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The Legendary Scarlett and Browne
Name: Stephen Leitch
08 January 2025;Genre: Dystopian
The Legendary Scarlett and Browne is the third and final instalment of this incredible series following the exploits of the now most wanted Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne, who are in a doggedly determined and driven mood. Two years since escaping death at the hands of the H...
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Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert Plays Football
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 January 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Frank is teaching Bert all about football. Sometimes things go wrong, but Bert has a new ball and the two best friends are ready to play. When Frank spots Barbara, the best football player ever, he is delighted that she agrees to have a game with him, forgetting all about poor old Bert. But as...
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My Path
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 January 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Every morning, a little snail sets off to follow their Path. Sometimes this path is shared by others; sometimes it is a lonely one; sometimes hard or unexpected. But the snail knows that it is their Path, their unique way forwards and, as long as it feels like the right thing to do, it is thei...
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Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 January 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Corrie Doon is a Scottish lullaby story that follows Shona from being a small girl tucked in by her dad and having wonderful dreams, to being a grown woman tucking her dad in and experiencing magic in the nights herself. Written by Jackie Kay, an acclaimed Scottish poet...
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Ice Apprentices: Volume 1
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Prepare to be whisked away this Winter to the bitterly cold Tundra and the harshest winds, ice and snow. Surviving life is tough and requires the inhabitants of the settlements there to stand together, using skills, stamina and (more importantly) ice magic, to make it through the big Freeze.</...
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The Bed Book
Name: Lucy Hopkins
03 January 2025;Genre: Picture Books
The Bed Book is a rhyming story, which many children love. They enjoy spotting the words that rhyme together and predicting which words may finish different sentences. It's also a lovely book to help to develop children's imaginations by taking them to many weird and wonderful...
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Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book
Name: Lucy Hopkins
03 January 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book is an interesting book to help with children's language development. This book goes through the alphabet with lots of interesting little pictures. Within those pictures, different things are labelled using each of the let...
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The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief (Little Gems)
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
03 January 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This is the first book in a fabulous new series of stories for young readers who are dipping their toes into chapter books. The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief caught my daughter's attention immediately. The book itself is a great size, less...
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A Symphony of Stories: Musical Myths and Tuneful Tales
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 January 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
This companion volume to Once Upon a Tune continues to share the joy of music and art, inspiring young readers to explore the world of classical music and the stories it tells. A Symphon...
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Let the Light In
Name: Clare Wilkins
02 January 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In Let the Light In, Leah's in love and woefully naïve; Charlie's an innocent who has got in way over his head, and only Abby is young enough to be relatively unaffected by the turmoil that has followed their father's untimely death. With their mother housebound suffering unsp...
