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2020
November
Picture Books
Books for 5+
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A Dancer's Dream
- Author / Illustrator: Katherine Woodfine, Lizzy Stewart, Lizzy Stewart
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9781471186158
- Published: 29-10-2020
This gorgeously designed retelling of The Nutcracker will make the perfect Christmas present for ballet fans everywhere!In sn
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Seasons
- Author / Illustrator: Hannah Pang, Clover Robin, Clover Robin
- Publisher: Liontree Publishing
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912756520
- Published: 01-10-2020
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The Allotmenteers
- Author / Illustrator: Theo Moore
- Publisher: Ragged Bears
- Genre: Social Issues
- ISBN: 9781857144819
- Published: 24-09-2020
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Wild Cities
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Lerwill, Harriet Hobday, Harriet Hobday
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780241433768
- Published: 03-09-2020
Picture a city. What do you see? Traffic and tower blocks? Or maybe you imagine something a little . . . wilder? These are the astonishin
Books for 7+
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Brand New Boy
- Author / Illustrator: David Almond, Marta Altes
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: School Stories
- ISBN: 9781406358087
- Published: 05-11-2020
A warm and thought-provoking tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Ca
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Dragon Detective: Sky High!
- Author / Illustrator: Gareth P. Jones
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788951753
- Published: 01-10-2020
"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking." When a visitor turns up unannounced at Dirk's office with a new case for
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It's a Prince Thing (The Princess Rules)
- Author / Illustrator: Philippa Gregory, Chris Chatterton, Chris Chatterton
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9780008403256
- Published: 01-10-2020
The sequel to THE PRINCESS RULES sees rebel princess, Princess Florizella, going on even more adventures, but this time, she also
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Skunk and Badger
- Author / Illustrator: Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen, Jon Klassen
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Friendship
- ISBN: 9781407199399
- Published: 03-09-2020
A classic tale about an extraordinary and unlikely animal friendship. For fans of Paddington Bear and Wallace and Gromit. From Newbery Ho
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The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Miller, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781471192432
- Published: 01-10-2020
Enter a world of wonder this Christmas with the new novel from Ben Miller, actor, comedian and bestselling author of The Night I Met Fath
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The Good Bear
- Author / Illustrator: Sarah Lean, Fiona Woodcock, Fiona Woodcock
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781471194672
- Published: 15-10-2020
A wintry animal story for readers aged 9+ that will warm your heart and take you on an adventure you will never forget. From the bestsell
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Wild is the Wind
- Author / Illustrator: Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith, Grahame Baker-Smith
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781787417854
- Published: 05-11-2020
A spectacular new non-fiction picture book from the creator of The Rhythm of the Rain.
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Winter Wishes
- Author / Illustrator: Various Authors
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781847152015
- Published: 03-10-2011
A gorgeous book of winter tales, perfect for bedtime reading. A penguin chick looks forward to his first Penguin Parade, with a little he
Books for 9+
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Another Twist in the Tale
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Bruton
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788005999
- Published: 05-11-2020
This is the tale of Twill Twist, a girl brought into this world moments ahead of her more famous brother - Oliver Twist, the rags-to-rich
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Class Act: A Graphic Novel
- Author / Illustrator: Jerry Craft
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN: 9780062885500
- Published: 12-11-2020
New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to <a href="/books/new-kid-
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Friend Me
- Author / Illustrator: Sheila M. Averbuch
- Publisher: Scholastic US
- Genre: Bullying
- ISBN: 9781338618082
- Published: 05-11-2020
What happens when an online friend becomes a real-life nightmare? Roisin hasn't made a single friend since moving from Ireland to Massach
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The Midnight Guardians
- Author / Illustrator: Ross Montgomery
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781406391183
- Published: 05-11-2020
Sometimes at the darkest hour, hope shines the brightest... When Col's childhood imaginary friends come to life, he discovers
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The Mysterious Life of Dr Barry: A Surgeon Unlike Any Other
- Author / Illustrator: Lisa Williamson
- Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781782692782
- Published: 05-11-2020
The remarkable true story of Margaret Anne Bulkley aka Dr James Barry a surgeon who disguised herself as a man for her entire life.
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The Wolf Wilder
- Author / Illustrator: Katherine Rundell
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781526605511
- Published: 12-11-2020
A story of friendship, hope and sweeping adventure in the snowy wilds of Russia, this is a modern classic from the bestselling, Costa Awa
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Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies
- Author / Illustrator: DK, Mireille Harper, Mireille Harper
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780241503614
- Published: 01-10-2020
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people.
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Viper's Daughter
- Author / Illustrator: Michelle Paver
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781789542394
- Published: 05-11-2020
Run wild with Wolf Brother in a Stone Age world we all want to be a part of. Million-copy-selling author Michelle Paver immerses you in i
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Windrush Child
- Author / Illustrator: Benjamin Zephaniah
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780702302725
- Published: 05-11-2020
In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation. Leonard is shock
Books for 11+
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All I Want For Christmas
- Author / Illustrator: Beth Garrod
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9780702300882
- Published: 01-10-2020
The brand-new snowy, festive, feel-good, rom-com from bestselling Beth Garrod, perfect for fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before and
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The Forest of Ghosts and Bones
- Author / Illustrator: Lisa Lueddecke
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781407195544
- Published: 01-10-2020
This gorgeously evocative standalone fantasy from Lisa Lueddecke is inspired by the Hungarian myths of her childhood. Enter a world with
Books for 14+
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Dear Justyce
- Author / Illustrator: Nic Stone
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Real life
- ISBN: 9781471186936
- Published: 06-10-2020
In the stunning sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, bestselling author Nic Stone unflinchingly explores the impact of ra
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Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
- Author / Illustrator: Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780571366019
- Published: 19-11-2020
The award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff
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Love Frankie
- Author / Illustrator: Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt, Nick Sharratt
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: LBGTQ+
- ISBN: 9780857535894
- Published: 17-09-2020
A brand new novel about first love and finding yourself from the beloved, bestselling children's author, Jacqueline Wilson!
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The Damned
- Author / Illustrator: Renee Ahdieh
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781529368345
- Published: 07-07-2020
New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with the second instalment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The B
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The Silent Stars Go By
- Author / Illustrator: Sally Nicholls
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783449903
Seventeen-year-old Margot Allan was a respectable vicar's daughter and madly in love with her fiance Harry. But when Harry was reported M
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Picture Books
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Ernest Shackleton
- Author / Illustrator: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Olivia Holden
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780711245709
- Published: 01-09-2020
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Ernest S
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Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet
- Author / Illustrator: Kate Pankhurst
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781526618436
- Published: 01-10-2020
From the brilliant bestselling author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst comes the gift edition of Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Pl
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Tales From the Forest
- Author / Illustrator: Emily Hibbs, Erin Brown
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781788952088
- Published: 01-10-2020
Discover the animals who call the forest home in this beautiful collection of twenty original tales. A special gift to share with nature
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The Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Creatures: Meet your favourite monsters, fairies, heroes, and tricksters from all around the world
- Author / Illustrator: DK, Stephen Krensky, Stephen Krensky
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780241423950
- Published: 01-10-2020
This wonderful book delves deeper into the facts behind enchanting fictional creatures from all around the world!
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The Hat Full of Secrets
- Author / Illustrator: Karl Newson, Wazza Pink
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9781788950763
- Published: 01-10-2020
Henry's got a secret ... a big one! And he doesn't know what to do with it. Grandpa suggests he should keep it under his hat - an
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The Tindims of Rubbish Island
- Author / Illustrator: Sally Gardner, Lydia Corry
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781838935672
- Published: 03-09-2020
The tiny Tindims - like the 'Borrowers-on-Sea' - turn our everyday rubbish into treasure.
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Vampire Peter
- Author / Illustrator: Hannah Peck, Ben Manley
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Picture Books
- ISBN: 9781783448739
- Published: 03-09-2020
Everyone says Peter is the baddest boy in school. He likes strange food, wears strange clothes and does strange things. In fact, Peter is
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Wanda's Words Got Stuck
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Rowland, Paula Bowles
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781788006811
- Published: 03-09-2020
A magic-filled rhyming picture book, perfect for any child who feels anxious about talking.
Books for 7+
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A Christmas in Time
- Author / Illustrator: Sally Nicholls, Rachael Dean
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788007337
- Published: 01-10-2020
Fun-filled, action-packed adventures in time from best-selling, award-winning author, Sally Nicholls. When Alex and Ruby fall through the
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Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads
- Author / Illustrator: Laura Ellen Anderson
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781405297691
- Published: 01-10-2020
A brand-new adventure in the bestselling and much-loved Amelia Fang series! Perfect lockdown reading for
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Clifftoppers: The Frost Castle Adventure
- Author / Illustrator: Fleur Hitchcock
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788008051
- Published: 01-10-2020
For Aiden, Chloe, Ava and Josh, holidays at their grandparents' cottage mean wild beaches, no curfew, Bella the dog, and most of all - ad
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Skeleton Keys: The Legend of Gap-tooth Jack
- Author / Illustrator: Guy Bass, Pete Williamson
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781788952460
- Published: 01-10-2020
The third tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic new series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD. Greetings
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The Egyptians
- Author / Illustrator: Chaaya Prabhat, Jonny Marx
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781838910303
- Published: 01-10-2020
How did the Egyptians remove a mummy's brain? How much solid gold was used to make Tutankhamun's sarcophagus?Was the world's
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The New Girl
- Author / Illustrator: Nicola Davies, Cathy Fisher, Cathy Fisher
- Publisher: Graffeg Limited
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781913733605
- Published: 29-09-2020
'An inspiring and beautiful story which I can't wait to use in school.' Sue Wilsher, Reading Zone
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The Witches: The Graphic Novel
- Author / Illustrator: Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu, Penelope Bagieu
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN: 9780702304903
- Published: 03-09-2020
As featured in Stylist's Christmas Gift Guide 2020 Roald Dahl's darkly funny masterpiece, The Witches, now available as a graphic novel f
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Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering
- Author / Illustrator: Harriet Muncaster
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780192773579
- Published: 03-09-2020
'The crystal keeper gazed around him at the shards of impure crystal, glittering furiously on the floor, and shivered with a terrible sen
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Wild City: Meet the animals who share our city spaces
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Hoare, Lucy Rose
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9780753446102
- Published: 01-10-2020
Take an unforgettable tour around the world to meet the creatures that share our city spaces - from bears to bats, penguins to opossums -
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Zombierella: Fairy Tales Gone Bad
- Author / Illustrator: Joseph Coelho, Freya Hartas
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 9781406389661
- Published: 03-09-2020
The first in a funny, deliciously dark, three-part series of twisted classics, written in verse by award-winning poet Joseph Coelho and i
Books for 9+
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A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth
- Author / Illustrator: Francesca Gibbons, Chris Riddell, Chris Riddell
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780008355036
- Published: 01-10-2020
With all the magic of Narnia and the humour of Mary Poppins, this is a future middle grade fantasy classic - and the beginning of
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Deny All Charges (The Fowl Twins, Book 2)
- Author / Illustrator: Eoin Colfer
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780008324865
- Published: 20-10-2020
The second book in the blockbusting new series from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. The second Fowl Twins
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Diamonds
- Author / Illustrator: Armin Greder
- Publisher: Murdoch Books
- Genre: Social Issues
- ISBN: 9781911631910
- Published: 01-10-2020
Mama, if I was to dig a hole in our garden, would I find a diamond?No, darling, there are no diamonds here.Where are diamonds, then?Oh, i
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Otters' Moon
- Author / Illustrator: Susanna Bailey
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781405294966
- Published: 29-10-2020
The brand new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Snow Foal. A beautiful and heart-wrenching middle grade debut for kids aged 9
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The Castle of Tangled Magic
- Author / Illustrator: Sophie Anderson, Saara Soderlund
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9781474978491
- Published: 01-10-2020
An enchanting fairy-tale adventure about the power of love and courage, from the bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and Th
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The Griffin Gate
- Author / Illustrator: Vashti Hardy, Natalie Smillie
- Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781781129432
- Published: 01-10-2020
"Warden Griffin at your service. Can I ask if you've seen a monster in the area ...? Grace's family are wardens of the Gr
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The Midnight Howl
- Author / Illustrator: Benjamin Read, Laura Trinder
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781912626878
- Published: 03-09-2020
The second adventure in Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder's magical Midnight Hour series! 'A fantastic magical adventure featuring a cast o
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The Midnight Swan
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Fisher
- Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781913102371
- Published: 01-10-2020
With an invisible girl, a parliament of owls and a pen that writes by itself, the journey to the garden of the Midnight Swan might be Ser
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The Miracle on Ebenezer Street
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Doyle
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9780241434277
- Published: 14-10-2020
An enchanting and exciting tale of Christmas magic from multi-award-winning and bestselling writer Catherine Doyle.
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The Night Bus Hero
- Author / Illustrator: Onjali Q. Rauf
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Bullying
- ISBN: 9781510106772
- Published: 15-10-2020
From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes another incredible story, told
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The Story of Windrush
- Author / Illustrator: K. N. Chimbiri
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780702307133
- Published: 15-10-2020
The story before the scandal. A book to celebrate the inspiring legacy of the Windrush pioneers. In June 1948, hundreds of Caribbean men,
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The Time Traveller and the Tiger
- Author / Illustrator: Tania Unsworth
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781788541701
- Published: 01-10-2020
Face to face with the mightiest and most majestic predator in the jungle, Elsie is in awe of the tiger's beauty. She's on a mission to ha
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Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas
- Author / Illustrator: Sibeal Pounder
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781526619273
- Published: 29-10-2020
What if somewhere along the way we've all got the Santa story a bit wrong...? Join Blanche Claus and her best friend Rinki for a funny fe
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When Life Gives You Mangoes
- Author / Illustrator: Kereen Getten
- Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781782692645
- Published: 01-10-2020
A summer she can't remember....A friendship she won't forget.
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World Burn Down
- Author / Illustrator: Steve Cole, Oriol Vidal
- Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781781129463
- Published: 01-10-2020
Carlos's mother works for IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the
Books for 11+
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Archibald Lox Volume 1: The Missing Princess
- Author / Illustrator: Darren Shan
- Publisher: Home of the Damned Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9798680198865
- Published: 31-10-2020
When a young locksmith finds his way into the Merge, he discovers a parallel universe filled with an infinite number of bizarre, remarkab
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Black and British: A short, essential history
- Author / Illustrator: David Olusoga
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781529063394
- Published: 01-10-2020
From Roman times to the present day this is the story of Black British history.
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Boy, Everywhere
- Author / Illustrator: A. M. Dassu
- Publisher: Old Barn Books
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781910646649
- Published: 22-10-2020
This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries a
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Cane Warriors
- Author / Illustrator: Alex Wheatle
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783449873
- Published: 01-10-2020
Nobody free till everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugar cane plantation for en
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The Mirrors Shattered
- Author / Illustrator: A.J. Hartley
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781912979035
- Published: 01-10-2020
The third book in a gripping fantasy adventure series from bestselling & Carnegie nominated author, A. J. Hartley.
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The Witching Stone
- Author / Illustrator: Danny Weston
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781912979387
- Published: 01-10-2020
Beneath this stone lie the remains of Meg Shelton, alleged witch of Woodplumpton, buried in 1705. After a messy breakup with his girlfrie
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Witch
- Author / Illustrator: Finbar Hawkins
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781838935610
- Published: 01-10-2020
Set in the 17th century, a breathtaking debut, and a potential prize-winner, about the power of women, witchcraft, fury, revenge and the
Books for 14+
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Savage Her Reply - from the award-winning author of Tangleweed and Brine
- Author / Illustrator: Deirdre Sullivan, Karen Vaughan
- Publisher: Little Island
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9781912417643
- Published: 01-10-2020
A dark & witchy feminist retelling of the Irish fairytale of The Children of Lir
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The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker
- Author / Illustrator: Lauren James
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781406391121
- Published: 03-09-2020
What if death is only the beginning?
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The Wolf Road
- Author / Illustrator: Richard Lambert
- Publisher: Everything with Words
- Genre: Bereavement
- ISBN: 9781911427162
- Published: 28-10-2020
'An astonishing exploration of grief and love and wildness.' Hilary McKay. A tale of loss that is also a gripping thriller, a realistic s
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Tiny Pretty Things
- Author / Illustrator: Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Real life
- ISBN: 9780008390440
- Published: 29-10-2020
Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this drama-packed debut about three perfect girls who will do anything
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Books Make Good Pets
- Author / Illustrator: John Agard, Momoko Abe
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Picture Books
- ISBN: 9781408359877
- Published: 03-09-2020
Books make good pets and don't need going to the vet....
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Fish: A tale about ridding the ocean of plastic pollution
- Author / Illustrator: DK, Brendan Kearney
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780241439470
- Published: 03-09-2020
Through this charming story children will become aware of the growing problem of trash polluting the ocean. Fish highlights the issues wi
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Jeremy Worried About the Wind
- Author / Illustrator: Pamela Butchart, Kate Hindley
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781788007757
- Published: 03-09-2020
A quirky, touching fully illustrated picture book that will open up important conversations about worries and anxiety from Blue Peter pri
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Little Goose's Autumn
- Author / Illustrator: Elli Woollard, Briony May Smith
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Picture Books
- ISBN: 9781509807970
- Published: 03-09-2020
Little Goose's Autumn is a second stunning story from an exciting picture book pairing and the uplifting tale of a lively young goose fin
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Midnight Magic
- Author / Illustrator: Michelle Harrison, illus Elissa Elwick
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788951487
- Published: 01-10-2020
Black cats born at midnightAre different indeedA mischievous, oddAnd peculiar breed In the middle of winter, thr
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Nibbles: the Monster Hunt
- Author / Illustrator: Emma Yarlett
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Humour
- ISBN: 9781788814010
- Published: 03-09-2020
Childrenwill love to lift the flaps, peek through the peep-holes, and chase Nibbles thebook monster through the third adventure in this a
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The B on Your Thumb: 60 Poems to Boost Reading and Spelling
- Author / Illustrator: Colette Hiller, Tor Freeman, Tor Freeman
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9780711254589
- Published: 01-09-2020
The B on Your Thumb is a book of 60 hilariously illustrated rhymes and delightful ditties to boost early reading - each poem teaches a sp
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The Girl and the Dinosaur
- Author / Illustrator: Hollie Hughes, Sarah Massini
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Friendship
- ISBN: 9781408880548
- Published: 03-09-2020
The wishing stars burn bright that night, the air is thick with dreams,and a deeply sleeping dinosaur is waking up, it seems . . .
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To the Island
- Author / Illustrator: Patricia Forde, Nicola Bernardelli
- Publisher: Little Island
- Genre: Myths & Legends
- ISBN: 9781912417513
- Published: 10-09-2020
Fia looks out her window and across the bay. She longs to see the mysterious island, which appears and disappears in the water. One nigh
Books for 7+
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BOOT: The Creaky Creatures: Book 3
- Author / Illustrator: Shane Hegarty, Ben Mantle
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781444958799
- Published: 03-09-2020
This is a thrill-ride of an adventure, with illustrations by Ben Mantle bringing Boot's world to life. Fans of Toy Story and Charlie Chan
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Butterfly Brain
- Author / Illustrator: Laura Dockrill, Gwen Millward
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Bereavement
- ISBN: 9781848128682
- Published: 03-09-2020
If Roald Dahl had written A Monster Calls . . . A very special picture book from two rising stars. Everyone is al
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Cally and Jimmy: Twins in Trouble
- Author / Illustrator: Zoe Antoniades, Katie Kear
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781839130083
- Published: 03-09-2020
Four stories in one! 'I have a twin brother. Everyone calls him Jimmy, which is sort of the English version of Dimitri, his actual Greek
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Fabulously Feisty Queens: 15 of the brightest and boldest women who have ruled the world
- Author / Illustrator: Valerie Wilding, Pauline Reeves, Lucy Worsley
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781526361905
- Published: 03-09-2020
Who needs a Prince Charming when you're busy running the world?Do you know about the fierce and fearsome pirate who dared to
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History Atlas
- Author / Illustrator: Thiago de Moraes
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781407189239
- Published: 03-09-2020
Prepare to embark on a global tour through time. You might want to take a map... But this is no ordinary atlas. The maps in History Atlas
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Interview with a Tiger: and Other Clawed Beasts too
- Author / Illustrator: Andy Seed, Nick East
- Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781783125661
- Published: 17-09-2020
If you could talk to animals, what would you ask?
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Kevin and the Biscuit Bandit
- Author / Illustrator: Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9780192766144
- Published: 03-09-2020
Welcome to another brilliantly quirky adventure story from creative powerhouse Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Bumbleford has been hit b
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The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
- Author / Illustrator: A.F. Harrold, Mini Grey
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781526618016
- Published: 03-09-2020
A riotous celebration of words and a modern take on cautionary tales - featuring advice on parrots, gravy, mathematics, castles (bouncy),
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The Pharaoh's Curse (Museum Kittens)
- Author / Illustrator: Holly Webb, Sarah Lodge
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781788951883
- Published: 03-09-2020
Brave, clever and never more than a whisker away from adventure! When the museum's visitors are gone for the day, it's time for the cats
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The Pirate Captain's Cat
- Author / Illustrator: Philip Ardagh, Rob Biddulph
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9781471184017
- Published: 17-09-2020
A funny and charming NEW young fiction series from Philip Ardagh, bestselling author of The Grunts series and Eddie Dickens adventures, a
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The Railway Cat
- Author / Illustrator: Philip Ardagh, Rob Biddulp
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9781471184031
- Published: 17-09-2020
A funny and charming NEW young fiction series from Philip Ardagh, bestselling author of The Grunts series and Eddie Dickens adventures, a
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The Silver Arrow
- Author / Illustrator: Lev Grossman
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781526629401
- Published: 03-09-2020
The Silver Arrow is a classic story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live.
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The Wizards of Once: Never and Forever: Book 4
- Author / Illustrator: Cressida Cowell
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781444956405
- Published: 17-09-2020
The No.1 bestselling series from the author of How to Train Your Dragon. Can Xar and Wish unite their worlds in time to save the Wildwood
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Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! - An Animal Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust
- Author / Illustrator: Britta Teckentrup, Fiona Waters
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781788005678
- Published: 03-09-2020
"There is a whole world inside this glorious book; a poem for every day. This is a wonderful introduction to nature and all our f
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What Are Little Girls Made of?
- Author / Illustrator: Jeanne Willis, Isabelle Follath
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9781788004466
- Published: 03-09-2020
Award-winning author, Jeanne Willis, revamps all the favourite Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.Think you know your favourite classic nursery
Books for 9+
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Dare to Be You: Defy Self-Doubt, Fearlessly Follow Your Own Path and Be Confidently You!
- Author / Illustrator: Matthew Syed, Toby Triumph
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781526362377
- Published: 03-09-2020
From the bestselling, award-winning author of You Are Awesome comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Dare to Be You. What woul
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Dragon Mountain
- Author / Illustrator: Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471193071
- Published: 03-09-2020
The first book in the ROARsome DRAGON REALM series for 9+ readers! Perfect for readers who love fantasy, magic, adventure and DRAGONS!</p
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Elsetime
- Author / Illustrator: Eve McDonnell
- Publisher: Everything with Words
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781911427179
- Published: 17-09-2020
'Elsetime is a tale that combines time-travel with evocative description and colourful characterisation to create a unique and compelling
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Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble: Magical Poems Chosen by Paul Cookson
- Author / Illustrator: Paul Cookson, Eilidh Muldoon, Eilidh Muldoon
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781472958150
- Published: 17-09-2020
From dragons and unicorns to witches and wizards, this beautifully illustrated collection of fantastically magical poems edited by Paul C
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Girl from the Sea
- Author / Illustrator: Margaret Wild, Jane Tanner
- Publisher: Murdoch Books
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781911631767
- Published: 03-09-2020
'Who lives in that cottage by the sea? I wish. I wish. I wish it was me.' A lyrical masterpiece by Margaret Wild and Jane Tanner.
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Kidnap on the California Comet
- Author / Illustrator: M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781529013085
- Published: 03-09-2020
Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story!
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Modern Art Explorer: Discover the stories behind artworks by Matisse, Kahlo and more...
- Author / Illustrator: Alice Harman, Serge Bloch
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9780500652206
- Published: 03-09-2020
Featuring a diverse range of artists, Modern Art Explorer takes young readers on an undercover adventure to discover the stories behind f
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My Life as a Cat
- Author / Illustrator: Carlie Sorosiak
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781788006088
- Published: 03-09-2020
A wise, funny and moving story of what it means to find a family, from the best-selling author of I, Cosmo. Leonard has never had a name.
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October, October
- Author / Illustrator: Katya Balen, Angela Harding
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781526601902
- Published: 17-09-2020
A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD.
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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., Book 3)
- Author / Illustrator: Anna James
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780008229948
- Published: 17-09-2020
Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best in life: books, adventure, frie
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School's Cancelled
- Author / Illustrator: Serena Patel, Emma McCann
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781474959537
- Published: 03-09-2020
Anisha can't wait to show off her volcano project at the science fair...and maybe win the prize trip to the national space centre. But wh
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Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air
- Author / Illustrator: Julie Hunt, Dale Newman
- Publisher: Murdoch Books
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781911631842
- Published: 03-09-2020
'Shoestring loved the sudden intake of breath when he stepped onto the rope. The upturned faces of the audience made him think of coins s
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SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This
- Author / Illustrator: Nikita Gill
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781529028300
- Published: 03-09-2020
Discover the freshest voices on the UK spoken word scene in Slam! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This edited by poetry sensation Nikita Gill.</p
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Sticky Pines: The Thing At Black Hole Lake
- Author / Illustrator: Dashe Roberts
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788008174
- Published: 03-09-2020
The sequel to The Bigwoof Conspiracy takes us back to Sticky Pines, a small US
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Tamarind & the Star of Ishta
- Author / Illustrator: Jasbinder Bilan
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781913322175
- Published: 03-09-2020
Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion i
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The Acrobats of Agra
- Author / Illustrator: Robin Scott-Elliot
- Publisher: Everything with Words
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781911427148
- Published: 22-10-2020
Agra 1857, the Indian rebellion. Three children are trying to make their way through a country at war with a circus tiger in search of sa
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The Ghost of Gosswater
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Strange
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781911077848
- Published: 01-10-2020
A thrilling Gothic tale from the author of Our Castle by the Sea, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
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The Good Thieves
- Author / Illustrator: Katherine Rundell
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781408882658
- Published: 03-09-2020
A glittering, page-turning adventure set amidst the streets of New York, this is a modern classic from the Costa Award-winning author of
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The Greatest Inventor
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Brooks, George Ermos
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781786541123
- Published: 29-10-2020
Join the adventure. Break the curse. Find your way home. A magical new adventure from the bestselling author of THE IMPOSSIBLE BOY.
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
- Author / Illustrator: Phil Hickes, Keith Robinson
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9781474972147
- Published: 17-09-2020
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not onl
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The Humans: Ancient civilisations and astonishing things they taught us
- Author / Illustrator: Jonny Marx, Charlie Davis
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781848579934
- Published: 03-09-2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2021. This book showcases the greatest achievements of ancient civilisations, peoples and icon
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The Hungry Ghost
- Author / Illustrator: H.S. Norup
- Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781782692690
- Published: 24-09-2020
Freja arrives in Singapore during the month of the hungry ghost, when old spirits are said to roam the streets. She's struggling to settl
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The Invasion of Crooked Oak
- Author / Illustrator: Dan Smith, Chris King
- Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781781129203
- Published: 03-09-2020
Something sinister is happening in Crooked Oak ... Ever since the fracking site closed, Nancy's parents have been acting weird. Their ey
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The Key to Finding Jack
- Author / Illustrator: Ewa Jozefkowicz
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781789543568
- Published: 03-09-2020
Flick's big brother, Jack, goes missing in Peru and she is desperate to find him. But can she solve the greatest mystery of all: who Jack
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The Monsters of Rookhaven
- Author / Illustrator: Padraig Kenny, Edward Bettison
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781529050509
- Published: 17-09-2020
Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters.
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The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith
- Author / Illustrator: Loris Owen
- Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781913102319
- Published: 10-09-2020
When puzzle-loving Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, he has no
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The Tigers in the Tower
- Author / Illustrator: Julia Golding
- Publisher: Lion Hudson Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781782643173
- Published: 18-09-2020
Sahira's family are travelling to England to deliver two majestic Indian tigers to the menagerie in the tower of London. But trage
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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk: Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2020
- Author / Illustrator: Natasha Farrant
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780571348763
- Published: 03-09-2020
The second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bests
Books for 11+
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I, Ada: Ada Lovelace: Rebel. Genius. Visionary
- Author / Illustrator: Julia Gray
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781839130076
- Published: 03-09-2020
Ada Byron is rich and clever, but she longs to be free. Free to explore all the amazing ideas that come to her imagination, like flying m
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Kicking Off: Dick, Kerr Girls
- Author / Illustrator: Eve Ainsworth
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912979202
- Published: 03-09-2020
It's 1917, and Britain is at war. Shy teenager Hettie wants to help the war effort, and signs up to work in the local Dick, Kerr & Co
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Red Stars
- Author / Illustrator: Denise Muir, Davide Morosinotto
- Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781782692577
- Published: 03-09-2020
THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK. Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. As the
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Special Forces Cadets 5: Hijack
- Author / Illustrator: Chris Ryan
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471407888
- Published: 03-09-2020
From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series.Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will requi
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The Space We're In
- Author / Illustrator: Katya Balen, Laura Carlin
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781526601971
- Published: 17-09-2020
This jaw-dropping, heartbreaking and hopeful novel from debut author Katya Balen will remind you we are all made of stardust.
Books for 14+
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Punching the Air
- Author / Illustrator: Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780008422141
- Published: 01-09-2020
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful
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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
- Author / Illustrator: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781547604531
- Published: 08-09-2020
The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive in the midst of the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat who protected her fami
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Hope
- Author / Illustrator: Corrinne Averiss, Sebastien Pelon
- Publisher: Aurum Press
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9780711241732
- Published: 20-08-2019
"Hope is keeping a light on, however dark things seem." Comet is Finn's dog, and his very best friend. They do everything together
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Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar On TV (Book 2)
- Author / Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9780008355890
- Published: 06-08-2020
The second book in the Marshmallow Pie the Cat Superstar series by Clara Vulliamy, the author-illustrator of Dotty Detective<
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Poo! Is That You?
- Author / Illustrator: Clare Helen Welsh, Nicola O'Byrne
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781529030471
- Published: 09-07-2020
Lenny the Lemur is on holiday in the Amazon rainforest. He's just settling down for a nice snooze, when a very yucky smell wafts past . .
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The Smile Shop
- Author / Illustrator: Satoshi Kitamura
- Publisher: Scallywag Press
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781912650217
- Published: 01-08-2020
Award-winning artist Satoshi Kitamura delivers the powerful message that kindness is more important than money. Nominated for the Greena
Books for 7+
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A Mummy Ate My Homework
- Author / Illustrator: Thiago de Moraes
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781407194929
- Published: 06-08-2020
Being whisked back to 1300 BC certainly wasn't on Henry's to-do list. Can he make his way through a new school, odd sports, unexpected fr
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Dear Ugly Sisters: and other poems
- Author / Illustrator: Laura Mucha, Tania Rex
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781913074791
- Published: 06-08-2020
Tonight I fancy a flight / so I shuffle my short feathers / and jump... Take off on a night flight, hav
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How Many Mice Make An Elephant? And Other Big Questions about Size and Distance
- Author / Illustrator: Tracey Turner, Aaron Cushley
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9780753445402
- Published: 06-08-2020
An original approach to maths by stealth that makes the tricky concepts of size and distance fun and easy to understand
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InvestiGators
- Author / Illustrator: John Patrick Green
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN: 9781529054361
- Published: 20-08-2020
They're Alligators - and Investigators! InvestiGators written and illustrated by John Patrick Green is the full colour, laugh-out-loud se
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Leo's Map of Monsters: The Armoured Goretusk
- Author / Illustrator: Kris Humphrey, Pete Williamson
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780192774811
- Published: 06-08-2020
When Leo opens his assignment envelope on his ninth birthday two words stare back at him: TOP SECRET. But before he has time to ask any q
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Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar (Book 1)
- Author / Illustrator: Clara Vulliamy
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Young fiction
- ISBN: 9780008355852
- Published: 06-08-2020
A hilarious new series from Clara Vulliamy, the author-illustrator of Dotty Detective, about grumpy cat Marshmallow Pie
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Moth: An Evolution Story
- Author / Illustrator: Isabel Thomas, Daniel Egneus
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781526610553
- Published: 20-08-2020
Powerful and visually spectacular, this paperback edition of Moth tells the remarkable evolution story that captures the struggle of anim
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Pizazz: The super awesome new superhero series!
- Author / Illustrator: Sophy Henn
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471193989
- Published: 06-08-2020
The first in a super (like, actually, with powers and stuff) NEW series for 7+ readers from the amazingly talented illustrator and author
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Rocket Boy
- Author / Illustrator: Katie Jennings, Joe Lillington
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788952026
- Published: 06-08-2020
Callum Grant knows a lot about the solar system. But he doesn't know what it would be like to see a Martian sunset with his own eyes. Unt
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Saturdays at the Imaginarium
- Author / Illustrator: Shauna Darling Robertson, Judith Wisdom, Judith Wisdom
- Publisher: Troika Books
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781912745128
- Published: 15-10-2020
Inventive, provocative and highly original, Saturdays at the Imaginarium asks big questions about how we think about ourselves, each othe
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Siri the Viking: Mimirs Well
- Author / Illustrator: Patric Nystrom, Per Demervall, Joseph A Davis
- Publisher: Eken Press
- Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN: 9781908233295
- Published: 15-08-2020
SIRI IS BACK for another adventure! This time, the brave Viking girl and her friend Zack are searching for a lost treasure. They are help
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The Island That Didn't Exist
- Author / Illustrator: Joe Wilson
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780192775092
- Published: 06-08-2020
When twelve-year-old Rixon's great-uncle leaves him an island in his will, Rixon can't quite believe it. Things get even more confusing w
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The Secret Life of Trees: Explore the forests of the world, with Oakheart the Brave: Volume 1
- Author / Illustrator: Moira Butterfield, Vivian Mineker
- Publisher: Aurum Press
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780711250017
- Published: 18-08-2020
Listen to ancient tales from Oakheart the Brave, the oldest and wisest tree in the forest, and be inspired by the magic and mystery of na
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The Time of Green Magic
- Author / Illustrator: Hilary McKay
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781529019247
- Published: 20-08-2020
A magical novel from the master of family writing, Hilary McKay, Costa award-winning author of The Skylarks' War.
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Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
- Author / Illustrator: Gill Lewis, Rebecca Bagley
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780192771766
- Published: 06-08-2020
In the Wilderness, where magic and nature collide, there are magical creatures and strange powers at work. In this story the Wild Things
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Across the Risen Sea
- Author / Illustrator: Bren MacDibble
- Publisher: Old Barn Books
- Genre: Dystopian
- ISBN: 9781910646670
- Published: 06-08-2020
From the multi award-winning Australian author of 'How to Bee' and 'The
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After the War: From Auschwitz to Ambleside
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Palmer, Violet Tobacco
- Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781781129487
- Published: 06-08-2020
"The best children's fiction book I've yet read about the Holocaust" - Tim Robertson, CEO Anne Frank Trust Summer 1945. T
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Belonging Street: Poems
- Author / Illustrator: Mandy Coe
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781913074807
- Published: 06-08-2020
I'm going to make this city green, a deep, shining green, right here where I lie I'l
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Children of the Benin Kingdom
- Author / Illustrator: Dinah Orji, Sonya McGilchrist, Sonya McGilchrist
- Publisher: Dinosaur Books Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781999336332
- Published: 01-08-2020
Ada has lived close to the great rainforest for her whole life, helping her beloved Papa Eze to heal fellow villagers when they fall sick
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Happy, Healthy Minds: A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing
- Author / Illustrator: The School of Life, Lizzy Stewart
- Publisher: The School of Life Press
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781912891191
- Published: 20-08-2020
An essential guide to help children become more aware of their emotional needs. This book examines a range of eve
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I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present
- Author / Illustrator: Cerrie Burnell, Lauren Mark Baldo
- Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780711247444
- Published: 07-07-2020
In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 34 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and pre
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My Hidden Chimp: The new book from the author of The Chimp Paradox
- Author / Illustrator: Professor Steve Peters
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781787413719
- Published: 15-11-2018
Learn how ten habits can help children to understand and manage their emotions and behaviour.
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Noor Inayat Khan
- Author / Illustrator: Sufiya Ahmed
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780702300059
- Published: 06-08-2020
The thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor Inayat Khan.
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Return to Roar (The Land of Roar series, Book 2)
- Author / Illustrator: Jenny McLachlan, Ben Mantle
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781405295024
- Published: 06-08-2020
The magical new book in the bestselling middle-grade fantasy adventure series, The Land of Roar. A series that
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The Children of Swallow Fell
- Author / Illustrator: Julia Green
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780192771582
- Published: 06-08-2020
The world's in trouble. When war comes to the heart of the Italian city where Isabella lives with her family, everything changes. She mak
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The Soup Movement
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Davis
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9780192749239
- Published: 06-08-2020
To aid his recovery from a life-threatening illness, Jordan and his family move out of the city for a healthy new start. Jordan's getting
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Turtle Boy
- Author / Illustrator: M. Evan Wolkenstein
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9781474981385
- Published: 06-08-2020
Twelve-year-old Will likes two things: turtles and the local nature reserve. Everything else is a nightmare, because Will has a facial di
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When Secrets Set Sail
- Author / Illustrator: Sita Brahmachari
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781510105430
- Published: 20-08-2020
Secrets from the past are the keys to the future...if two children can find them. Bold adventure, timely themes and breath-taking writing
Books for 11+
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Challenge Everything: An Extinction Rebellion Youth guide to saving the planet
- Author / Illustrator: Blue Sandford, Extinction Rebellion, Extinction Rebellion
- Publisher: Pavilion Books
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781843654643
- Published: 06-08-2020
Challenge Everything. Act Now. Change the World. This book will show you how. Blue Sandford was named by
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Cinderella Is Dead
- Author / Illustrator: Kalynn Bayron
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9781526621979
- Published: 06-08-2020
A thrilling and original twist on the Cinderella story - breaking stereotypes of race, gender and sexuality to create a brand-new YA fair
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Eight Pieces of Silva: an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go ...
- Author / Illustrator: Patrice Lawrence
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781444954746
- Published: 06-08-2020
From the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go long after you turn the final page. Can
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Every Little Piece of My Heart
- Author / Illustrator: Non Pratt
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781406366945
- Published: 06-08-2020
"Pratt's characters are rib-achingly funny, outrageous and entirely true to life." Metro "A writer to watch." The Guardian. UK YA Book Pr
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Jefferson
- Author / Illustrator: Jean-Claude Mourlevat
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781783449699
- Published: 06-08-2020
Winner of the PEN Translates AwardJean-Claude Mourlevat is the 2021 winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial AwardWhen Jefferson the hedgeh
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Midnight Sun
- Author / Illustrator: Stephenie Meyer
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre: Supernatural
- ISBN: 9780349003627
- Published: 04-08-2020
It's here! Number one bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly-anticipated
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Small Town Hero
- Author / Illustrator: Patrick Neate
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Bereavement
- ISBN: 9781783449675
- Published: 06-08-2020
Ever since his dad died in a shock accident, thirteen-year-old Gabe's world has been turned upside-down and back to front. Literally: Gab
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STAGS 3: FOXES
- Author / Illustrator: M A Bennett
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
- ISBN: 9781471408595
- Published: 06-08-2020
Greer has just recovered from her terrifying experience during the STAGS play. Was she really put on trial by the sinister Dark Order of
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The Black Kids
- Author / Illustrator: Christina Hammonds Reed
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781471188190
- Published: 04-08-2020
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel is a unflinching exploration of race, class, and violen
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The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems
- Author / Illustrator: Joseph Coelho, Kate Milner
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781913074784
- Published: 27-08-2020
Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local
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The Great Revolt
- Author / Illustrator: Paul Dowswell
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781472968425
- Published: 06-08-2020
Prize-winning author Paul Dowswell presents a stunning new historical adventure, set during the peasants' revolt of 1381.
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The January Stars
- Author / Illustrator: Kate Constable
- Publisher: Murdoch Books
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781911631835
- Published: 06-08-2020
When 12-year-old Clancy and her 14-year-old sister, Tash, visit their Pa at his aged-care facility, they have no idea that the three of t
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Dangerous Remedy
- Author / Illustrator: Kat Dunn
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781789543643
- Published: 06-08-2020
The first in a dazzling, commercial, historical adventure series set in the extravagant and deadly world of the French Revolution. A whir
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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
- Author / Illustrator: Samira Ahmed
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9780349003559
- Published: 27-08-2020
The latest novel from bestselling author Samira Ahmed is a ravishing tale interweaving the stories of two young Muslim women from two dif
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Raybearer: The epic and phenomenal New York Times bestselling YA fantasy
- Author / Illustrator: Jordan Ifueko
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781471409271
- Published: 18-08-2020
The epic and phenomenal West-African inspired New York Times bestselling YA fantasy from an incredible new talent.'Only one thing is more
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Shiny Broken Pieces
- Author / Illustrator: Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra, Sona Charaipotra
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Bullying
- ISBN: 9780008392819
- Published: 06-08-2020
Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this drama-packed sequel to Tiny Pretty Things set in an elite New York ballet
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Freedom, We Sing
- Author / Illustrator: Amyra Leon, Molly Mendoza
- Publisher: Flying Eye Books
- Genre: Picture Books
- ISBN: 9781912497324
- Published: 01-07-2020
I wonder, then, what freedom is. Is it a place? Is it a thought? Can it be stolen? Can it be bought?
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Meesha Makes Friends: A Big Bright Feelings Book
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Percival, Tom Percival, Tom Percival
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9781526612953
- Published: 09-07-2020
The perfect picture book for helping children to navigate social situations and be accepting and inclusive of others. From the bestsellin
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The Blue Beyond
- Author / Illustrator: Jeanne Willis, Bethany Christou, Bethany Christou
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788951739
- Published: 09-07-2020
Lana dreams of becoming the greatest explorer in the world. But when Lana sets off on an incredible journey, she soon realizes that she i
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44 Tiny Secrets
- Author / Illustrator: Sylvia Bishop, Ashley King
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781788952040
- Published: 23-07-2020
The first book in a heartwarming and timeless new series with a brave and spirited heroine, from the acclaimed duo behind THE BOOKSHOP GI
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A New Green Day
- Author / Illustrator: Antoinette Portis
- Publisher: Scallywag Press
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781912650484
- Published: 02-07-2020
Who scribbles on the sidewalk with glistening ink? Snail! Who's a comma in a long, long sentence of a stream? Tadpole! Active readers wil
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot
- Author / Illustrator: Annabelle Sami, Daniela Sosa, Daniela Sosa
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788952071
- Published: 23-07-2020
When the head teacher is poisoned at the school summer fair, Zaiba leads the investigation. With a host of suspects and few clues, she'll
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Do Not Disturb the Dragons
- Author / Illustrator: Michelle Robinson, Sharon Davey
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9781408894880
- Published: 09-07-2020
Two intrepid girls go from ladies-in-waiting to knights-in-action when they rip up the rule book and go searching for adventure!<
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Greek Myths: Meet the heroes, gods, and monsters of ancient Greece
- Author / Illustrator: DK, Jean Menzies
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Myths & Legends
- ISBN: 9780241397459
- Published: 16-07-2020
Journey into a world of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, extraordinary creatures and fantastic monsters with this beautifully ill
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Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond
- Author / Illustrator: Alex English, Mark Chambers
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781471190773
- Published: 23-07-2020
Take to the skies in this thrilling new series from author Alex English. (BEWARE: THERE WILL BE PIRATES!)11 year-old Echo Qui
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The Adventures of Lillicorn in WooWoo Land
- Author / Illustrator: Lisa Moss, Thomas Bernard, Thomas Bernard, Will Dawes, Ayelen Lamas, Bram Hartman
- Publisher: QuestFriendz
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9789082994001
- Published: 06-07-2020
The Adventures of Lillicorn introduces children to STEM skills such as structured problem solving, pattern recognition, and spatial perce
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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
- Author / Illustrator: Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro
- Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781454932598
- Published: 07-07-2020
Obsessed with Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the firs
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Ways to Make Sunshine
- Author / Illustrator: Renee Watson, Mechal Roe
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781526613721
- Published: 23-07-2020
From New York Times-bestselling and multi-award-winning author Renee Watson comes the start of a character-driven, young middle grade ser
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When Darwin Sailed the Sea: Uncover how Darwin's revolutionary ideas helped change the world
- Author / Illustrator: David Long, Sam Kalda
- Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780711249660
- Published: 07-07-2020
'A wonderful addition to any biography section for young people' - School Library JournalPublished to celebrate the 200th ann
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Llama Out Loud! (Llama Out Loud)
- Author / Illustrator: Annabelle Sami, illus Allen Fatimaharan
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781405296991
- Published: 09-07-2020
Sidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the official
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The Unadoptables: Five fantastic children on the adventure of a lifetime
- Author / Illustrator: Hana Tooke, Ayesha L. Rubio
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241417461
- Published: 23-07-2020
The amazing humour and world-building of Nevermoor meets the wisdom and warmth of Rooftoppers in this most un-ordinary adventure about fi
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To Liberty! The Adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: A Bloomsbury Reader
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Johnson, Rachel Sanson
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781472972552
- Published: 09-07-2020
Thrilling historical adventure set around the backdrop of the French revolution from award-winning author Catherine Johnson. The Bloomsbu
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When Stars are Scattered
- Author / Illustrator: Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Iman Geddy, Victoria Jamieson
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780571363858
- Published: 02-07-2020
A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings. Omar and his b
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Dark Blue Rising
- Author / Illustrator: Teri Terry
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
- ISBN: 9781444957105
- Published: 09-07-2020
The stunning first novel in a new speculative thriller trilogy from the bestselling author of SLATED.Tabby lives a transient
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Far From Perfect (The Valentines, Book 2)
- Author / Illustrator: Holly Smale
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9780008254179
- Published: 23-07-2020
The second sensational book in the Valentines series - a hilarious and heart-aching story about the impossible standards for being a girl
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Harrow Lake
- Author / Illustrator: Kat Ellis
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 9780241397046
- Published: 09-07-2020
Stephen King meets Hitchcock for the Netflix generation in HARROW LAKE, the most nerve-shredding thriller of the summer.
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The Lost Soul Atlas
- Author / Illustrator: Zana Fraillon
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Social Issues
- ISBN: 9781510106826
- Published: 23-07-2020
A boy awakens in the Afterlife, with a pocketful of vague memories, a key, a raven, and a mysterious atlas to guide him as he sets out to
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The Ship of Shadows
- Author / Illustrator: Maria Kuzniar
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241372913
- Published: 16-07-2020
An epic magical adventure that spans the high seas.
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We Are Bound by Stars
- Author / Illustrator: Kesia Lupo
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781408898079
- Published: 09-07-2020
The next adventure in Kesia Lupo's stunning and original YA fantasy world. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Laini Taylor
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Good Girls Die First
- Author / Illustrator: Kathryn Foxfield
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 9780702302718
- Published: 02-07-2020
Welcome to the most gripping thriller of the year: hugely entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting. Mind games. Murder. May
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The Rules
- Author / Illustrator: Tracy Darnton
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
- ISBN: 9781788952149
- Published: 09-07-2020
A gripping thriller from WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE-SHORTLISTED Tracy Darnton, author of THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES. Amber's an e
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The Short Knife
- Author / Illustrator: Elen Caldecott
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783449798
- Published: 02-07-2020
Can Mai survive in a world where she and her family are now 'foreign'?
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Do Grannies Have Green Fingers?
- Author / Illustrator: Fransie Frandsen
- Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781912892495
- Published: 11-06-2020
Granny has won yet ANOTHER prize for her fantastic garden. "Granny really has green fingers," sighed Mummy. Mummy's nails are very green
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Jesse Owens
- Author / Illustrator: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Anna Katharina Jansen
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780711245822
- Published: 02-06-2020
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Jesse Ow
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Ancient Egypt: Gods, Pharaohs and Cats!
- Author / Illustrator: Marcia Williams
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781406384031
- Published: 04-06-2020
Hear all about Ancient Egypt from the great teller of tales, Rami the cat - history like it's never been told before! Join Marcia Willia
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Bad Mermaids Meet the Sushi Sisters
- Author / Illustrator: Sibeal Pounder, Jason Cockcroft
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781526616883
- Published: 11-06-2020
Spies, mermaids, TV celebrities, haunted Scottish castles and hamstars (half hamster, half starfish) meet with explosive results in the f
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Dragon Detective: School's Out!
- Author / Illustrator: Gareth P. Jones
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788951708
- Published: 11-06-2020
"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking." Holly is desperate to be sleuthing with her partner-in-solving-crime, dragon D
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Flyntlock Bones: The Sceptre of the Pharaohs
- Author / Illustrator: Derek Keilty, illus Mark Elvins
- Publisher: Scallywag Press
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912650408
- Published: 04-06-2020
When young Flynn becomes too old to stay at the Baskervile orphanage, he applies for a job as cabin boy on the Black Hound. He doesn't ex
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Johnny Ball: Accidental Football Genius
- Author / Illustrator: Matt Oldfield
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781406391268
- Published: 04-06-2020
From the author of Ultimate Football Heroes comes the first book in the new Johnny Ball series, perfect reading for football-mad kids<br
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My First Book of the Cosmos
- Author / Illustrator: Sheddad,Kaid-Salah Ferron, Altarriba Eduard
- Publisher: Button Books
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781787080768
- Published: 07-06-2020
My First Book of the Cosmos is the latest title from the awarding winning illustrator and author duo Eduard Altarriba and Sheddad Kaid-Sa
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Shark Super Powers
- Author / Illustrator: Jillian Morris, Duncan Brake, Steve May
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912979165
- Published: 04-06-2020
We all know about the Great White, but did you know about the shark that can glow in the dark? Or the one that can trump to lose buoyancy
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The Boy Who Dreamed of Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 4)
- Author / Illustrator: Andy Shepherd
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781848129252
- Published: 11-06-2020
Eleven-year-old Tomas has a secret friend like no other: Flicker, a dragon with glittering eyes and scales that flicker from fiery orange
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The Funny Life of Sharks
- Author / Illustrator: James Campbell, Rob Jones
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781526615497
- Published: 11-06-2020
Whether you're seriously afraid of sharks or love them so much you want to invite a shark to your next birthday party, this HILARIOUS boo
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What the Dinosaurs Saw: Life on Earth Before Humans
- Author / Illustrator: Fatti Burke
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781408898611
- Published: 25-06-2020
Watch our world come to life amid bubbling volcanoes and electrical storms in this vibrantly illustrated account of life on Earth before
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Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind
- Author / Illustrator: Sabrina Weiss, Kerry Hyndman
- Publisher: What on Earth Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912920150
- Published: 04-06-2020
Discover 100 of the planet's most magical islands - their wildlife, trees, diversity, people, treasures, and more - in this beau
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Mohinder's War
- Author / Illustrator: Bali Rai
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781472958372
- Published: 11-06-2020
A thrilling World War II adventure set in occupied France, featuring an Indian RAF pilot. Great for fans of Michael Morpurgo and John Boy
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The Promise Witch (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book Three)
- Author / Illustrator: Celine Kiernan, Jessica Courtney-Tickle
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781406373936
- Published: 04-06-2020
In the third book in The Wild Magic Trilogy, Witches Borough is dying, and no one knows how to save it. Into this scorched landscape, sto
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The Switch Up: L. A. Exchange
- Author / Illustrator: Katy Cannon
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781788951920
- Published: 25-06-2020
WILLA - Film director, LA insider, Impulsive, Looks like AliceALICE - Eco warrior, LA tourist, Cautious, Looks like WillaAlic
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The Witch's Boy
- Author / Illustrator: Kelly Barnhill
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781848129351
- Published: 20-06-2020
A stunning novel from the Newbery Medal winning and New York Times bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON</st
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Wonderscape
- Author / Illustrator: Jennifer Bell
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781406391725
- Published: 01-06-2020
Gaming and time travel collide in this exhilarating middle-grade adventure, from bestselling author Jennifer Bell. 'The Game is on
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Midnight's Twins: A dark new fantasy that will invade your dreams
- Author / Illustrator: Holly Race
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781471409165
- Published: 11-06-2020
Dreams come true, but so do your nightmares ...
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One True King (The School for Good and Evil, Book 6)
- Author / Illustrator: Soman Chainani
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780008292232
- Published: 11-06-2020
Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final boo
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Here Lie the Secrets
- Author / Illustrator: Emma Young
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
- ISBN: 9781788950343
- Published: 25-06-2020
Mia's best friend Holly died when they were thirteen. But years later, Holly still hasn't left her. Spending the summer in New York, Mia
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The Falling in Love Montage
- Author / Illustrator: Ciara Smyth
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: LBGTQ+
- ISBN: 9781783449668
- Published: 04-06-2020
Seventeen-year-old Saoirse has finished with exams and is facing a long hot summer before uni. She plans to party, get drunk, watch horro
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Urban Forest School: Outdoor adventures and skills for city kids
- Author / Illustrator: Dan Westall
- Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781784945633
- Published: 07-06-2020
Venture out to your local greenspace or just into your back yard, and try the amazing array of outdoor activities from building a hidden
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Animal Olympics
- Author / Illustrator: Carron Brown, Katy Tanis
- Publisher: The Ivy Press
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781782409861
- Published: 05-05-2020
Are you ready to meet some of the most incredible Olympians in the world? These animal athletes are at the top of their game, and they're
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Every Second: 100 Lightning Strikes, 8,000 Scoops of Ice Cream, 200,000 Text Messages, 3 Million Litres of Cow Burps ... and Other Incredible Things That Happen Each Second Around the World
- Author / Illustrator: Bruno Gibert
- Publisher: What on Earth Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912920297
- Published: 07-05-2020
This striking portrait of our world in numbers makes statistics fun and accessible to children and their grown-ups. Every second,
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Mrs Noah's Garden
- Author / Illustrator: Jackie Morris, James Mayhew
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781910959466
- Published: 21-05-2020
The flood is over - but while Mr Noah builds a house out of the ark, Mrs Noah creates a garden. Luckily her famous pockets contain seeds
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The Proudest Blue
- Author / Illustrator: Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, S. K. Ali
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781783449729
- Published: 07-05-2020
Asiya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them, saying hello with a loud wave. It's Faizah's first day of school, and
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Gargantis
- Author / Illustrator: Thomas Taylor, George Ermos
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781406386295
- Published: 07-05-2020
There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...?When an ancient bottle is found w
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Good Knight, Bad Knight and the Flying Machine
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Knight (Illustrator and Author)
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783708130
- Published: 14-05-2020
In this second title in Tom Knight's hilarious Good Knight, Bad Knight fiction series, Berk and Godwin get literally carried away!
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Hope Jones Saves the World
- Author / Illustrator: Josh Lacey, Beatriz Castro, Beatriz Castro
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781783449279
- Published: 07-05-2020
My name is Hope Jones. I am ten years old. I am going to save the world.
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Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From
- Author / Illustrator: Patrick Skipworth, Nicholas Stevenson
- Publisher: What on Earth Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912920174
- Published: 07-05-2020
Did you know that English words come from all over the world and that their meanings have changed along their journey? Our word 'zero' co
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Real-life Disasters: Investigate What Really Happened!
- Author / Illustrator: Susan Martineau, Vicky Barker
- Publisher: b small publishing limited
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912909278
- Published: 01-05-2020
Why do disasters happen and can they ever be predicted or prevented? From natural mega-eruptions to terrifying man-made catastrophes, rea
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Saving Winslow
- Author / Illustrator: Sharon Creech
- Publisher: Guppy Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781913101145
- Published: 14-05-2020
The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week & The Times Children's Book of the WeekLouie doesn't have the best luck when
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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
- Author / Illustrator: Jenny Pearson, Rob Biddulph, Rob Biddulph
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781474974042
- Published: 30-04-2020
The super funny, heart-warming adventure of three boys, one summer holiday, and a few miracles along the way, from breakout talent, Jenny
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The Worst Class in the World
- Author / Illustrator: Joanna Nadin, Rikin Parekh
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781526611833
- Published: 14-05-2020
A brand new, laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin. Perfect for fans of Horrid Henry and the Trouble w
Books for 9+
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Mango Delight
- Author / Illustrator: Fracaswell Hyman
- Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781454929628
- Published: 07-05-2020
Surviving seventh grade is tough-especially when your BFF dumps you, you're cut from the track team, and you cost your dad his job. That'
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Rise of the Shadow Dragons
- Author / Illustrator: Liz Flanagan
- Publisher: David Fickling Books
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781788451444
- Published: 07-05-2020
Jowan wants only one thing: to have a dragon of his own. Then disaster strikes, and his world suddenly turns into a darker and more dange
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Summer in the City
- Author / Illustrator: Fracaswell Hyman
- Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781454933946
- Published: 07-05-2020
Where Mango goes, drama is sure to follow! It's summer break - and Mango is content to spend her time babysitting her brother, hanging wi
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Wilde
- Author / Illustrator: Eloise Williams
- Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781913102180
- Published: 01-05-2020
Being different can be dangerous. Wilde is afraid strange things happen around her. Are the birds following her? Moving to live with her
Books for 11+
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
- Author / Illustrator: Suzanne Collins
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Dystopian
- ISBN: 9780702300172
- Published: 19-05-2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on th
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The Enigma Game
- Author / Illustrator: Elizabeth Wein
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781526601650
- Published: 14-05-2020
From the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes a thrilling story of wartime secrets, intrigue and wild c
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The List of Things That Will Not Change
- Author / Illustrator: Rebecca Stead
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781783449378
- Published: 07-05-2020
'Sonia and I have a lot in common. Our parents are divorced. Our dads are gay. We both love barbecue potato chips. But she is different f
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The M Word
- Author / Illustrator: Brian Conaghan
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Bereavement
- ISBN: 9781408871577
- Published: 02-04-2020
From Costa Award-winner Brian Conaghan comes an unforgettable novel about grief and healing that is full of humour, warmth, love, sadness
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The Paper & Hearts Society Book 2: Read with Pride
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Powrie
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781444949254
- Published: 28-05-2020
The second Paper & Hearts Society adventure. Join Olivia and The Paper & Hearts Society gang in this joyful comfort read and cele
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What Momma Left Me
- Author / Illustrator: Renee Watson
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781526600936
- Published: 06-02-2020
Perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Renee Watson's powerful novel about finding where you belong and the light in dark places
Books for 14+
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Hideous Beauty
- Author / Illustrator: William Hussey
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: LBGTQ+
- ISBN: 9781474966177
- Published: 28-05-2020
Dylan is forced to come out after his secret relationship with Ellis is exposed on social media, but to his surprise, everyone is really
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The Lost Witch
- Author / Illustrator: Melvin Burgess
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781783448357
- Published: 07-05-2020
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
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RSPB Nature Guide: Birds
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Brereton, Kate McLelland
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781526602817
- Published: 02-04-2020
A stunningly illustrated bird spotter's field guide that both children and adults will love to keep at hand, with beautiful and contempor
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Sofia the Dreamer and her Magical Afro
- Author / Illustrator: Jessica Wilson
- Publisher: Independently published
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9798642191330
- Published: 30-04-2020
Many untold stories are held in the kinks of afro hair. Winner of a Go Fund Me award, this fantasy-poem unravels the history of natural h
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Super Happy Magic Forest: The Humongous Fungus
- Author / Illustrator: Matty Long
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9780192771490
- Published: 02-04-2020
A Super Happy Magic Forest chapter book packed with illustrations and plenty of humour-this is the perfect read for fans of Dog Man and C
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A Robot Girl Ruined My Sleepover
- Author / Illustrator: Rebecca Patterson
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781783449477
- Published: 02-04-2020
Feeling lonely? Need a friend who thinks you're the best? And can help you with your school work? Well, look no further, Livewires Corpor
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Hotel Flamingo: Fabulous Feast
- Author / Illustrator: Alex Milway
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
- ISBN: 9781848128392
- Published: 30-04-2020
'Truly heartwarming and uplifting. I'd love to book a room there myself' Philip Ardagh. 'Hotel Flamingo is bursting with charm, friendsh
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PESTS: Book 1
- Author / Illustrator: Emer Stamp
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781444949629
- Published: 02-04-2020
'Riotously funny, with enough expressive drawings and poo jokes to delight Pig fans as well as new readers' - The GuardianWhe
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Poems Aloud: An anthology of poems to read out loud
- Author / Illustrator: Joseph Coelho, Daniel Gray-Barnett
- Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9780711247680
- Published: 04-02-2020
Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award-winn
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The Boy Who Made the World Disappear: From the author of the bestselling The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Miller, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471172670
- Published: 02-04-2020
Following the breakout success of his instant festive classic, The Night I Met Father Christmas, get ready for the brilliant new novel fr
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The Midnight Visitor (Museum Kittens)
- Author / Illustrator: Holly Webb, Sarah Lodge
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781788951876
- Published: 02-04-2020
Brave, clever and never more than a whisker away from adventure! When the museum's visitors are gone for the day, it's time for the cats
Books for 9+
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Do You Know Me?
- Author / Illustrator: Rebecca Westcott, Libby Scott, Libby Scott
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780702300950
- Published: 02-04-2020
Tally is autistic and proud. She used to feel that she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who sh
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FERDINAND (Magellan)
- Author / Illustrator: Candy Gourlay, Tom Knight
- Publisher: David Fickling Books
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781788450416
- Published: 02-04-2020
True life stories of the most amazing people EVER!
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Invisible Nature: A Secret World Beyond our Senses
- Author / Illustrator: Catherine Barr, Anne Wilson
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Animals
- ISBN: 9781910959671
- Published: 09-04-2020
There are sounds no human ear can hear, scents no-one can smell, colours our eyes cannot detect, waves of radiation that pass right throu
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Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective
- Author / Illustrator: William Goldsmith
- Publisher: Templar Publishing
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781848128613
- Published: 09-04-2020
Colin Kingsley is a pizza delivery boy with a twist. He's actually an aspiring detective. But in sleepy Rufflington-on-Sea, there are no
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Orla and the Serpent's Curse
- Author / Illustrator: C. J. Haslam, Paddy Donnelly
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781406388480
- Published: 02-04-2020
A spooky and darkly comic adventure set in Cornwall - Famous Five with a twist.Orla thought she was in for a relaxing family
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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales (Pages & Co., Book 2)
- Author / Illustrator: Anna James
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780008229917
- Published: 02-04-2020
A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a uniquely talented author.</str
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Storm
- Author / Illustrator: Nicola Skinner, Flavia Sorrentino
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Personal Growth
- ISBN: 9780008295325
- Published: 02-04-2020
The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM. "You wer
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The House of Hidden Wonders
- Author / Illustrator: Sharon Gosling
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788951906
- Published: 02-04-2020
Zinnie and her sisters live in the murky tunnels beneath Edinburgh's Old Town. They keep out of the way of the authorities and remain und
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The Infinite
- Author / Illustrator: Patience Agbabi
- Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 9781786899651
- Published: 02-04-2020
FIGHT CRIME, ACROSS TIME!Leaplings, children born on the 29th of February, are very rare. Rarer still are Leaplings with The
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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Book 1
- Author / Illustrator: L.D. Lapinski
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781510105942
- Published: 30-04-2020
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At th
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The Thirteenth Home of Noah Bradley
- Author / Illustrator: Amber Lee Dodd
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781407189444
- Published: 02-04-2020
"Amber Lee Dodd writes with tenderness and thunder, and her storytelling is a bolt of brilliance." Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Moving
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The Vanishing Trick
- Author / Illustrator: Jenni Spangler, Chris Mould
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781471190377
- Published: 30-04-2020
Step into a world of secrets, folklore and illusions, where nothing is as it seems and magic is at play...Madame Augustina Pi
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TrooFriend
- Author / Illustrator: Kirsty Applebaum
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Friendship
- ISBN: 9781788003476
- Published: 02-04-2020
Imagine having the perfect friend, one who never steals, lies or bullies. Now you can, with the TrooFriend 560, the latest in artificial
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Uki and the Outcasts: BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
- Author / Illustrator: Kieran Larwood, David Wyatt
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9780571342808
- Published: 02-04-2020
From bestselling author and winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award, Uki and the Outcasts is the first in a new trilogy set in the
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Viper's Daughter
- Author / Illustrator: Michelle Paver
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781789540550
- Published: 02-04-2020
Run Wild with Wolf Brother.... Million-copy-selling author, Michelle Paver immerses you in ice-cold magic and non-stop adventure in the
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What Stars Are Made Of
- Author / Illustrator: Sarah Allen
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780241427965
- Published: 02-04-2020
An astonishingly bold and moving middle-grade debut about family, friendship and how it's OK to be different.
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Where the Wilderness Lives
- Author / Illustrator: Jess Butterworth, Rob Biddulph
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781510105508
- Published: 02-04-2020
An epic race for survival that follows four children and their dog through treacherous waterways, dense forests and the deep, dark wilder
Books for 11+
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Fig Swims the World
- Author / Illustrator: Lou Abercrombie
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781788951531
- Published: 02-04-2020
Fig Fitzsherbert is good at a lot of things: making lists, playing the piano, advanced mathematics. But it's never quite enough for her h
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Nightshade
- Author / Illustrator: Anthony Horowitz
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781406389296
- Published: 02-04-2020
Get ready for action, adrenaline and adventure in this explosive, brand new Alex Rider mission by bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz.
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Robin Hood: Hacking, Heists & Flaming Arrows
- Author / Illustrator: Robert Muchamore
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471408618
- Published: 02-04-2020
A town. A forest. A hero.
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That Time I Got Kidnapped
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Mitchell
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780008292263
- Published: 02-04-2020
A hilarious, action-packed road-trip adventure from the author of HOW TO ROB A BANK, ideal for readers aged 10 and up.</
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The Austen Girls
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Worsley
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781526605450
- Published: 02-04-2020
The captivating new novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the life of Jane Austen from the perspective of her n
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The Pieces of Ourselves
- Author / Illustrator: Maggie Harcourt
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Romance & Relationships
- ISBN: 9781474940696
- Published: 02-04-2020
Flora "doesn't do people", not since the Incident that led to her leaving school midway through her GCSEs. The Incident that led to her b
Books for 14+
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Hello Now
- Author / Illustrator: Jenny Valentine
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Romance & Relationships
- ISBN: 9780007466498
- Published: 02-04-2020
A beautifully moving, exquisite and utterly original love story from Carnegie-shortlisted author Jenny Valentine - for 12+ girls, boys, a
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The Last Paper Crane
- Author / Illustrator: Kerry Drewery, Natsko Seki, Natsko Seki
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781471408472
- Published: 02-04-2020
The haunting story of a promise made long ago ... a powerful novel set in contemporary Japan and also in 1945, Hiroshima, the day the nuc
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The Loop
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Oliver
- Publisher: Chicken House
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 9781912626557
- Published: 02-04-2020
Luka Kane has been inside hi-tech prison the Loop for overtwo years. A death sentence is hanging over his head buthis day-to-day routine
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When You Reach Me
- Author / Illustrator: Rebecca Stead
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783449637
- Published: 02-04-2020
Miranda's life is starting to unravel. Her best friend, Sal, gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, and he sh
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Astrid Lindgren
- Author / Illustrator: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Linzie Hunter
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781786037626
- Published: 03-03-2020
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover how Astrid Lindgren
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Born Bad
- Author / Illustrator: CK Smouha, Stephen Smith
- Publisher: Cicada Books Limited
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781908714756
- Published: 12-03-2020
"Wolf wasn't happy being Wolf. When he looked in the mirror he looked BAD. And when he looked bad, he felt bad, and when he felt bad, he
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Every Child A Song
- Author / Illustrator: Nicola Davies, Marc Martin
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781526361431
- Published: 19-03-2020
When you were born, a song began... So begins this lyrical and unique non-fiction picture book by award-winning children's author Nicola
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Mummy Fairy and Me: Mermaid Magic
- Author / Illustrator: Sophie Kinsella, Marta Kissi
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9780241380314
- Published: 05-03-2020
The fourth book in this magical series for 5-7 year olds, from global bestselling author Sophie Kinsella.
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Once Upon a Raindrop: The Story of Water
- Author / Illustrator: James Carter, Nomoco
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781848579873
- Published: 05-03-2020
Do you know why the Moon's so dry and yet our world is wet? Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of water and discover the story of H
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One World, Many Colours
- Author / Illustrator: Ben Lerwill, Alette Straathof
- Publisher: Aurum Press
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9780711249820
- Published: 17-03-2020
We share one world, we share many colours. One World, Many Colours is a lyrical celebration of the vibrant colours waiting to be found i
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Sock Story
- Author / Illustrator: CK Smouha, Eleonora Marton
- Publisher: Cicada Books Limited
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781908714763
- Published: 26-03-2020
It's Phil and Dale's favourite time of the week - the WASH! The two socks impress each other with their acrobatics; flipping, spinning an
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The One-Stop Story Shop
- Author / Illustrator: Tracey Corderoy, illus Tony Neal
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788811019
- Published: 05-03-2020
Hey you - fearless Knight! Can't you find a dragon to fight? Then why hang about in a story that's stuck? Come to The One-Stop Story Shop
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Willow Wildthing and the Swamp Monster
- Author / Illustrator: Gill Lewis, Rebecca Bagley
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780192771759
- Published: 05-03-2020
When Willow crosses the boundary to the patch of woodland behind her house, something amazing happens: she enters The Wilderness, where m
Books for 7+
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Bloom: The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield
- Author / Illustrator: Nicola Skinner, Flavia Sorrentino, Flavia Sorrentino
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9780008297404
- Published: 05-03-2020
Sorrel Fallowfield is growing up - in a REALLY surprising way...
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Fierce, Fearless and Free: Girls in myths and legends from around the world
- Author / Illustrator: Lari Don, Eilidh Muldoon, Eilidh Muldoon
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781472967138
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How to Make a Better World: For Every Kid Who Wants to Make a Difference
- Author / Illustrator: Keilly Swift, Jamie Margolin, Jamie Margolin
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241412206
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I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast
- Author / Illustrator: Michael Holland, Phillip Giordano
- Publisher: Flying Eye Books
- Genre: Environment
- ISBN: 9781911171188
- Published: 25-03-2020
Enter the incredible world of plants to learn about the green machines of the natural world. Using just the rays of the sun, trees and fl
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In the Sky: Designs inspired by nature
- Author / Illustrator: Harriet Evans, Goncalo Viana
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781848579408
- Published: 05-03-2020
Scientists often take a leaf from nature when devising inventions. Find out more and let your imagination soar! Discover how nature has
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Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Brownridge, Caroline Bonne-Muller
- Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9780711248762
- Published: 03-03-2020
A beautifully told art story for children, looking at Claude Monet's life through his masterpieces. Accompanied by stunning original illu
Books for 9+
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A Year of Nature Poems
- Author / Illustrator: Joseph Coelho, Kelly Louise Judd, Kelly Louise Judd
- Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780711249943
- Published: 07-01-2020
A poem for every month, this is a beautiful anthology of nature poems by best-loved children's poet, Joseph Coelho encourages a love for
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Anisha, Accidental Detective
- Author / Illustrator: Serena Patel, Emma McCann, Emma McCann
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781474959520
- Published: 05-03-2020
Anisha Mistry is all set to be a bridesmaid at her Aunty Bindi's wedding tomorrow...until she finds a note in her family's letterbox. Bin
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Demons of the Ocean
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979110
- Published: 05-03-2020
The year is 2512. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun.
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DustRoad
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Huddleston
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788006484
- Published: 05-03-2020
The sequel to FloodWorld, this equally cinematic book tells the story of Kara and Joe's adventures in the US, as they travel with a band
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Fire Boy
- Author / Illustrator: J.M. Joseph
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Funny Stories
- ISBN: 9781444954685
- Published: 19-03-2020
Fire Boy is a laugh-out-loud story about friendship, unexpected superpowers, magical sweets, Inca legends and a cat named Lemon - perfect
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On the Move: Poems About Migration
- Author / Illustrator: Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake, Quentin Blake
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781406393705
- Published: 01-10-2020
Former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Sir Quentin Blake join forces for a personal and uniquely affecting collection of poems abo
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Talking to the Moon
- Author / Illustrator: S. E. Durrant
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Family & Home
- ISBN: 9781788004701
- Published: 05-03-2020
Iris's grandmother, Mimi, has started to put jam on her scrambled eggs and tie blue ribbons around her fingers to remind her of stuff. He
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The Pear Affair
- Author / Illustrator: Judith Eagle, illus Kim Geyer
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9780571346851
- Published: 05-03-2020
The highly anticipated second novel from the author of acclaimed The Secret Starling - a spectacular adventure set through and under the
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Trailblazers: Albert Einstein
- Author / Illustrator: Paul Virr
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781788951586
- Published: 05-03-2020
Discover the lives of pioneers, past and present, in the TRAILBLAZERS series. From scientists to activists, inventors to athletes, meet t
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Vampirates 2: Tide of Terror
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979127
- Published: 05-03-2020
Orphaned twins Connor and Grace Tempest have begun their new life aboard the pirate ship Diablo. Connor finds he's a natural buccaneer an
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Vampirates 3: Blood Captain
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979134
- Published: 05-03-2020
Grace journeys with Lorcan Furey to Sanctuary, the mountaintop retreat run by Mosh Zu Kamal, which offers healing for troubled Vampirates
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Vampirates 5: Empire of Night
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979226
- Published: 04-03-2021
Everything is about to change...Sidorio and Lola return from their icy honeymoon with plans to accelerate their reign of terror. Grace a
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Vampirates 6: Immortal War
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979233
- Published: 04-03-2021
It's time to take a side... A bloody war ravages the oceans. Already, many on both sides have given their lives. Many more will do so bef
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Vampiratres 4: Black Heart
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Somper
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912979219
- Published: 04-03-2021
Grace and Connor Tempest discover the shocking truth of their true identity. What they learn creates a deep rift between the twins and ca
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YouthQuake: 50 Children and Young People Who Shook the World
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Adams, Sarah Walsh
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
- ISBN: 9781788007634
- Published: 03-09-2020
A collection of inspiring stories about incredible young people who have shaped the world we live in! No one is too small to start a Yout
Books for 11+
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Havenfall
- Author / Illustrator: Sara Holland
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781526614889
- Published: 03-03-2020
The start of an astonishing new contemporary fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author of Everless
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Song Beneath the Tides
- Author / Illustrator: Beverley Birch
- Publisher: Guppy Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
- ISBN: 9781913101077
- Published: 02-04-2020
Ally arrives from England with her brothers to stay for a month in Africa - weeks of running wild on an unspoiled, untamed coast amid man
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The Crossover: Graphic Novel
- Author / Illustrator: Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN: 9781783449590
- Published: 05-03-2020
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag 2020 Readers Awards'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DR
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The Dark Lady
- Author / Illustrator: Akala
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781444943696
- Published: 22-04-2021
A natural storyteller with a vision of his own, THE DARK LADY, Akala's debut novel for teens will enthuse and entertain teenagers and you
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Wink
- Author / Illustrator: Rob Harrell
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781471409141
- Published: 31-03-2020
Ross Molloy just wants to be normal. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don
Books for 14+
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And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
- Author / Illustrator: Danielle Jawando
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Bullying
- ISBN: 9781471178771
- Published: 05-03-2020
When 15-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart.
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Devil, Darling, Spy
- Author / Illustrator: Matt Killeen
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781474942393
- Published: 05-03-2020
The deadliest weapon is a girl with nothing to lose... Sarah is used to spying in the champagne-fuelled parties of Nazi Berlin. But her n
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Run, Rebel
- Author / Illustrator: Manjeet Mann
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780241411421
- Published: 05-03-2020
A stunning and accessible debut YA novel in verse about being torn between two cultures, perfect for fans of Sarah Crossan, Rupi Kaur and
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Thorn
- Author / Illustrator: Intisar Khanani
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781471408724
- Published: 24-03-2020
Princess Alyrra has never enjoyed the security or power of her rank. Between her family's cruelty and the court's contempt, she has spent
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Armadillo and Hare: Small Tales from the Big Forest
- Author / Illustrator: Jeremy Strong, Rebecca Bagley
- Publisher: David Fickling Books
- Genre: Friends and family
- ISBN: 9781788450294
- Published: 02-04-2020
Armadillo and Hare live with their friends in the Big Forest. Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing t
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Felix After the Rain
- Author / Illustrator: Dunja Jogan, Olivia Hellewell, Olivia Hellewell
- Publisher: Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781910328453
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Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers About Plastic
- Author / Illustrator: Katie Daynes, Marie-Eve Tremblay, Marie-Eve Tremblay
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781474963381
- Published: 09-01-2020
Why is there so much plastic in the world? How does it help us? What's the problem and how can we solve it? These are just some of the 60
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Little Bird Lost
- Author / Illustrator: Patricia Hegarty, Sebastiaan Van Doninck, Sebastiaan Van Doninck
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788951173
- Published: 09-01-2020
A range of simple stories for new readers, with beautiful colour illustrations.Deer is grazing in the forest, minding his own busin
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Midge & Mo
- Author / Illustrator: Lara Williamson, Becky Cameron, Becky Cameron
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788951111
- Published: 05-03-2020
Midge doesn't want to go to a new school. He wants everything to go back to the way it was - with his old school, his old friends and his
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The Bat Book
- Author / Illustrator: Charlotte Milner
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9780241410691
- Published: 06-02-2020
Explore the amazing life of bats with award-winning illustrator Charlotte Milner
Books for 7+
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A Super Weird! Mystery: Danger at Donut Diner
- Author / Illustrator: Jim Smith
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781405295451
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
- Author / Illustrator: Annabelle Sami, Daniela Sosa, Daniela Sosa
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788952064
- Published: 06-02-2020
Determined to be the world's greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve. She knows everything there is to kn
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Amelia Fang and the Naughty Caticorns (The Amelia Fang Series)
- Author / Illustrator: Laura Ellen Anderson
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781405297035
- Published: 20-02-2020
A brand new title in the bestselling gorgeously gothic and wickedly funny Amelia Fang series - perfect for reade
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BOOT: The Rusty Rescue: Book 2
- Author / Illustrator: Shane Hegarty, Ben Mantle
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781444949391
- Published: 20-02-2020
This is a thrill-ride of an adventure, with illustrations by Ben Mantle bringing Boot's world to life. Fans of Toy Story and Charlie Chan
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Dragon Detective: Catnapped!
- Author / Illustrator: Gareth P. Jones
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781788951678
- Published: 06-02-2020
"The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking."When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has
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Fergus the Furball
- Publisher: Ransom Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781785918506
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River Stories
- Author / Illustrator: Timothy Knapman, Ashling Lindsay, Irene Montano
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781405292542
- Published: 06-02-2020
Sail along five mighty rivers around the world and open up the giant fold-out pages to reveal incredible stories from hi
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Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Zombies (Sam Wu is Not Afraid)
- Author / Illustrator: Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang, Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781405295727
- Published: 09-01-2020
The brilliantly funny fifth book in the SAM WU series, starring the bravest scaredy-cat in the world! Perfect for reluctant reade
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The Ice Bear Miracle
- Author / Illustrator: Cerrie Burnell
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780192767561
- Published: 06-02-2020
Somewhere in the deep and frozen north is an island surrounded entirely by ice. The inhabitants love their snowstorm isle-with its scatte
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The Monster in the Lake
- Author / Illustrator: Louie Stowell, Davide Ortu, Davide Ortu
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788000451
- Published: 09-01-2020
Kit is a wizard.The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happ
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There's a Crocodile in the House
- Author / Illustrator: Paul Cookson, Liz Million
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781913074005
- Published: 06-02-2020
Paul Cookson's staggeringly versatile range as a performance poet is fully displayed in this new collection. Humour, danger, wonder, surp
Books for 9+
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A Sprinkle of Sorcery
- Author / Illustrator: Michelle Harrison
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9781471183867
- Published: 06-02-2020
From the bestselling author of A PINCH OF MAGIC comes another spellbinding Widdershins adventure that will take your breath away and make
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Bright Bursts of Colour
- Author / Illustrator: Matt Goodfellow, Aleksei Bitskoff, Aleksei Bitskoff
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781472963543
- Published: 06-02-2020
A brilliant, prize-winning collection of poems by Matt Goodfellow which is funny, engaging and touching in turns.
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Crater Lake
- Author / Illustrator: Jennifer Killick
- Publisher: Firefly Press Ltd
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 9781913102203
- Published: 19-03-2020
Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the bran
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Darkwhispers: A Brightstorm Adventure
- Author / Illustrator: Vashti Hardy
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781407197265
- Published: 06-02-2020
The thrilling sequel to the acclaimed Brightstorm: A Sky Ship Adventure. The Brigh
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Here in the Real World
- Author / Illustrator: Sara Pennypacker
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780008371692
- Published: 06-02-2020
From the author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel Pax comes a gorgeous and moving novel that is an ode to intro
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If I Were Other Than Myself: Collected Poems
- Author / Illustrator: Sue Hardy-Dawson, Sue Hardy Dawson, Sue Hardy Dawson
- Publisher: Troika Books
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781909991859
- Published: 01-02-2020
A stunning collection, full of magical fantasy and dreamlike inventions, which showcases Sue's very unique style and voice. Often poems a
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Nothing Ever Happens Here
- Author / Illustrator: Sarah Hagger-Holt
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781474966238
- Published: 09-01-2020
\"This is Littlehaven. Nothing ever happens here. Until the spotlight hits my family.\" Izzy's family is under the spotlight when her dad
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Orphans of the Tide
- Author / Illustrator: Struan Murray, Manuel Sumberac, Manuel Sumberac
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241384435
- Published: 20-02-2020
When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he's the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause
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So You Want to Build a Human?: The ultimate human body manual
- Author / Illustrator: Tom Jackson, Jan Bielecki, Jan Bielecki
- Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781783125272
- Published: 06-02-2020
Open your 'human body construction guide' to reveal the answers to all your puzzling human biology questions! Find out what each body sys
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Sticky Pines: The Bigwoof Conspiracy
- Author / Illustrator: Dashe Roberts
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Science Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788006866
- Published: 06-02-2020
When twelve-year-old, UFO-obsessed, Lucy Sladan sneaks out in the middle of a thunderstorm to investigate the unexplained disappearances
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The Boy Who Fooled the World
- Author / Illustrator: Lisa Thompson
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781407185132
- Published: 02-01-2020
Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right? But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrit
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The Fowl Twins
- Author / Illustrator: Eoin Colfer
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre: Magical Realism
- ISBN: 9780008324858
- Published: 09-07-2020
Criminal genius runs in the family...
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The Highland Falcon Thief
- Author / Illustrator: M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9781529013061
- Published: 30-01-2020
Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop is The Highland
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The House of One Hundred Clocks
- Author / Illustrator: A.M. Howell
- Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781474959568
- Published: 06-02-2020
JUNE, 1905. Helena and her parrot, Orbit, are swept off to Cambridge when her father is appointed clock-winder to one of the wealthiest m
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The Magic of Mums
- Author / Illustrator: Justin Coe, Steve Wells, Steve Wells
- Publisher: Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781910959640
- Published: 06-02-2020
Action Man, please move over You're nothing but a plastic poser If there's a job that you need done</
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The Mask of Aribella
- Author / Illustrator: Anna Hoghton
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912626106
- Published: 02-01-2020
Perfect for fans of The Thief Lord!Aribella lives in Venice, the daughter of an impoverished lace-maker. But she has a deadly secret: whe
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The Undefeated
- Author / Illustrator: Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9781783449293
- Published: 20-02-2020
WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT MEDAL, THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD, THE KATE GREENAWAY SHADOWER'S CHOICE AWARD AND A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK.This is
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The Unstoppable Letty Pegg
- Author / Illustrator: Iszi Lawrence
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781472962478
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Tiger Skin Rug
- Author / Illustrator: Joan Haig
- Publisher: Cranachan Publishing Limited
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781911279648
- Published: 06-02-2020
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2021. An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A Magical adventure. Lal and his brother Dilip miss ho
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Where The World Turns Wild
- Author / Illustrator: Nicola Penfold
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Dystopian
- ISBN: 9781788951524
- Published: 06-02-2020
Animals, trees, flowers, our city forbids them all...
Books for 11+
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Evernight
- Author / Illustrator: Ross MacKenzie
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781783448319
- Published: 06-02-2020
Thousands of years ago, the Evernight came to the Silver Kingdom and turned everything to darkness and chaos. Now, it is back.
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Here be Wizards: The Snowdonia Chronicles (Book Three)
- Author / Illustrator: Sarah Mussi
- Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781911342342
- Published: 06-02-2020
Ellie's dreams of being with Henry, her one true love, are not going to happen. Not while Henry is trapped under a mountain battling with
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Jane Eyre: A Retelling
- Author / Illustrator: Tanya Landman, Helen Crawford-White, Helen Crawford-White
- Publisher: Barrington Stoke Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781781129128
- Published: 15-01-2020
Orphaned as a child, tormented by her guardian and cast out to a harsh boarding school, Jane Eyre has been raised in the shadow of cruelt
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Spellslinger 6: Crownbreaker
- Author / Illustrator: Sebastien de Castell
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781471405495
- Published: 17-10-2019
The sixth - and final - instalment of the inimitable SPELLSLINGER series. The game of war is always rigged . . .Kellen and Reichis are se
Books for 14+
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Ember Queen
- Author / Illustrator: Laura Sebastian
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781509855162
- Published: 20-02-2020
The Ash Princess is dead. Long live the Queen. Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade, made to wea
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Wranglestone
- Author / Illustrator: Darren Charlton
- Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group
- Genre: Dystopian
- ISBN: 9781788951210
- Published: 06-02-2020
Winter was the only season every Lake-Lander feared... In a post-apocalyptic America, a community survives in a national park, surrounded
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Books for 5+
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British Museum 101 Stickers! Ancient Egypt
- Author / Illustrator: Sophie Beer
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788006408
- Published: 09-01-2020
Explore ancient Egypt and fill your own museum with stickers!
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High-Five to the Hero: 15 favourite fairytales retold with boy power
- Author / Illustrator: Vita Murrow, Julia Bereciartu, Julia Bereciartu
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781786037817
- Published: 01-10-2019
What if heroes were celebrated for the power of their hearts instead of their swords? In this stunning anthology - elegantly presented in
Books for 7+
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British Museum: So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Rome
- Author / Illustrator: Chae Strathie, Marisa Morea
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Non Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788007061
- Published: 09-01-2020
Packed with historical facts, this is a brilliantly funny and fascinating look at what life was really like for kids in ancient Rome.
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Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot
- Author / Illustrator: Ruth Quayle, Julia Christians, Julia Christians
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788005944
- Published: 06-02-2020
Introducing a truly hilarious and one-of-a-kind new character: Magnificent Mabel!Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for inst
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The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
- Author / Illustrator: Nizrana Farook
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781788006347
- Published: 02-01-2020
Chaya, a no-nonsense, outspoken hero, leads her friends and a gorgeous elephant on a noisy, fraught, joyous adventure through the jungle
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Tutankhamun's Tomb
- Author / Illustrator: Sue Reid
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781407197876
- Published: 02-01-2020
I Was There... Tutankhamun's Tomb tells the thrilling story of a young Egyptian boy assisting Howard Carter's team of archaeologists in 1
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Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poems by Joshua Seigal
- Author / Illustrator: Joshua Seigal, Chris Piascik
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 9781472972729
- Published: 23-01-2020
A brilliant new collection of poems by exciting children's poet Joshua Seigal, winner of the Laugh Out Loud Awards - the UK's only prize
Books for 9+
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A Double Detectives Medical Mystery: The Cure for a Crime
- Author / Illustrator: Roopa Farooki
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Genre: Mystery & Detective
- ISBN: 9780192773593
- Published: 02-01-2020
Twins Ali and Tulip have grown up with a surgeon mother and so have picked up lots of knowledge of first aid, medicine, and the ways of t
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Demelza and the Spectre Detectors
- Author / Illustrator: Holly Rivers
- Publisher: Chicken House Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781912626038
- Published: 06-02-2020
Demelza loves science - she loves it so much that she's been known to stay up late to work on her peculiar inventions. But Demelza discov
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Little Bird Lands
- Author / Illustrator: Karen McCombie, Jasu Hu, Jasu Hu
- Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: 9781788005333
- Published: 06-02-2020
Little Bird has landed in America, far from her home in Scotland and far from the danger that stalked her family. But the new world holds
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Some Places More Than Others
- Author / Illustrator: Renee Watson
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781526613684
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The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone
- Author / Illustrator: Jaclyn Moriarty, Karl James Mountford, Karl James Mountford
- Publisher: Guppy Publishing Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781913101039
- Published: 03-10-2019
'Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket' - a Book of the Year in the i News'A whirligig of adventure' - The Telegraph____________
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The Good Hawk (Shadow Skye, Book One)
- Author / Illustrator: Joseph Elliott, Levente Szabo, Levente Szabo
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781406385854
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The Light Hunters
- Author / Illustrator: Dan Walker, Jr.
- Publisher: UCLan Publishing
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781912979103
- Published: 16-01-2020
The first in a new electrifying Middle Grade series from author of SKY THIEVES, Dan Walker.
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The Star Outside my Window
- Author / Illustrator: Onjali Q. Rauf
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Social Issues
- ISBN: 9781510105157
- Published: 03-10-2019
'I've always wanted to be a Star Hunter. But I don't want to be the kind that looks for old stars that have already been burning for mill
Books for 11+
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A Heart So Fierce and Broken
- Author / Illustrator: Brigid Kemmerer
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781408885086
- Published: 07-01-2020
In this thrilling, eagerly awaited sequel to the bestselling A Curse So Dark and Lonely, Brigid Kemmerer returns to the lushly imagined K
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Diary of a Confused Feminist
- Author / Illustrator: Kate Weston
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781444955040
- Published: 06-02-2020
'THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD' - SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK\"I feel like, in an equal world, there would be more
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Foul is Fair: a razor-sharp revenge thriller for the #MeToo generation
- Author / Illustrator: Hannah Capin
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241404973
- Published: 16-01-2020
Intensely voice-driven, hugely compelling and brilliantly savage, this roaring rampage of a revenge novel for the #MeToo generation is a
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In the Key of Code
- Author / Illustrator: Aimee Lucido
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Real life
- ISBN: 9781406389333
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Inside Out
- Author / Illustrator: Natalie Hibberd
- Publisher: Troubador Publishing
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781838590604
- Published: 28-11-2019
In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there's only one thing that matters growing up: you're either in The Inside or The Outside.<b
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One Of Us Is Next
- Author / Illustrator: Karen M. McManus
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9780241376928
- Published: 09-01-2020
Truth or Dare turns deadly in the new explosive thriller from the author of One of us Is Lying.
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The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II
- Author / Illustrator: Michael Rosen
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781406386752
- Published: 12-12-2019
***As heard on The Jeremy Vine Show******As heard on The Cerys Matthews Show***\"Michael Rosen is a master of pac
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The Toll
- Author / Illustrator: Neal Shusterman
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Genre: Adventure
- ISBN: 9781406385670
- Published: 07-11-2019
The explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe series.It's been three years since Rowan and Citra
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work: Volume 1
- Author / Illustrator: Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand, Aurelia Durand
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Genre: Representation & Inclusion
- ISBN: 9780711245204
- Published: 07-01-2020
Learn about identities, histories, and anti-racism work in 20 carefully laid out chapters.
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What is Mental Health? Where does it come from? And Other Big Questions
- Author / Illustrator: Lucy Maddox
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- ISBN: 9781526311139
- Published: 23-01-2020
Exploring and explaining the range of mental health, from wellbeing through to mental health problems, in a non-stigmatising, accessible
Books for 14+
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A Throne of Swans
- Author / Illustrator: Katharine Corr, Elizabeth Corr
- Publisher: Hot Key Books
- Genre: Fantasy
- ISBN: 9781471408755
- Published: 09-01-2020
When her father dies just before her birthday, seventeen-year-old Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingd
