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Spin a Story
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 November 2025;Genre: Short reads
Perfect for National Non-Fiction November, Spin a Story offers a wonderful mixture of true tales, riddles, poems, fun facts and jokes with the added enjoyment of a spinner on the cover to help you choose which category - Wonder, Explore, Laugh or Ooh - to select! Spinni...
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Hotel Flamingo: Frosty Fiesta
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;Genre: Adventure
It's very quiet at Hotel Flamingo as the nights are getting darker, so Anna is delighted when she is asked to arrange a hibernation party for Mrs Turpington, one of the hotel's longest residents. Finding themselves completely snowed in, however, Anna is just feeling pleased there aren't more g...
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons: A Christmas Delivery
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 November 2025;Genre: Seasonal
A beautifully charming Christmas picture book, featuring much loved characters from Andy Shepherd's The Boy Who Grew Dragons series. It is so wonderful to see Tomas, little sister Lolli and their dragons, in glorious full colour and bursting with magic, in this sparkling picture book. D...
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Hot Food: Nice!
Name: Amanda Shipton
03 November 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Hot Food: Nice! takes the simple notion that Dad knows everything and gently disproves it. Based on Michael Rosen's much-loved poem, the theme of the story is one that most families will relate to and see the funny side of. Illustrations are beautifully colourful, well sized...
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No Cheese, Please!
Name: Wendy Kelly
28 October 2025;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I had no idea there was a gap in the market until this book arrived on my doorstep. It's brilliant! Normally we talk so generally to children about food allergies and why they need to be careful about what they bring in lunch boxes, especially of someone has a...
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Name: Amanda Shipton
24 October 2025;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
You are immersed in the world of Wiskling Wood from the very moment that you open this mesmerising book. It is clear that Harriet's childhood hobbies of drawing and creating miniature worlds for tiny characters were not wasted. In The Diary of Wiska Wildflower:...
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Wands Away: Learning to Fly
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 October 2025;Genre: Adventure
Ramona Spellstar is about to head off for her first day at Wands Away School of Magic. Although excited, she is a little nervous; however, she soon makes friends and has fun in the forest, learning how to fly. Wands Away! Learning to Fly is a delightful story, perfect for newly indepen...
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I am Big, I am Small
Name: Lucy Hopkins
07 October 2025;Genre: Animals
I am Big, I am Small is all about opposites and uses animals to demonstrate each of these. For example, the first double page spread includes a ginormous octopus illustration with pictures of tiny seahorses. I like how it includes lots of other facts about each species as well...
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Marv and the Funfair Fright
Name: Elen Green
06 October 2025;Genre: Adventure
Always a joy to discover another of Marv's adventures, Marv and the Funfair Fright brings a fun Halloween twist to the series, and brings some genuine peril to these gentle adventures! Marv is a superhero powered by imagination and kindness - what a brilliant me...
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Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Huxley, the impulsive koala, and Flapjack, the timid penguin, are back in a new adventure, Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape! Spotting an advert in the paper, Huxley decides that becoming a cowhand is the perfect way to earn some money. Not deterred when Flapjack p...
