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The Wilderness
Name: Wendy Kelly
11 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
Remember Lemoney Snicket and his Series of Unfortunate Events? The Wilderness has the same sort of tone and approach, as an unseen narrator tells the story and explains key vocabulary relating to the rather splendid Vasylenko family. Mum and Dad and 11 of their 12 child...
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Footprint
Name: Jacqueline Harris
11 March 2024;Genre: Environment & Nature
Footprint is all about appreciating the beauty and wonder of nature. Children walk across the pages and look at the changing scenery and just stop to take it all in. The places that they go range from the snow-covered Arctic to a jungle, but in each place they stop and 'just b...
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The Cloud Thief
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
Withering-on-the-Sand-Sea, like many other villages, is dependent on cloud deliveries from the Cloud Factory for its survival. With rising prices and smaller clouds, Mara and the other villagers are finding life harder. Worried about Old Bern, who is suffering from the Thwart, Mara overhears a...
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The Magician Next Door
Name: Sue Wilsher
09 March 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Callie and her father have moved away from London, away from her friends, away from her memories. Struggling to settle into her new life in Northern Ireland, she is staring out of her window one night, unable to sleep, when a loud BOOM announces the arrival of an upside-down house in her back...
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Where the Heart Should Be
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 March 2024;Genre: Historical Fiction
All of Crossan's books are deeply affecting, totally immersive and utterly unforgettable and Where the Heart Should Be is no exception. Where the Heart Should Be is the story of lowly scullery maid Nell and Johnny, English heir to his Uncle's estate in...
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The Cloud Thief
Name: Rachel Bolton
08 March 2024;Genre: Fantasy
The Cloud Thief is a gentle fantasy adventure with a big heart. The story begins in Withering-on-the-Sand-Sea, where rain is in such short supply that the town must pay for clouds to be delivered. When Mara discovers that a cloud might also help cure Old Bern, she sets out to...
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Secrets of the Snakestone
Name: Louisa Farrow
08 March 2024;Genre: Adventure
Zélie Dutta may be able to crush the head of a cobra with a bare heel, lick her elbow and peel a banana with her toes, but for all that she is stuck working as a maid in Paris where all the other servants think she is a witch. She has never fully understood why she has been shipped there from...
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Hen in the Bed
Name: Joanne Thomas
08 March 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
A fun and colourful twist on the classic song 'ten in the bed' where you get one less animal occupying the bed each time round. The lovely split page design is interesting and intriguing for little ones who enjoy turning the page to find out which animal 'fell out' and name them. As more anima...
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Rex Dinosaur in Disguise: Undercover Alien
Name: Maria Faithorn
08 March 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
YES! Rex, the dinosaur in disguise, is back! Rex has made it in the human world, and is now a PE teacher! However, not everyone is happy about monsters being involved in society and when all the grumpy pigs... gwinty squids... guinea pigs! go missing at the fair, Rex is the obvious culprit. Bu...
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Cactus Kid and the Battle for Star Rock Mountain
Name: Sharon Porter
08 March 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
This feisty graphic novel is described as a mission to be the best wizard in the world world in the blurb, and it does not disappoint. There is magic, motorcycles and adventure throughout as Cactus Kid tries to attain his must desired chunk of star rock to complete his wizard training. Little...
