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The Beast in the Basement
Name: Jenny Caddick
12 January 2023;Genre: Funny Stories
There are huge laughs once again in There's a Beast in the Basement!, the latest adventure with Izzy and the gang. When the school day starts with the head teacher to be found crawling along corridors on his hands and knees and silently sobbing whilst leading the assembly, the...
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Blackbeard's Treasure
Name: Jacqueline Harris
12 January 2023;Genre: Adventure
The year is 1718 and Abigail lives the life of luxury on a plantation in the Caribbean. Her only friend is Boubacar, a slave of a similar age from the plantation. Then one day there is a pirate attack and everything changes. Abigail finds herself running and fighting for her life and in a twis...
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Alice Eclair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying
Name: Erin M. Watson
12 January 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
13-year-old Alice Éclair, cake maker supreme by day and spy for the French government by night, is off on a mission. And it's not to buy fresh eggs for her mother's famed pâtisserie, Vive Comme L'Éclair. In A Spoonful of Spying, we join her in an action-packed scene aboard Le...
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Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 January 2023;Genre: Adventure
Look out for delicious characters plus tasty twists and turns in this unique picture book, Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure. There are decisions to make on every page which will change the path of the narrative that you read as you help Gwen to find her birthda...
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Everest: Reaching the Roof of the World
Name: Joanna Hewish
11 January 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
I found this book absolutely fascinating; I was completely absorbed by it and couldn't put it down. To find out about the many attempts to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the many failures, deaths and finally success, was so interesting to read. Prior to reading this book, I had very little...
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The Night Animals
Name: Jane Rew
10 January 2023;Genre: Family & Home
The Night Animals has a sumptuous cover by Sharon King-Chai (who also did the illustrations inside) to attract new readers. However, Sarah Ann Juckes's existing fans will take equal delight in this new story which is set in the modern day and features Nora as the main characte...
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The Elemental Detectives
Name: Beverley Somerset
08 January 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Elemental Detectives is an exciting read, set in an historic alternative London governed by groups of Elemental spirits who look after the air, rivers, wealth and foundations of the city. Marisee Blackwell lives with her grandmother, who is the Keeper of the Wells of Londo...
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How to Make a Picture Book
Name: Maria Faithorn
07 January 2023;Genre: Picture Books
If you want children writing stories and drawing illustrations, then this is the book to have! Even reluctant and defiant children will have a pencil in hand by the end of the book! The author takes the character of Elys the worm and talks the reader through every step of writing a stor...
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The Bookshop At The Back of Beyond
Name: Hayley Summerfield
06 January 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
The Bookshop at The Back of Beyond is the third instalment in The House At The Edge of Magic series. Amy Sparkes has delighted us with a book that is fabulously funny and is crammed full of magical surprises and mischief. We...
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Hedgewitch
Name: Hayley Summerfield
05 January 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Skye Mckenna’s new fantasy story - Hedgewitch - is the first of five books in her new series. It is carefully crafted and full to the brim with magic and mystery. We are first introduced to the main character - Cassie - at Fowell House, a boarding school for children. She was...
