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  • Baby Love

    Baby Love

    • Jacqueline Wilson
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780241567104
    • Published: 17-03-2022

    "Jacqueline Wilson understands the complex interpersonal relationships of teenagers so well and writes with an unparalleled realness and rawness. I loved this book. It was heartbreaking but warm, unflinching yet somehow cosy. Nobody writes like Jacqueline Wilson. Long may she reign! I couldn't...

  • The Littlest Elephant

    The Littlest Elephant

    • Kate Read
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529085389
    • Published: 17-03-2022

    The littlest elephant is always in a rush, and it takes a tiny mouse to show her how to slow down and notice the other jungle creatures in this funny, colourful story from Kate Read, creator of the multi-award-winning One Fox. The bright and richly illustrated pages full of jungle...

  • Eternity Engine (Orphans of the Tide)

    Eternity Engine (Orphans of the Tide)

    • Struan Murray, Manuel Sumberac
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780241535608
    • Published: 17-03-2022

    The final instalment in the breathtaking Orphans of the Tide trilogy, which The Times calls 'Unputdownable'.The seas have parted to reveal the remains of humanity's lost empire and opened a path from Shipwreck Island to the Enemy's City. Now only Ellie Lancaster and her orphan frie...

  • Dragon Rising

    Dragon Rising

    • Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781398505902
    • Published: 17-03-2022

    The fourth adventure in the 'roar'some Dragon Realm series for 9+ readers! Perfect for fans of nail-biting mysteries and cinematic battles. Dragon Destiny, the fifth and final instalment, is now available.Billy, Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei are back in their hometowns, missing eac...

  • Julia and the Shark

    Julia and the Shark

    • Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illus Tom de Freston
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781510107779
    • Published: 17-03-2022

    A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter and the great Greenland shark. Wrapped up in mesmerising illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback, this is a perfect gift for the holiday season, for 9+ fans of Philip Pullman...

  • My Garden (My World in 100 Words)

    My Garden (My World in 100 Words)

    • Marijke Buurlage, Happy Yak
    • Happy Yak
    • ISBN13: 9780711257238
    • Published: 15-03-2022

    Leaf, flower, tree, snail, bee... introduce your little ones to the words they'll encounter all around them in the garden.  My Garden in 100 words introduces a range of different scenes and objects. With bold colours and a silky-feel cover that add visual and tactile interest, this fun book in...

  • John Agard's Windrush Child

    John Agard's Windrush Child

    • John Agard, Sophie Bass
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529501124
    • Published: 10-03-2022

    A Beautifully evocative story of a child's journey to England on board Empire Windrush, from an internationally celebrated, multi-award-winning poet and an extraordinary debut illusrator."you're stepping into historybringing your Caribbean eyeto another horizon"<b...

  • Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments

    Around the World in 80 Musical Instruments

    • Nancy Dickmann
    • Welbeck Editions
    • ISBN13: 9781913519919
    • Published: 08-03-2022

    How on Earth do you play a bass that's 3.5 metres tall?   How can you play a theremin without touching it?  Can you turn a cave's stalactites into an organ? (spoiler alert: yes, you can!) This beautifully-illustrated book is a visual celebration of the huge variety of instruments played...