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Grimwood: Rock the Vote! (Volume 5)
Name: Amanda Shipton
01 August 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
Grimwood lovers, the wait is over! Rock the Vote is the amazingly funny fifth book in Nadia Shireen's bestselling and brilliantly illustrated comedy-adventure series. Grimwood is on the hunt for a new mayor in the fifth wild and wacky part of Nadia Shireen's bestselling woodl...
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Fox’s Hiccup
Name: Louise Gahan
01 August 2025;Genre: Animals
Fox's Hiccups is a humorous and gently surprising tale from Nick Butterworth’s beloved Percy the Park Keeper series. In this charming adventure, Fox is suffering from a terrible case of the hiccups. Desperate for help, he sets off to find Percy, who always seems to have...
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Time Runs Like A River
Name: Louise Gahan
31 July 2025;Genre: Environment & Nature
Time Runs Like a River is a stunning picture book that captures the flow, grace, beauty of nature and encourages thoughtful reflection. Emma Carlisle's lyrical storytelling and evocative illustrations invite young readers to slow down and observe the ever-changing natural worl...
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The Museum of Lost Umbrellas
Name: Louisa Farrow
29 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Hasn't everyone who has seen Mary Poppins thought it would be fun to fly with an umbrella? Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick has gone a step further. Her latest book, The Museum of Lost Umbrellas, weaves the quintessential daydream into a whole racy-pacy story with a feisty heroine, lo...
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Things I Learned While I Was Dead
Name: Clare Wilkins
28 July 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
Calico Brown will do anything to save her sister Asha. Even die for her. When a maverick doctor with dubious morals suggests that Calico take part in pioneering cryogenics research along with her dying sister, she is so desperate and wracked with guilt she agrees. Believing Asha's ultimately t...
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The Tour at School (Because You're the New Kid!)
Name: Maria
28 July 2025;Genre: Friends and family
The Tour at School (Because You're the New Kid!) is the perfect book to share with children who are new to school or who are welcoming someone to their school too! This colourful, vibrant book depicts a new, shy child starting a new school and luckily they have a friendly tour...
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The Museum of Lost Umbrellas
Name: Sue Wilsher
22 July 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Since her mum passed away, Dilly Kyteler has been living with a foster family. However, a relative has been located and Dilly now finds herself on her way to live with her great aunt Florence in Ollipest. Although her aunt is somewhat formidable, Dilly is delighted to find that her aunt's best...
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No Cheese, Please!
Name: Wendy Kelly
21 July 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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Wish You Dead
Name: Kimberley Lawson
21 July 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Wish You Dead is an enjoyable take on the school friends/murder mystery genre, with a witchy twist and characters inspired by Arthurian legend. Four years after being abandoned by her mother on her previously unknown father’s doorstep, Morgana Merrick has successfully r...
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The Tour at School (Because You're the New Kid!)
Name: Wendy Kelly
18 July 2025;Genre: Friends and family
The Tour at School (Because You're the New Kid!) is a brilliant book for any point in the year but will be especially useful in September! It follows a very confident young lady as she gives the (very nervous) new kid in school a tour. She makes each area come alive with an an...
