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Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
A positive, life-affirming celebration of human diversity, from how we look, to how we think and how we celebrateA charming look at diversity for younger readers, 'A Billion Ways to Be' explains and celebrates the beauty and variety of humankind, showing that there are billions of different ways to look, be a family and have fun, and all are equal. It also reveals how much we all have in common. Featuring simple text and bright, inclusive illustrations,...
Author
Publisher
UCLan Publishing
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
1960 is knocking on the door, and 18-year-old Margaret 'Birdy' Arbuthnot, presently of Surbiton, wants more than her current existence in the dull suburbs. She wants to live - in capital letters! Could Soho, with its bright lights and dark corridors, hold the key to a life more novel-like and less. Surrey? (Even if Mummy thinks it is a square mile of vice, full of men with overly shiny shoes.) At the cusp of the new year, Birdy resolves to only say...
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Twins Tami and Sam have been celebrating their birthday together at Fantastic Frank's Fun Park for years, but this birthday is different. This is the year they turn teen and Tami wants to organize the ultimate best-ever birthday palooza. But it turns out Tami and Sam have very different ideas on what makes the perfect party. Can they find a compromise before it's too late?
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
When new boy Rafa and his friends accidentally stray onto the set of a Hollywood blockbuster, the last thing they expect is to become part of the action. Rafa's likeness to the famous movie star, BB, gives him VIP access all areas, including the banquet of catering doughnuts! But Rafa isn't the only one having an adventure. His big brother, Cillian, is missing. He sent Rafa a clue to his location, but he can't really be in actual Hollywood, can he?...
Publisher
BBC Children's Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating interactive game book that takes real-life scenarios from the world of Blue Planet II, and turns them into a puzzle for readers to solve! Each animal has its own unique strengths that give it an advantage in the natural world. And sometimes, the underdog can come out on top. Readers must decide which animal they think would 'win' in each scenario - whether it's for travelling the longest distance, building the most impressive underwater...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Mary-Kate and her granny are going to stay at a very quiet castle near a very quiet Loch in the Scottish village of Bonkillyknock. The perfect destination for reading beside fireplaces, going for long walks in galoshes and drinking cups of tea with Granny's old friends. At least, that's what Mary-Kate thinks. However, this is no ordinary reunion - it's a World Society of Monster Hunters' conference. So, when an ear-shattering howl interrupts the convention,...
49) Box of secrets
Author
Series
Publisher
Maverick Arts Publishing
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Max is visiting his family in Japan where his grandfather has an antique shop. When Max finds a mysterious puzzle box hidden in one of the antiques, he manages to open it. Its contents send him and his cousin, Yamoto, on a treasure hunt, but they are not the only ones after the treasure! Can the two cousins solve the puzzles and reach the treasure before anyone else does?
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). In this retelling of a traditional tale, a young shepherd boy gets fed up when he looks after the sheep. He cries, 'Wolf!' to play a trick on the people in the village. Then, one day, a wolf really does come, and he discovers why it doesn't pay...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Fred can't make a decision about anything - his parents always tell him what to do, from what to eat every day to which secondary school to choose. And that's how Fred has found himself a pupil at the high-pressure, strict Gains School, when he'd much rather be going to Browtree, with its brilliant art department and kind teachers. As Fred waits for the bus to his new school, he sees the bus for Browtree pull up - and a wild, thrilling, thought strikes...
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Press
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Bronte Tempestra is back for another fun-filled adventure at Sir Sebastian's School for Squires! Bronte and the other trainee knights at Sir Sebastian's School for Squires are visiting the Stones of Forgotten Secrets with the princesses from POOP (The Palace of Obedient and Outstanding Princesses). But the joint school trip is plagued by mysterious mist, which Bronte believes is the work of a weather witch.With the camp in danger, it's up to Bronte...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ladybird Books
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
We're ready and waiting, the countdown's begun - join ten whizzy racers for super-fast fun! Zoom through Fairytale Forest with the whizzy racers as they all compete to win the Beanstalk cup! Watch out as racers avoid the temptation of gingerbread forests, pass through the scarily named Troll booth and dodge angry fairies on their quest to be number one! Even the most reluctant readers will enjoy reading along with the bouncy rhyming text.
Publisher
Farshore
Pub. Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Explore a different scene on every page, from a picnic in the park, to playtime at Melon Patch Academy and a visit to see the farm animals. There are lots of exciting things to discover and plenty of flaps to peek under. Can you spot JJ's friends? Which is your favourite fruit? Now point to the animal that goes 'woof'!
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