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  • The Story Shop: Blast Off!

    The Story Shop: Blast Off!

    • Tracey Corderoy, illus Tony Neal
    • Little Tiger Press Group
    • ISBN13: 9781788953252
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    Looking for adventure?  Want to be a hero?  Step inside the Story Shop!  The Story Shop is packed full of plots, costumes and characters galore. And shopkeepers Wilbur and Fred are ready and waiting to find every customer their perfect adventure! When a daredevil mouse...

  • The River

    The River

    • Tom Percival
    • Simon & Schuster Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781471191329
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    An exquisite, thought-provoking book to help children understand the idea of ever-changing emotions. Rowan loves the river; it's just like he is. On some days, it's quiet and calm, on others it's light and playful, and then there are the days when it roars along, wild and angry. But when Rowan...

  • The Last Firefox

    The Last Firefox

    • Lee Newbery, illus Laura Catalan
    • Penguin Random House Children's UK
    • ISBN13: 9780241493533
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    Between bullies at school and changes at home, Charlie Challinor finds life a bit scary. And when he's made guardian of a furry fox cub called Cadno, things get a whole lot scarier. Because Cadno isn't just any fox: he's a firefox - the only one of his kind - and a sinister hunter from another...

  • A Good Place

    A Good Place

    • Lucy Cousins
    • Walker Books Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781529501254
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    Follow four adorable insect friends as they look for a good place to live. A delightful new picture book from the award-wining author and illustrator Lucy Cousins.  Four insect friends are looking for a place to live - one that has flowers for Bee, leaves for Ladybird, a pond for Dragonfly and...

  • The Boy in the Post

    The Boy in the Post

    • Holly Rivers
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781912626045
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    A charming action-packed adventure across the Atlantic from acclaimed author Holly Rivers! Siblings Orinthia and Seafra Shalloo accept a summer job from eccentric Grandy, who has collected a menagerie of furry and feathered posties known as animails. The children are especially fond of Geronim...

  • The Balloon Thief

    The Balloon Thief

    • Aneesa Marufu
    • Chicken House Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781913696078
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    The year's must-read YA fantasy - ancient djinn, an epic adventure, and one girl's courage to seek her own destiny ... Burn the flame. Seek the night.  For Khadija, the only escape from her father's arranged betrothal is the sky. When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against i...

  • The Infinity Guardians

    The Infinity Guardians

    • S.M. Wilson
    • Usborne Publishing Ltd
    • ISBN13: 9781474987004
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    Escape into space with the conclusion to the action-packed duology that began with The Infinity Files, perfect for fans of Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Aurora Cycle. "Action-packed, joyously futuristic." Armadillo. "After so many years of bleak dystopias it's a pleasure to witne...

  • The Ship of Doom

    The Ship of Doom

    • M.A. Bennett
    • Welbeck Publishing Group
    • ISBN13: 9781801300049
    • Published: 03-03-2022

    Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894.  Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring.  But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich Observatory, is not at all as Luna expects. The Butterfly Club is a society with an unusual se...