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  • No Home For A Ghost

    No Home for a Ghost

    Name: Sharon Porter
    04 October 2022;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    This is a little gem of a book which reminds me of the classic Not Now Bernard, so maybe this book will be a classic of the future? Let's see.   In No Home for a Ghost, Dylan's family moves into their new home, however, there is already a resident there - a ghost. The ghost ma...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles

    Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles

    Name: Maria faithorn
    03 October 2022;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    Goldilocks is back! Thanks to the well known author Michael Rosen and illustrator David Melling, we are reunited with the much loved character of Goldilocks in Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles. But this time we meet her pet dog, Tiddles! In this fantastic alternative...

  • Luma and the Hiccupping Dragon

    Luma and the Hiccupping Dragon

    Name: Catherine Kus
    03 October 2022;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    Luma and the Hiccupping Dragon is the second story I have read about Luma and her amazing dog Timir who can turn into a dragon and this one also did not disappoint. It was just as funny as the first. Timir is a typical puppy - cheeky, full of fun and bouncy. In this book, Timi...

  • Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles (paperback)

    Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles

    Name: Maria Faithorn
    03 October 2022;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    Goldilocks is back! Thanks to the well known author Michael Rosen and illustrator David Melling, we are reunited with the much loved character of Goldilocks in Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles. But this time we meet her pet dog, Tiddles! In this fantastic alternative...

  • Evil Emperor Penguin: Antics in Antarctica

    Evil Emperor Penguin: Antics in Antarctica

    Name: Lucy Newton
    02 October 2022;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    Evil Emperor Penguin: Antic in Antarctica is set in the most southern continent of the world, Antarctica, which is covered in ice and snow. It follows the Evil Emperor Penguin who has high hopes of taking over the world but doesn't really have the skills to execute his plan ve...

  • The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 6)

    The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons

    Name: Donna Burkert
    02 October 2022;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    If you ever come across a dragon fruit, you wouldn't necessarily know if it was active or not; if it was housing a dragon or not. So, just in case, it would be good to know just what to do if it was active, because - in case you didn't know - dragons can be dangerous if you don't handle them p...

  • Spooked: The Theatre Ghosts

    Spooked: The Theatre Ghosts

    Name: Hayley Summerfield
    01 October 2022;

    Genre: Adventure

    Spooked: The Theatre Ghosts is the new book by Steven Butler. This story is a perfect balance of humour and mystery and it all starts in the seaside town of Cod's Bottom! Ella Griffin has been uprooted from the bustling city of London to the miserable seaside town of Co...

  • British Museum: The Curse of the Tomb Robbers (An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle Mystery)

    The curse of the Tomb Robbers

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    01 October 2022;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Can you help best friends Nub and Iteti stop a gang of Egyptian robbers from raiding a royal tomb? With puzzles to solve on every page you are fully immersed in the story right from the very beginning. Using the hieroglyph chart and Egyptian - English dictionary, included in the back of the bo...

  • British Museum: Secrets of the Dead: Mummies and Other Human Remains from Around the World

    Secrets of the Dead

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    01 October 2022;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    This book will show you the amazing discoveries researchers have made and reveal the many secrets of the dead. Travel back in time to discover mummies and other human remains from around the world. From ancient Egyptian mummies to European bog bodies, to Scythian maidens and Japanese self-mumm...

  • Fiona the Fruit Bat

    Fiona the Fruit Bat

    Name: Sharon Porter
    01 October 2022;

    Genre: Animals

    It isn't very often one comes across such a factually accurate story about bats. The expert knowledge and passion of Dan Riskin for bats shines throughout his text. For our young readers, the emotional aspects of Fiona's struggles to take her first flight, are an excellent talking point in PSH...