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Dreamslinger
Name: Sue Wilsher
23 May 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Aria Loveridge lives at the Resthaven Home for Dreamslingers, a refuge for children born with genetic mutations that transport them to a powerfully magical realm while they sleep. Since the Great Outburst, a tragedy which killed her mother, she believes that her powers - and those of others li...
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Wild: An uplifting celebration of wildness
Name: Louise Gahan
22 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wild is a heart warming story about nature and wilderness and the importance of this for the human soul. This is a personal reflection of how the wild makes the little girl in story feel alive, how she sees the beauty in everything; the shapes in the clouds an...
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Valley of the Vikings
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 May 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
When Thor and Neptune are fighting a mighty battle, a chasm opens which swallows a Viking ship and its crew, taking them to the depths of the sea. Year later, semi-mer Emily Windsnap is swimming with her friend Shona when she finds a bangle set with a glowing blue crystal. They learn that the...
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Teeny Tiny Science: I See a Cloud: A book about the water cycle
Name: Jessica Bunney
21 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
I absolutely ADORE this book! Teeny Tiny Science: I See a Cloud is a book about the water cycle. It explains the water cycle in such a clear way that even the littlest of children can understand. This book has taught my toddler about the water cycle and she can now clearly exp...
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The End Crowns All
Name: Jasmine Grace
20 May 2025;Genre: Myths & Legends
The End Crowns All is a beautiful re-telling of the Trojan Horse myth, told from the perspective of two women - a perspective which is often forgotten in history. The way Bea Fitzgerald re-writes the myth for women contrasts with the misogynis...
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Ajay and the Red-winged Prince (Woodland Explorers Club)
Name: Jane Rew
20 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Children who have enjoyed the previous two titles in this series will already know Ajay as Shyla's cousin, the small, fast, funny one who wants to be an archaeologist. We also meet Leon again (he's usually up to no good) and Fujiko (who is good at tree-climbing) for the first time. Thes...
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The Bear and the Hare and the Fair
Name: Jessica Bunney
20 May 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
You'll be immediately drawn to this book with its neon pink cover featuring the strangest of sights… a bear holding candyfloss with a unicorn under his arm! The Bear and the Hare and the Fair is the latest treat released in the playful rhyming series from Em Lynas and Matt Hun...
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Odd Girl Out
Name: Beverley Somerset
19 May 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
15-year-old Maaryah has moved to Essex from Dubai following her parents divorce. Now living with her mum, she’s had to leave everything behind; a luxurious lifestyle, her school, her oldest friends - and her dad. Her British-Bengali family are there to support her, but she suspects that they k...
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The Foundation: will always welcome you
Name: Ruth Cornish
19 May 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The third super-readable book from Melinda Salisbury in her artificial intelligence/technology driven fictional thriller series does not disappoint. Here we meet Ivy who has been sent to a specialist summer camp to wean her from her addiction to gaming. Ivy is soon under the spell of Conrad O'...
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What's That Noise?
Name: Maria Age 6
16 May 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
What's That Noise? is a great book with an engaging story and fantastic illustrations. The story starts with Bob, his box, some toys and lots of noises! Bob is under his box playing noisily with his toys and is visited by several people repeating the question "What's that nois...
