Publication Date: 6 November 2025 The Blurb Eddie feels invisible - his sister Scarlet isn't well and nobody seems to remember that he's here. Out in the forest, as the ice hardens and winter gets deeper, the world is quiet. But there's a monster deep among the trees - a monster that's growing with every … Continue reading Robin by Saran Ann Juckes
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Coach by Jason Reynolds
Publication Date: 14 October 2025 The Blurb In this companion to Jason Reynolds's award-winning and New York Times bestselling RUN series, meet Coach as a boy striving to come into his own as a track star while facing upheaval at home.Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost, Lu, Patina, … Continue reading Coach by Jason Reynolds
All The Way Down by Stewart Foster
Publication Date: 6 July 2023 The Blurb When three eleven-year-old ‘problem children’ are thrown together at summer camp, they’re challenged to build a place to live together for the next week. But after a trip to a disused tin-mine goes awry, Milo and his new friends, Oscar and Effie, soon find themselves split off from … Continue reading All The Way Down by Stewart Foster
Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith
Publication Date: 2 November 2023 The Blurb Tucked up in bed at their new flat, a boy and his mum share memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew … Continue reading Do You Remember? by Sydney Smith
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
Publication Date: 26 September 2023 The Blurb Roz the robot has made an unlikely home for herself on an idyllic island dense with forests, wildflowers and friendly animal inhabitants - including her own young son Brightbill the gosling. Life on the island is perfect, until a dying seal washes ashore and warns of dangerous, cloudy … Continue reading The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
The Way Of Dog by Zana Fraillon, illustrated by Sean Buckingham
Publication Date: 2 March 2023 The Blurb Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. Scruffity is born into a harsh, grey world. What he yearns for most is Family. But no one wants him. Just as his chances of adoption grow thin, Scruffity is set free by a boy as unwanted … Continue reading The Way Of Dog by Zana Fraillon, illustrated by Sean Buckingham
It’s here! The 2022 Read For Empathy Collection from EmpathyLab!
EmpathyLab announces 2022 Read for Empathy collection –practical tool to surround children with empathy experiences EmpathyLab launches its 2022 Read for Empathy book collection at a time when empathy has never been needed more. An expert judging panel has selected 60 books for 4-16 year-olds, each chosen to empower an empathy-educated generation. The primary collection features 35 books for … Continue reading It’s here! The 2022 Read For Empathy Collection from EmpathyLab!
Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival
Publication Date: 5 August 2021 The Blurb Tilda's world is just as she likes it . . . until one day, it turns completely UPSIDE DOWN. All of a sudden, everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing feels right. Things that were once easy now seem incredibly challenging.Can Tilda discover a new way to approach her problems … Continue reading Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival
When The Sky Falls by Phil Earle
Publication Date: 3 June 2021 The Blurb 1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, … Continue reading When The Sky Falls by Phil Earle
Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
Publication Date: 5 March 2020 The Blurb When is an egg not an egg? Everyone knows that eggs have pointy tops and big bottoms - but what happens when an upside down egg turns up? Will this odd egg ever be accepted by the others? The Review A fabulously funny, thought-provoking, near wordless picturebook celebrating … Continue reading Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
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