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2018

November

Books for 5+

  • Red and the City

    Red and the City

    • Author / Illustrator: Marie Voigt
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192767745
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    Red is finally old enough to go into the city on her own. One day, she sets off with her trusty dog Woody to take a cake to Grandma, but

Books for 7+

  • The Night I Met Father Christmas: THE Christmas classic from bestselling author Ben Miller

    The Night I Met Father Christmas: THE Christmas classic from bestselling author Ben Miller

    • Author / Illustrator: Ben Miller, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471171536
    • Published: 01-11-2018

    'A gorgeous tale brimming with the magic of Christmas. A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small.' Ruth Jones, award-winning writer

  • The Skies Above My Eyes

    The Skies Above My Eyes

    • Author / Illustrator: Charlotte Guillain, Yuval Zommer, Yuval Zommer
    • Publisher: Aurum Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910277683
    • Published: 16-08-2018

    Have you ever looked up and wondered what's going on high up in the skies above your eyes? Take a journey up into the air, through the at

Books for 9+

  • The Afterwards

    The Afterwards

    • Author / Illustrator: A.F. Harrold, illus Emily Gravett
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Bereavement
    • ISBN: 9781408894316
    • Published: 01-11-2018

    A powerful and poignant story about friendship from the magnificent pairing of A.F. Harrold and Emily Gravett, the creators of the critic

  • Warrior Boy

    Warrior Boy

    • Author / Illustrator: Virginia Clay
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781911490371
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    London schoolboy Ben is visiting his father's homeland of Kenya. Ben thinks he won't fit in with his estranged Maasai cousins but when he

Books for 11+

  • Teacher's Dead

    Teacher's Dead

    • Author / Illustrator: Benjamin Zephaniah
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781408895016
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    A thought-provoking and twisty look at the nature of truth and how the media portrays young people accused of serious crimes, from acclai

  • The Button War: A Tale of the Great War

    The Button War: A Tale of the Great War

    • Author / Illustrator: Avi, David Dean
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Historical Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781406380835
    • Published: 01-11-2018

    Award-winning author Avi pens a stark, unflinching tale of ordinary boys living during WW1 as tensions - and desperations - mount among t

October

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • National Trust: How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

    National Trust: How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear

    • Author / Illustrator: Dr Jess French, Angela Keoghan, Angela Keoghan
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788002578
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    Learn how you can save endangered animals and make the world a better place, too!From beetles and butterflies, to puffins and polar bears

Books for 7+

  • Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief (The Amelia Fang Series)

    Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief (The Amelia Fang Series)

    • Author / Illustrator: Laura Ellen Anderson
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781405287074
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    The third book in the bestselling, gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny Amelia Fang series - perfect for readers

  • Egypt Magnified: With a 3x Magnifying Glass

    Egypt Magnified: With a 3x Magnifying Glass

    • Author / Illustrator: David Long, Harry Bloom, Harry Bloom
    • Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
    • Genre: Non Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781786030962
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    Grab your magnifying glass and explore the sights and sounds of ancient Egypt in this fascinating search-and-find adventure, packed with

  • Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

    Let's Talk About When Someone Dies

    • Author / Illustrator: Molly Potter, Sarah Jennings, Sarah Jennings
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Bereavement
    • ISBN: 9781472955340
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    From Molly Potter, best-selling author of How Are You Feeling Today? and What's Worrying You?, comes a picture

  • Night of the Living Ted

    Night of the Living Ted

    • Author / Illustrator: Barry Hutchison, Lee Cosgrove, Lee Cosgrove
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847159564
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    When Lisa Marie and her step-brother Vernon pop into town to get their dad a birthday present, they discover the Create-a-Ted shop is off

  • Power to the Princess: 15 Favourite Fairytales Retold with Girl Power

    Power to the Princess: 15 Favourite Fairytales Retold with Girl Power

    • Author / Illustrator: Vita Murrow, Julia Bereciartu, Julia Bereciartu
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
    • ISBN: 9781786032027
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    "Brilliant." - Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewWhat if princesses didn't always marry Prince Charming and live happily ever aft

Books for 9+

  • Flamingo Boy

    Flamingo Boy

    • Author / Illustrator: Michael Morpurgo
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Historical Fiction
    • ISBN: 9780008134655
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo for readers of 9+, in the vein of PRIVATE PEACEFUL and THE BUTTERFLY LION

  • Head Kid

    Head Kid

    • Author / Illustrator: David Baddiel, Steven Lenton, Steven Lenton
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780008200527
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    From the million-copy bestselling author of THE PARENT AGENCY and BIRTHDAY BOY comes a wildly entertaining wish-fulfilment adventure that

Books for 11+

  • Tangleweed and Brine

    Tangleweed and Brine

    • Author / Illustrator: Deirdre Sullivan
    • Publisher: Little Island
    • Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
    • ISBN: 9781912417117
    • Published: 18-10-2018

    `Exquisitely written and powerful... I'm enchanted by it' - Marian Keyes. 'Deirdre Sullivan's writing is beguiling, bewitching and poetic

Books for 14+

  • Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.

    Me Mam. Me Dad. Me.

    • Author / Illustrator: Malcolm Duffy
    • Publisher: Head of Zeus
    • Genre: Family & Home
    • ISBN: 9781786697653
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geordie lad recounting the trials and tribula

September

Books for 7+

Books for 9+

  • A Darkness of Dragons

    A Darkness of Dragons

    • Author / Illustrator: S. A. Patrick
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9781474945677
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    In a world of dragons, song spells, pipers and battles... Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden

  • Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

    Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

    • Author / Illustrator: Catherine Johnson, Katie Hickey, Katie Hickey
    • Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781781128404
    • Published: 05-09-2018

    Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true a

  • Storm Witch

    Storm Witch

    • Author / Illustrator: Ellen Renner
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9780857636409
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    Child of Air, Water, Earth or Fire: now that she is thirteen Storm must undertake The Choosing and be claimed by one of the Elementals, w

  • The Legend of Tutankhamun

    The Legend of Tutankhamun

    • Author / Illustrator: James Weston Lewis, Sally Morgan
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Non Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781526360076
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    Discover the story of a young king, a lost tomb and a treasure trove of unimaginable splendour - the perfect book to explore the centenar

August

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • Blue Monster Wants It All!

    Blue Monster Wants It All!

    • Author / Illustrator: Jeanne Willis, Jenni Desmond, Jenni Desmond
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781848698321
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    \"...A wild and witty adventure with exuberantly naive pictures.\" - The Sunday TimesBlue Monster loves brand new things. A f

  • Older Not Wiser (Bad Nana, Book 1)

    Older Not Wiser (Bad Nana, Book 1)

    • Author / Illustrator: Sophy Henn
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780008268053
    • Published: 31-05-2018

    A wickedly funny new series for ages six and up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On and the Pom Pom ser

  • The Garden of Hope

    The Garden of Hope

    • Author / Illustrator: Isabel Otter, Katie Rewse, Katie Rewse
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781848577138
    • Published: 09-08-2018

    This enchanting tale tells the story of a little girl who finds courage and purpose as she transforms an overgrown and neglected garden i

  • The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

    The Pirates of Scurvy Sands

    • Author / Illustrator: Jonny Duddle, Jonny Duddle, Jonny Duddle
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783704095

  • Vera Jewel is Late for School

    Vera Jewel is Late for School

    • Author / Illustrator: Nicola Kent
    • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781509852345
    • Published: 28-06-2018

    When Vera Jewel's bike breaks one morning, she takes matters into her own hands and comes up with some ingenious - and very funny! - ways

Books for 7+

  • I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust

    I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust

    • Author / Illustrator: Fiona Waters, Frann Preston-Gannon, Frann Preston-Gannon
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780857637703
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem For Every Day Of The Year, named after the first line of Judith Nicholls' poem 'Windsong'

  • Iguana Boy Saves the World With a Triple Cheese Pizza: Book 1

    Iguana Boy Saves the World With a Triple Cheese Pizza: Book 1

    • Author / Illustrator: James Bishop, Rikin Parekh, Rikin Parekh
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781444939347
    • Published: 19-04-2018

    One boy. One disappointing superpower. Can Dylan tame a bunch of hyper iguanas and come up with a masterful plan to save the WORLD? Yeah,

  • The Great Big Green Book

    The Great Big Green Book

    • Author / Illustrator: Mary Hoffman, Ros Asquith, Ros Asquith
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030955
    • Published: 05-07-2018

    \"Think of the future. Can you imagine our planet as beautiful as it used to be? You could be the one to help make it beautiful again, wi

  • Wish for a Witch

    Wish for a Witch

    • Author / Illustrator: Kaye Umansky, Ashley King, Ashley King
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471160936
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    Everyone is already the spell of this charming new series from Kaye Umansky... 'Umansky is one of our most delightful comic w

Books for 9+

  • A Kid in My Class: Poems

    A Kid in My Class: Poems

    • Author / Illustrator: Rachel Rooney, Chris Riddell
    • Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • Genre: Poetry
    • ISBN: 9781910959879
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    "He's not scared of nothing.Nobody. Never. Nah.Which means that he is.Tough Kid. Not tough enough.I know - I once

  • Freedom

    Freedom

    • Author / Illustrator: Catherine Johnson
    • Publisher: Scholastic
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781407185484
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    12-year old Nathaniel is a slave, sent to England. Life in London is tough and Nat seizes the first opportunity to escape. He hears the s

  • Jinxed

    Jinxed

    • Author / Illustrator: Amy McCulloch
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471169960
    • Published: 09-08-2018

    'A little bit GOLDEN COMPASS, a little bit HUNGER GAMES, and all adventure' - Amie Kaufman, NYT bestselling author of ILLUMINAE<br

  • Spot the Mistake: Journeys of Discovery

    Spot the Mistake: Journeys of Discovery

    • Author / Illustrator: Frances Castle, AJ Wood, AJ Wood, Mike Jolley
    • Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786031297
    • Published: 05-07-2018

    Would Christopher Columbus's ship have had a motor? Would Marco Polo have ridden a bicycle? Test your knowledge of history and spot 20 mi

  • The Black Amulet

    The Black Amulet

    • Author / Illustrator: J.R. Wallis
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471157943
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    'Delightfully magical and brilliantly told' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song on The Boy With One NameWelcome to the Badlan

  • The Pony With No Name

    The Pony With No Name

    • Author / Illustrator: Tracey Corderoy
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471170416
    • Published: 23-08-2018

    From bestselling Tracey Corderoy - author of the Hubble Bubble and Shifty McGifty series - comes an enchanting new series.Bry

  • The Trouble with Perfect

    The Trouble with Perfect

    • Author / Illustrator: Helena Duggan
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474949514
    • Published: 06-09-2018

    Having uncovered the secrets that lay behind the spookily pristine town of Perfect, Violet and the townsfolk are enjoying their new freed

Books for 11+

  • Bone Talk

    Bone Talk

    • Author / Illustrator: Candy Gourlay
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788450171
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    Samkad lives in a tribe deep in the Philippine jungle at the end of the nineteenth century, and has never encountered anyone from outside

  • Everything All at Once

    Everything All at Once

    • Author / Illustrator: Steven Camden
    • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781509880034
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    *Winner of the 2019 CLiPPA award*An achingly beautiful collection of poems about one week in a secondary school where everyth

  • Firebird

    Firebird

    • Author / Illustrator: Elizabeth Wein
    • Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781781128312
    • Published: 23-08-2018

    Nastia is no traitor. She is a daring pilot, the daughter of revolutionaries, and now, as the Second World War descends on Russia, she mu

  • Splash

    Splash

    • Author / Illustrator: Charli Howard
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788001700
    • Published: 05-07-2018

    \"A much-needed book that will strike a chord with so many girls - and help them dare to be different.\" - Jacqueline WilsonMolly is in h

  • The Boneless Mercies

    The Boneless Mercies

    • Author / Illustrator: April Tucholke
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471170003
    • Published: 04-10-2018

    If you liked CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE, you'll love THE BONELESS MERCIES They called us the Mercies, or sometimes the Bonele

  • The Cradle of All Worlds: The Jane Doe Chronicles

    The Cradle of All Worlds: The Jane Doe Chronicles

    • Author / Illustrator: Jeremy Lachlan
    • Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781405291330
    • Published: 09-08-2018

    Stranger Things meets Pullman's Northern Lights in this dark and magical fantasy adventure. <st

  • The Weight of a Thousand Feathers

    The Weight of a Thousand Feathers

    • Author / Illustrator: Brian Conaghan
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408871539
    • Published: 14-06-2018

    A bold, irreverent and tender novel about a young carer from the Costa Children's Award winning author of When Mr Dog Bites and The Bombs

Books for 14+

  • Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

    Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?

    • Author / Illustrator: Holly Bourne
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
    • ISBN: 9781474933612
    • Published: 09-08-2018

    Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at "normality" for Olive, a girl on the edge, and for her

  • Long Way Down: 'A masterpiece.' Angie Thomas

    Long Way Down: 'A masterpiece.' Angie Thomas

    • Author / Illustrator: Jason Reynolds, Chris Priestley
    • Publisher: Faber & Faber
    • Genre: Social Issues
    • ISBN: 9780571335121
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    'A masterpiece from beginning to end.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give

  • The Lost Witch

    The Lost Witch

    • Author / Illustrator: Melvin Burgess
    • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9781783446902
    • Published: 02-08-2018

    Bea has started to hear and see things that no one else can - creatures, voices, visions. Then strangers visit Bea and tell her she is di

July

Picture Books

June

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • Ocean Meets Sky

    Ocean Meets Sky

    • Author / Illustrator: Eric Fan, Terry Fan, Terry Fan
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786032058
    • Published: 06-06-2018

    From the creators of The Night Gardener, comes a stunning new picture book about a young boy who sets sail to find a place his grandfathe

  • The Rhythm of the Rain

    The Rhythm of the Rain

    • Author / Illustrator: Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781787410145

  • Zim Zam Zoom!: Zappy Poems to Read Out Loud

    Zim Zam Zoom!: Zappy Poems to Read Out Loud

    • Author / Illustrator: James Carter, Nicola Colton, Nicola Colton
    • Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • Genre: Poetry
    • ISBN: 9781910959053
    • Published: 07-06-2018

    Want to travel in a rocket? Search for a grumpy dragon? Make your very own monster? <s

Books for 7+

  • Bad Mermaids: On the Rocks

    Bad Mermaids: On the Rocks

    • Author / Illustrator: Sibeal Pounder, Jason Cockcroft
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408877142
    • Published: 14-06-2018

    Stylish mermaids, snappy crocodiles and some very confused crabs are all part of the mayhem in the second book of the hilarious new illus

  • Moth: An Evolution Story

    Moth: An Evolution Story

    • Author / Illustrator: Isabel Thomas, Daniel Egneus
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Non Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781408889756
    • Published: 14-06-2018

    This remarkable retelling of the story of the peppered moth is the perfect introduction to natural selection and evolution for children.<

  • The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 1)

    The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 1)

    • Author / Illustrator: Andy Shepherd, illus Sara Ogilvie
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Magical Realism
    • ISBN: 9781848126497
    • Published: 14-06-2018

    When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit

Books for 9+

  • Boy Underwater

    Boy Underwater

    • Author / Illustrator: Adam Baron
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Friends and family
    • ISBN: 9780008267018
    • Published: 01-06-2018

    SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH. SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for ev

  • The Wild Year Book: Things to do outdoors through the seasons

    The Wild Year Book: Things to do outdoors through the seasons

    • Author / Illustrator: Fiona Danks, Jo Schofield, Jo Schofield
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780711239265
    • Published: 05-07-2018

    Adventures, games and crafts to get you outdoors all the year round. Playing outdoors should be an essential part of growing up; developi

  • Walls

    Walls

    • Author / Illustrator: Emma Fischel
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192763822
    • Published: 07-06-2018

    An unforgettable hero. A fresh and unique voice.Meet Ned Harrison Arkle-Smith - he's grumpy, bossy, and exasperating, but you can't help

Books for 11+

  • A Boy Called Ocean

    A Boy Called Ocean

    • Author / Illustrator: Chris Higgins
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780340997031
    • Published: 14-06-2018

    One boy stranded at sea. One girl back on land. One ocean between them. The only thing willing him to survive is the thought of her

  • How to Write a Love Story

    How to Write a Love Story

    • Author / Illustrator: Katy Cannon
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847159212
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    Tilly Frost has grown up reading her grandmother's bestselling romance novels - so when the one and only Beatrix Frost is taken ill, Till

  • Mud

    Mud

    • Author / Illustrator: Emily Thomas
    • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783446896
    • Published: 05-07-2018

    LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDALAn achingly funny, touching story for anyone who has been thrown in at the deep end.'Smart and funny. It

  • The Colour of the Sun

    The Colour of the Sun

    • Author / Illustrator: David Almond
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781444919554
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    This is a moving, funny and inspirational novel from the bestselling author of Skellig. *Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Book Awards.*<br

  • The Truth About Lies

    The Truth About Lies

    • Author / Illustrator: Tracy Darnton
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847159489
    • Published: 12-07-2018

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEJess has an incredible memory. She can remember every single detail of every s

  • Undercover Princess

    Undercover Princess

    • Author / Illustrator: Connie Glynn
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780141379890

May

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace

    • Author / Illustrator: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Zafouko Yamamoto, Zafouko Yamamoto
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030757
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this

  • If All the World Were...

    If All the World Were...

    • Author / Illustrator: Joseph Coelho, Ms. Allison Colpoys
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Bereavement
    • ISBN: 9781786030597
    • Published: 07-06-2018

    A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when he's gone, written by poet and playwrigh

  • Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

    Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles

    • Author / Illustrator: Patricia Valdez, Felicita Sala, Felicita Sala
    • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783447411
    • Published: 07-06-2018

    Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones

  • Monty and Sylvester A Tale of Everyday Super Heroes

    Monty and Sylvester A Tale of Everyday Super Heroes

    • Author / Illustrator: Carly Gledhill
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408351741
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    Best friends Monty and Sylvester have been busy perfecting their 'super hero' skills. They've read the manual, they've got the outfits an

  • The Match

    The Match

    • Author / Illustrator: Russell Ayto, Russell Ayto, Russell Ayto
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408893456

  • The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily

    The Story of Tantrum O'Furrily

    • Author / Illustrator: Cressida Cowell, Mark Nicholas, Mark Nicholas
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781444933802
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    'One wild and windy night a stray cat called Tantrum O'Furrily and her three hungry kittens were dancing across the roof tops . . . '

  • You're Safe With Me

    You're Safe With Me

    • Author / Illustrator: Chitra Soundar, Poonam Mistry, Poonam Mistry
    • Publisher: Lantana Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781911373292
    • Published: 01-04-2018

    When the moon rises high and the stars twinkle, it is bedtime for the baby animals of the Indian forest. But tonight, when the skies turn

Books for 7+

  • A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space

    A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space

    • Author / Illustrator: Libby Jackson
    • Publisher: Cornerstone
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781780898360
    • Published: 16-11-2017

    From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of

  • The Book of Comparisons: Sizing up the world around you

    The Book of Comparisons: Sizing up the world around you

    • Author / Illustrator: Clive Gifford, Paul Boston, Paul Boston
    • Publisher: The Ivy Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781782405580
    • Published: 21-06-2018

    **SAINSBURY'S CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2018 WINNER - LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY**How many people could fit on a blue whal

  • The Holiday Mystery (Dotty Detective, Book 6)

    The Holiday Mystery (Dotty Detective, Book 6)

    • Author / Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Mystery & Detective
    • ISBN: 9780008248451
    • Published: 31-05-2018

    Dot, her best pal Beans and TOP DOG McClusky are back on the case in a brand-new story!

  • THINKER: My Puppy Poet and Me

    THINKER: My Puppy Poet and Me

    • Author / Illustrator: Eloise Greenfield, Ehsan Abdollahi, Ehsan Abdollahi
    • Publisher: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910328330
    • Published: 27-04-2018

    Won as Highly Commended in CLLiPPA Award and nominated for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal 2019. Thinker isn't just an average

Books for 9+

  • Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure

    Brightstorm: A Sky-Ship Adventure

    • Author / Illustrator: Vashti Hardy
    • Publisher: Scholastic
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9781407181707
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    A fast-paced fantasy adventure that will set your imagination soaring! Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm receive word in Lontown that t

  • The Sand Dog

    The Sand Dog

    • Author / Illustrator: Sarah Lean
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Friends and family
    • ISBN: 9780008165819
    • Published: 31-05-2018

    Grandfather had been gone for two years but I never thought it would be an ordinary day he'd come back, like a Monday or a Tuesday...

April

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • A Bottle of Happiness

    A Bottle of Happiness

    • Author / Illustrator: Pippa Goodhart, Ehsan Abdollahi, Ehsan Abdollahi
    • Publisher: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910328262
    • Published: 09-01-2018

    There was once a big mountain. The people on one side were rich and worked only to get richer. The people on the other side of the mounta

  • Life on Earth: Ocean: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!

    Life on Earth: Ocean: With 100 Questions and 70 Lift-flaps!

    • Author / Illustrator: Heather Alexander, Andres Lozano, Andres Lozano
    • Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030573
    • Published: 22-03-2018

    How do fish breathe? Why is the ocean salty? Why is a whale not a fish? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this bri

  • The Night Gardener

    The Night Gardener

    • Author / Illustrator: Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Eric Fan
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030412
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    Get lost in the imaginative world of the Fan Brothers: a place you'll want to revisit again and again. \"Something was happen

  • The Parrot and the Merchant

    The Parrot and the Merchant

    • Author / Illustrator: Pippa Goodhart, Marjan Vafaian, Marjan Vafaian
    • Publisher: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910328255
    • Published: 16-03-2017

    Mah Jahan is a rich merchant who travels far and wide to trade her goods, and keeps countless colourful birds in cages. When leaving for

  • What On Earth?: Trees

    What On Earth?: Trees

    • Author / Illustrator: Kevin Warwick, Paulina Morgan, Paulina Morgan
    • Publisher: QED Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781784939311
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    Trees are an important part of our planet. But what on earth are they all about? Trees are not only one of the oldest living species on e

Books for 7+

  • How to Draw: Into the Blue

    How to Draw: Into the Blue

    • Author / Illustrator: Abbie Cameron, Nicola Davies, Nicola Davies
    • Publisher: Graffeg Limited
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781912050550

  • Lyttle Lies: The Stinky Truth

    Lyttle Lies: The Stinky Truth

    • Author / Illustrator: Joe Berger
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471146268
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    The second Lyttle Lies book featuring Sam Lyttle, the small boy who tells BIG lies. Fans of Tom Gates willl love this laugh-out-loud stin

  • Song of the Dolphin Boy

    Song of the Dolphin Boy

    • Author / Illustrator: Elizabeth Laird
    • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781509828234
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    Finn has always been different, and in the tiny fishing village of Stromhead he sticks out like a sore thumb. Always told to keep away fr

Books for 9+

  • Charlie and Me: 421 Miles From Home

    Charlie and Me: 421 Miles From Home

    • Author / Illustrator: Mark Lowery
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781848126220
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. 'A marvellous novel, by turns funny and sad .... an empathetic story of kindness and loss' T

  • Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women

    Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women

    • Author / Illustrator: Adam Murphy, Lisa Murphy, Lisa Murphy
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910989609
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    The second amazing thematic Corpse Talk book - all about the most amazing women from history ever! Adam Murphy interviews the dead famous

  • Destination: Space

    Destination: Space

    • Author / Illustrator: Christoph Englert, Tom Clohosy Cole, Tom Clohosy Cole
    • Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847808240
    • Published: 01-09-2016

    Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Prize! Journey through our local solar system and learn about everything you encounter with this physics-m

  • Ella on the Outside

    Ella on the Outside

    • Author / Illustrator: Cath Howe
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788000338
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    Ella is the new girl at school. She doesn't know anyone and she doesn't have any friends.And she has a terrible secret.Ella can't believe

  • Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island: Book 7

    Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island: Book 7

    • Author / Illustrator: Liz Kessler
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781510102323
    • Published: 22-03-2018

    Meet Emily Windsnap! Ordinary girl on land, magical mermaid in water... Bubbling with magic, fun, friendship and new heights of adventure

  • Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

    Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God

    • Author / Illustrator: Rob Lloyd Jones
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406377712

  • Second Best Friend

    Second Best Friend

    • Author / Illustrator: Non Pratt, Kate Alizadeh, Kate Alizadeh
    • Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781781127575
    • Published: 09-01-2018

    Stunning novella by a hot talent in YA, in a gorgeous collectable edition. Jade and Becky have always been best friends; inseparable and

  • The Buried Crown

    The Buried Crown

    • Author / Illustrator: Ally Sherrick
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910655320
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    An exciting World War II adventure from acclaimed author Ally Sherrick - blending her trademark rip-roaring historical storytelling with

  • The Gift of Dark Hollow (The Five Realms, Book 2)

    The Gift of Dark Hollow (The Five Realms, Book 2)

    • Author / Illustrator: Kieran Larwood, David Wyatt
    • Publisher: Faber & Faber
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9780571328420
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    The legend of Podkin One-Ear continues with very finest storytelling from the winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award

  • To the Edge of the World

    To the Edge of the World

    • Author / Illustrator: Julia Green
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192758453
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    A beautifully written tale of courage, friendship, and survival.Imagine a tiny island far out in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of

  • Wonders of the World's Museums: Discover 50 amazing exhibits!

    Wonders of the World's Museums: Discover 50 amazing exhibits!

    • Author / Illustrator: Molly Oldfield, Harriet Taylor Seed, Harriet Taylor Seed, Peter Malone
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781526360281
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    Open up this treasure trove of wonders to visit 43 museums and 50 exhibits! Discover the most fascinating and mysterious objects found in

Books for 11+

  • Boy 87

    Boy 87

    • Author / Illustrator: Ele Fountain
    • Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781782691976
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    Shif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess, maths and racing his best friend home from school. But one day, soldiers with guns come to

  • Dear Martin

    Dear Martin

    • Author / Illustrator: Nic Stone
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471175565
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    'Absolutely incredible, honest, gut-wrenching! A must-read!' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give' Painfully timely and deeply m

  • Ghost Boys

    Ghost Boys

    • Author / Illustrator: Jewell Parker Rhodes
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781510104396
    • Published: 19-04-2018

    A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a white police officer, drawing connections with real-life, from award-win

  • How to Bee

    How to Bee

    • Author / Illustrator: Bren MacDibble
    • Publisher: Old Barn Books
    • Genre: Environment
    • ISBN: 9781910646441
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    Set in a future Australia in a time when there are no bees and children are employed to scramble through the fruit trees with feather wan

  • In Your Light

    In Your Light

    • Author / Illustrator: Annalie Grainger
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471122941
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    From the author of Captive comes a tense, gripping story of secrets, sisterhood and running awayAre you still a sister, if on

  • Landscape with Invisible Hand

    Landscape with Invisible Hand

    • Author / Illustrator: M. T. Anderson
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406379006
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    Award-winning author M. T. Anderson explores themes of art, truth and colonization in this sharply wrought satire of a future Earth.<br /

  • Orphan Monster Spy

    Orphan Monster Spy

    • Author / Illustrator: Matt Killeen
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474942386
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    Sarah has played many roles - but now she faces her most challenging of all. Because there's only one way for a Jewish orphan spy to surv

  • Outwalkers

    Outwalkers

    • Author / Illustrator: Fiona Shaw
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788450003
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    The border's closed, Jake said. No one can get into Scotland, just like no one can cross the Channel . . .This is England and it's no lon

  • Smile: The story of the original Mona Lisa

    Smile: The story of the original Mona Lisa

    • Author / Illustrator: Mary Hoffman
    • Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781781127179
    • Published: 09-01-2018

    A gorgeous historical novel following the fictional life of the young woman who would become Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest work. Renaissan

  • The Astonishing Colour of After

    The Astonishing Colour of After

    • Author / Illustrator: Emily X.R. Pan
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781510102965
    • Published: 22-03-2018

    A New York Times bestseller.'This brilliantly crafted novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching

  • The Children of Willesden Lane

    The Children of Willesden Lane

    • Author / Illustrator: Franklin Watts, Lee Cohen, Lee Cohen
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781445161303
    • Published: 14-12-2017

    The inspirational story of Lisa Jura's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed KindertransportFourteen-ye

  • The Goose Road

    The Goose Road

    • Author / Illustrator: Rowena House
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406371673
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    A debut novel about one girl's remarkable journey across France during WWI.France 1916. Angelique Lacroix is haymaking when t

  • The Sacrifice Box

    The Sacrifice Box

    • Author / Illustrator: Martin Stewart
    • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780141371610

Books for 14+

  • Savage Island

    Savage Island

    • Author / Illustrator: Bryony Pearce
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Horror
    • ISBN: 9781847158277
    • Published: 05-04-2018

    When reclusive millionaire Marcus Gold announces that he's going to be staging an \"Iron Teen\" competition on his private island in the

March

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • 10 Reasons to Love... a Bear

    10 Reasons to Love... a Bear

    • Author / Illustrator: Catherine Barr, Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum, Hanako Clulow
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030153
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Bears are incredible creatures! Did you know that they can sleep for months on end? Or that they hum when they are happy? Discover ten re

Books for 7+

  • 50 Ways to Feel Happy: Fun activities and ideas to build your happiness skills

    50 Ways to Feel Happy: Fun activities and ideas to build your happiness skills

    • Author / Illustrator: Vanessa King, Celeste Aires, Celeste Aires, Val Payne, Peter Harper
    • Publisher: QED Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781784930851
    • Published: 15-03-2018

    What can you do to help yourself (and others) feel happier? This colourfully illustrated book is packed full of science-backed activities

  • Max and the Millions

    Max and the Millions

    • Author / Illustrator: Ross Montgomery (author)
    • Publisher: Faber & Faber
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780571333486
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    From Costa-shortlisted superstar, a highly anticipated standalone adventure about what happens when you find a tiny, living, breathing ci

  • Outdoor Maker Lab

    Outdoor Maker Lab

    • Author / Illustrator: Robert Winston
    • Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780241302200

  • The Hidden Staircase

    The Hidden Staircase

    • Author / Illustrator: Holly Webb, Jason Cockcroft, Jason Cockcroft
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847159151
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    At Penhallow Hall, where magical objects come to life, Polly and ghost hound Rex discover a toy dog on the nursery shelf. But to their su

  • The Waggiest Tails: Poems written by dogs

    The Waggiest Tails: Poems written by dogs

    • Author / Illustrator: Brian Moses, Roger Stevens, Roger Stevens, Ed Boxall
    • Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910959893
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    I wasn't The Dog that looks like its Ownerand Most Fabulous Fella was some other male.But there was one

Books for 9+

  • Apes to Zebras: An A-Z of Shape Poems

    Apes to Zebras: An A-Z of Shape Poems

    • Author / Illustrator: Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee, Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Poetry
    • ISBN: 9781472929525
    • Published: 22-03-2018

    This gorgeous collection of animal poems from Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee and Sue Hardy-Dawson will entrance and delight in equal measure

  • HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

    HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World

    • Author / Illustrator: Katherine Halligan, Sarah Walsh
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
    • ISBN: 9781788001380
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Instead of just studying history, let's think about HerStory too! In this uplifting and inspiring book, children can le

  • Make More Noise!: New stories in honour of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage

    Make More Noise!: New stories in honour of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage

    • Author / Illustrator: Emma Carroll, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Catherine Johnson, Ally Kennen, Patrice Lawrence, M.G. Leonard, Sally Nicholls, Ella Risbridger, Jeanne Willis, Katherine Woodfine
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788002394

  • Night Speakers

    Night Speakers

    • Author / Illustrator: Ali Sparkes
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192749956
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    Night after night Elena, Matt, and Tima wake at exactly the same time, with no idea why. It's messing them up and fracturing their lives

  • St Grizzle's School for Girls, Geeks and Tag-along Zombies

    St Grizzle's School for Girls, Geeks and Tag-along Zombies

    • Author / Illustrator: Karen McCombie, Becka Moor, Becka Moor
    • Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847159076

  • The Children of Castle Rock

    The Children of Castle Rock

    • Author / Illustrator: Natasha Farrant (Literary scout)
    • Publisher: Faber & Faber
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780571323562
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    St Trinians and Lauren St John collide in this hilarious and thrilling bestselling adventure from Natasha Farrant!When Alice Mistlethwait

  • The Colours of History: How Colours Shaped the World

    The Colours of History: How Colours Shaped the World

    • Author / Illustrator: Clive Gifford, Marc-Etienne Peintre, Marc-Etienne Peintre
    • Publisher: QED Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781784939670
    • Published: 19-04-2018

    WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2019!A truly unique approach to history and a fascinating read that

Books for 11+

  • Dark Matter: Deception: Book 2

    Dark Matter: Deception: Book 2

    • Author / Illustrator: Teri Terry
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408341742
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    Some lies can't be forgiven ...Don't miss this startling second book in a breathtaking new trilogy from Teri Terry, queen of

  • Flying Tips for Flightless Birds

    Flying Tips for Flightless Birds

    • Author / Illustrator: Kelly McCaughrain
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Romance & Relationships
    • ISBN: 9781406375657
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    From debut author Kelly McCaughrain comes a sweet and kooky romcom for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Sarah Crossan, and Susin Nielsen's

  • Scythe

    Scythe

    • Author / Illustrator: Neal Shusterman
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406379242
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    \"A true successor to The Hunger Games.\" Maggie StiefvaterIn a perfect world, what is there left to fear? A chilling and tho

  • The Wicked Deep

    The Wicked Deep

    • Author / Illustrator: Shea Ernshaw
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471166136
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic meets the Salem Witch trials in this haunting story about three sisters on a quest for revenge - and how

Books for 14+

  • A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars

    A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars

    • Author / Illustrator: Yaba Badoe
    • Publisher: Head of Zeus
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781786695499
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    *Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018. *Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award 2018. A powerful, haunting debut tha

  • Big Bones

    Big Bones

    • Author / Illustrator: Laura Dockrill
    • Publisher: Hot Key Books
    • Genre: Real life
    • ISBN: 9781471406928
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    The heartwarming new novel from the sparkling Laura Dockrill, introducing Bluebelle, and her moving, hilarious take on food, body image a

  • Children of Blood and Bone

    Children of Blood and Bone

    • Author / Illustrator: Tomi Adeyemi
    • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9781509871353
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone.<br

  • The Truth About Alice: From the author of Moxie

    The Truth About Alice: From the author of Moxie

    • Author / Illustrator: Jennifer Mathieu
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Real life
    • ISBN: 9781444944747
    • Published: 08-03-2018

    From the author of Moxie, soon to be a major Netflix production.  Fans of THIRTEEN REASONS WHY will love this powerful book about stereot

February

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • A Lion Is a Lion

    A Lion Is a Lion

    • Author / Illustrator: Polly Dunbar, Polly Dunbar, Polly Dunbar
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406371536

  • Friends for a Day

    Friends for a Day

    • Author / Illustrator: Neal Layton
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781444928259
    • Published: 05-10-2017

    Clever and wonderfully original - a celebration of friendship, kindness and living life to the full with a gentle message about loss, to

  • Meet the Twitches

    Meet the Twitches

    • Author / Illustrator: Hayley Scott, Pippa Curnick, Pippa Curnick
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474928120
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    Meet the Twitches, four tiny rabbits who live inside a Teacup House. They belong to a girl called Stevie and she loves playing with them.

  • Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory

    Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory

    • Author / Illustrator: Elys Dolan
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192746207
    • Published: 02-02-2017

    Go behind the scenes of Mr Bunny's chocolate factory in this hilarious picture book and winner of the 2018 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Lo

  • The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution

    The Story of Life: A First Book about Evolution

    • Author / Illustrator: Catherine Barr, Steve Williams, Steve Williams, Amy Husband
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847807557
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    At first, nothing lived on Earth. It was a noisy, hot, scary place. Choking gas exploded from volcanoes and oceans of lava bubbled ar

Books for 7+

  • Art Activity Book

    Art Activity Book

    • Author / Illustrator: Jenny Jacoby, Vicky Barker, Vicky Barker
    • Publisher: b small publishing limited
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781911509219
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    Creative scientists will love the mix of non-fiction and activities in this educational book full of artistic ideas. Fun games and puzzle

  • Blast Off!

    Blast Off!

    • Author / Illustrator: Carole Bromley, Catherine Benson, Catherine Benson
    • Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910367766

  • Fantastically Great Women Who Made History

    Fantastically Great Women Who Made History

    • Author / Illustrator: Kate Pankhurst
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
    • ISBN: 9781408878903
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    The eagerly anticipated follow up to Kate Pankhurst's hugely successful Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World, number one best-

  • Meet the Ancient Romans

    Meet the Ancient Romans

    • Author / Illustrator: James Davies
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Non Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781787410527

    These incredible short introductions are just the thing for readers who are beginning to explore ancient history. Get to know the basics

  • Trouble In New York

    Trouble In New York

    • Author / Illustrator: Jennifer Gray
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474927253
    • Published: 29-11-2017

    Meet Ermine, a small stoat on a big journey. In fact, she's on a world tour and determined to fill her scrapbook with tales of adventure.

Books for 9+

  • Battle of the Beetles

    Battle of the Beetles

    • Author / Illustrator: M.G. Leonard
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910002780
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    The final book in the bestselling BATTLE OF THE BEETLES series!'Truly great storytelling.' MICHAEL MORPURGO on BEETLE BOYFrom a secret Bi

  • Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)

    Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)

    • Author / Illustrator: Celine Kiernan, Victoria Semykina
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Magical Realism
    • ISBN: 9781406366020
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    From multi-award-winning Irish author Celine Kiernan comes a dark fantasy adventure about witches. 

  • Curse of the Werewolf Boy

    Curse of the Werewolf Boy

    • Author / Illustrator: Chris Priestley
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408873083

  • Running On Empty

    Running On Empty

    • Author / Illustrator: S. E. Durrant, Rob Biddulph, Rob Biddulph
    • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780857637406
    • Published: 01-03-2018

    AJ's grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is

  • The House with Chicken Legs

    The House with Chicken Legs

    • Author / Illustrator: Sophie Anderson, Melissa Castrillon, Melissa Castrillon, Elisa Paganelli
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474940665
    • Published: 03-05-2018

    Marinka dreams of a normal life, but her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who

Books for 11+

  • How to Hang a Witch

    How to Hang a Witch

    • Author / Illustrator: Adriana Mather, Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406378795

  • Mike

    Mike

    • Author / Illustrator: Andrew Norriss
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781788450096
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    MEET FLOYD. He's a tennis star. Possibly even good enough to win Wimbledon one day. MEET MIKE. He's . . . different. Apart from anything

  • The Knife of Never Letting Go

    The Knife of Never Letting Go

    • Author / Illustrator: Patrick Ness
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406379167

  • Thornhill

    Thornhill

    • Author / Illustrator: Pam Smy
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910200612
    • Published: 24-08-2017

    As she unpacks in her new bedroom, Ella is irresistibly drawn to the big old house that she can see out of her window. Surrounded by over

  • Where the World Ends

    Where the World Ends

    • Author / Illustrator: Geraldine McCaughrean
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Historical Fiction
    • ISBN: 9781474943437
    • Published: 08-02-2018

    Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018. Every summer Quill and his friends are put ashore on a remote sea stac to hunt birds. But this s

January

Picture Books

Books for 5+

  • 10 Reasons to Love An... Elephant

    10 Reasons to Love An... Elephant

    • Author / Illustrator: Catherine Barr, Hanako Clulow, Hanako Clulow
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781847809421

  • A World Full of Animal Stories: 50 favourite animal folk tales, myths and legends

    A World Full of Animal Stories: 50 favourite animal folk tales, myths and legends

    • Author / Illustrator: Angela McAllister, Aitch, Aitch
    • Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781786030443
    • Published: 05-10-2017

    This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey around the world with 50 best-loved tales, featuring creatures big and small.</

  • The Bad Mood and the Stick

    The Bad Mood and the Stick

    • Author / Illustrator: Lemony Snicket, Matthew Forsythe, Matthew Forsythe
    • Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783446421
    • Published: 02-11-2017

    Lemony Snicket's simply told story offers a refreshing, thoughtful, and hilarious look at the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc as it

  • The Elephant in the Room

    The Elephant in the Room

    • Author / Illustrator: James Thorp, Angus Mackinnon, Angus Mackinnon
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783707737
    • Published: 12-10-2017

    Someone has smashed Father Giant's favourite elephant. It wasn't Olive and her brother Grub. Nor was it the naughty newt, the laughing la

  • Willy and the Cloud

    Willy and the Cloud

    • Author / Illustrator: Anthony Browne, Anthony Browne, Anthony Browne
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406373837

  • Words and Your Heart

    Words and Your Heart

    • Author / Illustrator: Kate Jane Neal
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471168536
    • Published: 02-11-2017

    Your words are amazing! This book is about your heart. The little bit inside of you that makes you, you!A very timely book ab

Books for 7+

  • Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens

    Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens

    • Author / Illustrator: Tony De Saulles
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192763877
    • Published: 01-02-2018

    Half BEE. Half BOY. Melvin Meadly is . . . BEE BOY. As a bee, Mel is ready to defend his hive against all enemies taking on killer wasps,

  • I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

    I Swapped My Brother On The Internet

    • Author / Illustrator: Jo Simmons, illus Nathan Reed
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Funny Stories
    • ISBN: 9781408877753
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    A hilarious tale of wish fulfilment gone wrong that every child will relate to - perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart, My Brother is a Sup

  • Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the Snack: Book 3

    Rabbit and Bear: Attack of the Snack: Book 3

    • Author / Illustrator: Julian Gough, Jim Field, Jim Field
    • Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781444938173
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear who discover that things are alw

  • The Birthday Surprise (Dotty Detective, Book 5)

    The Birthday Surprise (Dotty Detective, Book 5)

    • Author / Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Mystery & Detective
    • ISBN: 9780008248413
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    Dot, her best friend Beans and her dog McClusky all love sniffing out a good mystery and together they will solve the case and save the d

  • The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape From the Tower

    The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape From the Tower

    • Author / Illustrator: Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Kate Hindley
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471157899
    • Published: 21-09-2017

    'Packed with fun, fantasy and the sort of adventure guaranteed to have sticky little fingers hungrily turning the pages' The Mail on Sund

  • Urban Jungle

    Urban Jungle

    • Author / Illustrator: Vicky Woodgate, Vicky Woodgate, Vicky Woodgate
    • Publisher: Templar Publishing
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781783708246
    • Published: 05-10-2017

    Discover the wild side of cities around the world in this stunning collection of urban maps. Did you know that there are flying squirrels

Books for 9+

  • Astrid the Unstoppable

    Astrid the Unstoppable

    • Author / Illustrator: Maria Parr, Guy Puzey, Guy Puzey, Katie Harnett
    • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781406366853

  • Make Me Awesome

    Make Me Awesome

    • Author / Illustrator: Ben Davis, Mike Lowery, Mike Lowery
    • Publisher: Oxford University Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9780192747969
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    Hey you! Yes, you! Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and thought Wow! My life is really rubbish? I can tell from looking at

  • Sky Chasers

    Sky Chasers

    • Author / Illustrator: Emma Carroll
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910655535
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    Prepare to be swept up, up and away on this high-flying adventure from the queen of historical fiction, Emma Carroll!Winner of the Teach

  • The 1,000-year-old Boy

    The 1,000-year-old Boy

    • Author / Illustrator: Ross Welford
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Friends and family
    • ISBN: 9780008256944
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING

  • The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

    The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

    • Author / Illustrator: Michelle Cuevas
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471170188
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    \"So wait,\" said Cosmo. \"If we go in that door, we might exit on the other side of the galaxy?\"'\"I don't know,\" I said. \"But

  • The Explorer

    The Explorer

    • Author / Illustrator: Katherine Rundell, illus Hannah Horn
    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781408882191
    • Published: 02-01-2018

    A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic

  • The Ice Sea Pirates

    The Ice Sea Pirates

    • Author / Illustrator: Frida Nilsson, Davd Barrow, Davd Barrow
    • Publisher: Gecko Press
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781776572007

  • The Light Jar

    The Light Jar

    • Author / Illustrator: Lisa Thompson
    • Publisher: Scholastic
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781407171289
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    'I devoured The Light Jar whole and insist you do the same. Pure, breathtaking genius' Maz Evans, bestselling author of Who Let the Gods

  • Wed Wabbit

    Wed Wabbit

    • Author / Illustrator: Lissa Evans
    • Publisher: David Fickling Books
    • Genre: Funny Stories
    • ISBN: 9781910989449
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably we

  • Winter Magic

    Winter Magic

    • Author / Illustrator: Abi Elphinstone, Amy Alward, Amy Alward, Emma Carroll, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, Geraldine McCaughrean, Lauren John, Piers Torday, Katherine Woodfine, Michelle Magorian
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471159824
    • Published: 19-10-2017

    ***Pre-order Abi's latest adventures, EVERDARK and THE CRACKLEDAWN DRAGON, out in 2021!***A beautiful and classic anthology o

Books for 11+

  • Below Zero

    Below Zero

    • Author / Illustrator: Dan Smith
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781910655924
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    When Zak's plane crash-lands on Outpost Zero, a small Antarctic research base in one of the most isolated places on Earth, he discovers a

  • Quests for Glory (The School for Good and Evil, Book 4)

    Quests for Glory (The School for Good and Evil, Book 4)

    • Author / Illustrator: Soman Chainani
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Genre: Fantasy
    • ISBN: 9780008224479
    • Published: 11-01-2018

    With every end comes a new beginning... Join your favourite students from the School for Good and Evil in the exhilarating fourth

  • The Empress

    The Empress

    • Author / Illustrator: S. J. Kincaid
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471169144
    • Published: 02-11-2017

    Get ready for the breath-taking sequel to The Diabolic - the novel that got everyone talking!'Nemesis is my kind of strong fe

  • The Ice Garden

    The Ice Garden

    • Author / Illustrator: Guy Jones
    • Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781911490043
    • Published: 04-01-2018

    Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows and hospitals, peeking at the other children in the playground from behind c

  • The Unpredictability of Being Human

    The Unpredictability of Being Human

    • Author / Illustrator: Linni Ingemundsen
    • Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781474940634
    • Published: 28-12-2017

    If 14-year-old Malin was God for a day, she wouldn't change much. Dad would still yell; her brother Sigve would still get in trouble, and

  • They Both Die at the End

    They Both Die at the End

    • Author / Illustrator: Adam Silvera
    • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • Genre: Adventure
    • ISBN: 9781471166204
    • Published: 07-09-2017

    From the bestselling author of HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME comes another unforgettable story of life, loss and making each day count

Books for 14+

  • I Am Thunder

    I Am Thunder

    • Author / Illustrator: Muhammad Khan
    • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    • Genre: Representation & Inclusion
    • ISBN: 9781509874057
    • Published: 25-01-2018

    I am thunder . . . and I won't keep quiet. A shy girl trying to find her place in the world is forced to stand up and be heard when she u