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Paddock Grove: Riding for Gold
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;Genre: Animals
Katie and her horse Sheriff take centre stage in this Paddock Grove episode. Katie is picked to be team captain for the inter schools riding competition. She is surprised and rather overwhelmed, suffering from lack of confidence. Strange things start to happen at the stables and Katie is sure...
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The Fate of Podkin One-Ear
Name: Jenny CADDICK
03 November 2025;Genre: Fantasy
The Fate of Podkin One-Ear is the finale in a stunning nine-book series that I have adored for years. As an adult reading "children's" literature, this series has been like revisiting the books of my childhood that built my love of reading. The Podkin saga is an epic, sweeping...
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Quantum! The Strange Science of the Smallest Stuff in the Universe
Name: Jane Rew
03 November 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Straight away, children will be enticed by the colourful, zesty cover of Quantum, which hints at both the fun to be had and the new discoveries awaiting us. Our guide is a chatty quark, Q, explains difficult concepts - like the electromagnetic spectrum or the large hadron coll...
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Mr Santa: An enchanting festive story
Name: Lucy Hopkins
03 November 2025;Genre: Seasonal
A festive story about the magic of santa! My favourite thing about this book is the illustrations. The colours are very soft and all of the pictures are soaked in a wintery, blue colour which ties each page together nicely. There are lots of lovely, festive illustratio...
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Midnight Treasure: Wolf Crown
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Having beaten the White Prince in the race for the Midnight Treasure and having discovered that they are, in fact, twins, Tibor and Roza now know that they are heirs to the throne of Princeland. However, now mortal, having lost their powers using the Dark Lantern, reclaiming their inheritance...
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The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio #1)
Name: Tina DERRY
31 October 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
In a world where all animals are granted super powers . . . Close friends Zeb (a zebra!), Margarine the penguin and Barry the lemur queue eagerly for their super power allocations. Unfortunately for them, they are at the very end of a very long line and, when they finally reach the front, all...
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Dino Knights: Extinction
Name: Natalie J McChrystal Plimmer
31 October 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Extinction is the third title of the Dino Knights series and is a contemporary book which has an old-fashioned feel. The soft watercolour frontcover, depicting a fierce roaring T-Rex ridden by a knight in shining armour with a standard bearer who is a girl, bearing down on a...
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The Merry Christmas Murders: a thrilling new murder-mystery series: Volume 1
Name: Sue Wilsher
30 October 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Brooke is not keen to start her new school. Even with Buoy, her emotional support dog, the experience threatens to be overwhelming. However, having met members of the Neurokind Club, she is willing to try, only to be faced with a murder on her first day. As the body count mounts, Brooke and he...
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Factology: The Maya
Name: Sue Wilsher
30 October 2025;Genre: Non Fiction
Full of fascinating information, this new addition to the 'Factology' series offers a detailed look at the ancient Maya. Starting with an explanation of who the Maya were - and are - Factology: The Maya provides a timeline of events happening in the rest of the world as the Ma...
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The Snowy Penguin
Name: Lizi Backhouse
29 October 2025;Genre: Animals
Bella is going on an expedition to the Antarctic with her mum to study penguins and she is absolutely overjoyed to be doing so! One day, whilst out exploring, Bella comes across a pale brown penguin but before she has chance to investigate it further she notices a ship... And then she stumbles...
