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Murder at Christmas
Name: Sue Wilsher
03 October 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Grace is delighted when she arrives in Bath to spend Christmas with her mum and younger brother, Billy. Although her dad won't be with them, they will be staying at the hotel owned by their mum's twin sister, Aunt Mollie. But when a body is found on the stairs and their mum disappears, Grace a...
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This Is Not A Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets
Name: Emma Nelson
03 October 2025;Genre: Poetry
This Is Not a Small Voice is an anthology that perfectly works in a classroom as well as in homes. Compiled by the award-winning writer and editor Traci N. Todd, this stunning collection introduces children to a wide array of powerful voices in Black poetry. E...
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The Takeover: Volume 2 (Ministry of Mischief)
Name: Margaret Pemberton
02 October 2025;Genre: Funny Stories
This is the second in the wonderfully funny and anarchic Ministry of Mischief series featuring Joey and Harry, but importantly, it is about their relationship with the group of Imps from Impworld, who we met in the previous book....
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Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Huxley, the impulsive koala, and Flapjack, the timid penguin, are back in a new adventure, Huxley and Flapjack: Wild West Escape! Spotting an advert in the paper, Huxley decides that becoming a cowhand is the perfect way to earn some money. Not deterred when Flapjack p...
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The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Friends and family
Fran is not looking forward to spending a week with her aunt and uncle, largely because of her rude and unfriendly cousin, Imogen. However, when she arrives, Fran finds that Imogen is missing . . . and no one seems to remember that she ever existed. Puzzled and frightened, Fran is determined t...
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Giggling Ghosts
Name: Lucy Hopkins
02 October 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Giggling Ghosts is an interactive, humorous book which may help to avoid any spooky feelings about ghosts! This is a nice story for children to enjoy, especially around Halloween. The friendly ghosts may help ease any worries some children have about 'spooky things'. It would...
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Five Little Ghosts
Name: Lucy Hopkins
02 October 2025;Genre: Early Skills
Five Little Ghosts is an enticing Halloween read for the youngest readers! This board book mimics the traditional tale of Five Little Ducks but with a halloween twist. Mummy Ghost keeps losing her little ghosts but, thankfully, they all return at the end of the story. E...
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The Bear Who Wanted to Dance
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 October 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Rita longs to become a ballerina. Fuelled by her passion for dance, she practises every day, striving to become the best she can be. However, as she looks at ballet magazines and compares herself to her friends, Rita is filled with self-doubt, feeling that she is the wrong shape to be able to...
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Squirrel and Bird
Name: Stephanie Gladdish
02 October 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Squirrel and Bird is a beautifully illustrated story about identity and our perceptions of others. We're told repeatedly in the book that Squirrel is loud and Bird is quiet, Squirrel is busy, Bird is not… but look closer on the page, and you'll find things are...
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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 October 2025;Genre: Adventure
When her mother dies, Maggie is left with nothing but a letter for a stranger named Jean Passepartout. Faced with life in an orphanage, she seeks him out and finds herself caught up in the adventure of a lifetime. Passepartout is valet to Mr Phileas Fogg, who has just entered into a wager to p...
