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Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Will Bernard the bun find sweet freedom - or end up in a sticky situation? Bernard isn't like other buns. He's brave, he's fierce, he's going on the run! But life outside the bakery is full of dangers for a yummy treat like him - especially at tea time . . .
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Loah Londbonderry is definitely a homebody. While her mother, a noted ornithologist, works to save the endangered birds of the shrinking Arctic tundra, Loah anxiously counts the days till her return home. But then, to Loah's surprise and dismay,�Dr. Londonderry decides to set off on a perilous solo quest to find the Loah bird, long believed extinct. Does her mother care more deeply about Loah the bird than Loah her daughter? Things...
3) Sulwe
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Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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The New York Times Number 1 Bestseller From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o comes a powerful and moving book about colourism, self-esteem and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe's skin is the colour of midnight. She's darker than everyone in her family, and everyone at school. All she wants is to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey through the night sky opens her eyes and changes...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Digital
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Everyone loves Goldilocks? hilarious online videos, but in her quest to get more likes, more laughs and more hits, she tries something a little more daring: stealing porridge #pipinghot, breaking chairs #fun, and using someone else?s bed #sleep. What will Daddy Bear do when he sees that online? A hilarious cautionary tale for a new generation of internet-users from the prize-winning partnership of Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross, the third of its kind...
5) Grumpycorn
Author
Series
Grumpycorn volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Unicorn wants to write the most fabulous story in the world. He has a fancy notebook. A special fluffy pen. He has everything just perfect. But Unicorn has NO IDEA what to write! When his friends try to join in, will Unicorn turn into a ... GRUMPYCORN? A must-have unicorn picture book treat from the bestselling, award-winning Sarah McIntyre.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The perfect picture book for children with a BIG imagination, We Found a Cat is a laugh-out-loud story of a little girl and a little boy who find a furry friend. Cats have whiskers and love to purr... Cats love to play... Cats love to eat... When a brother and sister find a new furry friend, they decide that it most definitely IS a cat. But something's not quite right. It's very loud... It's very hungry... And it DOESN'T USE DOORS! They eventually...
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Series
Gingerbread Witch volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Maud has grown up in a house made of gingerbread, wanting nothing more than to be a witch like Mother Agatha. But just like all of Agatha's gingerbread creations-from the magical house to the chocolate mousse squirrel-Maud will turn back into crumbs if anything ever happens to Agatha. This seems unthinkable?until Hansel and Gretel, a pair of witch hunters, push Agatha into the cottage's oven. To save herself and the other creations, Maud will have...
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Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
This all-new board book primer - from the multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series - introduces the youngest dreamers to the world?s best-loved artists. In this board book compilation of the most fantastic artists�from the series, suitable for the youngest readers, introduce your baby to Andy Warhol, Vivienne Westwood, Frida Kahlo, Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso,�David Bowie, and�Jean-Michel Basquiat. Each spread shows...
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Series
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Three charming stories about a young girl who lives in a flat in Lagos with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who is very fast; and Grandmummy, who is very bossy. Too Small Tola is just the right size to fit under the bed and rescue Grandmummy's most prized possession when it goes missing. Her abilities in maths prove to be very helpful when Grandmummy becomes ill. In the title story, though Grandmummy can't afford to buy Tola...
10) The revelry
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Ember Grove, Bitsy Clark knows better than to break the rules around the Revelry, the mysterious end-of-year party in the woods. So when her best friend, Amy, persuades her to sneak in, Bitsy is full of misgivings. Misgivings that she should have listened to, because it?s after the Revelry that Bitsy?s luck turns and her life starts to unravel. For Amy it?s the opposite, as if she?s been blessed with good fortune. Soon Bitsy is convinced...
11) Rocketmole
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Armstrong the mole doesn't dig living underground. His friends think building a rocket to go to the moon, alone, is an astronomically bad idea, but Armstrong is determined to boldly go where no mole has gone before... A picture book about big dreams by Waterstones-shortlisted Matt Carr.
12) The newshound
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Three budding journalist friends and their faithful hound uncover top local news stories in this delightful new series about family, friends and DOGS! Eva has always wanted to be a journalist, so when she finds a stray dog outside her home, she might just have found her first case. Can she, along with her best friends at the Newshound newspaper, Simone and Ash, find Wafer?s real owner? As the trail leads from one dead end to another, Eva realises...
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English
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Children have strong feeling and they can't always handle them very well. Perfect for sharing, How Are You Feeling Today? is packed with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a whole range of different emotions. This delightful book gives parents the tools they need to help their child deal with those feelings - without it all ending in tears! A great dip-in book where children can choose a feeling that relates to them and...
14) Concrete rose
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
From the international phenomenon Angie Thomas comes a hard-hitting return to Garden Heights with the story of Maverick Carter, Starr?s father, set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning The Hate U Give. The son of a drug king, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter is negotiating life in Garden Heights as he balances school, slinging dope, and working two jobs while his dad is in prison. He?s got it all under control - until, that is,...
15) Little monsters
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Howl with laughter and squeal with delight at this monstrously exciting new story from number one bestselling author David Walliams!Howler is a SMALL werewolf with a BIG problem.He is just not SCARY! And that makes him the odd one out at Monster School?But when Howler finds some new friends, he discovers that being the ODD one out might just make him the COOLEST one of all?This hilarious new picture book is full of squeal appeal and has giggles on...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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This is a read-along edition with audio synced to the text, performed by Helena Bonham Carter. Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming and uplifting tale. Once there was a girl who was full of wonderment at how the world worked. She shared all her dreams and excitement with her father, who always had the answer to every question. That is until one day when his chair was empty, not to be...
17) Jingle bells
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Join some very enterprising mice in this funny, festive story from best-selling creator of Percy the Park Keeper, Nick Butterworth.Christmas time, a happy time - or so it should be. But for two small mice, Lottie and Jack, Christmas Eve is overshadowed by one big problem? That Cat. How can they stop him from spoiling everything? Their friend, the wise rat, Ton Chee, has an idea involving a little golden bell ? but will it work?.
Author
Publisher
Electric Monkey
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Staff Pick:
I absolutely loved this book! It's perfect for a rainy night to curl up under the covers with. A queer reimagining of The Picture Of Dorian Grey by local author Laura Steven, it's full of dark twist and turns and a mystery you'll never guess
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Author
Series
Imagination Island volume 1
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Observers! Dreamers! Inventors! Explorers! The time has come to crown four new Protectors of Imagination Island. Do YOU have what it takes to win the Race? Mario Kart meets The 13 Storey Treehouse in this thrilling new series from the author of The Christmas Carrolls The time has come for four children to be named the new Protectors of Imagination Island. In an event that only happens once every 80-100 years, children all over the world scour the...
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Dream Defenders volume 3
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Meet the Dream Defenders - they're on a mission to banish your worries while you sleep!.
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