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  • Flower Block

    Flower Block

    • Lanisha Butterfield, Hoang Giang
    • Puffin
    • ISBN13: 9780241611371
    • Published: 06-06-2024

    Shortlisted for the Derby Children' Picture Book Award 2025.  When Jeremiah plants a packet of sunflower seeds, the very last thing he expects is for the vines and leaves to grow overnight and burst through the ceiling of his apartment!As Jeremiah and his brother chase the magical...

  • Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces

    Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces

    • Carlos Sanchez
    • Flying Eye Books
    • ISBN13: 9781838741211
    • Published: 06-06-2024

    Best friends Chiri and Dai stumble into a forgotten realm, tormented by the evil Shadow King who yearns to spread terror and unleash wild magic on everyone. But will these best friends, with the help of the druids, warriors, and magical goats they encounter be able to find their way home? And...

  • Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever! (a Phoenix Comic Book)

    Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever! (a Phoenix Comic Book)

    • James Turner, Andreas Schuster
    • David Fickling Books
    • ISBN13: 9781788452960
    • Published: 06-06-2024

    Shy and anxious schoolboy Toby accidentally becomes king of a pixie kingdom at the bottom of his garden! These chaos-creating magical critters cause havoc for Toby at home and at school with their ridiculously silly powers (despite them only trying to help!), much to Toby's em...

  • Two People Can

    Two People Can

    • Blessing Musariri, illus Maisie Paradise Shearring
    • Kumusha Books
    • ISBN13: 9780008658724
    • Published: 06-06-2024

    A beautifully illustrated lyrical children's picture book about family change, loss and hope. A powerful and uplifting story about the impact the departure of a dad has on a young boy and his mum, written by award-winning Zimbabwean poet Blessing Musariri and st...

  • Me and My Hair

    Me and My Hair

    • Kimberley Kinloch (SAEX), Jessica Gibson (Illustrator), Sandra Becker Borree
    • Usborne Publishing
    • ISBN13: 9781805312703
    • Published: 06-06-2024

    A heart-warming journey of learning to love the hair you have, and the person you are. The journey to love your hair can be a long, tangly one.  It's not always easy to love your curls and coils but this joyful book, gives children a BOOST on the journey to self-love.Follow Kyra...

  • The God and the Gumiho: the #1 Sunday Times bestseller

    The God and the Gumiho: the #1 Sunday Times bestseller

    • Sophie Kim
    • Hodderscape
    • ISBN13: 9781399716956
    • Published: 04-06-2024

    In this delightfully romantic Korean contemporary fantasy, a fallen trickster god must pair up with a coffee-slinging, shapeshifting fox to track down a demon of darkness before it devours the mortal world.  They'll do anything to outsmart each other. Anything, except fall in love....

  • Let's All Say Yes!

    Let's All Say Yes!

    • Nia Roberts, Nneka Okoye
    • Nosy Crow
    • ISBN13: 9781805132561
    • Published: 23-05-2024

    A bright and engaging picture book that champions diversity and celebrates love in all its shapes and sizes. Sometimes a block might love a spot . . . and sometimes a spot might love another spot . . . and sometimes a block or a spot doesn't want to be a block OR a spot AT ALL!  What's...

  • The Hoys

    The Hoys

    • Kes Gray, Mark A. Chambers
    • Happy Yak
    • ISBN13: 9780711287990
    • Published: 23-05-2024

    Ahoy there! But what is a hoy, and why can Pirate Jake never see one?!  No matter how hard he looks, Jake cannot see the mysterious hoys he keeps hearing so much about.  How can he ever be a proper pirate if he can't see a hoy? With his parrot on his shoulder, he walks gloomily across the sand...