Books - Children

• Annabelle Sami, Daniela Sosa
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 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 know about running an investigation - in theory...   At her cousin's Mehndi party, Zaiba gets her first challenge: to discover the identity of the VIP staying...

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• Justin Coe, Steve Wells
• Otter-Barry Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 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 The one you want is Action Mum Be entranced by Circus Mum, find out what it's like to have a Celebrity Mum, play the beautiful gam...

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• A.M. Howell
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 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 men in England. There is only one rule: the clocks must never stop. But Helena discovers the house of one hundred clocks holds many mysteries; a ghostly figur...

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• Joan Haig
• Cranachan Publishing Limited
• ISBN13: 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 home. They don't like drizzle, midges, or the tiger skin rug in their creepy new house. All they want is to leave Scotland and go back to India. But that's bef...

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• Joseph Coelho, Daniel Gray-Barnett
• Wide Eyed Editions
• ISBN13: 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-winning Joseph Coelho arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence.  Perfect for confident children and shy reader...

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• M. G. Leonard, Sam Sedgman, Elisa Paganelli
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529013061
• Published: 30-01-2020

Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon. But as the train makes its way to Scotland, a priceless brooch goes missing, and things are suddenly a lot more interesting. As suspicions and accusations run high amo...

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• Joshua Seigal, Chris Piascik
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781472972729
• Published: 23-01-2020

Packed full of silly, funny, or downright hilarious poems (with some serious ones mixed in), this new collection by Joshua Seigal (winner of the Laugh Out Loud Awards) is perfect for fans of Michael Rosen. 'Joshua Seigal is definitely my new favourite poet.' (Books for Keeps)'Joshua Seigal is...

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• Lucy Maddox
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 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 and accurate way.   Mental health gets talked about a lot, but what is it? And where does it come from?  This book explains what mental health is, con...

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