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The Blue Tomato
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 June 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
When Blu moves to a new store, he finds that he is the only tomato in blue. The other tomatoes are friendly and they don't mind the fact that he is different, but Blu really wants to fit in. So he sets off on a mission to change the way he looks. Nothing works and Blu is just ready to give up...
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Strike
Name: Sue Wilsher
12 June 2026;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Owen is a talented young footballer, with a chance of achieving his dream of becoming a professional player. When he and his best friend, Teddy, are taken on by an academy, Owen is focused on on one thing - football. But when he finds a note asking for help hidden inside his new boots, he disc...
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Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos
Name: Jacqueline Harris
12 June 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in WW2, in London, Jimmy and his friends want to be part of the action and so they form their own commandos group. The only thing missing is a mission. Then several missions arrive at once and the gang are sent on a series of adventures, raising money for Spitfires and supporting the local...
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Your Wild and Wonderful Brain: A creative guide to help make your ADHD brain work for you!
Name: Jane Rew
10 June 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Many will value the novel and appealing ADHD-friendly presentation of the material in Your Wild and Wonderful Brain; representing a series of ADHD traits as different animals, for example, and interspersing main topic information with interesting asides, including creative ide...
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University of Cambridge: Think Big: The Power of Volcanoes
Name: Jane Rew
10 June 2026;Genre: Non Fiction
What child, seeing Think Big: The Power of Volcanoes on the library display, would not want to pick it up and explore beyond the front cover peep-hole to the fiery depths of this hot topic? Certainly, they'll be attracted by the eye-catching cover, which immediately conveys th...
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The Blue Tomato
Name: Maria Age 6
08 June 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
The title of this book will definitely makes the reader want to read this book because tomatoes are usually red! The front cover show lots of familiar red tomatoes and a small, strange blue tomato peering at each other and will encourage children to question what might happen....
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The Children of Wolf Rock
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 June 2026;Genre: Adventure
Minna, Kass and Tom are all students at Stormy Loch Academy, a school hidden in the mountains of western Scotland. Its headmaster, Major Fortescue, encourages his pupils to be independent, allowing them to roam the countryside. Each of these children is at the school for very different reasons...
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The Ice Cream Crocodile
Name: Amy Newton
05 June 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
The Ice Cream Crocodile is a delightful picture book which follows Elvis, a crocodile who dreams of performing in the circus. However, the ringmaster believes that only fluffy and feathery animals should be stars, so Elvis is left selling ice cream instead. Determined to prove...
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TrooFriend
Name: Alice Drury
05 June 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Set in a world not so different from our own, TrooFriend by Kirsty Applebaum introduces the idea of android robots becoming our one true friend. Written from the point of view of Ivy, the AI TrooFriend 560 Mark IV robot that Sarah's mum buys for her, she is introduced as a chi...
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The World Within Me
Name: Jen Bevan
05 June 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
What you see is not all there is about a person and The World Within Me explorers the inner world of a person from a child's perspective. The little girl in this picture book talks about all the different aspects of her personality. She shows children it's OK to like many diff...
