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  • Global Heroes: Rising River Escape

    Global Heroes: Rising River Escape

    • Damian Harvey, Alex Paterson
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445182971
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Join our team of Global Heroes in this fast-paced, science-themed chapter book as they rush to rescue wildlife from the rapidly rising flood waters in Madagascar .Great for readers age 7+ these adventure stories are also full of fascinating facts. In Rising River Escape our heroes...

  • Global Heroes: Arctic Adventure

    Global Heroes: Arctic Adventure

    • Damian Harvey, Alex Paterson
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445182964
    • Published: 10-11-2022

    Join our team of Global Heroes in this fast-paced, science-themed chapter book set in the abominably cold arctic!Great for readers age 7+ these adventure stories are also full of fascinating facts. These illustrated chapter books are perfect for making fascinating science topics ac...

  • Black Swans

    Black Swans

    • Laurel van der Linde, illus Sawyer Cloud
    • Sunbird Books
    • ISBN13: 9781503764095
    • Published: 08-11-2022

    The stories of six daring, groundbreaking Black ballet dancers leap off the pages of this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Meet Essie Marie Dorsey, who in 1926 opened one of the first ballet schools for Black students; Arthur Mitchell, the first Black dancer with the New York C...

  • Scattered Showers: nine beautiful short stories

    Scattered Showers: nine beautiful short stories

    • Rainbow Rowell
    • Pan Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529099119
    • Published: 08-11-2022

    Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection Scattered Showers, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories - wrapped in a beautiful hardback gift package including two-colour illustrations an...

  • The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities

    The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities

    • Laura Minter, illus Tia Williams
    • Button Books
    • ISBN13: 9781787081253
    • Published: 07-11-2022

    The Big Book of 100 STEM Activities is a bumper book of boredom-busting ideas for fun and educational things to do for curious kids and their grown-ups. Developing an awareness of STEM themes from an early age is hugely important and encourages kids to be curious about their world and want to...

  • Murder At Snowfall

    Murder At Snowfall

    • Fleur Hitchcock
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839945908
    • Published: 03-11-2022

    A gripping thriller for readers who like danger and mystery and chills and spills from the comfort of their sofas... Unputdownable. When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he's right? Nervously sh...

  • The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems

    The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems

    • Joseph Coelho, Kate Milner
    • Otter-Barry Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913074074
    • Published: 03-11-2022

    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 library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened, she recalls memori...

  • Where Bjorn Belongs

    Where Bjorn Belongs

    • Samuel Langley-Swain, illus Mirna Imamovic
    • Owlet Press
    • ISBN13: 9781913339449
    • Published: 03-11-2022

    A heartfelt Christmas story of friendship and belonging, centered around the unbreakable bond between a boy and a bear, with a message about sustainability at the heart. Due to his autism, Arctic-enthusiast Arthur does not like Christmas, the noise, the lights, and the crowds. He keeps...