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  • Tyger

    Tyger

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    29 September 2022;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    It's the twenty first century in London - but a London that is only partly recognisable. It is still the global capital of an Empire that rules the world and the motor car has never been invented. Inhabitants whose families originate from different countries are forced to live in ghettos guard...

  • Which Way to Anywhere

    Which Way to Anywhere

    Name: Donna Chadwick
    29 September 2022;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Which Way to Anywhere is a story full of twists and turns, encompassing magic and mystery. K2 and Izzabird O'Hero are born into a magical family and sworn to secrecy. After their father mysteriously disappears (presumed dead), they acquire a new family who they need to keep th...

  • The Arctic Railway Assassin

    The Arctic Railway Assassin

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    28 September 2022;

    Genre: Adventure

    Hal is flying off to Sweden to meet his Uncle Nat. Together, they are going to make a special Christmas trip to the Aurora Sky Station to see the Northern Lights. Uncle Nat's friend, Mortimer, has just won a Nobel Prize, and has been scared by a series of inexplicable events since the announce...

  • India, Incredible India

    India, Incredible India

    Name: Maria
    27 September 2022;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    This book with its vibrant front cover and images of life in India says...read me! And that's what we did. India, Incredible India is the perfect non-fiction book to help children learn about India. This book is a wonderful mix of geography, history, religion, art , sports and...

  • Sticky Pines: The Valley of the Strange

    Sticky Pines: The Valley of The Strange

    Name: Sam Phillips
    27 September 2022;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    The Valley of The Strange is the third in the Sticky Pines - where things get weird - series by Dashe Roberts. The Sticky Pines adventures is fast becoming one of my favourite series of middle grade books in a long time and, as someone who has never been a fan...

  • The Big Amazing Poetry Book

    The Big Amazing Poetry Book

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    27 September 2022;

    Genre: Poetry

    If there are any parents or teachers who feel lost about where to find an excellent selection of poems for their children, they need search no more!  The Big Amazing Poetry Book not only offers an introduction to 52 (that's one for every week of the year) wonderful poets, it a...

  • The Treekeepers

    The Treekeepers

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    26 September 2022;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Home to thousands, the city of Arborven owes its existence to the Undrentree. A well as the buildings covering the tree, set in rings around it are the city circles where the different layers of society live - the farther away from the tree, the less magic the inhabitants have. As a shapewalke...

  • Kew: Darwin and Hooker: A story of friendship, curiosity and discovery that changed the world

    Darwin and Hooker

    Name: Sharon Porter
    26 September 2022;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    Darwin and Hooker is no ordinary story book, it reveals the development of a friendship as well as the mind of one of our greatest biologists. With explanations of journeys to far shores to develop theories and giving presentations to the scientific communities in academia, th...

  • Sticky Pines: The Valley of the Strange

    The Valley of the Strange

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    25 September 2022;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    As Lucy Sladan continues her investigation into the Pretenders - a race of shapeshifters she and her friend, Milo, discovered which has been living secretly in Stinky Pines for generations - things are about to get weird once more. Her father - Silas - has suddenly decided that the family shou...

  • Wishtree

    Wishtree

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    23 September 2022;

    Genre: Friends and family

    The main character of this whimsical book is an American red oak - and Red, as he's called, is many rings old. Over the years he's seen all sorts of people come and go and all sorts of changes in his neighbourhood but he's kept on photosynthesising and kept on providing a safe haven for the lo...