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Name: Lucy Hopkins
07 November 2025;

Genre: Seasonal

Another lovely story to add to your Christmas book collection! This book is all about a little girl and boy who create magic with their Grandad. I love the way the book talks about the magic of Grandad's garden and really focuses on that relationship. When it'...

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Name: Lizi Backhouse
07 November 2025;

Genre: Seasonal

Fans of Charlie and Lola will love this Christmas book! In I am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas, Lola is very impatiently waiting for Christmas so Charlie entertains her with all of the things she can do in the countdown to Christmas - from writing...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 November 2025;

Genre: Short reads

Perfect for National Non-Fiction November, Spin a Story offers a wonderful mixture of true tales, riddles, poems, fun facts and jokes with the added enjoyment of a spinner on the cover to help you choose which category - Wonder, Explore, Laugh or Ooh - to select! Spinni...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 November 2025;

Genre: Family & Home

Starlings swoop and swirl their way through the stories of five children living in five different countries, linking their experiences as they experience their own journeys, as exciting and demanding as those of the birds soaring above. With its beautifully composed, wa...

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Name: Linda Brown
06 November 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Following her banishment from Fantome, Sera's journey to the remote hilltop haven of Halbracht introduces readers to a new powerful magic, and the founding of the Order of Flames. They are determined to rid the world of shade magic using the force of lightfire, which also runs through Sera's b...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
05 November 2025;

Genre: Friends and family

Sophie Anderson conjures up magic by recasting traditional folklore into absorbing stories that feel fresh and modern, yet timeless. This glittering story joins the ranks of beautiful art, music and writing inspired by the Russian fairy tale of the Snow Maiden, or Snegurochka....

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
04 November 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The eighth book in the delightful Anisha Accidental Detective series is a Christmas seasonal super sleuthing, joyful mystery. A detective genre for those young detective readers who like their adventures fast-paced, family orientated an...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
04 November 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

When Chloe Roberts is cheated out of being Head Girl at Morton Academy by her supposed best friend, Nikhita Patel, everything changes. No longer assured the benefits which this position brings and having been dumped by her boyfriend, she finds herself clinging to her position in the school's s...

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Name: Lucy Hopkins
04 November 2025;

Genre: Early Skills

A lovely wintery story for little readers! This book follows the familiar pattern of Five Little Ducks, but with penguins instead. Young children will definitely enjoy the predictability of how many penguins might be next and the amount they are supposed to find as the countdo...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
04 November 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Elle McNicoll simply excels in her books featuring young neurodiverse female characters. Her books grip the reader and lay bare the neurodiverse experience and reality of young people's lives, which she both celebrates and explores through her narrative. The neurodiverse inner mind faces an of...

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