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Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures
Name: Sue Wilsher
15 May 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Max is determined to find the old time capsule, buried years ago by his grandmother, before she moves out of Pickwick Cottage and goes to live with Max and his mother. However, he never expected his search would lead him to meet Tuftorious Snook, collector of lost objects, and one of the Finde...
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It's OK to Say No
Name: Wendy Kelly
07 May 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
It's OK to Say No is the sort of book that works best on a one to one basis, shared between a child/young person and a trusted adult, rather than as a group read, to start a conversation about consent and what it means. The concept it presents is seemly quite...
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SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue
Name: Wendy Kelly
05 May 2025;Genre: STEM
The Super Questers are back! I absolutely love these books and the children in my infants school firmly agree. In true scientific fashion, though, this is the Super Questers evolution! Whereas the previous series were large format, brightly coloured picture books with masses o...
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University of Cambridge: Secrets of Bees: A Kid's Guide to Hives, Pollination and Electro-Sense (Think Big)
Name: Sue Wilsher
01 May 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Beautifully presented, Secrets of Bees is both informative and engaging. The role of bees and their importance is celebrated throughout the book, leaving readers with a deeper understanding of, and respect for, the brilliant creatures. Fabulous illustrations</st...
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Ember Spark and the Unicorn's Secret
Name: Beverley Somerset
24 April 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Ember Spark and her best friend, Arno Whisper, are apprentice vets to magical beasts. When Ember's pet nibblesqueak, Forty Winks, begins to behave oddly, Ember and Arno investigate and find themselves whisked off to the Amazon rainforest. The villainous Tabitha Bone is using magical beasts in...
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Clem Fatale has been Betrayed
Name: Jane Rew
14 April 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This fast-paced mystery set in post-WWII London, which centres around the theft of a diamond called The Fool's Canary by Jimmy Fatale's Spider, has a diverse cast of colourful characters. Readers will have their own favourites, chief among them 12-year-old Cle...
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Secrets of Bees: A Kid's Guide to Hives, Pollination and Electro-Sense (University of Cambridge: Think Big)
Name: Jane Rew
14 April 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
University of Cambridge: Secrets of Bees (Think Big) is a fantastic book. It is on trend both visually and topically at a time when pollinators are under threat, and Ben Hoare makes it very clear that bees are hugely important for human food production. <p...
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Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion (book 1)
Name: Jacqueline Harris
11 April 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Misha and Ziggy are twins with amazing superpowers. Misha can talk to animals and Ziggy can shape shift into them. Their father is a TV wildlife presenter and one holiday they get to travel with him to Ethiopia, to make a film about the rare black lion. But the black lion is in danger; there a...
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Toby and the Pixies: Best Frenemies (a Phoenix Comic Book)
Name: Laura Richards
11 April 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Another laugh-out-loud comic book with Toby and his troublesome pixies! This is absolutely brilliant, and is guaranteed to delight any reader from the very young to the much older! As I read this book, I was giggling away, and soon found myself with a nine-year-old reading ove...
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Lola and Larch Mend a Magic Mess
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
10 April 2025;Genre: Magical Realism
Lola and Larch Mend a Magic Mess is the fourth title in the series about a little girl and her fairy best friend. Continuing from Make a Winter Wish, this title moves into the Easter holidays when the duo have a bigger th...
