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  • The Fastest Tortoise in Town

    The Fastest Tortoise in Town

    • Howard Calvert, Karen Obuhanych
    • Walker Books
    • ISBN13: 9781529514278
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    The familiar fable of the tortoise and the hare gets a charming and funny new spin....   Barbara Hendricks has entered a running race ... but what was she thinking?! After all, she's a tortoise - and everyone knows tortoises are the slowest of the slow. But for some reason, Lorraine - her best...

  • Do You Remember?

    Do You Remember?

    • Sydney Smith
    • Walker Books
    • ISBN13: 9781529519914
    • Published: 02-11-2023

    From the Double Kate Greenaway Medal-winning creator of Small in the City and illustrator of Town Is by the Sea, Footpath Flowers, I Talk Like a River and My Baba's Garden comes a moving look at how memories are made. Tucked up in bed at their new flat, a boy and his mum share memories....

  • Little, Brown Nut: with a giant fold-out map

    Little, Brown Nut: with a giant fold-out map

    • Mary Auld, Dawn Cooper
    • Mama Makes Books
    • ISBN13: 9781739774882
    • Published: 01-11-2023

    Start Small, Think Big is a series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where they really have to think big! Little Brown Nut starts small, with a large, weighty fruit falling...

  • Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth

    Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth

    • Steve Mushin
    • A&U Children's
    • ISBN13: 9781760292812
    • Published: 31-10-2023

    Join maverick inventor Steve Mushin as he tackles climate change with an avalanche of mind-bending, scientifically plausible inventions to rewild cities and save the planet. Jump into his brain as he designs habitat-printing robot birds and water-filtering sewer submarines, calculates how far...

  • The Snow Girl

    The Snow Girl

    • Sophie Anderson, Melissa Castrillon (Illustrator)
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781803704357
    • Published: 26-10-2023

    From award-winning and critically acclaimed Sophie Anderson, comes a fairy-tale story of friendship, belonging and bravery, in an adventure through a winter wonderland. The perfect read for the whole family this Christmas.'I wish the snow girl would come to life. Then I would have...

  • The Frost Goblin

    The Frost Goblin

    • Abi Elphinstone, Fiona Woodcock
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471199806
    • Published: 26-10-2023

    "The deepest frost has the power to rekindle hope in anyone who's lost it..."    In Bertie Crash-Wallop's noisy family, it can sometimes feel like there is no room for a quiet boy like him. But when Bertie meets a family of goblins on the night of the deepest frost, is it possible he might mak...

  • The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair

    The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair

    • Natasha Hastings, Alex T. Smith
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008496081
    • Published: 26-10-2023

    A spellbinding and unforgettable tale of deep friendship, glittering magic and enchanting mystery, perfect for fans of Tamzin Merchant, Abi Elphinstone and Anna James. The Great Frost of 1683 has London in its icy grip.  Thomasina and her best friend An...

  • Juniper's Christmas

    Juniper's Christmas

    • Eoin Colfer, Chaaya Prabhat
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008475536
    • Published: 26-10-2023

    A brand-new Christmas classic adventure about the magic of Santa Claus, set in North London and the North Pole - from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl It all started in Christmas Past....  It's been ten years since Santa Claus performed his Christ...