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  • Spell Like a Ninja: Top tips, rules and remedies to supercharge your spelling

    Spell Like a Ninja: Top tips, rules and remedies to supercharge your spelling

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Parents, this one is for you! Have you ever found yourself wondering what the children are being taught in school or how you could possibly explain the latest spelling pattern to come home? Wonder no more, Spell Like a Ninja, the latest book in Andrew Jennings's Ninja series,...

  • The House With a Dragon in it

    The House With A Dragon In It.

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Family & Home

    A completely , captivating , magical and mesmerizing tale. The pairing of author Nick Lake and illustrator Emily Gravett is just superb. As with the book, Locked Out Lily, in The House With a Dragon in it the duo have created an eerie, moo...

  • Rhinos Don't Cry

    Rhinos Don't Cry

    Name: Jen Bevan
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

    Milo the rhino is a happy rhino who loves being busy doing rhino things with his cat Pickles, but he believes rhino's do not cry. This is all because his favourite movie star had said so in one of his favourite show. Milo tries really hard to live up to this. However, as everyone knows, we all...

  • Cinder & Ella

    Cinder & Ella

    Name: Sharon Porter
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: LBGTQ+

    I was totally blown away by this version of the traditional tale of Cinder-Ella. It was a surprise to find Cinder as a prince and I loved the fact that Midnight replaced the fairy godmother. I won't spoil the ending of Cinder & Ella, but it has all the romance of a true-lo...

  • Rory's Room of Rectangles

    Rory’s Room Of Rectangles

    Name: Sharon Porter
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Family & Home

    I loved Rory's Room of Rectangles by Ian Eagleton. Not just for the real story, which made me realise that my dad and step-dad are both there for me, but also for the way art is used to show feelings. I think Ian Eagleton must have had his parents split up to really know how it can feel so lon...

  • Carnival of the Spider: BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

    Carnivel of the Spider

    Name: Clair Bossons
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Adventure

    Carnival of the Spider is the third in the series following on from Carnival of the Lost and Carnival of the Hunted. It did not disappoint; this book is every bit as well written as the fir...

  • You're So Amazing!

    You're So Amazing!

    Name: Maria
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    You're So Amazing! is a book about disability and how people respond to it. The picture book introduces the reader to Joe who just wants to play, have fun and be like every other child. Although Joe has a disability and needs crutches, he embraces all activities with enthusias...

  • The Story of Conservation: A first book about protecting nature

    The Story of Conservation: A first book about protecting nature

    Name: Lorraine ansell
    01 July 2023;

    Genre: Environment

    The Story of Conservation is a beautifully illustrated first introduction to how humans have and continue to impact the environment, both positive and negative. Simple explanatory text is coupled with rich and lively illustrations that will appeal to children, accompanied at t...

  • Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos: Book 2

    Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos: Book 2

    Name: Emma Nelson
    30 June 2023;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos is the sequel to Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup. Following on from the story, Yesterday has now passed the College of Witches tea test and she is beginning...

  • Puppy Problems: A Peanut, Butter & Crackers Story

    Puppy Problems: A Peanut, Butter & Crackers Story

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    29 June 2023;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    Puppy Problems: A Peanut, Butter & Crackers Story is the fantastic new graphic novel by Paige Braddock. Butter and Crackers are rescue pets living their best quiet lives. Butter, a determined and adventurous cat, and Crackers, a sensitive, considerate home loving dog, spen...