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Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter: Book 2
Name: Donna Chadwick
07 April 2023;Genre: Adventure
Alex Neptune, Pirate Hunter is a great sequel in the Alex Neptune series, which explores Alex's new-found powers to control the ocean. The story is full of twists and turns as Alex tries to counteract pollution and pirates to find a missing dragon egg to help clean the oceans....
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Snakes on the Job
Name: Samantha Hughes
07 April 2023;Genre: Animals
The snakes are back and this time they are at work and operating a variety of construction vehicles - bulldozers, diggers, dump trucks and more. This story gives the readers a quick look into the world of construction whilst introducing them to a range of new vocabulary. The children en...
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City of Secrets: The Wildsmith #2
Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
War is still raging in Rowan's home town of Holderby, and she and her mum are living safely by the Wild Forest with Grandpa. Rowan is happily learning to be a wildsmith like him; she can talk to and understand the magical creatures who inhabit the forest. Everything changes when Rowan's dad ar...
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The King's Hats
Name: Maria Age 6
06 April 2023;Genre: Friends and family
This delightful book, told in rhyme, tells the story of the dilemma of new King Charles III fulfilling all his new roles and the many hats he will need to wear as our new king. At the beginning of The King's Hats we meet a worried King Charles who is finding his crown h...
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Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch
Name: Jen Bevan
05 April 2023;Genre: Adventure
Welcome to Miracula and the first in a series of books about Ivy Newt and her friends. In Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch, it's Ivy's birthday and her parents perform a magic show for her which goes wrong. Ivy and her friend Tom go on an adventure to find out what has happens to...
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The Boy who Saved a Bear
Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 April 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Boy who Saved a Bear is the fourth and final book that author Nizrana Farook has set in the beautiful landscape of Serendib, and it is another stunning and warm adventure story featuring the bond between the children and the wild animals that Farook creates so joyously.</p...
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Once There Was
Name: Janet Fisher
04 April 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
This is an extraordinary, many layered novel, weaving monsters with Iranian folklore and a girl unable to grieve for her parents and left with a gift she does not understand. Marjan is struggling with school, trying to keep her father's vet practice going, and discovering that her fathe...
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Snakes on a Train
Name: Samantha Hughes
04 April 2023;Genre: Animals
The conductor takes the tickets as the snakes start crawling on. The tracks are checked, the whistle blows. It's time to move along. Hissssssssssss goes the sound of the train. Snakes on a Train is a children's picture book about a group of snakes that go on a journey o...
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How to Grow a Dragon
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 April 2023;Genre: Magical Realism
Another book from Rachel Morrisroe set in Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants, How to Grow a Dragon is a magical story that will capture readers' imaginations! It's full of witty plant pun names, magical moments and funny bits to laugh at. I really enjoyed sharing How to Gr...
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The Drama Llama
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 April 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Absolutely loved this book! Alex Allen has a very fast brain... but his brain also produces a Llama whenever he's worried about something! Usually, the llamas come and go quite quickly, but one day the Llama sticks around...it follows him everywhere and gets bigger and bigger before turning in...
