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  • University of Cambridge: This Book Will Make You a Scientist

    This Book Will Make You a Scientist

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    20 March 2026;

    Genre: STEM

    Perfect for igniting ideas and creating curious children, The Book Will Make You a Scientist is packed with accessible experiments, inspired by the work of 25 scientists from the past and present, from different cultures and locations across the world. Starting with adv...

  • Birdie: A powerful, moving animal and friendship tale

    Birdie

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    20 March 2026;

    Genre: Animals

    This heart-warming story has a well-crafted plot that first draws you in and then leaves you with a feeling of satisfaction. Birdie lives in a children's home specifically for the illegitimate children of white English women and black American GI's. Surrounded by others like h...

  • Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede

    Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede

    Name: Maria Faithorn
    20 March 2026;

    Genre: Adventure

    In Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede, Marty has a very important job to do: he must deliver the eggstra-special prize to the finish line before the race ends. It sounds simple. This action-packed story keeps readers eager to discover what will happen next as Ma...

  • The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery

    The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery

    Name: Michelle Bailey
    19 March 2026;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery is a new, interactive graphic novel by Elissa Elwick, aimed at readers aged 5-8 years old. It follows The Gumdrops, guardians of a magical land, on their quest to find a friend for Daisy. The first thing that caught my eye with this book...

  • The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail

    The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    16 March 2026;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail is the amazing first book in the Elementals series by Love Ssega. This carefully written early chapter book combines all of the elements that you would be looking for from a fantastic children's book -  adventure, friendship, discovery a...

  • Bridge of Storms

    Bridge of Storms

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    13 March 2026;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Tamzin Pook and her friends are on a new mission, heading for the city of Museion to help save it from the predator suburbs which are trapping it in a mountain valley known as the Frying Pan. However, a traitor within the city puts them all in danger, separating Tamzin and the rest of the Fire...

  • Scare B'n'B

    Scare B'n'B

    Name: Sam
    12 March 2026;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Scare B'n'B by Catherine Doyle is one of the most amusing books I have read in a long time. So much so, I am quite excited to know that it is the first book in a new series. Packed to its cobweb-coated rafters with ghostly antics and wickedly spirited humour, Tartarus Hall, so...

  • Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails

    Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails

    Name: Margaret Pemberton
    10 March 2026;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    What an absolute delight of a book! If you thought you knew about the young Shakespeare, then you are in for a surprise. Will has ambitions to be a solver of crimes, so when the treasure owned by his neighbour is stolen, he and his best friend Tybalt decide they will have to find the thief. Un...

  • Death by Chocolate

    Death by Chocolate

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    09 March 2026;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Coco Bean has been forced to move to a little village in France, where her parents have bought an old hotel. The hotel is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner, who most definitely does not want anyone else living there. Coco is, however, a very determined girl and she decides to investig...

  • Death by Chocolate

    Death by Chocolate

    Name: Alice Drury
    09 March 2026;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Death by Chocolate, a mysterious murder-mystery set in a little French village, is an exciting story. We follow Coco Bean as she navigates her new life in a crumbly French hotel in a slow-moving village, the complete opposite to her life in England. Her parents who love all th...