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  • Scare B'n'B

    Scare B'n'B

    Name: Ruth Cornish
    11 February 2026;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Advance notice! Popular author Catherine Doyle returns with a new hilarious adventure series based on the spooky goings on in a Scottish hotel. The marriage of their parents forces step sibling 'frenemies’' Ted McKinley and Frankie Stark, to call a truce on their hatred for ea...

  • University of Cambridge: Think Big: Artificial Intelligence

    University of Cambridge: Think Big: Artificial Intelligence

    Name: Jane Rew
    10 February 2026;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    In Think Big: Artificial Intelligence, each double page spread begins with a question; a progression which is logical and uncomplicated. We begin with the simple 'What is Artificial Intelligence?', then who invented it and whether all robots have AI, before moving onto differe...

  • The Last Wolf (The Moonhaven Chronicles)

    The Last Wolf (The Moonhaven Chronicles)

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    09 February 2026;

    Genre: Adventure

    In Moonhaven, Jax and his twin sister, Jovi, with their friends, Esau and Forth enjoy breaking curfew and roaming the streets. Calling themselves the 'Moonlighters', they feel safe as there have been no werewolf attacks for years. However, when an attack happens, the friends find themselves pr...

  • Anya and the Light Above the Ocean

    Anya and the Light Above the Ocean

    Name: Linda Brown
    09 February 2026;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Anya's mum still hasn't returned home from her top-secret experimental work, so she impulsively sets out on her boat to search for her. Anya is drawn to a strange light hovering above the ocean and reaches out to touch it . . . She wakes to a strangely calm sea and makes her way back home. How...

  • The Blitz Sisters: 'Destined to be a wartime classic.' Emma Carroll

    The Blitz Sisters

    Name: Jessica WELTON
    06 February 2026;

    Genre: Historical Fiction

    The Blitz Sisters is a gripping story about the relationships between three sisters in the toughest of times; before, during and after the Blitz ravages their home city, London and the adventures they have. From the countryside to the city of Paris, the sisters are always on a...

  • Pablo and Splash: The Castle Quest: World Book Day 2026

    Pablo and Splash: The Castle Quest: World Book Day 2026

    Name: Jack Age 11
    05 February 2026;

    Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

    It is really fun!

  • Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies

    Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    04 February 2026;

    Genre: Adventure

    This is the eighth fantastic book in the Adventuremice series by Reeve and McIntyre! These two authors make are hard to beat when it comes to creating warm-hearted and comical adventures. As always, the illustrations in this series are really outstanding, they are warm...

  • Pomegranates for Peace

    Pomegranates for Peace

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    30 January 2026;

    Genre: Family & Home

    12-year-old Tamara Cohen is struggling. Since the Hamas attacks on October 7th, nothing has been right. Her dad is worried about his brother and family living in Israel and Jewish children, including Tamara, have become targets of Jew hate at school. To cap it all Tamara has to move out of her...

  • Postman Planet: The hilarious, high-energy new young fiction series for kids!: Volume 1

    Postman Planet: Volume 1

    Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
    23 January 2026;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Postman Planet considers himself to be the cool dude hero of the Intergalactic Postal Depot, he is the greatest postman in the whole galaxy so its no surprise when he is given a very important task, so important that he even gets an unwelcome assistant. This is because his mission is to delive...

  • Finn's Epic Fails: The hilarious new series packed with school fails, friendship, pranks and chaos!

    Finn's Epic Fails

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    22 January 2026;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Finn lives with his dad, younger sister Maisie (who is obsessed with unicorns) and his older brother Jonah, whose hobby is bullying and embarrassing Finn. As Finn puts it, he is "the filling in a sibling sandwich" and his life is one huge fail after another. In the very first chapter, he loses...