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Two Birthdays
Name: Lucy Hopkins
03 November 2025;Genre: Friends and family
A nice story about friendship. Boo and Cedric are best friends. When it's Boo's birthday, Cedric makes a huge effort and they have a lovely day. Shortly after, when it's Cedric's birthday, Boo forgets! This book provides a really interesting opportunity for chi...
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A Poem for Every Question
Name: Tina Derry
03 November 2025;Genre: Poetry
A recipe for a perfect way to spend a wintry afternoon: Take 1 book full of clever and witty poems. Add some facts to increase knowledge. Sprinkle liberally with wonderful illustrations…. I LOVED THIS BOOK! The latest work of much loved poet Brian Bilston is ably suppor...
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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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SCRAP: Escape From Somewhere 513
Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 November 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
In SCRAP: Escape From Somewhere 513, the third novel in the SCRAP series, Scrap and his two charges, sisters Paige and Gnat, are still trying to escape from the planet where the girls are the last remaining humans. Their escape is complicated by several robots having vendettas...
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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...
