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Explorers on Witch Mountain
Name: Jacqueline Harris
15 February 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Stella Snowflake Pearl is back, along with her friends from her previous adventure with the Polar Bear Explorers Club. But this time it is different and it is very personal. Stella's father Felix has been kidnapped by a giant vulture and taken to Witch Mountain. Stella, with her friends Ethan,...
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City of Nightmares
Name: Emelia Helliwell
15 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
City of Nightmares is set on an island where the inhabitants don't want to dream. Why? because dreams can lead to nightmares, and people can turn into their worst nightmares. The only way to stop this from happening is if they take medicine to stop them from dreaming. For those who are already...
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Protecting the Planet, Emperor of the Ice
Name: Sharon Porter
14 February 2023;Genre: Animals
This narrative non-fiction text is chock full of facts about the life and trials of the Emperor penguin. The journey begins in an Antarctic April, with winter approaching and leads through the epic journeys these penguins make to breed and feed their youngsters. They are truly awe-inspiring cr...
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The Monkey Who Fell from the Future
Name: Sue Wilsher
14 February 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
The world in 2425 is a very different place. After a meteor struck the earth, technology has been lost and nature has reclaimed the land. London is now a hellish, flooded wasteland, but a few cities, like Newcastle where Ocean Mooney lives with her Nanny Moo, still stand. When she meets Deucal...
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Press Start! Game on, Super Rabbit Boy! / Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!
Name: Kyle Matravers
14 February 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Sunny's favourite video game is Super Rabbit Boy! He loves nothing better than trying to defeat the evil King Viking as he manoeuvres Super Rabbit Boy through the trails and tribulations of Super Rabbit Boy Land. In this first instalment of the new series of books by Thomas Flintham, we join o...
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Pick a Story: A Pirate+Alien+Jungle Adventure / A Dinosaur+Unicorn+Robot Adventure
Name: Kyle Matravers
14 February 2023;Genre: Adventure
Through 'Pick a Story', Sarah Coyle has created a new series of books for the creative and imaginative readers out there. Following the success of the 'You Choose' series of books, Sarah has taken this one step further by weaving a narrative tale in which each choice creates a different outcom...
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Ways to Say I Love You
Name: Maria
14 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
This beautiful book arrived to read on Valentine's Day and what a lovely book it is to share. Ways to Say I Love You is a celebration of LOVE with caring words and gorgeous illustrations modelling to children different ways to show LOVE and care for each other. Such a positive...
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Out of the Blue
Name: Lizi Backhouse
13 February 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
'In a world where only one colour is allowed, will one boy be brave enough to defy the rules?' Out of the Blue is a story of a boy who loves the colour yellow, but lives in a world where only blue is allowed. Everything is being repainted blue, 'rubbish' other colours are coll...
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Blackbeard's Treasure
Name: Sam Phillips
11 February 2023;Genre: Adventure
What an absolutely cracking read; Pirates of the Caribbean for under 10's! Abigail, the story's main protagonist, is fearless in her search for revenge after pirates attack her home and kill her father. With no one left to stop her Abigail joins her family's slave boy, Boubacar when he reasons...
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High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop
Name: Jenny Bevan
10 February 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
High Top: The Sneaker That Just Can't Stop is perfect for busy children. It will help them understand that their play might not always be fun for others. High Top loves fun and wants everyone else to have fun but, when he reflects, he realises others might not have had...