Books - Families

• Emily Kenny
• Oneworld Publications
• ISBN13: 9780861542055
• Published: 26-05-2022

Alice Tonks would love to make friends at boarding school. And, being autistic, she just wants people to accept her for who she is. But after a rather strange encounter with a talking seagull on her first day, she suddenly has a new challenge and a lot of questions.  Animals are going missing...

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• Paula White
• Templar Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781787419186
• Published: 26-05-2022

A lyrical, richly illustrated storybook about community and family - set against the backdrop of a seaside fishing village. If you keep walking over the hills and across the fields, you will come to the edge, where the land meets the sea. And on this edge lies a village. This is my home. ...

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• Beatrix Hatcher, illus Rachael Davis
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781408362266
• Published: 26-05-2022

Hopp is a little frog who definitely does NOT want to be a prince! A fairy tale for the 21st century that challenges gender stereotypes and encourages children to be proud to be themselves.On a misty lagoon in a fairy tale land, young frogs wait patiently to be turned into magical...

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• Finn Longman
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781398507340
• Published: 26-05-2022

Innocent by day, killer by night: a dark, twisting thriller about a teen assassin's attempt to live a normal life.  'An electrifying debut!' Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will Kill YouTrained and traumatised by a secret assassin programme for minors, Isabel Ryans wants...

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• Steven Lenton
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008408558
• Published: 26-05-2022

Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend - the puppy, Teeny...  The third in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children's Book of the Week. When Grant starts to miss his old life in...

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• Ele Fountain
• Pushkin Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781782692904
• Published: 19-05-2022

In a digital world it's hard to know what's real.Imagine a world where your only friends are virtual, and big tech companies control access to food, healthcare and leisure. This is Jess's world.But when she turns fourteen, Jess can go to school with other children for the first time. Most of t...

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• Andy Seed, Gareth Conway
• Welbeck Publishing Group
• ISBN13: 9781783128310
• Published: 12-05-2022

If you could go back in time and talk to famous rulers from the past, what would you ask?  Brave animal interviewer and author Andy Seed has adapted his incredible 'tranimalator' device into a time machine, allowing him to go back and talk to all kinds of figures from history! Get to know 10 f...

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• Hannah Durkan
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781510109599
• Published: 12-05-2022

When Zeina Starborn's dream of exploring the skies becomes a reality, she finds herself in a daring adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Meet explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales in this richly inventive fantasy, perfect for 9+ fans of Brightstorm and Orphans of the Tide.<br...

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