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Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs
Name: Maria Faithorn
18 March 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Lenny Lemmon and the Trail of Crumbs is a fun, action-packed novel that will have young readers gripped to the very end. When a very important visitor arrives at school and doggy disaster strikes, it's up to Lenny and his friends to prove Leurwood School is th...
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Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back - The NEW Illustrated Guide
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 March 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back - An Illustrated Guide tells the story of the Knepp Estate in West Sussex and how the owners have allowed nature to return, bringing wildlife back to the estate. Now home to an abundance of creatures, including many rare species, the estate...
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Pirates of Darksea
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
In Pirates of Darksea, Christopher Reid longs to go on an adventure with Captain Thorne O'Malley aboard his pirate ship, the Stolen Sunrise, in a secret kingdom called Darksea. Followed by his younger brother, Max, he waits on the shore until, realising the Captain isn't comin...
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Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
15 March 2024;Genre: Fairies
Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest is the first book in a new series with further titles announced for publication later this year. This engaging, humorous chapter book is a lovely read and I look forward to these new installments. Lola's mum runs an animal sanctuary so...
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Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Having read Kevin the Vampire, I was keen to see where Matt Brown took his lead characters and Kevin the Vampire: A Wild and Wicked Witch didn't disappoint. Filled with wonderful descriptive language and crazy c...
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New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy #1
Name: Elen Green
12 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
What a great start to what promises to be a fun, adventure-filled series, Pirate Academy. In New Kid on Deck we're introduced to a strongly bonded group of children who are training to be - pirates! I love the concept and know many young readers will be hooke...
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The Tree and the River
Name: Wendy Kelly
11 March 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
What an extraordinary book. Entirely wordless, The Tree and the River looks at a particular place in space and time. A verdant landscape, with a winding river and an elegant mature tree. Turn the page, and there is the same scene except a house is now being constructed next to...
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The Cloud Thief
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Withering-on-the-Sand-Sea, like many other villages, is dependent on cloud deliveries from the Cloud Factory for its survival. With rising prices and smaller clouds, Mara and the other villagers are finding life harder. Worried about Old Bern, who is suffering from the Thwart, Mara overhears a...
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The Magician Next Door
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 March 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Callie and her father have moved away from London, away from her friends, away from her memories. Struggling to settle into her new life in Northern Ireland, she is staring out of her window one night, unable to sleep, when a loud BOOM announces the arrival of an upside-down house in her back...
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The Cloud Thief
Name: Rachel Bolton
08 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
The Cloud Thief is a gentle fantasy adventure with a big heart. The story begins in Withering-on-the-Sand-Sea, where rain is in such short supply that the town must pay for clouds to be delivered. When Mara discovers that a cloud might also help cure Old Bern, she sets out to...
