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Five Little Lambs
Name: Lucy Hopkins
04 February 2026;Genre: Early Skills
Five Little Lambs is a lovely board book for the youngest readers! The book mimics the traditional tale of Five Little Ducks but with lambs instead. My little boy loves the traditional song of five little ducks and really enjoyed the Halloween take on the book with ghosts, so...
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Adventuremice: Of Mice and Mummies
Name: Amanda Shipton
04 February 2026;Genre: Adventure
This is the eighth fantastic book in the Adventuremice series by Reeve and McIntyre! These two authors make are hard to beat when it comes to creating warm-hearted and comical adventures. As always, the illustrations in this series are really outstanding, they are warm...
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Henry the Artistic Dog
Name: Maria
02 February 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Henry the Artistic Dog is an unusual book but one children will enjoy and find funny because it is about POO!!! In this colourful picture book we meet Henry, who is like every dog but has a hidden talent. He loves walks, he loves street art, sculptures and is very proud of his...
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Rock and Roll
Name: Lizi Backhouse
02 February 2026;Genre: Friends and family
Rock and Roll are completely different - one is strong, one is soft, one loves attention and the other hates it however when they get together, they're an excellent team . This is a charming little book - it's very simply about admiring each others strengths and realising that we're better tog...
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Pomegranates for Peace
Name: Jacqueline Harris
30 January 2026;Genre: Family & Home
12-year-old Tamara Cohen is struggling. Since the Hamas attacks on October 7th, nothing has been right. Her dad is worried about his brother and family living in Israel and Jewish children, including Tamara, have become targets of Jew hate at school. To cap it all Tamara has to move out of her...
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Championing Your School Library: A Practical Guide to Advocacy, Marketing and Promotion
Name: Eileen Armstrong
26 January 2026;Genre: Non Fiction
There has never been a more exciting time to be working in school libraries in the UK. The government has committed to ensuring that every primary school in England has a dedicated reading space and has launched a cross-party inquiry into the benefits of reading for pleasure as well as the rol...
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Postman Planet: Volume 1
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
23 January 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Postman Planet considers himself to be the cool dude hero of the Intergalactic Postal Depot, he is the greatest postman in the whole galaxy so its no surprise when he is given a very important task, so important that he even gets an unwelcome assistant. This is because his mission is to delive...
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Welcoming the Lunar New Year
Name: Lucy Hopkins
22 January 2026;Genre: Seasonal
An interesting book to help many to celebrate Lunar New Year. Welcoming the Lunar New Year: Celebrate & Make would be a great addition to any family home to help to raise awareness and build experiences of different celebrations and cultures around the world. It would also...
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Finn's Epic Fails
Name: Beverley Somerset
22 January 2026;Genre: Funny Stories
Finn lives with his dad, younger sister Maisie (who is obsessed with unicorns) and his older brother Jonah, whose hobby is bullying and embarrassing Finn. As Finn puts it, he is "the filling in a sibling sandwich" and his life is one huge fail after another. In the very first chapter, he loses...
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The Home that Love Built
Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;Genre: Family & Home
When a terrible storm blasts through the forest, it causes chaos, destroying homes and toppling trees. Left with ruins, the animals realise that by working together they can create a new home, built with kindness and love. Using a cumulative style similar to that of 'This is the house...
