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Picture Books

1782507841
Hardback
Author: Kwant, Admar
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Floris Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Pomme and her father make pumpkin soup, saving the pumpkin seeds. She carefully plants the seeds, then tends the seedlings when they sprout in spring, fruit in summer and ripen in autumn. But is Pomme the only one looking after her growing pumpkins? Filled with glowing pastel illustrations, this beautiful book tells the story of how vegetables grow
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1788070577
Hardback
Author: Jagtman, Evelien
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Lemniscaat
Resource type: Physical
Note: Every night, Bear gazed at the stars. In his mind he drew lines between them, creating the most beautiful drawings. One night, something very strange happened. A star dropped from the sky! Just like that. Bear was certain. This star was meant for him! Bear ties the star around his neck and admires his reflection in the lake.
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0241548357
Hardback
Author: Hoyle, Mark
Author: Hoyle, Roxanne
Author: Conway, Gareth
Author: Ladbaby, 1987-
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: This Christmas, Greg the Sausage Roll is back and this time he's swept up in an even bigger festive rollercoaster that takes him all the way to the North Pole. Get ready to meet some brand-new friends and family - Greg is a sausage roll on a mission to make this year the best Christmas EVER!
32p ; 260mm
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0717195651
Hardback
Author: Breslin, Niall
Author: Dempsey, Sheena
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Gill Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Freddie wakes up grumpy after a bad night's sleep. Late for school, his day just seems to go from bad to worse. When Nana tries to help him at dinner time, Freddie snaps at her. She explains that being tired makes everything feel worse, but she knows just the trick to help him get to sleep. Tomorrow will be a better day!
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Hardback
Author: Isaacs-Johaadien, Salwah
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Kube Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'Tittle-Tattle Talia' is a story about a young girl who can not resist a juicy story. She is always talking about other people and she loves the attention she gets from those who listen to her tales. Despite warnings to stop, she doesn't see why a bit of fun is such a problem, but wait - where have all her friends gone?
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1529510058
Hardback
Author: Dicamillo, Kate
Author: Van Dusen, Chris
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and
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1526632594
Hardback
Author: Gliori, Debi
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Wilma belongs to a family of fearsome Viking warriors. She has BIG plans. She wants to sail the seven seas, slay the Monster of the Deep - and still be home in time to read a bedtime saga. Her older brothers all laugh. 'You're just a GIRL', they say. 'Real adventures are for boys'.
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1913134849
Hardback
Author: Soanes, Zeb
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Graffeg
Resource type: Physical
Note: Whilst searching for food in the snowcovered streets, Gaspard makes an astonishing discovery and, with the help of his friends, might just have saved Christmas. A heart-warming festive adventure for London's handsomest fox.
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1915119006
Hardback
Author: MacBain, Anna
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Elga Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Ned is a clever and cheeky boy. He loves life and sees no need for sleep. Can anyone change Ned's mind? Or will Ned escape bed for good?
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024156901X
Hardback
Author: Chacko, Ashwin
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: DK Children
Resource type: Physical
Note: This bold and beautiful picture book encourages kids to laugh at their fears and realize that we all feel fear some of the time. Its bright, colourful illustrations and quirky text combine to captivate kids. The central idea of the book is to help children talk about, relate to and laugh about their own fears.
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1529507367
Hardback
Author: Cousins, Lucy
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: It's a snow day! Join Maisy and her friends for a flurry of fun as they throw snowballs and catch snowflakes, build a snow mouse, set off on a sled race and drink a delicious mug of hot chocolate.
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1529511801
Hardback
Author: Yacowitz, Caryn
Author: Hawkes, Kevin
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Long ago, in the hills near Jerusalem, lived a young ox. For six days each week, she and her owner would toil in the fields, and on the seventh day both would rest. Then it came to be that this young ox was sold. For six days, she toiled in her new owner's fields, and on the seventh day the farmer brought out the yoke and plough, expecting to spend the day ploughing the fields
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1406397679
Hardback
Author: Faber, Polly
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: On a cold winter night a little fox burrows deep in the snow looking for something to eat and a place to rest. She finds herself falling down into a warm, cosy house and meeting a kind old man with a great round belly and a fox-white beard.
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1783128232
Hardback
Author: Roe, Mechal Renee
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Welbeck
Resource type: Physical
Note: Bright kid, fun style, cool cuts! This gift book is the perfect way to celebrate the diversity and imagination of boys' natural Black hairstyles. Including every style from afros to cornrows, with positive, easy-to-read text, it's a fantastic book for any boy who loves their hair.
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0711247242
Hardback
Author: Litchfield, David
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: You probably remember the story of the bear who found the piano in the woods and grew up to become a huge star. He played his music in front of millions of adoring fans and all of his wildest dreams came true. But now, the audiences are smaller, the pianos less grand, and the applause is dying away. So Bear decides to retire. Back in the woods, he is sad that his dream is over but he soon has something to distract him: Little Bear! When Little Bear stumbles upon his piano in the woods, she can't believe it when her father says that no one wants to hear his music anymore. So she comes up with a plan to prove him wrong.
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1849767874
Hardback
Author: Ganz, Jono
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Mildred is a sleepy gallery cat by day, but an inquisitive artist by night. Join her as she explores the many art styles in the gallery, and what being an artist means to her.
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1839131373
Hardback
Author: Lumbers, Fiona
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Andersen Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: See the beauty around you with Ava and her adventuring parents. Ava's parents are explorers, and the family is travelling around the world to find the rare ghost orchid. On their way, Ava marvels at the wonders around her: a moose in the woods, the starry desert sky, a blue whale swimming under their boat.
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0192784722
Hardback
Author: Thomas, Valerie
Author: Paul, Korky
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Winnie shares her big black house with Wilbur her big black cat. So sometimes she accidentally trips over him. Ouch! After some spells that make Wilbur look very silly, Winnie finds just the right magic to make sure she can always see him. Originally published: Brooklyn: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 1987
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1503763676
Hardback
Author: Kitson, Rhys
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Sunbird Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: There's more than one way to say ''bark'
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1408368153
Hardback
Author: Zephaniah, Benjamin
Author: Aye, Nila
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Orchard Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: From the creators of Nature Trail comes an uplifting picture book about the power of people, and the importance of connecting with others. This timely poem reminds us all to be kind to one another.
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Chapter Books

1398512818
Hardback
Author: Carroll, Emma
Author: Child, Lauren
Author: Andersen, H.C.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Resource type: Physical
Note: A powerful, feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic. Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident leaves her with only three matches left, the magical strike of each one sees her tumble into visions of a brighter future. Realizing she has the power to change her own fo
208p
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1398239461
Hardback
Author: Manushkin, Fran
Author: Lyon, Tammie
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: Katie's dad has a special ring that shines like a rainbow. But he loses it while he, Katie and Pedro are enjoying a beautiful day outside. Pedro and Katie work together to search for the ring. They try collecting clues and observing their surroundings. Will their detective work lead them to the rainbow ring?
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1788541707
Hardback
Author: Unsworth, Tania
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Zephyr
Resource type: Physical
Note: Elsie is not looking forward to the long summer holiday with her creaky, old Uncle John. But then the unimaginable happens as Time unravels and Elsie tumbles back to 1940s India to meet her Uncle John as a young boy on a tiger hunt. Can Elsie stop him from doing what he's already told her is a wrong he can never right?
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1529009367
Hardback
Author: Riddell, Chris
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: The Guardians of Magic disappeared ten years ago, leaving the Kingdom of Thrynne in the icy grip of a powerful sorceress. Most people have fled in desperate search of warmer lands, escaping the Ice Monsters that roam the streets. Meanwhile, young Tiggy Thistle lives hidden and safe with a kindly Badger until the day she meets one of the crafty Stiltskin brothers.
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1398239321
Hardback
Author: Dahl, Michael
Author: Clarey, Patricio
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: A bookstore closes for the night. Nothing inside stirs, except for one creeping thing - a human hand! The cursed part hunts for someone to read its handwriting so it can unleash an evil spirit into the world. Can the mighty Librarian stop the wicked hand before it makes a young boy its victim?
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0702307939
Hardback
Author: Brathwaite, Candice
Author: Farfort, Lucy
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
Note: This short story collection showcases tales based on important figures and events from Black History
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1368070825
Hardback
Author: Older, Daniel Jose
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Disney Book Publishing Inc.
Resource type: Physical
Note: Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisse's Island homeland disappeared into the sea.
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1368076874
Hardback
Author: Mejia, Tehlor Kay
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Resource type: Physical
Note: Paola Santiago has just returned home from defeating fearsome fantasmas, saving her father from a vengeful spirit.
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1368066364
Hardback
Author: Brown, Roseanne A
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Resource type: Physical
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1529067863
Hardback
Author: Henry, Lenny
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Bran and Fran love living with their mum, who is the storyteller at the Once Upon a Wow bookstore in their small Midlands town. But when mum goes missing and her stories turn out to be a portal to another world, they're going to have a huge, magical adventure on their hands.
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1405298642
Hardback
Author: Alston, B. B
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Farshore
Resource type: Physical
Note: After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full.
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0008446849
Hardback
Author: O'Grady, Paul
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Eddie and his friends must take on the perils of an evil badger crew to unravel a pirate treasure mystery that will see them ranging the Romney marshes and beyond to discover a hoard of EPIC proportions.
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1405952350
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: Eleven incredible stories from the world of Doctor Who - the early lives of friends and foes that have never been told before.
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1445184397
Hardback
Author: Graves, Sue
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Resource type: Physical
Note: This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills. Each title allows children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity.
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1445184419
Hardback
Author: Walter, Jackie
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. 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.
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1803281065
Hardback
Author: Gray, Annelise
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Resource type: Physical
Note: Dido is reconciled to leaving the racing track and staying at home to train horses with Scorpus and Parmenion. But a storm is brewing. It brings with it a fiery black stallion, uncannily like Dido's beloved Porcellus.
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1398501832
Hardback
Author: Miller, Ben
Author: Terrazzini, Daniela Jaglenka
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Resource type: Physical
Note: All Tog wants to do is work in Santa's workshop and one wonderful day, the letter from Santa arrives: Tog has been selected as an apprentice elf! Making toys is a lot more technical and a lot less fun than Tog had imagined, and even though his new friend Holly tries to help him, he's quickly relegated to cleaning out the reindeer stables. But someone has been stealing the presents from the workshop and a case of mistaken identity finds Tog accused of being the culprit!
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136807314X
Hardback
Author: Kim, Graci
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Resource type: Physical
Note: For Riley Oh, life as the Godrealm's last fallen star is not all it's cracked up to be.
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1839133244
Hardback
Author: Alexander, Kwame
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Andersen Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Dreams are today's answers for tomorrow's questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming.
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1368066569
Hardback
Author: Cervantes, J. C
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Resource type: Physical
Note: Renata Santiago is the most powerful godborn of them all, a bruja with the ability to manipulate shadows and a magical rope that controls time.
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Picture books for older reads

1800181442
Hardback
Author: Rosen, Michael
Author: Henley, Cole
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Unbound
Resource type: Physical
Note: Uh-oh. Frank isn't doing well at school, and he has just been told off by his head teacher again. He has one last chance to prove himself: all he has to do is follow the rules on his class trip to Chiltern House, complete his worksheet and stay out of trouble. But when a girl steps out of a painting and steals Frank's worksheet, staying out of trouble.
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1398239402
Hardback
Author: Korte, Steven
Author: Baltazar, Art
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: Even Aquaman needs a trusted friend. But how did the seahorse Storm become the Sea King's loyal steed?
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0702309788
Hardback
Author: Courtney-Tickle, Jessica
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Scholastic
Resource type: Physical
Note: Dusk is falling after a busy day in the jungle and two young orangutans are ready for bed. Soon, young readers will be too, as 'The Secret Jungle' takes them through a day in the life of the world's jungles, taking in the nocturnal sights and discovering what the day has in store before curling up ready to rest again.
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1529509297
Hardback
Author: Winston, Sam
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Studio
Resource type: Physical
Note: Once there were many stories in the world. Some had beautiful sunsets, some lived at the bottom of the sea and some were simply about dogs. Until one story decided that it was going to be the most important story ever. It called itself the One and started to consume every other story in existence. Soon it seemed that the One was all that was left...
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0500652945
Hardback
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Resource type: Physical
Note: Here is an inspiring tale from Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman celebrating the world's most iconic train, Flying Scotsman, and its greatest fan, a young girl named Iris. Iris knows everything there is to know about Flying Scotsman. Her dad is the famous train's driver, and every year her favourite birthday treat is a trip to see him at work.
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1802580875
Hardback
Author: Dunbar, Joyce
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Graffeg
Resource type: Physical
Note: Three new Mouse and Mole stories about a broken bicycle, moss on the roof and a washing line ghost, helping children to see the fun in everyday life.
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1529504775
Hardback
Author: Sparkes, Amy
Author: Hickey, Katie
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Entertainment
Resource type: Physical
Note: Elsie and her little brother, David, love watching the red buses that drive past. David longs to be able to toddle up to see them a little closer, but he has cerebral palsy and finds it difficult to stand. One day, Elsie has an idea to buy David a beautiful, big red bus to play with and encourage him take his very first steps.
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1529051177
Hardback
Author: Riley, Lucinda
Author: Whittaker, Harry
Author: Ray, Jane
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Rosie has just started a new school, and is just getting used to lots of new things when her teacher asks the class to draw their best friend. Rosie's not sure what to do - she doesn't have a best friend yet. Luckily, Frederick the Friendship Angel is on hand to show her that friendship is always around the corner.
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0008298351
Hardback
Author: Jeffers, Oliver
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Resource type: Physical
Note: A young girl lives in a haunted house, but has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? She'd love to know! Step inside and turn the transparent pages to help her on an entertaining ghost hunt, from behind the sofa, right up to the attic. With lots of friendly ghost surprises and incredible mixed media illustrations, this unique and funny book will entertain young readers over and over again!
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1529502675
Hardback
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Author: Judge, Chris
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: Erin's favourite game is spotting animals in the clouds with her mum & dad - everything from foxes & polar bears to little rabbits! She calls them her 'cloud babies'. One day, Erin falls very ill. She has to spend a long time in hospital but she still manages to find comfort & joy in spying cloud babies through the windows with her hospital friends
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0241581834
Hardback
Author: Chapman, Sital Gorasia
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: DK Children
Resource type: Physical
Note: Beep the robot would love nothing more than to have her own pet, like her friends do. One morning she gets a surprise delivery - a parcel containing circles, squares, triangles, and pentagons for her to make her own robot cat! Beep realises that she can't make a pet pal from flat, two-dimensional shapes so, with a flash of magic, the shapes become her own robot cat.
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0241581842
Hardback
Author: Chapman, Sital Gorasia
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: DK Children
Resource type: Physical
Note: Beep and Boots are looking forward to a day out at the zoo, especially getting to see their favourite animal - the giraffe. But they have to keep an eye on the time else they'll miss feeding time! It's all too easy to get distracted by lions, tigers, and tasty snacks - 15 minutes here, half an hour there! Pretty soon, Beep and Boots realise they might be late. Will they make it to the giraffe enclosure in time?
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0241556961
Hardback
Author: Tremain, Rose
Author: Jones, Richard
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: Oliver loves birds - watching them soar into the sky and wishing that just sometimes they would stay close. So when he discovers a robin made of iron, he thinks he's found the perfect friend - even if his pet dragon isn't quite so certain! When the robin begins to glimmer and hop, Oliver is overjoyed, but in a terrible turn of events, this new friend is lost.
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1444951912
Hardback
Author: Colfer, Eoin
Author: Donkin, Andrew
Author: Rigano, Giovanni
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: A powerful, hopeful and timely story about the real effects of climate change: two young people on different continents whose lives are catastrophically changed by global warming.
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1529053412
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Author: Woollard, Elli
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Follow Little Red through the woods, where she encounters a wolf! Find out what happens when Hansel and Gretel meet a witch, and see who secretly stitches the poor shoemaker's shoes. Who are the mysterious musicians of Bremen - and will Cinderella go to the ball, after all?
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1839975261
Hardback
Author: Sileo, Frank J.
Author: Lum-Potvin, Kate
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Resource type: Physical
Note: Joy loves her big brother, Noah. But When Noah is teased for being gay, Joy wants to help! Join Joy in learning what it means to be an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community in this charming picture book. Featuring a reading guide for adults and questions for discussion.
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1408351749
Hardback
Author: Gledhill, Carly
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Orchard Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Best friends Monty and Sylvester have been perfecting their 'super hero' skills. They've read the manual, they've got the outfits and now they are raring to go! All missions undertaken, however impossible. Better watch out, supervillains, as these two mean business!
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1471199819
Hardback
Author: Elphinstone, Abi
Author: Woodcock, Fiona
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Resource type: Physical
Note: In Bertie Crash-Wallop's noisy family, it can sometimes feel like there is no room for a quiet boy like him. But when Bertie meets a family of goblins on the night of the deepest frost, is it possible he might make some magic and discover his own place in the world?
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1838323554
Hardback
Author: Hulme, Jay
Author: Haghgoo, Sahar
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Pop Up Projects CIC
Resource type: Physical
Note: A sea-born creature, who never quite belongs, discovers who she really is, in this powerful illustrated song about metamorphosis and finding your true home.
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1526363755
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Author: Gooding, Louise
Author: Meza, Erika
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Wren & Rook
Resource type: Physical
Note: I love visiting my grandma. We read together, play her piano, feed the birds in the garden and we love looking through her big box of photos. But when Grandma starts to forget who the people in the photographs are, Mum explains that Grandma is living with something called dementia.
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1789894530
Hardback
Author: Bromage, Fran
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Miles Kelly Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Packed with vibrant, engaging illustrations and words to say, little dino fans will love practising the names of their favourite dinosaurs and learning about lots of new ones too. With lots to spot and talk about on every page, children can have fun with the simple questions throughout that explore numbers, colours and shapes.
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1839274506
Hardback
Author: Tyler, Madeline
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: BookLife
Resource type: Physical
Note: Take a stroll into any habitat and you'll find animals with special adaptations that allow them to thrive there. These are the Animal Champions.
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1913520609
Hardback
Author: Gladwin, Laura
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: This joy-filled collection of recipes, crafts, stories and games celebrates festivals and holidays all around the world. Celebrations happen in many different ways. Have you ever decorated a tree at solstice, cooked dumplings for Mother's Day or made a paper dragons for Lunar New Year? A book to help us learn about other cultures.
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1913520455
Hardback
Author: Skinner, Adam
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Magic Cat Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Slam the ball home with Michael Jordan. Scale mountain heights with Marielle Goitschel. Flip through the air with Simone Biles. Take a front-row seat and relive history's greatest sporting moments as they happened. This illustrated book showcases the defining moment of notable athletes from around the world in more than twenty sports.
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1914912071
Hardback
Author: Milton, Alexandra
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Boxer Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: A great natural history picture book introducing children to animal tracks.
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1787081176
Hardback
Author: Cox, Tiger
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Button Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: A practical guide to outdoor skills and crafts, designed to coax kids away from their screens and discover how to become intrepid explorers. Mountaineers, seafarers, astronauts, cyclists, hikers, divers, gliders, aviators even the most famous and daring explorers of all time began with small-scale adventures that gave them the courage and the ideas to pursue their amazing goals.
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0241605962
Hardback
Author: Lineker, Gary
Author: Baddiel, Ivor
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: From football legend, Gary Lineker, comes a collection of truly uplifting, empowering and extraordinary football stories that have inspired him throughout his career. Did you hear about the match that took place in no-man's land between enemy forces during World War I? Or about the world's greenest club, working to tackle climate change?
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0755501799
Hardback
Author: Smith, Miranda
Author: Wren, Jenny
Author: Le, Xuan
Author: Rambaldi, Max
Author: Calle, Juan
Author: Baumert, Olga
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Red Shed
Resource type: Physical
Note: Dip in each day to discover a new dinosaur and enjoy sharing with friends or family. Immerse yourself in this unforgettable year-long encounter with the most astonishing creatures ever to walk the Earth. From ferocious Tyrannosaurus to gentle giant Titanosaurus. You'll find familiar and lesser-known names, alongside newly discovered species.
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1405952326
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: BBC Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: For over forty years, the Doctor has battled against the monsters and villains of the universe. This book brings together the best - and the worst - of his enemies, companions, and fellow Time Lords. Why are the Daleks so deadly? What did Sarah Jane Smith do after she left the Doctor? Who exactly is the Master?
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1398242160
Hardback
Author: Richardson, Ashley
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: Technology is all around us all the time. In this book, young readers will discover ways to stay safe while using technology and learn important steps to take if they run into problems.
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1398811157
Hardback
Author: Cheeseman, Polly
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Arcturus
Resource type: Physical
Note: This title will make a great gift for young children interested in animals.
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0711270376
Hardback
Author: Jackson, Tom
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: QED Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover the mysteries of dinosaur origins, clues to what they looked like, how they survived, where they lived, and why they became extinct.
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1474998461
Hardback
Author: James, Alice
Author: Claude, Jean
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: This work brings a world of teeny creatures and tiny details vividly to life. Packed with exciting facts and amazing photographs, it includes practical, hands-on activities, for those with and without a microscope at home.
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1526316463
Hardback
Author: Prinja, Raman
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Wayland
Resource type: Physical
Note: Experience the explosive and colourful future of the cosmos, zooming trillions of years ahead in time with Professor Raman Prinja. Vivid artwork from Jan Bielecki plucks astonishing phenomena out of the distant future, and explodes them on the page - sizzling red giant stars and deep, mysterious dark energy; doomed moons and trailing comets.
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1398247944
Hardback
Author: Adamson, Thomas K.
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: What is the moon? Why do we see it at night? And why does it seem to change shape? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this easy-to-read title and discover the science behind the moon.
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1838992332
Hardback
Author: Moore, Kallie
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Neon Squid
Resource type: Physical
Note: Travel back to the land before time to discover real dinosaur stories from the world of palaeontology - featuring T. rex, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops! The book also whizzes back in time even further to meet the first walking fish, before speeding forwards to hang out with mammoths.
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0241528062
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: DK Children
Resource type: Physical
Note: An illustrated and photographic tour of the flora, fauna and geology of the Galapagos islands (13 major islands, 6 smaller islands, 40 islets). It covers the formation of the islands, the unique animals that live there, the evolutionary traits of the flora, the diverse climates, the brilliant conservation efforts and much more.
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1398242403
Hardback
Author: Rusick, Jessica
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Raintree
Resource type: Physical
Note: Some desert creatures are masters of disguise! They use camouflage and cover to outsmart predators or sneak up on prey. Some desert animals blend in with rocks, sand and more. Others burrow beneath the ground or hide in shrubs. Can you spot the creatures hidden in the desert?
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1398811181
Hardback
Author: Cheeseman, Polly
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Arcturus
Resource type: Physical
Note: This guide makes a great gift for young children interested in trees.
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0753448068
Hardback
Author: Burnard, Jane
Author: Binney, Kendra
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: This story begins at the outer edge of the Arctic Circle, where the extraordinary wood frog is beginning to freeze, and then works its way inwards to the north pole - through the tundra then into the sea and ice at the very centre. Then the scenes work their way back outwards. As the book progresses, winter progresses.
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Baby board books

1838992359
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Priddy Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Shaped, die-cut, picture-changing pages add an interactive element - say 'Night, night' and turn the page to watch the children fall asleep before Santa comes to visit. Watch as Santa visits lots of different homes, then turn the shaped pages to see the presents he leaves behind.
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1914011082
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Tiny & Tim
Resource type: Physical
Note: From a series of super sweet lift-the-flap board books that combine the cutest animals ever with positive messages of friendship and affection.
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1914011090
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Tiny & Tim
Resource type: Physical
Note: From a series of super sweet lift-the-flap board books that combine the cutest animals ever with positive messages of friendship and affection.
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1623541026
Hardback
Author: Spiro, Ruth
Year: 2019
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Resource type: Physical
Note: Baby learns hearing through different sounds and vibrations.
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1623541549
Hardback
Author: Spiro, Ruth
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Resource type: Physical
Note: Baby loves trying new foods. How does she taste their flavors?
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1800782918
Hardback
Author: Symons, Ruth
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Sophie and her friends are hiding. Wherever could they be? Little ones will love lifting the felt flaps to find a friendly animal on every page and a delightful Christmas surprise at the very end.
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1800783620
Hardback
Author: Warren, Amelia
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: It's Christmas morning and everyone is still asleep - except for Tiny! She's so excited for Christmas and can't wait to celebrate with her dino friends in the Frozen Lands. Join Tiny the Santasaurus on her quest to share the joy of gift-giving with all her friends.
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1803701013
Hardback
Author: Nolan, Kate
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: It's Christmas, and the little yellow duck is hiding in all the cosy scenes in this magical board book. Very young children will love finding the duck and looking at the bright, simple illustrations, and the sturdy pages are ideal for little hands to hold.
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1803702656
Hardback
Author: Dabija, Violeta
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree. A stunningly illustrated little board book version of the well-known, traditional Christmas song, which is perfect for sharing over the festive season. Each page depicts a different line from the song, brought to life by Violeta Dabija's lavish and richly coloured illustrations.
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1803702664
Hardback
Author: Joven, John
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: It's Christmas Eve. The children are snuggled, safe in their beds. Not even a mouse is stirring when something is heard outside. What could it be? Wonderful illustrations by John Joven introduce the famous Christmas rhyme about a very special visitor to a new generation of readers and listeners. Originally published: 2011
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1800360347
Hardback
Author: Purcell, Rebecca
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Tiny Seed Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: Zip has a shiny, expensive, fancy new toy. His friend Cat wants to play with it, but Zip's toy is much too fancy! This amusing beginner's book, with bold, bright illustrations and simple text will show the readers the importance of patience and taking care of precious things. It introduces young readers to simple vocabulary and dialogue.
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0241547466
Hardback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Ladybird Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: This adorable touch-and-feel book is perfect for sharing with little ones at Diwali! With simple text, bright illustrations and an exciting touch-and-feel on every spread, it helps to engage your baby's senses while introducing them to the celebration of Diwali.
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