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The King's Birthday Suit
Name: Joanna Hewish
01 June 2021;Genre: Picture Books
A colourful re-working of Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale - The Emperor's New Clothes. This tale will not fail to engage your child and have them giggling at the poor King and his bare bottom! A rhyming tale of a King who has so many clothes that he is at a loss as to what to wear for t...
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Mooncat and Me
Name: Kyle Matravers
01 June 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
Mooncat and Me is the fresh and colourful debut from author/illustrator Lydia Corry. Revolving around the theme of coping with anxiety, Mooncat and Me focuses on a young girl called Pearl, her new move to the big city and how the power of her imaginary friend boosts her confid...
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Starboard
Name: Andrew Mullen
31 May 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Starboard tells the story of a young reality TV star, struggling with the fickle nature and pressures of fame, and of one of the most famous ships in British history, the SS Great Britain. Whilst on a school trip to the SS Great Britain, Kirsten feels a connection with the ship and so begins a...
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Starfell - Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom
Name: Andrew Mullen
31 May 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Returning to Starfell with Starfell - Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom was an absolute joy! Magical children are being allowed to go to 'normal' schools, but Willow Moss is suspicious. With faithful and grumpy companion Oswin by her side (in his hairy green carpetbag), she...
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Name: Ellen Green
30 May 2021;Genre: Picture Books
This is a gorgeous picture book that celebrates the power of children's imaginations - and is brilliant to share when so many children have been 'stuck inside', and not just because of the weather! A little girl, stuck inside because of the rain and with a poorly dog for company, sets o...
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Raising Hell
Name: Emelia Helliwell
29 May 2021;Genre: Horror
Raising Hell is based in London and is a story with magic, love, friendship and trying to right the wrongs. It begins with Ivy Mann in her late teens working at a school with Matilda on her hip. It throws you right in to the mix, making you wonder how they got to this point in the first place....
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Twitch
Name: Beverley Somerset
29 May 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Twitch is a loner. Bullied at school, he prefers the company of birds to people, and his main hobby is birdwatching. It's the start of the summer holidays and when Twitch arrives at his hide in the Aves Wood Nature Reserve, he finds that there are police everywhere, all search...
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Harklights
Name: Jennifer Caddick
28 May 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Harklights is a beautifully, classic feeling folklore / fairytale style adventure. In a grim, grey orphanage (surrounded by a forest full of unseen life and tiny magical creatures ) lives mistreated orphan Wick, who seeks an escape from the cruelty of his life. The story is a...
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Rainbow Grey
Name: Jennifer caddick
27 May 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Rainbow Grey is the first book in a delightful, charming series by Amelia Fang author, Laura Ellen Anderson. City in the sky, Celestia, is inhabited by Weatherlings (folk who all possess different kinds of weather magic to help control Earth's weather and protect it from villa...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
27 May 2021;Genre: Myths & Legends
Simi is sent to stay with her grandmother in a remote Nigerian village. The thought of staying with someone she doesn't know in the middle of nowhere with no TV, no internet and no phone access fills Simi with horror, particularly as Simi's mother and grandmother are estranged. When she arrive...
