horror story for mid...

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• Lydia Monks
• Andersen Press Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781839131899
• Published: 01-09-2022

Adoette lived to be 100 years old. Just imagine all the things she saw! She lived on the same street all her life, but one day, people decided it would be best if she would go... Award-winning and best-selling author-illustrator Lydia Monks, illustrator of franchise What the Ladybird Heard, be...

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• Anthony McGowan
• Oneworld Publications
• ISBN13: 9780861542741
• Published: 01-09-2022

'This book! It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again. Full of hope and love and wildness... Imagine Watership Down meets The Animals of Farthing Wood but fiercer.'  Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear. Chern...

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