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A Poem for every Question: Funny and Thought-Provoking Answers to Curious Questions
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 September 2025;Genre: Poetry
A Poem for Every Question is a thought-provoking collection of poems which answer a myriad of intriguing questions, accompanied by bright, energetic illustrations. The poems are lively and engaging as well as informative, using word play and imagery as...
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Planets
Name: Lucy Hopkins
19 September 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Planets is a lovely first introduction to space and how we on earth fit into a much bigger solar system. This would be a nice book to share with younger children (potentially KS1) as an introduction to a space topic. It has short snippets of facts on each page without being ov...
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Dracula and Daughters
Name: Margaret Pemberton
18 September 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
Just when you think you know the work of Emma Carroll, she throws you a curveball and produces this fabulous gothic tale, with a very different take on the family of Dracula. Dracula and Daughters begins with Mina sneaking over to the town cemetery in...
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Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in The Beast from Beneath
Name: Sue Wilsher
18 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Malory Vayle is getting used to her new powers as a necromancer, but still has a lot to learn about her new, very talkative and self-obsessed, friend, Maggoty, a skull with a penchant for wigs. Having made the mistake of walking past a shop called 'Les Wigs', Maggoty is now determined to own t...
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One Cat, Two Cats: A lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 cats to count!
Name: Jessica Bunney
18 September 2025;Genre: Early Skills
One Cat, Two Cats is my new favourite counting picture book! My toddler and I are both cat-lovers so it was a sure winner, but it is actually the rhythmic catchy text that has won us over the most - thank you, Johnathan Emmett! The story reads, 'One cat, Two cats, Three...
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Sin Bin Island - an unmissable adventure from the Red Dwarf co-creator
Name: Elen Green
16 September 2025;Genre: Adventure
Well, what an adventure! Sin Bin Island, written by the co-creator of Red Dward is, as you'd probably expect, full of action, humour and warmth with characters who could step out of the pages. I loved it. When orphaned Jack Digby is sent to Cyril Snigg...
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Welcome to the Night-Time Train: Jump aboard for a sleepy bedtime ride
Name: Jessica Bunney
16 September 2025;Genre: Picture Books
Welcome to the Night-Time Train is a ride through a bedtime routine to settle your little ones down for sleep. This book is so cleverly written! Each time the train reaches the next stop, the destination is the next part of the bedtime routine. For example, after 'Toothbrush T...
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The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Name: Beverley Somerset
15 September 2025;Genre: Friends and family
At the start of The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good, Fran is not looking forward to spending a week with her aunt, uncle and her horrible, bossy cousin Imogen while her parents are away on business. When Fran arrives, she finds to her amazement that not only is Imogen mis...
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Uncle Zeedie (The Blood Texts)
Name: Emelia Helliwell
12 September 2025;Genre: Horror
Two siblings caught between divorcing parents spend some time with their Uncle Zeedie in a house in the woods. What could go wrong? Uncle Zeedie is a family friend and godparent to George and Lacey. George has found that, ever since mum and dad have been feuding, he keeps seeing or sensing thi...
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Clive Penguin Learns to Fly, Sort of
Name: Maria
12 September 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Do you like penguins? Well I do, so I enjoyed reading Clive Penguin Learns to Fly, Sort of. Clive Penguin, who some readers might have met in his earlier Clive Penguin adventure, decides to take on on the challenge of flying; something we k...
