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  • Fairytale Frankie and the Mermaid Escapade

    Fairytale Frankie and the Mermaid Escapade

    • Greg Gormley, Steven Lenton
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781408333884
    • Published: 06-04-2017

    A fun-filled seaside caper full of favourite fairytale characters, with a positive message about overcoming worries and anxiety. When Fairytale Frankie meets a worried mermaid, a wizard lifeguard, a surfing prince and a talking parrot, she knows it's going to be an unusual day at the be...

  • The Leaky Story: A fun-filled adventure into the power of the imagination and the magic of books!

    The Leaky Story: A fun-filled adventure into the power of the imagination and the magic of books!

    • Devon Sillett, Anil Tortop
    • Exisle Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781925335392
    • Published: 06-04-2017

    A book sits abandoned on a living room shelf. While the Blossburn family happily gets on with other things like watching TV and playing video games, the book aches to be read. The longer it sits abandoned, the more it aches. At last the book can't take it any longer. Slowly it starts to swell....

  • The Nest

    The Nest

    • Kenneth Oppel, Jon Klassen
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781910200872
    • Published: 06-04-2017

    "The first time I saw them, I thought they were angels." The baby is sick. Mom and Dad are sad. And all Steve has to do is say, "Yes" to fix everything. But yes is a powerful word. It is also a dangerous one. And once it is uttered, can it be taken back?  Treading the thin line between dreams...

  • Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away!: Two-colour fiction for 5+ readers

    Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Up, Up and Away!: Two-colour fiction for 5+ readers

    • Tracey Corderoy, Steven Lenton
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9780857638489
    • Published: 06-04-2017

    Three more stories of bravery and derring-do from our favourite baker boys! The much-loved picture book pair of pooches continue their adventures in a two-colour fiction format, ideal for children growing in confidence as readers and beginning to read alone. In the title story, Shifty a...

  • Mrs Mole, I'm Home!

    Mrs Mole, I'm Home!

    • Jarvis
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781406372434
    • Published: 06-04-2017

    Root for Morris the spectacle-wearing mole to find his way home in this laugh-out-loud story from Jarvis, the creator of Alan's Big, Scary Teeth. From Jarvis, the creator of Alan's Big, Scary Teeth, comes another truly unmissable, hilarious adventure about a daddy mole who has mislaid h...

  • A Song for Will: The Lost Gardeners of Heligan

    A Song for Will: The Lost Gardeners of Heligan

    • Hilary Robinson, Martin Impey
    • Strauss House Productions
    • ISBN13: 9780957124530
    • Published: 01-04-2017

  • Strange the Dreamer

    Strange the Dreamer

    • Laini Taylor
    • Hodder & Stoughton
    • ISBN13: 9781444788983
    • Published: 28-03-2017

    ***WENT STRAIGHT INTO #2 ON THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST******PREPARE TO BE MESMERISED BY THIS UNPUTDOWNABLE NOVEL*** Praise for Laini Taylor's DREAMS OF GODS AND MONSTERS: 'GRIPPING PAGE-TURNER' Marie Claire 'THRILLING' Glamour 'GRIPS LIKE A MAGICAL VICE'...

  • The Royal Rabbits Of London

    The Royal Rabbits Of London

    • Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Kate Hindley
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471157882
    • Published: 23-03-2017

    'Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages' The Mail on Sunday'The Royal Rabbits is sweet, funny and beautifully illustrated' The TimesThe adventure begins for brave little Shylo, and his Royal Rabbi...