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  • One World, Many Animals

    One World, Many Animals

    Name: Tina DERRY
    16 May 2025;

    Genre: Animals

    OUR PLANET IS AMAZING! This beautifully illustrated book is a delight, providing information and opportunities for discussion and discovery on every page. Written by award-winning travel writer, Ben Lerwill, the latest title in his One World Series focuses on the anima...

  • Once I Was a Tree

    Once I Was a Tree

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    15 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Once I Was a Tree is a beautifully illustrated picture book with details that add to the power of the narrative and message. The front cover has a wonderful range of textures which immediately peeked my interest. Inside its pages, humour is added to seed's journey into becomin...

  • Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures

    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...

  • This Song Is About Us

    This Song is About Us

    Name: Clair Bossons
    14 May 2025;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    This Song is About Us is set over three music festivals and follows the highs and lows of young love faced with the complexities of fame. It highlighted the balance between creating a social media following while trying to maintain a private personal life. I absolutely...

  • I Am Strong Just Being Me

    I Am Strong Just Being Me

    Name: Kelly Buxton
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Personal Growth

    I Am Strong Just Being Me was just the book that I was looking for to read to Y3 and Y4 in our weekly story assembly. I was looking for a book about strength within that I could relate to playtimes, learning in the classroom and life outside of school. I began by asking...

  • Ajay and the Red-winged Prince

    Ajay and the Red-winged Prince (Woodland Explorers Club)

    Name: Amanda Shipton
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    Ajay and the Red-Wing Prince is the latest book in the brilliant Woodland Explorers Club series by the hugely talented Ewa Jozefkowicz. This newest creation continue the theme of caring for nature and protecting the woodland environment. It wi...

  • Dragonborn

    Dragonborn

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Alex, still mourning the death of her father, finds out that she is in fact a dragon in human form. As if this was not shocking enough, she has to leave her home and travel to the Hidden Realm and the island of Skralla in order to learn how to be a dragon. There she meets other children who ar...

  • The Binding Spell: an atmospheric contemporary fantasy

    The Binding Spell

    Name: Linda Brown
    12 May 2025;

    Genre: Supernatural

    The Binding Spell is a dark, enchanting YA novel that weaves witchcraft, family secrets, and ancient superstition into a compelling story set in the mist-shrouded village of Weir Hinny. 19-year-old Morgan, long haunted by nightmares, believes she has finally outgrown her terri...

  • All We Lost Was Everything

    all we lost was everything

    Name: Rachel Bolton
    09 May 2025;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    How do you restart your life when a fire has taken everything - including your dad? Such is the premise for this fast-paced story set in Arizona. 18-year-old River is supported by her best friend, Tawny, and her cousin as she copes with her loss which includes...

  • I Am Strong Just Being Me

    I Am Strong Just Being Me

    Name: Wendy Kelly
    09 May 2025;

    Genre: Personal Growth

    This is a very big concept for such a slim book. It starts with a little girl musing about what the word 'strong' means. She thinks hard but can't come up with a satisfactory answer so she asks her Nanna. Nanna is full of good ideas and gives her lots to think about when it comes to defining a...