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Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble: Magical Poems Chosen by Paul Cookson
- Paul Cookson, Eilidh Muldoon
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781472958150
- Published: 17-09-2020
Can you hear the distant dragon's rumble of thunder? And smell the sweet swampy aroma of the ogre? Can you taste the tangy tarantula tarts? And see the girl who's really a wizard? From magic carpets and wands to unicorns, potions, creams and lotions, Paul Cookson's brewing a spell of fantastic...
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones
- Phil Hickes, Keith Robinson
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781474972147
- Published: 17-09-2020
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!Aveline loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it belonged to a girl called Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never...
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To the Island
- Patricia Forde, Nicola Bernardelli
- Little Island
- ISBN13: 9781912417513
- Published: 10-09-2020
Fia looks out her window and across the bay. She longs to see the mysterious island, which appears and disappears in the water. One night a moonbeam reaches across the bay and leads her to the island. She walks with magical creatures, dances with a host of girls and boys, and visits the botto...
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The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith
- Loris Owen
- Firefly Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781913102319
- Published: 10-09-2020
When puzzle-loving Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, he has no idea that his world is about to change forever. Very soon he finds himself at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy, hunting for riddles set 400 years earlie...
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The Otherwhere Emporium
- Ross MacKenzie
- Floris Books
- ISBN13: 9781782506638
- Published: 10-09-2020
The mysterious Nowhere Emporium has appeared once more. With its shining bricks the colour of midnight, and rich scents of melting chocolate and exotic spices, it's easy to see why inquisitive Mirren isn't the only one bewitched by the magical store. Behind the Emporium's red velvet curtain li...
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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
- Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- ISBN13: 9781547604531
- Published: 08-09-2020
It is 1992 and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded. Soon Amra and her family are dealing with starvation a...
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Dog Gone
- Rob Biddulph
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008317928
- Published: 03-09-2020
A brand-new, wonderfully waggy story of one dog day afternoon, from the genius behind the #DrawWithRob phenomenon and the bestselling and award-winning Blown Away! Every dog has his Dave (or otherwise-named human)... but on a walk in the park, the adorable Tedd...
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Skunk and Badger
- Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen
- Scholastic
- ISBN13: 9781407199399
- Published: 03-09-2020
A classic tale about an extraordinary and unlikely animal friendship. For fans of Paddington Bear and Wallace and Gromit. From Newbery Honor Author, Amy Timberlake and multi-award winning illustrator, Jon Klassen comes a beautiful tale of friendship for readers aged 7+. Meet Skunk and Badger....
