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The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail
Name: TINA DERRY
27 March 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wanzu Sets Sail is an interesting start to a series of stories about the Elementals, a group of young friends who use their superpowers to harness the energy of Fire and Water, and the power of Earth and Air, to help them to nurture and protect the natural world. Taking...
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Cafe Chaos: The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Name: Sam
25 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
The Way the Cookie Crumbles is the second highly amusing, heartwarming book in the Café Chaos series. Written by popular children's author Catherine Wilkins, this fab book cannot fail to appeal to young readers...
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Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails
Name: Donna Burkert
24 March 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails is as hilarious as the title suggests. We follow young William Shakespeare on his quest to prove himself as the 'Greatest-Person-Who-Solves-Crimes'. He and his best friend Tybalt get up to much mayhem whilst they try to un...
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This Book Will Make You a Scientist
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 March 2026;Genre: STEM
Perfect for igniting ideas and creating curious children, The Book Will Make You a Scientist is packed with accessible experiments, inspired by the work of 25 scientists from the past and present, from different cultures and locations across the world. Starting with adv...
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The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery
Name: Michelle Bailey
19 March 2026;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
The Gumdrops: Quest for Bravery is a new, interactive graphic novel by Elissa Elwick, aimed at readers aged 5-8 years old. It follows The Gumdrops, guardians of a magical land, on their quest to find a friend for Daisy. The first thing that caught my eye with this book...
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The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail
Name: Amanda Shipton
16 March 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail is the amazing first book in the Elementals series by Love Ssega. This carefully written early chapter book combines all of the elements that you would be looking for from a fantastic children's book - adventure, friendship, discovery a...
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Bridge of Storms
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Tamzin Pook and her friends are on a new mission, heading for the city of Museion to help save it from the predator suburbs which are trapping it in a mountain valley known as the Frying Pan. However, a traitor within the city puts them all in danger, separating Tamzin and the rest of the Fire...
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Scare B'n'B
Name: Sam
12 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Scare B'n'B by Catherine Doyle is one of the most amusing books I have read in a long time. So much so, I am quite excited to know that it is the first book in a new series. Packed to its cobweb-coated rafters with ghostly antics and wickedly spirited humour, Tartarus Hall, so...
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Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails
Name: Margaret Pemberton
10 March 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
What an absolute delight of a book! If you thought you knew about the young Shakespeare, then you are in for a surprise. Will has ambitions to be a solver of crimes, so when the treasure owned by his neighbour is stolen, he and his best friend Tybalt decide they will have to find the thief. Un...
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Death by Chocolate
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 March 2026;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Coco Bean has been forced to move to a little village in France, where her parents have bought an old hotel. The hotel is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner, who most definitely does not want anyone else living there. Coco is, however, a very determined girl and she decides to investig...
