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The Big Bad Wolf Murder
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 September 2025;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Playing 'Tooth and Claw' with her team means everything to Ruby Calvino. The youngest competitor in the championships, she is determined to prove her worth and defeat Alarick, the undefeated wolf. However, when Alarick drops dead in the middle of the game, Ruby finds herself accused of murder....
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Name: Emma Urbonas
11 September 2025;Genre: Animals
Who knew there were so many cats in the world? Well, now I do. A World of Cats is a clear, factual yet fun book that can be used with all ages of primary but independently from ages seven onwards. Luisa Uribe has perfectly illustrated this book to make it both comforting and e...
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Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 September 2025;Genre: Horror
This pacy debut novel - the first in a new series - is a celebration of Caribbean culture and folklore and a riff on the duppy stories of the region. Jermaine longs to be a horror movie director so, with the help of his friends, he is spending his Easter holidays shooti...
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Press Start to Play: A collection of interactive poems for young gamers
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 September 2025;Genre: Poetry
With this year's theme of 'Play', Press Start to Play is perfect for celebrating National Poetry Day! Many of the poems reference gaming tactics and terms, making the collection instantly appealing to gamers. However, a closer look shows that there is f...
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Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in The Beast From Beneath
Name: Jenny CADDICK
04 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
The magnificently macabre duo of Mallory and Maggoty are back in book two of this freakishly thrilling, gloriously grotesque comedy horror series. Author Martin Howard and illustrator Pete Williamson have excelled again in creating a superbly sinister, supernatural and absorbing atmosp...
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No Refuge (a Phoenix Comic Book; follow-up to No Country)
Name: Alice Drury
04 September 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
No Refuge by Patrice Aggs and Joe Brady is the gripping sequel to the graphic novel No Country. Set in a world not too dissimilar from our own, but in the midst of war, it tells the story of one family’s escape from England when the time comes...
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The Last Bard
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
When Will's father dies, he and his mother, Mary, have to move in with Will's Uncle Claude and his cousin, Jon. Treated like servants by Claude, who never loses an opportunity to remind them that they are only there because of his 'kindness', they are relieved to leave his home for a while whi...
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Maisie vs The Himalayas
Name: Beverley Somerset
03 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
In Maisie vs The Himalayas, their second adventure together, Maisie and her dad, George, travel to Bhutan in the Himalayas to research his latest book, How to Find Hidden Treasure. They find themselves in remote caves deep beneath the mountains, accompanied by Renata, an old a...
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Peng and Spanners: The Swamp Thing!
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 September 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Steve Webb is hugely skilled in writing graphic novels and this latest in the Peng and Spanners series is no different. Just like Peng and Spanners' earlier adventures, Who Stole All The Pizzas and <a href="/books/peng-and-spanners-when-...
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Dragon Cat
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 September 2025;Genre: Poetry
Perfect for exploring and enjoying at home or at school, Dragon Cat is a simply brilliant poetry collection. There are so many poems here which could be used as models to inspire children - or adults. 'The Bag of Secrets', for example, uses a similar structure to 'The M...
