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Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede
Name: Maria Faithorn
20 March 2026;Genre: Adventure
In Marty Moose: The Great Stamp-ede, Marty has a very important job to do: he must deliver the eggstra-special prize to the finish line before the race ends. It sounds simple. This action-packed story keeps readers eager to discover what will happen next as Ma...
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Day of Now: A powerful post-apocalyptic story about facing impossible choices
Name: Clair Bossons
18 March 2026;Genre: Dystopian
Day of Now is an action-packed, high-stakes survival story that grabbed me from the first chapter. The novel follows two siblings, Dayton and Pax, who have so far survived a devastating fungal pandemic. They race across a dangerous, unpredictable landscape to rescue their fath...
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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...
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Tick Tock Around the Clock
Name: Jacqueline Harris
13 March 2026;Genre: Picture Books
Imagine my delight to receive a book by Ruth Brown in the post. Ever since I read A Dark, Dark Tale, I've been a fan of her work and this is a particularly beautiful book. Subtitled a Day in the life of a cat, this picture book follows the cat from morning until evening, with...
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Chicken vs Egg
Name: Maria
13 March 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
This funny, clever book starts with a question everyone wants to ask: "Which came first - the chicken, or the egg?" The book tries to answer the question with an actual race between the sporty chicken and the surprising egg and, of course, some enthusiastic spectators watching...
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Bridge of Storms
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Tamzin Pook and her friends are on a new mission, heading for the city of Museion to help save it from the predator suburbs which are trapping it in a mountain valley known as the Frying Pan. However, a traitor within the city puts them all in danger, separating Tamzin and the rest of the Fire...
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Gone for Good: The addictive missing girl thriller where everyone has something to hide
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
A novel by Sarah Crossan cannot be anything other than brilliant and true to form, her latest verse novel is another triumph. Connie is angry and confused when she is dragged from her bed in the middle of the night and taken to some sort of correctional institution in a remote...
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Where are you, Eddie?
Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;Genre: Bereavement
Michael's son, Eddie, has died. But when he asks his cat, Meg, 'Where’s Eddie?', she has some sound advice and suggests that if Michael looks, he'll find Eddie all around. And when Michael goes looking, he realises that Eddie is alive in his memories and those of others. Decepti...
