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The Island Vet - The Winter Snow Goose
Name: Amanda Shipton
14 November 2025;Genre: Animals
Gill Lewis has a real skill for combining detailed knowledge of the natural world and a griping story which will engage children. This fourth book in the Island Vet series, The Winter Snow Goose is set on the island in winter and follows the challenges...
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Wild Journey
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 November 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Starlings swoop and swirl their way through the stories of five children living in five different countries, linking their experiences as they experience their own journeys, as exciting and demanding as those of the birds soaring above. With its beautifully composed, wa...
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Anisha, Accidental Detective: Christmas Chaos
Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 November 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The eighth book in the delightful Anisha Accidental Detective series is a Christmas seasonal super sleuthing, joyful mystery. A detective genre for those young detective readers who like their adventures fast-paced, family orientated an...
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A Reindeer called Joy
Name: Sara Sumner
03 November 2025;Genre: Animals
A Reindeer Called Joy is the latest instalment in the Jasmine Green series, perfect for a cosy Christmas read. Jasmine and Tom find themselves caught up in a Reindeer rescue, which leads to a brand new friendship with baby Reindeer, Joy. With the school's Winter Wonderland ext...
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Wild Journey
Name: Alice Drury
03 November 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Wild Journey is a thoughtful collection of stories linked together by the migration of starlings across the globe. Starting in Egypt and travelling through Morocco, Spain, France and England, it follows the lives of five different children. In each story, the starlings inspire...
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The Snow Girl
Name: Margaret Pemberton
03 November 2025;Genre: Friends and family
This magical tale, based on a Russian folk tale, was first published in 2023 (in hardback) but it has thankfully now arrived as a paperback, just in time to make a wonderful Christmas present for some lucky young readers. The Snow Girl is the story of young Tasha who, a...
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Cringe Club: Volume 1 - The start of a hilarious new series
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 November 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Cringe Club is a thoroughly entertaining and engaging contemporary tween/teen fiction, written in the style of whatsapp group chats and lists between the cast of characters. It is a fun, fast-paced and relatable/relevant read for its target young audience. Author Emily Jane Clark cleverly crea...
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A Poem for Every Question
Name: Tina Derry
03 November 2025;Genre: Poetry
A recipe for a perfect way to spend a wintry afternoon: Take 1 book full of clever and witty poems. Add some facts to increase knowledge. Sprinkle liberally with wonderful illustrations…. I LOVED THIS BOOK! The latest work of much loved poet Brian Bilston is ably suppor...
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The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio #1)
Name: Tina DERRY
31 October 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
In a world where all animals are granted super powers . . . Close friends Zeb (a zebra!), Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur queue eagerly for their super power allocations. Unfortunately for them, they are at the very end of a very long line and, when they finally reach the front, all...
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Dino Knights: Extinction
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
31 October 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Extinction is the third title of the Dino Knights series and is a contemporary book which has an old-fashioned feel. The soft watercolour frontcover, depicting a fierce roaring T-Rex ridden by a knight in shining armour with a standard bearer who is a girl, bearing down on a...
