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New on the shelves
New Children's Books
1399714775 
Hardback 
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
Note: Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent's face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna - the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn't see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts.
0711279098 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: This big hairy monster appears out of the blue one day, splitting up the best friends and growing bigger and bigger, until it starts to ruin all the children in the playground's fun. Together, they learn how to shrink the monster until it vanishes completely, to the point where they can't even remember what it looks like.
1398517151 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Resource type: Physical
Note: Meet Delilah. She's on a mission to be the first dodo to take flight - and she won't let what any of the other dodos say stand in her way.
0008502153 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Farshore
Resource type: Physical
Note: Mira and Dave are now UBFF (Unicorn Best Friends Forever) and they can't wait to join in all of the sport's day games and go on a magical rainbow quest. But then all the games start to go wrong. The sacks for the sack race are sewn together, the eggs for the egg and spoon race are rotten and the PE kit is stolen!
0008538573 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Farshore
Resource type: Physical
Note: It's summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get weird. Who is the creepy man on board the ship? And what is the vast, shadowy creature seen lurking at the bottom of the ocean?
0241638496 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson - with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather's fortune and stole their hearts - must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.
147141423X 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her best friend Kassidy and five friends on a luxury 1920s-themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There, Izzy and her friends party in vintage dresses and expensive diamonds - until Kassidy's boyfriend turns up dead.
1912745321 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Troika Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Alara's incredible gaming skills bring her to the attention of Estrella's leaders. She is chosen to go on a dangerous mission to London Under, the original older, long-deserted and distrusted city on top of which Estrella (the Star city) was built, to gather 'vital' intelligence.
0241631092 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Puffin
Resource type: Physical
Note: Sun's out, crumbs out - Greg the Sausage is SO EXCITED to be jetting off on his first-ever holiday! He's ready to hop on a plane to paradise for some FUN IN THE SUN! Karaoke, splashing in the pool, ice cream - Greg's ready to try it all and have the BEST HOLIDAY EVER!
1444959727 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Meet 14-year-old Indi Raye. Her dad has 100% not just left without a trace, leaving her mum listening to Adele every night in the bath and crying. No, dad is obvs just away travelling the world on business, and sometimes Indi flies out to meet him, and picks up boyfriends, like cute Spanish Enrrrriiique. Sometimes it's easier just to FAKE IT.
1408362260 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Orchard Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: On a misty lagoon in a fairy tale land, young frogs wait patiently to be turned into magical princes. But one little frog is different - Hopp definitely does NOT want to be a prince! When Hopp sets out on a journey to find their true self, everyone assumes the little frog is destined to be a prince.
0861546946 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Rock the Boat
Resource type: Physical
Note: In the outskirts of Bihar's Red Light District, fourteen-year-old Heera is living on borrowed time. Her father plans to sell her into the sex trade to pay off the family's debts. But after watching her cousin suffer this fate, Heera is determined to find a way out. A chance encounter introduces her to the power of kung fu.
1510107819 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: In the lakes, the wolf queen sharpens her spear. In the mountains, an ancient girl opens an eye. In the forest, an orphan is summoned by the trees. Our story has begun. Ysolda has lived her life in the shadow of the wolf queen's tyrannical rule but, safe in her forest haven, she has never truly felt its threat.
1529380111 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Resource type: Physical
Note: Despite the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family - and destroyed the hero, Nick.But her success has come at a terrible cost.
1800784457 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Studio Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: From the author of 'The Same But Different Too' and 'I Am A Tiger' comes an uplifting picture book which encourages young readers to be themselves, even on tough days. For readers aged 3-7, this joyful picture book features rhyming text and a bouncy rhythm which grown-ups will love reading aloud.
1526660407 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: We're going to a ghost hunt! Come and join the fun! Get ready to celebrate Halloween as four bunnies set off on a spooky lift-the-flap adventure to find five little ghosts hidden under the flaps. There are all sorts of exciting things to see along the way, from screechy bats and black cats to white owls and pumpkins!
1398816760 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Arcturus
Resource type: Physical
Note: When super-schoolkid Andy draws a mysterious map with his atomic pencil, he accidentally unleashes a powerful enemy. It's DWEEB versus DORK in his most epic adventure yet!
1035013126 
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: What's a fed-up duck who feels all out of luck supposed to do? Go and ask a wise owl for help, of course! But watch out for the hungry Fox.
178628748X 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Child's Play
Resource type: Physical
Note: How are you feeling today? Children experience all kinds of feelings in a single day, but they can't always name them or talk about them easily. This book is part of an essential series that focuses on the six major emotions experienced by very young children.
1786287463 
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Child's Play
Resource type: Physical
Note: How are you feeling today? Children experience all kinds of feelings in a single day, but they can't always name them or talk about them easily. This book is part of an essential series that focuses on the six major emotions experienced by very young children.