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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...
2) 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...
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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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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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Too Small Tola volume 2
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...
6) 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...
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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...
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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...
10) Furious thing
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Language
English
Description
Furious Thing roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard? Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her step-father would accept her, her mum would love her like she used to and her step-brother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly...
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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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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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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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Series
Onyeka volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
I close my eyes, trying to push the power bubbling in me back down . . . Hairbands snap as my hair shoots out like superfine arrows, tearing through everything in its path. Onyeka has a lot of hair�- the kind that makes strangers stop in the street. She?s always felt insecure about her vibrant curls, until she makes an important discovery: she can control her hair with her mind! Her mother quickly whisks her off to the Academy of the Sun, a school...
Author
Publisher
Collins
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Help young children to understand and talk about their feelings with this beautifully illustrated book of activities.Sometimes it can be hard for children to know exactly how they feel. Talking about feelings makes them easier to understand and helps them choose how to react to them.Written by children?s therapist and emotional wellbeing author, Becky Goddard-Hill, the fun, simple activities are designed to give you and your child the tools to cope...
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Betty Steady and the Toad Witch volume 1
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Prepare to lick the toenails of adventure! Betty Steady?s faster than an angry goose and stronger than an ogre in yoga pants and she DON?T NEED NO STINKING HELP! But can she prevent disaster before the Toad Witch attacks Wobbly Rock? The funniest young fiction debut of 2024, for readers of You?re A Bad Man, Mr Gum and Grimwood! At twelve years old Betty Steady stands tall and dazzling, and is the Guardian of Wobbly Rock - a faraway kingdom which she...
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