A game of scandal
£8.99An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of thenineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straightout of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmaska villain.
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Project Puffin
£7.99When they discover puffins coated in waste oil that has been dumped in the sea, they must find out who is to blame. Can they crack the case before more damage is caused to precious sea life and the Welsh coastline?
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Mirabelle in Witch City
£6.99Mirabelle is special because she is different. Her mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she LOVES getting up to magical mischief. In the hustle and bustle of Witch City, Mirabelle and best friend Carlotta get separated from their school group. What are they going to do? Make mischief, of course! Bright lights, big city, here they come.
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Get dressed belly button!
£8.99It’s time to go out, so let’s get dressed: tug snug, wriggle jiggle into socks, t-shirt, shoes and finally, all wrapped up in a big coat.
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This Is a Gift for You
£8.99A stunning companion to the best-selling and beloved The Wonderful Things You Will Be, this picture book celebrates how we say “I love you” with gifts as heartfelt as a daisy, as magical as a dream, and as comforting as a place to belong. It is a poetic tribute to the simple joys of life and nature, and a reminder that the greatest gift we have is time spent together.
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The cat and the king
£7.99Nick Sharratt’s fabulously funny début novel is illustrated throughoutwith his irresistible wit and humour. The King and his catmust find a new home when their castle burns down in an UnfortunateIncident with a dragon. The King discovers lots of new experiences,from washing-up to shopping – then danger looms when the dragonmakes its return!
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Ember Spark and the frost phoenix
£7.99This is a magical story where feisty character, Ember Spark, trains as an apprentice to a vet for magical creatures…
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Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
£5.99Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, she’s an engineer, and engineering is all about perseverance! But, sometimes, Rosie has a really important project to tackle – one that feels much bigger than her. This is one of those times. Rosie’s beloved Aunt Rose and her pals make up the Raucous Riveters – a gaggle of fun-loving gals who built airplanes together during WWII. When one of their own, June, is injured and can’t paint in the town’s annual mural competition, it’s up to Rosie to design a painting contraption to assist. After various flops, Rosie starts to lose hope. But, thanks to some help from two classmates (and one neighbour who may not be as mysterious as she seems), Rosie creates the Paintapoolza! June gets to paint a mural and, together, the Riveters and their new friends rediscover the meaning of home.
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Isadora Moon Makes a Wish
£9.99When Isadora discovers a wishing well, the mischievous nymph who lives inside grants her the wish of constant happiness. But being happy all the time isn’t quite as enjoyable as Isadora expects. Can Isadora convince the nymph to undo the wish, and allow her to feel all of her feelings again?
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Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
£7.99Mallory Vayle can see dead people and mostly tries to IGNORE them. But when her parents are ghost-napped, she is forced to team up with a talkative skull to get them back. Maggoty Skull promises to teach her the dark skills she needs, but only if she gets him a magnificent wig and promises to break the curse he has been placed under. Can the unlikely pair vanquish an evil spirit, free Mallory’s parents and even become friends? Maybe, but only if Maggoty stops calling Mallory ‘bumcrack’.
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Maisie vs Antarctica
£7.99Maisie thinks her dad is the most boring person in the world. For fun he likes to do origami (but only basic triangles) or jigsaw puzzles of a cloudless sky (yep, every piece is blue). He writes cool-sounding books like How To Wrestle A Crocodile and How To Defuse A Bomb, but he’s never actually done any of the awesome things he writes about. But Maisie has to admit weird things happen around Dad. Unexplainable things. When childcare falls through and Dad has to take Maisie to Antarctica to research his next book, How To Survive In Antarctica, Maisie realises there is definitely something unusual about Dad – not only can he speak languages she never knew he could, he manages to crash-land a plane and somehow save her from being eaten by a leopard seal! What is going on? How is any of this possible? Can her dad teleport? Is he a superhero or something else entirely?
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The Horse Who Danced
£7.99Iona dreams of glory for her beautiful pony, Jinks, so when local dressage star Jessica offers to coach her, Iona is swept off her feet. But each of Jinks’ successes brings injury or accident to her family’s stables. Can they all be coincidences? Or is Iona’s dream becoming a nightmare? As pressure mounts, Iona must fight to save her family’s home and to prove that, no matter who stands in their way, Jinks is born for stardom.
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Jonty Gentoo
£12.99Join a plucky little penguin on the journey of a lifetime!
Jonty the gentoo penguin longs to find his true home at the SouthPole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazingadventure, all the way to Antarctica! Children will love cheeringJonty on his way, in this fabulous story by the creators ofThe Gruffalo.
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The secret of Golden Island
£7.99Though Skylar’s old friends felt sorry for her, they were too afraid to talk to her. Yakov’s old friends were far away, blown across continents by war. Skylar is longing for the grandfather she had before his stroke and trying to survive the school bully when she meets Yakov. He is just desperate to go home. They recognise something in each other. A need for friendship, but something else fizzy beneath the surface. A refusal to accept the bad hand that life has dealt them. A reckless desire to change things up for the better. So when the island just off the coast of their town goes up for sale, it’s no surprise they want it. But how can two children possibly buy an island? And what will they risk to be able call it their own?
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Emerald and the runaway royal
£6.99The palace are busy preparing for a very important visit from another royal family, The Seadragons, so Emerald must be on her best, most princess-like behaviour.When Prince Mola Seadragon takes a Manta Ray from the royal stable and runs away, Emerald follows and discovers they have much more in common than she thought…