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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...
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Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-korn (book 1)
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 September 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
We have all been in those situations where we have been paired with people that we do not feel that we can work with. Well, that is exactly what happens to Gloria, the only human at the cosmic cadet academy, in Cosmic Cadets and the Universal Uni-korn. This hilarious ea...
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The Odyssey of Phoebe Quilliam
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 September 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Phoebe loves art and drawing and wants to be an artist like her beloved grandmother. But her grandmother is getting more and more forgetful and Phoebe can't help wondering if it is somehow her fault that things are deteriorating so quickly. In a fit of anger, she lashes out at one of her grand...
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University of Cambridge: Think Big: The Speed of Light
Name: Jane Rew
01 September 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Illustrator Wenjia Tang has certainly done a brilliant job, making an abstract concept - the theory of relativity - come alive on each page. The illustrations in Think Big: The Speed of Light - from eye-catching endpapers to portraits of Einstein to pictures of warp drives and...
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Jack the Fairy: The Week the Bad Fairies Escaped
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 September 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Tom McLaughlin’s immense skill as a children’s author is clearly on show again throughout this third book in the Jack the Fairy series - The Week the Bad Fairies Escaped. Jack is not your typical fairy, he is a boy for a start! The clear monochrome illustrations depict...
