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Lola and Larch Mend a Magic Mess
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
10 April 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Lola and Larch Mend a Magic Mess is the fourth title in the series about a little girl and her fairy best friend. Continuing from Make a Winter Wish, this title moves into the Easter holidays when the duo have a bigger th...
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Heidi
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 April 2025;Genre: Adventure
Heidi tells the story of a young girl who is taken to the Swiss Alps to live with her bad tempered and reclusive Grandfather. She meets Peter, a goat-herder, and they soon become friends. Grandfather gradually softens towards his grandchild and when Heidi leaves to become a co...
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Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake
Name: Sam
10 April 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Café Chaos by Catherine Wilkins is a heart-warming story, served up with a large dollop of humour and decorated throughout with Kate Abey’s fab illustrations. This appealing presentation, with a variety of font styles and page decorations - rather like a school notebook or dia...
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What Happens Online: The new teen comedy from an award-winning author
Name: Julie broadbent
10 April 2025;Genre: Real life
The third and equally brilliant new book from Nathanael Lessore - What Happens Online - follows our main character Fred through his journey in Year 9 at home and at school. 14-year-old Fred is having a really hard time at school. He has been relentlessly bullied since Y...
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British Museum: My Little Museum: Ancient Egypt
Name: Jessica Bunney
10 April 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
The British Museum brings us a memorable take on a non-fiction book titled My Little Museum: Ancient Egypt. This is of course perfect for children who are learning about the Egyptian times in lower Key Stage 2 (ages 7+). But it will also spark interest in chil...
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Our Tree
Name: Lauren Maidman
09 April 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Our Tree is the beautiful new picture book from Jessica Meserve. The Tree acts as the centre of the whole community, providing a place of solace, comfort and protection. The squirrel, on the other hand, has a different idea and thinks that the tree is just for him. This...
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Close Protection
Name: Linda Brown
08 April 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Eden Victoria's debut novel Close Protection promises suspense, romance, and a hint of danger, but unfortunately, it doesn't fully deliver on those fronts. The story follows Daphne Green, an heiress to the Greenway Discoveries fortune, whose life of privilege is interrupted af...
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Moon Girl
Name: Lizi Backhouse
04 April 2025;Genre: Picture Books
Leila loves bright colours but is very afraid of the dark. One night she looks into the moon and sees a girl, who comes to help her light up the night and see there's really nothing to be scared of, the night is full of amazing things. Moon Girl is a simple story about...
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Not That Kind Of Hero
Name: Clair Bossons
04 April 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Orla has always felt like a sidekick rather than a hero. She quietly works hard to support her mum look after their blended family and money is tight. When she is offered the chance of a scholarship at a theatre school, she's given the opportunity to pursue her dream - but is...
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The Notorious Virtues
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 April 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Honora Holtzfall - known as Nora - has always considered her place in the succession of the most powerful family in all of Walstad as secure. However, when her mother, the current Holtzfall Heiress, is found dead, suddenly the chance to control the wealth and the magic of the country is open t...
