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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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Mo's Stick
Name: Maria Age 6
16 March 2026;Genre: Early Skills
Mo's Stick is a simple but imaginative story of Mo, a small mouse, his stick and his huge imagination. The text is based on a dialogue between Mo and the author with the author asking Mo questions about his lost stick. This lovely dialogue explores how Mo used his stick in so...
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Tick Tock Around the Clock
Name: Jacqueline Harris
13 March 2026;Genre: Picture Books
Imagine my delight to receive a book by Ruth Brown in the post. Ever since I read A Dark, Dark Tale, I've been a fan of her work and this is a particularly beautiful book. Subtitled a Day in the life of a cat, this picture book follows the cat from morning until evening, with...
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Chicken vs Egg
Name: Maria
13 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
This funny, clever book starts with a question everyone wants to ask: "Which came first - the chicken, or the egg?" The book tries to answer the question with an actual race between the sporty chicken and the surprising egg and, of course, some enthusiastic spectators watching...
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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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Gone for Good: The addictive missing girl thriller where everyone has something to hide
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
A novel by Sarah Crossan cannot be anything other than brilliant and true to form, her latest verse novel is another triumph. Connie is angry and confused when she is dragged from her bed in the middle of the night and taken to some sort of correctional institution in a remote...
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Where are you, Eddie?
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Bereavement
Michael's son, Eddie, has died. But when he asks his cat, Meg, 'Where’s Eddie?', she has some sound advice and suggests that if Michael looks, he'll find Eddie all around. And when Michael goes looking, he realises that Eddie is alive in his memories and those of others. Decepti...
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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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Whirby
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 March 2026;Genre: Adventure
Whirby loves going to school and is very excited about his favourite lesson, gadgeteering, where students compete in bot battles. Whirby becomes so excited that he forgets to recharge at night and stays up, practising his moves. However, when his turn finally comes, Whirby starts to malfunctio...
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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...
