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Elki is Not my Dog
Name: Wendy Kelly
15 March 2024;Genre: Animals
Elki is Not my Dog is a simple story about a dog who has no home or family, but makes friends with the children in block of flats, who play with her through the changing seasons. Then one day Elki is not there and the children begin to worry. Poor Elki has been trapped under s...
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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: Magical Realism
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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Wanna See a Llama?
Name: Jen Bevan
15 March 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
Wanna see a Llama? A so-called llarma expert leads her friend in an adventure around the city, trying to find a llama. The children keep looking and looking but, instead of llamas, find other things. On every page there is so much to look at. As you read Wanna See a Llama?</stro...
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Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Name: Ruth Cornish
15 March 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Faridah Abike-Iymide's long awaited follow up to her YA novel Ace of Spades will be equally popular and is well worth the wait. Where Sleeping Girls Lie is a combination of a mystery requiring detective work from the main character, Sade Hu...
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Two Rabbits
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 March 2024;Genre: Friends and family
When Little Grey Rabbit and Little Brown Rabbit argue, their unkind words are carried by the wind. They go off in separate directions, each angry and upset, but sad and alone, they realise how much they are missing their friendship and both seek to make amends. This delightful story cap...
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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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The Most Amazing Thing
Name: Jacqueline Harris
14 March 2024;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Henry is bored. He is stuck inside because of the weather and nothing anyone suggests to him appeals. He also feels useless and tries to find something amazing to do. His family all offer suggestions but nothing piques his interest of imagination. Then his mother says something that completely...
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The Midnight Clock
Name: Rachel Bolton
14 March 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The Midnight Clock is compulsive reading! 16-year-old Millie is having to live with her father in his new flat which used to house an infamous women's prison. When the former prison clock begins to strike, Millie finds herself back in 1955, witnessing the final few days of a y...
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The Dolls' House
Name: Jen Bevan
14 March 2024;Genre: Friends and family
A yound girl called Mia has just moved house. She is walking down the street with her mother and spots a dolls' house. The house had been left out and was looking for a new owner. Mia takes the house home and begins to fix it up. When other children see the house, they want to help fix it and...
