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  • 44 Tiny Acrobats

    44 Tiny Acrobats

    Name: Lauren Maidman
    04 February 2021;

    Genre: Friends and family

    44 Tiny Acrobats is the next instalment from Betsy Bow-Linnet and her 44 tiny African pygmy mice! Betsy has to take her mice to the vets and told to come straight back home, but she gets distracted by the circus in town and cannot resist going inside to see the special guest a...

  • The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

    The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

    Name: Janet Fisher
    04 February 2021;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    Telling a story about someone who has a problem does not always work, often making the reader feel sorry for him/her, which does not always make for a good read. Helen Rutter has overcome this in The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by making Billy Plimpton into a real hero, who ov...

  • Here Be Dragons

    Here Be Dragons

    Name: Judith Greenall
    03 February 2021;

    Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

    Maybe you have heard stories before featuring a knight, a damsel in distress and a dragon. If so, elements of Here Be Dragons will be familiar, but be prepared for some unexpected and humorous twists. I particularly enjoyed the first double page illustration of the knig...

  • Malala Yousafzai

    Name: Emma Nelson
    03 February 2021;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    The Little People, Big Dreams books discuss and explore the lives of outstanding people from across the world. This book concentrates on a young female called Malala, born in Pakistan where she grew up with a passion for education. Witnessing the Taliban destroy schools and the enforcement o...

  • Mary Anning

    Name: Emma Nelson
    03 February 2021;

    Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

    The Little People, Big Dreams books by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara discuss some of the world's most influential and inspirational people. This book is focused upon Mary Anning who grew up to be a world-renowned palaeontologist. Mary grew up in England, one of nine siblings, and only attended s...

  • Amber Under Cover

    Amber Under Cover

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    03 February 2021;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Amber Under Cover is an exciting, engaging super sleuthing spy adventure!  Teenage Amber is already reeling from the 'trauma' of finding out she is going to be a big sister after 14 years as an only child when this becomes the very least of her problems...  A victory in...

  • Emmy Levels Up

    Emmy Levels Up

    Name: Jenny Caddick
    03 February 2021;

    Genre: Bullying

    Emmy Levels Up is a brilliantly styled story focusing on bullying , friendship, fitting in and finding your own personal power . The story is updated for the digital age of gaming and feels fresh, relevant and very relatable with; it's almost dual narrative on characters' onli...

  • Meet the Oceans

    Name: Jessica Bunney
    02 February 2021;

    Genre: Non Fiction

    Meet the Oceans was an absolute 'must have' picture book after the joys of 'Meet the Planets' and it certainly excelled itself - it is equally as memorable and striking! Caryl Hart has so cleverly written this book as a non-fiction book in a narrative, characterful style, subt...

  • Black and British: A short, essential history

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    02 February 2021;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    2020 will be remembered for many reasons - but especially because it was the year in which the urgent need for putting Black British history back in the curriculum was finally recognised, and the drive to make it both mainstream and mandatory gathered huge momentum as a result of the Black Lives...

  • Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot

    Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot

    Name: Noel Age 10
    01 February 2021;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Agent Zaiba is a detective story based on a girl called Zaiba. Everything seems good at the summer fete until a mystery emerges at the baking competition. Will Zaiba, her best friend (Poppy) and her little brother (Ali) uncover who is the cupcake poisoner?