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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...
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The Tiger Child
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 June 2026;Genre: Adventure
A glimpse of a tiger's tale through the window tempts a very shy little girl to leave her room and venture outside. The further she follows, the wilder she grows until, at last, she comes face to face with a tiger and learns to roar. The Tiger Child is a gentle story which encou...
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Maisie vs the Pyramids
Name: Linda Brown
04 June 2026;Genre: Adventure
Maisie vs the Pyramids is the third adventure for Maisie and her dad. This globe-trotting adventure takes the reader across the Sahara Desert, into the depths of the Great Pyramids, and even provides a crash course in reading hieroglyphics. The action begins immediately...
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Tadpole Summer
Name: Jenny Caddick
04 June 2026;Genre: Bereavement
Tadpole Summer is a fantastic and compelling story that sensitively and powerfully explores the emotional issues, not only of loss and bereavement, but of the journey of a family moving through the stages of a life-limiting illness. The story centres around older sister...
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Daddy Doesn't Believe in Dragons!
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 June 2026;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
When Daddy has finished work, his daughter takes him out on a walk. However, as they encounter magical creature after magical creature, Daddy is too engrossed in his phone to believe in all the wonders around them. Is there anything which will make him take notice? Celebrating t...
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Wishbound
Name: Sue Wilsher
04 June 2026;Genre: Magical Realism
Taken from her parents, Leonie, like other children with magic, lives at the Wishmaker Institute and when she is 12, she will be Matched with another child and become their Wishmaker. Leonie is determined to escape this fate and when it is decided that she will make an experimental early match...
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The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)
Name: Isla and Verity Age 11
04 June 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1) is a very well put together book by Anthony Kessel. We read it at 11 yrs but it was a bit hard to get our head around. It is a murder mystery with some wellbeing concepts. It was fun to try to work out the clues before Edie, the main...
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As The World Goes By
Name: Jen Bevan
04 June 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
On first look, As The World Goes By is a story about the dog Buttons' day. But wait, what is Buttons trying to tell us? Oh yes, Buttons is saying we are all too busy rushing here there and everwhere. We need to slow down. We need to see the butterflies, smell the flowers and a...
