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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

Once again, Joshua Seigal offers a cornucopia of poetic treats in his new collection, Who Let the Words Out?. With poems about cats putting their rear ends in your face, a mathematical haiku, what NEVER to do and the problems of precipitation, there is plenty to set the reader...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
15 September 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

This perfectly timed launch brings us the next in the wonderful Tindims series written by a talented mother and daughter duo.  In The Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret, Halloween has nearly arrived but a young witch is in a pickle. She has cast a spell and shrunk...

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Name: Clair Bossons
15 September 2023;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Katherine Rondell's Impossible Creatures is a stunning book! The endpapers are illustrated with a map of The Archipelago, a secret cluster of islands where all the mythological creatures live side by side with humans. This is followed by The Guardian's Bestiary; a wonderful il...

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Name: Jemma Jeffrey
15 September 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I'm Going to Be a Princess is a warm and charming story of a young black girl named Maya who dreams of being a princess. However, her mother would prefer she chooses another direction, one that isn't so stereotypically girly. Through the story, she tells Maya about incredible,...

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Name: Maria
15 September 2023;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Imperfectly Perfect explores an important theme that not every thing is perfect and sometimes accidents happen, but objects can be repaired - just like friendships. Maria loves reading and unfortunately damages her brother's favourite book. Robbie returns and shouts at...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Christopher Forrester has been sent to Scotland to spend time with his grandfather, Frank, and is dismayed to find himself in the middle of nowhere in a run-down house with no internet or phone signal. He is told that he can go anywhere, but is forbidden to go to the top of the nearby hill. Of...

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Name: maria faithorn
15 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

This well written and beautifully illustrated book will definitely be a child’s favourite and be read over and over! A First Book of Dinosaurs is divided into the chapters of 'Meet the Dinosaurs, Eat or be Eaten, Dinosaur Families and The End. OR is it?' Each dinosaur or theme...

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Name: Catherine Kus
15 September 2023;

Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

This book is a hardback book for babies aged 0-3 months. Experts believe that babies see in black, white and grey during the first four months of their life and the illustrations in this book have been created in these colours only. The pictures are really bold and clear with repeating pattern...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
14 September 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Robert and Rachel Klein have defeated the villainous Charles Malstain; the land of Krasnia and its capital city, Brava, are now full of joy, colour and happy citizens, and Rachel and Robert are national heroes. Then a boy appears from nowhere and presents Rachel with a blood-red key. She has n...

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Name: Wendy Kelly
13 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

So here it is! We've reached the end of Herbie and Violet's winter shenanigans with the explosive story of the Mermedusa. Those devoted readers who have followed all their other adventures will find many loose ends pleasingly tied up in their final (perhaps?) adventure. Thomas...

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