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Home is a Hug
Name: Louise Gahan
10 April 2026;Genre: Family & Home
Home is a Hug by Cindy Wume is a gentle and imaginative picture book which begins by asking a simple but powerful question: What does it take to build a home? At first, it seems like the answer might be bricks, concrete, windows, or walls, but as the pages unfold, child...
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Wands Away: Spell Class (book 2)
Name: Amanda Shipton
09 April 2026;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Wands Away: Spell Class is written by the fantastically talented Emma Farrarons. She has masterfully created a world where we join young people on a residential camp, learning magic. What child would not want to be part of that! The way that all of the antics are described dra...
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We Are Dragon
Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 April 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Dragon is taking over the world, run by the AI 'Queenie' who thinks she is saving everyone, when in fact she is enslaving them. Rieka, now part of the Cub construct, thinks she knows how to deal with Queenie and Dragon. Rieka knows she is clever enough and can use technology to destroy Dragon...
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The Cheat Book, vol 3: Can Kamal Take Down the Robots
Name: Margaret Pemberton
06 April 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Well, this is a series that just keeps getting better. In this third escapade for the hilarious Kamal and his friends. In The Cheat Book (vol.3), we find them being chosen, together with many others from their school, to attend a special 'smart school' for one...
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Mei Mei the Bunny
Name: Jen Bevan
03 April 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
A story about a rabbit who is worried about playing her violin in front of a crowd. The rabbit's family helps so that even when the rabbit's music goes wrong on stage, she is able to take a breath and keep going. The music words and terminology running through Mei Mei the Bunny<...
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Glam and Beardy (book 1)
Name: Amanda Shipton
02 April 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Glam and Beardy is a captivating shared diary that will spark the imaginations of young chapter book readers. Authors Rachel and Ruby draw on their fantastic experience as comedy writers and performers to craft a story perfectly pitched for early readers stepping into longer f...
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We Are All One
Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 April 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
We Are All One is an absolutely beautiful picture book that details how we are all connected to each other and to nature. The message is simple and reflected in the sparce text on each page but the message is an important one - how we are all linked together. The text h...
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Two is a Crowd
Name: Jenny Caddick
02 April 2026;Genre: Family & Home
Two is a Crowd is a brilliant, thought-provoking and sensitively written story with Cath Howe's hallmark empathetic understanding of the emotions and experiences her young readers may be facing in today's society. Two is a Crowd is a tale of transitions and uncertainti...
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The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 April 2026;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Marinka has a deep bond with the house with chicken legs which has been her home all her life. Recently, however, the house has started to act strangely so in an attempt to heal it, she plans a feast for a 'guiding', a party to celebrate the lives of the dead before they pass through the Gate...
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Now You Know Your ABC: . . . or do you?
Name: Maria
01 April 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Now you know your ABC begins as a traditional ABC book but soon turns into a clever, fun alphabet adventure with a wolf, and a journey. The wolf remains close at hand as the reader is taken through the alphabet to F for France, K for Key and much more! Each page has a n...
