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  • The Secret School Invasion

    The Secret School Invasion

    • Pamela Butchart, illus Thomas Flintham
    • Nosy Crow Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781839940491
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    Hilarious, pitch-perfect stories where everyday school life becomes completely extraordinary! By a brilliant author/illustrator team with laughs on every page! Izzy's school is being merged with St Bartholomew's Primary, their greatest rivals! What will happen when the new kids join, in...

  • The Blue-Footed Booby

    The Blue-Footed Booby

    • Rob Biddulph
    • HarperCollins Publishers
    • ISBN13: 9780008413392
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    Let's follow the footprints!Let's hunt for some clues!Left footprint! Right footprint!No time to lose! As everybody knows, Red-Footed Boobies are fabulous bakers. But when Desmond's frangipane tart goes missing amidst a flurry of footprints, the Blue-Footed Booby becom...

  • Strong and Tough

    Strong and Tough

    • Rico Hinson-King, Nick Sharratt (Illustrator)
    • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    • ISBN13: 9781526648631
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    An empowering adoption story by ten-year-old Premier League Young Writer of the Year Rico Hinson-King, illustrated by the award-winning Nick Sharratt. There is a kid. Let's call him Charlie.  On the outside he looks like every other football-mad boy of his age. But he isn't ...  A story...

  • Interview with a Kangaroo: and Other Marsupials Too

    Interview with a Kangaroo: and Other Marsupials Too

    • Andy Seed, Nick East
    • Welbeck Publishing Group
    • ISBN13: 9781783126767
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    If you could talk to animals, what would you ask? Get familiar with 10 extraordinary marsupials as they step up to the mic and share their habits, behaviour, likes and dislikes, favourite foods, and more. Each animal has its own story to tell... and its own attitude!  In this fun and fa...

  • Waking the Witch

    Waking the Witch

    • Rachel Burge
    • Hot Key Books
    • ISBN13: 9781471411083
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    'I tried to keep you safe, but I see now that I can't. They won't stop until they have you . . .'   When Ivy's search for her mother draws her to a remote Welsh isle, she uncovers a dark secret about her past.  An ancient and corrupt power is stalking Ivy, and her only chance of survival is to...

  • These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice

    These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice

    • Nikita Gill
    • Macmillan
    • ISBN13: 9781529083606
    • Published: 18-08-2022

    From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.Reclaim your agency. Dis...

  • Expedition Diaries: Indian Lowlands

    Expedition Diaries: Indian Lowlands

    • Simon Chapman
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445156835
    • Published: 11-08-2022

    Simon has arrived in New Delhi, India,on the start of his journey to Corbett National Park and intowetlands, desert, and low-lying dry forest beyond. He's searching for the endangered Bengal tiger. But early on, the trip doesn't go according to plan, when Simon is involved in a car crash...

  • Expedition Diaries: Himalayan Mountains

    Expedition Diaries: Himalayan Mountains

    • Simon Chapman
    • Hachette Children's Group
    • ISBN13: 9781445156798
    • Published: 11-08-2022

    Simon is heading to the Himalayan Mountains of western China, where he'll begin his journey along the Nujiang River and up through coniferous forests into the alpine region. He faces treacherous mountains in the last leg of his trek to find Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys.Simon Chapman,...