Publication Date: 12 May 2022 The Blurb Marty doesn't have much. Unlike his mum, who has billions of things: newspapers, holey shoes, rusty lawnmowers, broken picture frames – she keeps EVERYTHING! It's hard to leave the house. Marty does his best to look after her and wonders if anything will ever change. But on Marty's … Continue reading Seed by Caryl Lewis
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Rumaysa: Ever After by Radiya Hafiza, illustrated by Rhaida El Touny
Publication Date: 28 April 2022 The Blurb Return to a Once Upon a Time where anything is possible . . . Rumaysa: Ever After is the enchanting sequel to Radiya Hafiza's Rumaysa: A Fairytale – a gorgeously empowering and funny story that spins the classic fairytale to show that anyone can be a hero. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, … Continue reading Rumaysa: Ever After by Radiya Hafiza, illustrated by Rhaida El Touny
The Unmorrow Curse by Jasmine Richards
Publication Date: 5 May 2022 The Blurb It's not every day that you find a famous weather woman bound by magic to a tree deep in the woods. Or discover that the weatherwoman is in fact Sunna, the Norse Goddess of the Sun, and one of the seven day guardians who keep time in order. … Continue reading The Unmorrow Curse by Jasmine Richards
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Publication Date: 14 April 2022 The Blurb Cassie Morgan has run away. After seven years spent waiting for her mother to return, she flees her dreary boarding school and sets out to find her. But the world outside her school is full of hidden magic and children have been going missing. With the help of … Continue reading Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Firesong: A Brightstorm Adventure by Vashti Hardy
Publication Date: 5 May 2022 The Blurb Arthur, Maudie, and the rest of the Aurora crew are going on a mission to the Volcanic North, where years before their parents discovered the moth that is their family symbol. But their scheming, ambitious aunt, Eudora Vane, is still dedicated to destroying the Brightstorm family name, and the further north the Aurora travels, … Continue reading Firesong: A Brightstorm Adventure by Vashti Hardy
Antarctica: The Melting Continent by Karen Romano Young, illustrated by Angela Hsieh
Publication Date: 21 April 2022 The Blurb Antarctica – vast, cold and mysterious. This frozen continent is full of incredible stories. Here you can discover incredible wildlife, awe-inspiring landscapes and adventurous scientists and explorers. Join author Karen Romano Young on a trip across Antarctica, hanging out with people and animals and learning about how this … Continue reading Antarctica: The Melting Continent by Karen Romano Young, illustrated by Angela Hsieh
The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
Publication Date: 14 April 2022 The Blurb There was a single trail of footprints, the first I'd seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age.Then they stopped. When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, ten-year-old Kara … Continue reading The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
Publication Date: 31 March 2022 The Blurb Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit London Pride together and have the ultimate day out, Bea doesn’t think her family could possibly get any happier. But a year later, a grey cloud is following Bea’s … Continue reading The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
Animal Sidekicks by Macken Murphy, illustrated by Dragan Kordic
Publication Date: 5 April 2022 The Blurb Amazing Stories of Symbiosis in Animals and Plants Heard about the fish that clean shark teeth? Or the frog that lives with a tarantula? Welcome to the weird world of symbiosis – where animals form incredible relationships. Macken Murphy, host of the popular animal podcast Species, introduces his favourite … Continue reading Animal Sidekicks by Macken Murphy, illustrated by Dragan Kordic
Tales Of Ancient Worlds: Adventures In Archaeology by Stefan Milosavljevich, illustrated by Sam Caldwell
Publication Date: 5 April 2022 The Blurb What links shipwrecks, Egyptian treasure, and fossilized Viking poo? They’re all things that have been discovered by archaeologists! Pick up your shovel and Indiana Jones hat and dive into the world of archaeology in this non-fiction kids’ book by YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich. Alongside beautiful illustrations by Sam Caldwell … Continue reading Tales Of Ancient Worlds: Adventures In Archaeology by Stefan Milosavljevich, illustrated by Sam Caldwell
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