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You've Got This, Little Pangolin
Name: Jen Bevan
20 February 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
All parents know the oh to familiar call, 'I am big I can do this on my own'. Often that means spilt drinks, bumps, tears and great learning. Little pangolin thinks he is all grown up. But he is confused as when he tries to do things big pangolin can do, he finds it hard. He c...
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When Tad Kicked Vlad
Name: Elen Green
20 February 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
When Tad Kicked Vlad takes a very funny look at the cycle of violence begun by one boy's frustrated kick during his birthday party, showing us how the kick - which develops a life of its own - travels around the world and returns to where it started a year later, at the boy's...
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My Friend, Billy Whiskers
Name: Maria
20 February 2026;Genre: Friends and family
If you have read and loved The Bear and the Piano, Grandad's Secret Giant, Rain before Rainbows, Peace on Earth (to name just a few) then you are going to love David Litchfield's latest book, My Friend Billy Whiskers, with familiar illustrations and a story that is full of hop...
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The Chase
Name: Maria
19 February 2026;Genre: Animals
If you like action, canine friends and lots of fun then The Chase by Jenny Bloomfield is the book for you. The story starts on an open beach with a young girl, an eager dog and a red ball...(turn the page) and the story is off with the word FETCH and a few more canine friends...
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Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Faraway Adventure
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 February 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
Tuftorious Snook, commonly known as Tuft, is a Finder who lives in Silverthorn Forest. Awaking early from hibernation, he decides to set out to find the legendary Faraway Forest. Having managed to accidentally post himself, Tuft reunites with his human friend, Max, and manages to sign Max up f...
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Shorelines
Name: Louisa Farrow
18 February 2026;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Shorelines, a melancholy and thought-provoking verse novel, follows the story of Muireann, the mermaid, grieving for her lost twin and full of naïve curiosity about humans. To save her ocean home where fish stocks are dwindling and the merfolk are beginning to starve, she make...
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Koalas in Capes: The Zombie Chickens
Name: Jane Rew
16 February 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
If you like your stories to be completely daft and to star a bizarre array of costumed creatures, then this short adventure will suit you down to the ground. Or should that be up to the skies, since that's where Bob and Archie, the cape-clad koalas, come into their own? <p...
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Time Travel Twins: The Victorian Revolution
Name: Jane Rew
16 February 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
Earlier in the Time Travel Twins series, we met the two main characters, Scarlett and Thomas, so we know that they will go to great lengths to do their homework and that they love their inventor-grandad. In Time Travel Twins: The Victorian Revolution, the twins use his time ma...
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Always Angel
Name: Sue Wilsher
16 February 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
Angel finds school difficult. Well known for her attitude and frequent presence in detention, her reputation goes before her. But really Angel wants to fit in and make friends - and above all, she wants to be back living with her mum. However, with everyone expecting the worst, Angel makes mor...
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Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity
Name: Julie broadbent
16 February 2026;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Podcaster and writer Emma Slade Edmondson's latest book Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity, has been written as an inspirational guide for mixed race children, their parents and carers to help them discover, explore and celebrate their identity. The book has been...
