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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...
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Grandpa and the Kingfisher
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 April 2023;Genre: Bereavement
Grandpa and the Kingfisher follows the journey of a small child and their Grandpa as they watch the seasons change and the kingfishers raise their family. This sensitively written story touches on the circle of life and introduces the idea that death is a part of that. The illustrations...
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Marvellous Margot
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 April 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Margot is a cheerful, helpful, problem solver with a huge heart. She wants to make things better for those around her and knows that kindness and cake make the perfect combination. But will Margot get to Oscar's house with any cake left? The use of situations that children will be able...
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Clutch
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 April 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Something terrible has happened in Aves Wood. The nest of the peregrine falcons has been raided by an egg thief and all the eggs taken and the parent birds driven away. There is an egg thief in town; someone dangerous. Twitch and his friends must try to find out who the thief is and put a stop...
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Stardust in their Veins
Name: Linda Brown
03 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Stardust in their Veins is the second book in the Castles in Their Bones trilogy, by the wonderful YA author Laura Sebastian. In this book, she once again fills the pages with the same secrets, scheming, politics and lies. It's a fa...
