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  • Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice

    Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    15 February 2024;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    Adventuremice: Mice on the Ice is the third instalment of the Adventuremice series, from Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre, and sees the mice encountering snow and ice. Pedro is new to Fledermaus and is far more used to drinking...

  • Pablo and Splash: the hilarious kids' graphic novel

    Pablo and Splash!

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    14 February 2024;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    Although she's a penguin, Splash is finding the Antarctic a bit chilly. Her friend, Pablo, believes they live in a blissful utopia and can't understand what she is unhappy about. However, being a really good friend, he agrees to help plan a luxury holiday in the sun. But everywhere is krilly f...

  • Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds

    Bronte Tempestra and the Lightning Steeds

    Name: Jen Bevan
    14 February 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Bronte always wanted to be a Knight but knight school did not allow girls in - until this year! The book begins with Bronte writing letters to her best friend hoping her parents the king and queen will let her go to knight school or will she need to go back to the school for princesses.? <...

  • The Case of the Abandoned Boat

    The Case of the Abandoned Boat - Di Island Crew Investigates

    Name: Jennifer Caddick
    14 February 2024;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    In The Case of the Abandoned Boat, join young detective Fayson, on her third visit to the lush and luxurious Caribbean island to re-connect with her richer cousins and friends, reunite the Di Island Crew detective agency they formed, and, hopefully, have fun tackling another i...

  • Can I Sit in the Middle?

    Can I Sit in the Middle?

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    14 February 2024;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    A child sitting on a sofa calls to the others that it is time for a story and soon, Zebra, Cat, Hamster, Lion and Child are all ready to read.  However, interruption after interruption prevents them from starting the book until everything is tipped upside down and they are all ready at last.</...

  • The Boy Who Fell From the Sky

    The Boy Who Fell From the Sky

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    13 February 2024;

    Genre: Magical Realism

    Here's a book with a sprinkle of stardust that I, for one, can't wait to share. Zed's dad protects Earth from the fearful Demons that fall from the sky and he's more than good at his job. He's the best, the First Hunter in the Authority. For Zed, friendless and accident-prone, living up to his...

  • Hope is the Thing with Feathers

    Picture a Poem: Hope is the Thing with Feathers

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    13 February 2024;

    Genre: Poetry

    Hope is the Thing with Feathers is a poem written by American poet, Emily Dickinson, and published in 1891. In it, she compares hope to a bird, found singing even in the darkest times, and never asking for a thing in return; a reminder of what a powerful thing hope is. ...

  • Measuring Me

    Measuring Me!

    Name: Abbie
    13 February 2024;

    Genre: Picture Books

    Measuring Me is a really fun book! It has lots of interesting facts about the human body so it is a great way to learn new things in a fun and exciting way and its really interactive too. It is bright and colourful with really lovely pictures. At the end of the book it even ha...

  • A Cure Ever After: the spellbinding sequel to Once Upon a Fever

    A Cure Ever After

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    13 February 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    A Cure Ever After is the sequel to Once Upon a Fever (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize) and features some of the same characters, but also introduces some new ones. The story starts a few years after the end o...

  • Rise of the Shadow Dragons

    Rise of The Shadow Dragons

    Name: Linda Brown
    13 February 2024;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Rise of the Shadow Dragons, an epic fantasy adventure, is the second book in The Legends of the Sky series. Once again it is full of magical and mystical dragons that are as mesmerising as in the first book, Dr...