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  • Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Birds

    Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Birds

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    06 January 2026;

    Genre: Environment & Nature

    One of the joys of being known as a book lover is being able to 'borrow' other peoples' children to share stories with! My new little neighbour, Esme, is now six months old, bright and into everything so Big Outdoors for Little Explorers: Birds was a perfect choice! Esm...

  • King of Beasts (Twin Crowns, Book 5)

    King of Beasts (Twin Crowns, Book 5)

    Name: Linda Brown
    05 January 2026;

    Genre: Fantasy

    King of Beasts is the concluding book to the amazing Twin Crowns series. Even though this is a spin-off, it has the same immersive reading experience that make it clear that this talented author knows how to engage her target audience . . . King Alaric,...

  • The Secrets of Wild Hill: Lottie's Dream

    The Secrets of Wild Hill: Lottie's Dream

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    05 January 2026;

    Genre: Family & Home

    The Secrets of Wild Hill: Lottie's Dream is a well-written and cleverly plotted novel, combining horses and riding with a family mystery story. Lottie Manderson loves spending time at Wild Hill, her grandparents' livery yard, where her beloved pony Patch, is stabled. He...

  • Small Poems for Big Imaginations

    Small Poems for Big Imaginations

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    05 January 2026;

    Genre: Poetry

    Small poems are fabulous fun / So I thought I would write this one / It will not be long I think / Cos my pen has run out of . . .  So begins this fun collection of poems, Small Poems for Big Imaginations, which would make an excellent addition to any poetry she...

  • The Golden Monkey Mystery (Secrets of the Snakestone)

    The Golden Monkey Mystery (Secrets of the Snakestone)

    Name: Louisa Farrow
    05 January 2026;

    Genre: Adventure

    Roma lives permanently at Miss Oliphant's School for Young Ladies in the middle of the Kalabon jungle. Her mother died in childbirth and Roma dreams of becoming a doctor and specialising in treating women. Unfortunately, all the places are reserved for men. Undeterred Roma does all she can to...

  • Magpie Girl

    Magpie Girl

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    02 January 2026;

    Genre: Adventure

    Completely enchanting, Magpie Girl is an absorbing book which would make a excellent story time read! Safely back home in Maidswell after having mysteriously disappeared, Lavender Wild has no memory of her time away from home, but is able to speak to birds and has beaut...

  • Tidespeaker

    Tidespeaker

    Name: Clare Wilkins
    02 January 2026;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Tidespeaker is a deliciously gothic, fantasy fiction thriller set in a fractured world ruled by the Hundred - aristocratic families who have harnessed the power of the Orha. A people blessed with ancient, elemental gifts, the Orha were deemed a danger to the noble families of...

  • The Not-So Great Escape

    The Not-So Great Escape

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    02 January 2026;

    Genre: Funny Stories

    The Not-So Great Escape is a funny, heartwarming and sensitively written novel. 12-year-old Hedley lost his mother in a car crash a year ago. His father took to his bed following the accident and never leaves their flat. Hedley is having trouble coping; he sees the worst-case...

  • The Dreamies

    The Dreamies

    Name: Sue Wilsher
    01 January 2026;

    Genre: Family & Home

    Whilst you sleep, the Dreamies, tiny, playful creatures who live in the walls of the house, create wonderful dreams, full of colour and fun. However, sometimes they get distracted and dreams can get bigger and out of control, turning into nightmares. But with some imagination, a little practic...

  • The Space Between

    The Space Between

    Name: Lizi Backhouse
    01 January 2026;

    Genre: Family & Home

    This is an utterly lovely book about how changes are easier when you know the secret of The Space Between. In the book, the little girl has moved house but she misses her old house, the old park and her old friends. her Granny shows her how she is in the space in-between - jus...