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  • Quantum! The Strange Science of the Smallest Stuff in the Universe

    Quantum! The Strange Science of the Smallest Stuff in the Universe

    Name: Jane Rew
    03 November 2025;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Straight away, children will be enticed by the colourful, zesty cover of Quantum, which hints at both the fun to be had and the new discoveries awaiting us. Our guide is a chatty quark, Q, explains difficult concepts - like the electromagnetic spectrum or the large hadron coll...

  • Midnight Treasure: Wolf Crown: Get lost in a world of werwolves and vampirs, from an award-winning author

    Midnight Treasure: Wolf Crown

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    03 November 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Having beaten the White Prince in the race for the Midnight Treasure and having discovered that they are, in fact, twins, Tibor and Roza now know that they are heirs to the throne of Princeland. However, now mortal, having lost their powers using the Dark Lantern, reclaiming their inheritance...

  • The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio #1)

    The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio #1)

    Name: Tina DERRY
    31 October 2025;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    In a world where all animals are granted super powers . . .  Close friends Zeb (a zebra!), Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur queue eagerly for their super power allocations. Unfortunately for them, they are at the very end of a very long line and, when they finally reach the front, all...

  • Dino Knights: Extinction

    Dino Knights: Extinction

    Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
    31 October 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Extinction is the third title of the Dino Knights series and is a contemporary book which has an old-fashioned feel. The soft watercolour frontcover, depicting a fierce roaring T-Rex ridden by a knight in  shining armour with a standard bearer who is a girl, bearing down on a...

  • The Merry Christmas Murders: a thrilling new murder-mystery series: Volume 1

    The Merry Christmas Murders: a thrilling new murder-mystery series: Volume 1

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    30 October 2025;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Brooke is not keen to start her new school. Even with Buoy, her emotional support dog, the experience threatens to be overwhelming. However, having met members of the Neurokind Club, she is willing to try, only to be faced with a murder on her first day. As the body count mounts, Brooke and he...

  • Factology: The Maya: Open Up a World of Information!

    Factology: The Maya

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    30 October 2025;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Full of fascinating information, this new addition to the 'Factology' series offers a detailed look at the ancient Maya. Starting with an explanation of who the Maya were - and are - Factology: The Maya provides a timeline of events happening in the rest of the world as the Ma...

  • The Snowy Penguin

    The Snowy Penguin

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    29 October 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    Bella is going on an expedition to the Antarctic with her mum to study penguins and she is absolutely overjoyed to be doing so! One day, whilst out exploring, Bella comes across a pale brown penguin but before she has chance to investigate it further she notices a ship... And then she stumbles...

  • The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: The New School (From the creator of Isadora Moon, Harriet Muncaster)

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    24 October 2025;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    You are immersed in the world of Wiskling Wood from the very moment that you open this memorising book. It is clear that Harriet's childhood hobbies of drawing and creating miniature worlds for tiny characters were not wasted. In The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: T...

  • Avalanche

    Avalanche

    Name: Linda Brown
    24 October 2025;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Tom thought a luxury ski resort would be the perfect getaway for him and his mum. However, the holiday quickly turns into a nightmare. When kidnappers storm their chalet in search of dangerous technology, Tom finds himself trapped in the snow-covered mountains, caught in a battle for survival....

  • Fear Files: Hide and Seek: A pacy, spine tingling horror adventure

    Fear Files: Hide and Seek: A pacy, spine tingling horror adventure

    Name: Donna Burkert
    17 October 2025;

    Genre: Horror

    Fear Files - Hide and Seek is a freakishly fiendish book for younger readers who like to indulge in age-appropriate horror.  Adam is bored, the camping trip with his friend Sol is not what he promised it would be, and now a romp over the fields is proving equally boring...unti...