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  • Mr Leopard's Bookshop (PB)

    Mr Leopard's Bookshop

    Name: Maria
    30 March 2023;

    Genre: Picture Books

    If you love animals and books, well, this is the book for you. A rhyming text, a loveable pug and a bookshop full of books and animals is what this book has to offer. Sophie visits the bookshop to discover all the animals who are authors, writers and illustrators with her pug dog being...

  • I, Spy: a Bletchley Park mystery

    I Spy

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    30 March 2023;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Robyn has always lived at BP (Bletchley Park) where her father looks after the vehicles. Then, in 1939, everything starts to change. She's no longer allowed out of the grounds to go to school - she can't even row across to 'her' island in the lake. Worse still, nobody will explain why - there...

  • Let's Play Murder

    Let's Play Murder

    Name: Clair
    29 March 2023;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Let's Play Murder is a compelling read. It opens with a rumour of a high stakes, hidden game in the VR world. A door that might appear, one that doesn't quite fit. If it's THE game, you'll know it by the snow... We meet the main character, Veronica, in hospital where it...

  • Where The River Takes Us

    Where The River Takes Us

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    24 March 2023;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    There is a wild beast, possibly a big cat, that has been sighted in the mountains, and there is a reward promised for a photograph. Jason and his friends set off in search of the beast - and the reward. The year is 1974 and the country is in the grip of the miners' strikes and the three-day we...

  • Eggs!: A lift-the-flap counting book full of surprises!

    Eggs!

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    24 March 2023;

    Genre: Baby & Toddler Books

    Lets talk about the newest board book release from Katie Dale, Eggs! There are so many teaching and learning elements to this children's book whilst being such a joy to read and experience. If award-winning artist Jenny Lovlie's cute chick illustrations on the cover haven't al...

  • Word Trouble

    Word Trouble

    Name: Wendy Kelly
    24 March 2023;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Word Trouble is a lovely picture book which tells the story of a family newly arrived in England. Ronnie, their little boy, starts Nursery and is sad to find that although the other children want to include him, he doesn't understand anything they say. Things get better, thoug...

  • Amazing Animal Tales: Baby Owl

    Amazing Animal Tales: Baby Owl

    Name: Elen Green
    24 March 2023;

    Genre: Animals

    Amazing Animal Tales: Baby Owl is such a tender picture book story about a young owl, from the moment it first hatches to how it it learns to fly and catch its prey, but it is also so much more than this. The pages of the story fold out to give young children new facts...

  • The King's Hats

    The King's Hats

    Name: Elen Green
    24 March 2023;

    Genre: Friends and family

    The King's Hats is a wonderful picture book about our new king, Charles III, and how he might struggle to fill all the roles previously filled by the late Queen. It is beautifully explained to the children by exploring what kinds of hats the king might need for each role....

  • Where The River Takes Us

    Where The River Takes Us

    Name: Ella Louise Hopley Age 12
    23 March 2023;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    It was a very good and exciting book, I would suggest to read it when you have time.

  • Into the Faerie Hill

    Into the Faerie Hill

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    23 March 2023;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Alfred moves with his father to stay with his grandmother, while his dad works on a building project. Alfred can't help feeling that there is something different about him that means he doesn't really fit in. Then he meets Saga, a local girl who is passionately opposed to the building project...