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  • Cloud Boy

    Cloud Boy

    Name: Louise Gahan
    03 February 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    Life for Bobby is so distracting! So many sights, sounds and smells. And when Bobby gets distracted, he starts to float. As hard as he tries to stay focussed, Bobby can't. Even his friends and family want to help, but when they help, Bobby feels empty inside. Cloud Boy...

  • The Island Vet (3) - Devil Bird Island

    The Island Vet (3) - Devil Bird Island

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    10 January 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Devil Bird Island is the amazing third book in Gill Lewis's Island Vet series. When her Mum's wallet is stolen and she loses her new puffin toy, Tia is disenchanted with the big city after visiting her Granny for her birthday. They return to Haven island brief...

  • Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book

    Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book

    Name: Lucy Hopkins
    03 January 2025;

    Genre: Early Skills

    Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book is an interesting book to help with children's language development. This book goes through the alphabet with lots of interesting little pictures. Within those pictures, different things are labelled using each of the let...

  • The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief (Little Gems)

    The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief (Little Gems)

    Name: Jemma Jeffrey
    03 January 2025;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    This is the first book in a fabulous new series of stories for young readers who are dipping their toes into chapter books. The Moonlight Mystery Agency: The Birthday Cake Thief caught my daughter's attention immediately. The book itself is a great size, less...

  • A Symphony of Stories: Musical Myths and Tuneful Tales

    A Symphony of Stories: Musical Myths and Tuneful Tales

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    02 January 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    This companion volume to Once Upon a Tune continues to share the joy of music and art, inspiring young readers to explore the world of classical music and the stories it tells. A Symphon...

  • Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love: A compendium of spectacularly illustrated tales - a  perfect Valentine's gift!

    Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    02 January 2025;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love is another amazing book in Joseph Coelho and friends' brilliant series. The collection of tiny tales will inspire pupils young and old to write their own stories around these themes. At the back of the book there is carefully create...

  • Celebrations & Festivals: Christmas

    Celebrations and Festivals: Christmas

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    12 November 2024;

    Genre: Seasonal

    In Celebrations and Festivals: Christmas, readers are introduced to Charlie and his family as they prepare for and celebrate Christmas, from the lighting of Advent candles to Christmas Day.  Bright, colourful illustrations accompany each page as the family put up decorations,...

  • A World Full of Christmas Crafts: 24 ways to celebrate the festive season

    A World Full of Christmas Crafts

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    04 November 2024;

    Genre: Seasonal

    Christmas seems to arrive earlier and earlier each year- or perhaps I’m just getting older! As children eagerly anticipate its arrival, having enjoyable and interesting things to do which keep little people engaged and content is an excellent idea. A World Full of Christmas Crafts</str...

  • The Search for Carmella

    The Search for Carmella

    Name: Elen
    01 November 2024;

    Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

    The Search for Carmella is an exquisite picture book that takes us deep into the ocean on a search for the mythical Carmella. However, we also learn that marine biologist Dr Rose is so committed to the search that she fails to notice all the other beauty around her, until fell...

  • Evie and Dr Dino: Can We Meet a Dinosaur?

    Can we meet a dinosaur?

    Name: Louise Gahan
    18 October 2024;

    Genre: Adventure

    Ready to go back in time for a prehistoric adventure? Well then jump inside the pages of this book and step foot in the Time Machine. Join Dr Dino and Evie as they go back in time and share with us information on the usual favourite dinosaurs and meet a few new ones on the way...