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Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity
Name: Louisa Farrow
06 March 2026;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
To begin with, a disclaimer. I am not of mixed identity. I found this a very informative read, though, about a neglected subject. For children whose identity is mixed, it is full of empowering explanation blended with inspirational messages from a variety of successful people whose bac...
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The Last Wolf (The Moonhaven Chronicles)
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 March 2026;Genre: Adventure
Jax, Jovi, Esau and Fourth are the Moonlighters. They love their night time adventures, sneaking out after curfew, when the moon is full, to avoid the Nighthawks and roam the streets of Moonhaven. What could possibly go wrong? There have been no sightings of werewolves for almost 40 years!...
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Monsters
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2026;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When a travelling circus arrives in a remote village, everyone is excited. The Circus of Dreams claims to have the 'Monster of Dreams', a creature so terrifying and grotesque it is hardly to be believed. Otto, a young villager, is as excited as everyone else, but when he and h...
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Look, Baby, Look! Outside
Name: Stephanie Gladdish
06 March 2026;Genre: Baby & Toddler Books
Look, Baby, Look! Outside is a super bright and colourful lift-the-flap book for baby to explore. On first impression I was a bit thrown by how busy the pages were, but my baby loved this. While it took some time for him to find the flaps to lift, he loved looking at all the c...
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Make Every Week Wild
Name: Jemma Jeffrey
05 March 2026;Genre: Environment & Nature
Wow! What a fabulous activity book Make Every Week Wild is! It features 52 fun activities that promote creativity, exploration of outdoors and connection with nature, so there is something new to do every week for a whole year. We have loved making twig parachutes, goin...
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They Call Her Regret
Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Simone loves Hallowe'en and enjoys throwing the best spooky party each year. Seeking a suitably eerie location, she discovers a cabin in the woods by Yearwood Lake. Known locally as Doll's Head Lake, the area is reputedly haunted by a dark spectre called Regret. Keen to distract herself from t...
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Amari and the Night Brothers
Name: Brinley Age 8
05 March 2026;Genre: Fantasy
This is a great and mysterious book for kids.
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Runaways: An irresistible story about finding your true home
Name: Zack Age 12
05 March 2026;Genre: Family & Home
I personally think that Runaways is a particularity interesting book. My first reason is the structure. This book does have the normal chapters but it is told from two different perspectives . My second reason is that it is intriguing because you don't know whats going to happen next.
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Nova
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
Chris Bradford's latest offering is an adventure in space. Nova manages to provoke a range of emotions from terror to happiness, curiosity to celebration. The protagonist, Max Nova, is travelling to Mercury with his trucker father when disaster strikes and Max is released in a...
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Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody
Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
In Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody, Helen Rutter has written a heartbreakingly realistic story about the break up of a family from the main character, Vinny's, point of view. Vinny is struggling to cope with his feelings about the distance felt between him and his Mum...
