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The Elementals: Wanzu Sets Sail
Name: TINA DERRY
27 March 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wanzu Sets Sail is an interesting start to a series of stories about the Elementals, a group of young friends who use their superpowers to harness the energy of Fire and Water, and the power of Earth and Air, to help them to nurture and protect the natural world. Taking...
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Dead Straight Line
Name: Sue Wilsher
25 March 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
Bored and seeking thrills, Rory creates a game for his gang to play. Called 'Dead Straight Line', the idea is that you have to make your way home from a given point with no deviations, even if this means trespassing or facing danger. When new group member, Yell, plays, things go badly wrong, l...
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All the Cursed Creatures
Name: Clare Wilkins
25 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
There are new revelations aplenty in All the Cursed Creatures, the third book in this fast-paced supernatural detective series. Sage and Oren have fallen out after Sage discovers that everyone knew about her hybrid status, but her. Casting Oren as chief villain and eag...
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Cafe Chaos: The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Name: Sam
25 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
The Way the Cookie Crumbles is the second highly amusing, heartwarming book in the Café Chaos series. Written by popular children's author Catherine Wilkins, this fab book cannot fail to appeal to young readers...
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Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails
Name: Donna Burkert
24 March 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails is as hilarious as the title suggests. We follow young William Shakespeare on his quest to prove himself as the 'Greatest-Person-Who-Solves-Crimes'. He and his best friend Tybalt get up to much mayhem whilst they try to un...
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This Book Will Make You a Scientist
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 March 2026;Genre: STEM
Perfect for igniting ideas and creating curious children, The Book Will Make You a Scientist is packed with accessible experiments, inspired by the work of 25 scientists from the past and present, from different cultures and locations across the world. Starting with adv...
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Bunnies in a Boat
Name: Lucy Hopkins
20 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Bunnies in a Boat is an engaging picture book for very young readers! One of the most appealing things about this story is the clear, well-paced page spreads. The text is relatively simple but there is so much going on in each picture, there's lots to explore visually and to d...
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A Golden Eid
Name: Linda Canning
16 March 2026;Genre: Seasonal
I read A Golden Eid to my three-year-old and, while much of the detail was a little over her head, it was still a lovely introduction to the celebration of Eid and a gentle way to begin talking about different world faiths. As a family that isn’t Muslim, it felt like a...
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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...
