Fiction
A touching picture-book about positivity. Every- day, a little girl talks to a flower. It blooms from her attention. The angry owner bans her from his garden. The flower wilts. Defeated, he asks for the little girl’s advice. Talk to it with love, she says. When he does, the flower blooms.
Early Years; Health and Wellbeing
Bottle of Happiness Author Pippa Goodhart Illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi £7.99 Paperback 9781910328262 Fiction
There was once a big mountain with two villages on either side. One side was rich, the other poor. One day, a boy decides to cross the mountain to visit the marketplace, but what can a poor boy trade? This modern-day fable picture book celebrates happiness through laughter and music.
Early Years; Class
Felix After the Rain Author/Illustrator Dunja Jogan Translator Olivia Hellewell £7.99 Paperback 9781910328453 Fiction
A beautiful book about feelings of sadness and the power of friendship from Slovenian picture book creator Dunja Jogan. Felix hides all his sorrow inside a large black suitcase, but one day something happens to set all his worries free. Felix is uplifted, free with a heart full of joy.
Early Years; Health and Wellbeing Paris Cat
Author Dianne Hofmeyr Illustrator Piet Grobler
£7.99 Paperback 9781910328590 Fiction
Paris Cat is quite different to the rest of the alley cats. She can do anything she sets her mind to – even if others don’t think so. Leaving her cat family behind, she sets off on an adventure to Paris to sing and dance. But what about her friends?
Early Years; Identity Inchtinn
Troika Books The Island
Author/illustrator Judith Wisdom £11.99 Hardback 9781912745036 Fiction
A charming tale of friendship, hope, kindness and finding acceptance of who you are and how you look in a world that seems increasingly suspicious of difference and the “other”.
Early Years; Body image; Health and Wellbeing; Race; Ethnicity
UCLan Publishing
Book of Secrets Author Philip Caveney Illustrator Jill Tytherleigh £7.99 Paperback 9781912979141 Fiction
A new Middle Grade adventure from Philip Caveney. Boy rides across the desert on a ‘borrowed’ horse. His destination? The great city of Cherabim. He carries with him The Book of Secrets, which contains his late father’s brilliant inventions, one of which could change the world forever.
Middle Grades; Diverse characters Fall Out
Author C. G. Moore
£7.99 Paperback 9781912979189 Fiction
I am Cal Adams – what does that mean? Sixteen-years-old. Black hair. Blue eyes. Short. Gay. Fall Out is a YA novel based on the explo- sive ordeal of Cal coming out.
Young Adult; Body image; Class; Health and Wellbeing; Sexuality
52 PEN&INC. Kicking Off
Author Eve Ainsworth Illustrator Thy Bui
£7.99 Paperback 9781912979202 Fiction
The remarkable story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies football team is brought to young readers for the very first time by award winning and CILIP Carnegie nominated Eve Ainsworth. Based on real life events. Middle Grades; Class; Gender; Health and Wellbeing
All About Friends Author Felicity Brooks Illustrator Mar Ferrero £9.99 Hardback 9781474968386 Picturebook
This charmingly illustrated book explores the benefits of having friends, looking at different
Author Danny Weston
Illustrator Helen Crawford-White £7.99 Paperback 978191297905 Fiction
Inchtinn – Where sinister beings stir and tormented souls seek revenge. What if survival relied on facing your greatest fears? A coming of age YA ghost story with a mysterious and magical twist.
Young Adult; Regional; Diversity PREMIUM LISTING
Gracie Fairshaw Author Susan Brownrigg Illustrator Jenny Czerwonka £6.99 Paperback 9781912979349 Fiction
Gracie Fairshaw and her family have barely moved into The Majestic, a Blackpool boarding house, when her Ma mysteriously vanishes. Gra- cie teams up with her siblings George, Violet and Tom, and maid Phyllis. They must work out why one of the guests has made Ma disappear …
Middle Grades; Disability
Impervious Author A. J. Hartley
£6.99 Paperback 9781912979394 Fiction
A fantasy YA novel that ends in real grit and sacrifice, expertly crafted for a hard hitting plot twist. Includes a note from the author about his own ex- perience with gun violence in the United States and the school shooting that prompted Impervious.
Young Adult; Class PREMIUM LISTING
Shark Super Powers Author Jillian Morris Co Author Duncan Brake Illustrator Steve May
£9.99 Paperback 9781912979165 Non-Fiction
Dive right in with marine biologists Jillian and Duncan as they take you into the depths of the ocean. There you’ll discover all sorts of weird and wonderful sharks you perhaps didn’t know existed. Learn all about these amazing creatures and their extraordinary super powers.
Middle Grades; Gender; Ethnicity
The Light Hunters Author Dan Walker Illustrator George Ermos £7.99 Paperback 9781912979103 Fiction
The first in an electrifying Middle Grade series. Huge Monsters roam the land, smashing towns to splinters. For centuries, energy-wielding Light Hunters battled the creatures. Then, a single, disastrous mistake turned the people against Light. Now, this powerful and ancient force is all but a memory.
Middle Grades; Disability; Gender
The Mirroculist Mission Author A. J. Hartley
Illustrator Manuel Šumberac £8.99 Paperback 9781912979028 Fiction
The problem with doors is that they open both ways. There are monsters inside, and some of them are trying to get out ... Eleven-year-old Darwen Arkwright’s ordinary life changed forever when he was given a magical mirror, a portal to the wonderful world of Silbrica.
Young Adult; Race; Ethnicity
Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean
Author Justin Somper Illustrator Crush Creative £7.99 Paperback 9781912979110 Fiction
Revamped edition of the bestselling MG VAM- PIRATES series, with new content! Following the sudden death of their father, twins Grace and Connor Tempest depart the suffocating town of Crescent Moon Bay in their dad’s old sailing boat. Caught in a storm, they are shipwrecked and separated in the cruel ocean.
Middle Grades; Gender
Vampirates: Tide of Terror Author Justin Somper Illustrator Crush Creative £7.99 Paperback 9781912979127 Fiction
The second in the MG Vampirate sequence Tide of Terror sees Orphaned twins Grace and Connor Tempest might now be travelling on the same ship, but that doesn’t make for plain sailing…
Middle Grades; Gender; Health and Wellbeing
Vampirates: Blood Captain Author Justin Somper Illustrator Crush Creative £7.99 Paperback 9781912979134 Fiction
The third instalment of the revamped MG Vampirate series sees Grace discover amazing new powers and fall prey to fresh dangers and temptations. Meanwhile, Connor is caught up in plans for a daring heist, devised by pirate brothers Molucco and Barbarro Wrathe.
Middle Grades; Gender; Health and Wellbeing Usborne
Devil, Darling, Spy Author Matt Killeen £7.99 Paper 9781474942393 Young Adult
Sarah is used to spying in the cham- pagne-fuelled parties of Nazi Berlin. But her new mission is infinitely more deadly – track- ing a lethal disease across bullet-torn Africa, to uncover the monster who would use it to create fifty million corpses. Race
Spring-Summer 2020 Baby Dragon
Author Zanna Davidson Illustrator Katie Wood
£5.99 Paperback 9781474974738 Chapter books
A baby dragon is all alone on the Enchanted Isle, with no one to care for it. Worse still, it only eats berries from an island far out to sea - and there’s a storm coming in. The Magic Dolls need to spring into action to save the baby dragon, and fast! Race
Castle in the Clouds Author Zanna Davidson Illustrator Kat Uno
£5.99 Paperback 9781474969956
Chapter books I Publishing Jan 2021 The Princess Dolls are off to the Cloud Princess’ Ceremony. But when they get there the Cloud Princess says she can’t go through with the ceremony. She is expected to perform a dance and she says she’s a terrible dancer! But if she doesn’t perform, she’ll be letting down her people. Race
Anisha, Accidental Detective
Author Serena Patel Illustrator Emma McCann £5.99 Paperback 9781474959520 Chapter books
Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) brides- maid at Aunty Bindi’s wedding...until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi’s groom has been kidnapped and will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! It’s up to Anisha Mistry to find her uncle. Race
types of friendships, and what happens when friends fall out and make up. Includes helpful notes for grown-ups on talking to children about friendships, dealing with conflicts and imaginary friends.
Health and Wellbeing
…And a Happy New Year Author Holly Bourne
£6.99 Paperback 9781474936774 Young Adult
Evie, Amber and Lottie are having a New Year party to remember!
For the first time since leaving college, all three girls are back together. It’s time for fun and flirting, snogs and shots. (And not tears and tantrums and horrible secrets.).
Middle Grades; Disability; Gender PREMIUM LISTING
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