Books - Families

• Celine Kiernan, Jessica Courtney-Tickle
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406373929
• Published: 07-02-2019

Second book in a fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a multi-award-winning author. Fans of Abi Elphinstone and Katherine Rundell will adore this fantasy adventure trilogy about witches and forbidden magic from a beloved and award-winning Irish writer. In the...

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• Ms Kate Pankhurst
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408899274
• Published: 07-02-2019

Kate Pankhurst, descendent of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, is back with a brand new wildly brilliant and accessible book about incredible women in the world of work. What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a BIG question that everyone is asked from an early age. Discover eye-op...

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• Dan Freedman
• David Fickling Books
• ISBN13: 9781788450492
• Published: 01-02-2019

Secrets and lies . . . secrets and lies . . .Fourteen-year-old twins, Kaine and Roxy, used to be close, but now they can hardly bear to be in the same room. Roxy hates the way her brother behaves - Kaine might be brilliant at football but he's always in trouble and cares nothing about his fami...

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• Brigid Kemmerer
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408884614
• Published: 29-01-2019

First in the Cursebreaker series.  In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer. Fall in love, break the curse.  It once seemed so easy t...

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• Karen Foxlee
• Pushkin Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781782692386
• Published: 24-01-2019

Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother Davey won't stop growing - and at seven is as tall as a man.When they receive their monthly instalment of Burrell's Build-It-At-Home Encyclopedia set, fun and excitement burst into Lenny and Davey's lives. The amazing, myster...

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• Steve Antony
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444944709
• Published: 24-01-2019

A joyful new picture book by the award-winning Steve Antony, creator of the bestselling Please Mr Panda. A little boy and his pet dragon are the very best of friends. They laugh, they sing, they dance, they snooze. They are both amazing - just like everyone else! A celebration of...

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• Morag Hood
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509842940
• Published: 24-01-2019

An aadorable and funny love story between aardvarks.Aardvarks Aalfred and Aalbert both need a pal. But Aalfred sleeps in the day, and Aalbert sleeps at night. How will they ever get the chance to meet? Bird conjures up a series of sillier and sillier schemes to get the...

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• John Bond
• HarperCollins Publishers
• ISBN13: 9780008264840
• Published: 24-01-2019

A deliciously funny debut from a major new talent! MiniRabbit is making a cake.Cake, cake, cake!But he's run out of berries.No berries, no cake.No cake? No way!So off he goes to look for some...He's not cold, not too small.And, no, no, definitel...

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