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Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story
Name: Lizi Backhouse
03 January 2025;Genre: Family & Home
Corrie Doon is a Scottish lullaby story that follows Shona from being a small girl tucked in by her dad and having wonderful dreams, to being a grown woman tucking her dad in and experiencing magic in the nights herself. Written by Jackie Kay, an acclaimed Scottish poet...
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Pizza Pete and the Perilous Potions
Name: Beverley Somerset
22 November 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Pete lives with his dad, who runs a pizza shop, which is losing business due to competition from a new pizza chain opening nearby. Pete loves his home more than anything; after a traumatic event he refuses to go to school and his home is his haven. Then dad tells him that they may lose everyth...
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An Invitation to the Ballet Theatre
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
18 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
An Invitation to the Ballet Theatre, like the other title in the series, An Invitation to the Botanic Gardens, is a beautiful, ingenious, informative behind-the-scenes guide to a world that is hidden from publi...
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Live Like An Ancient Egyptian: Discovering the Secrets of the Ancient Egyptians
Name: Louisa Farrow
15 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Live Like an Ancient Egyptian entices the reader to explore the richness of the perennially fascinating civilisation of Ancient Egypt through a clever collaboration of words and illustrations. Logically organised sections survey much well-worked material but it is heartening t...
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Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow
Name: Jenny CADDICK
15 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Future Vision: Stories of Our Brilliant Tomorrow sits alongside another Button Books title - 100 Ways to Save the Planet, and is just as captivating, engrossing and stylish. In Future Visions, non-fiction takes a giant leap into the future; into 2070, to be precise. Guided by...
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Meesh the Bad Demon: The Secret of the Fang
Name: Jenny CADDICK
15 November 2024;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Meesh the Bad Demon: The Secret of the Fang is the eagerly awaited second book in the graphic novel adventures of Meesh the Bad Demon. Endearing, feisty Meesh is now fulfilling a destiny as the Guardian of the Underworld and is quickl...
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Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
14 November 2024;Genre: Magical Realism
Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish is the third title in the series about a girl and a fairy who are best friends. As in the previous adventures, the pair find themselves having to deal with the bad fairy Euphorbia Spurge's attempts to sabotage the fairy world. In this i...
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Tasty Tales
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Tasty Tales is a fascinating book which offers 'facts and fables about our favourite foods'. Each story explores the origin of a well-known dish, piquing the reader's interest in countries and events from around the world which they might previously have been unaware of. It is...
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The Arctic Fox
Name: Laura
01 November 2024;Genre: Animals
Ellie and her family are about to travel to Lapland for their Christmas holidays, and Ellie is excited for the special family holiday. On a school visit to a museum before the end of term, Ellie becomes intrigued by the idea of arctic foxes and after some research finds that they are still rar...
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Space: From Sputnik to the International Space Station
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 November 2024;Genre: Non Fiction
Space: From Sputnik to the International Space Station starts by looking at rockets with labelled diagrams, supporting readers in identifying their components. It then follows the development of space exploration from Sputnik, the first satellite in in space to manned pace fli...