Reading Recommendations

New Releases

November 2023.

4-5 Years and Up	6-8 Years and Up	9-11 Years and Up

A Whale of a Time: a funny poem for every day of the year	All Bodies are Wonderful	The Snow Girl
Various selected by Lou Peacock	Beth Cox	Sophie Anderson
A treasure trove of funny poems encompassing many subjects and poets – one for every day of the year! A beautiful gift book.	A non-fiction resource for discussing the amazing and unique human body.	Tasha is delighted when her snow girl comes to life and wishes the winter could last forever, as she cannot bear the thought of losing her only friend. An enchanting story about courage and friendship, enhanced by magical illustrations.

The Big Dreaming	Endangered Animals Atlas	Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies
Michael Rosen	Tom Jackson	Alison D. Stegert
It’snearly time for the Big Dreaming. Big Bear and Little Bear will sleep through the Winter and wake in Spring. But Little Bear is worried he’ll run out of dreams, so he sets off on an adventure to find some… Perfect for bedtime reading.	This illustrated non-fiction book takes the reader on a journey of discovery around the globe, identifying animals who are under threat from dangers such as habitat loss, climate change and hunting.	Set in 1889, against a backdrop of increasing protest from women wanting more choices and of rapid technological change, this is a fun and fascinating tale of intrigue and sisterhood.

Have You Seen Dinosaur?	Discovery Atlas: Amazing inventors, explorers and artists from all around the globe	Rayleigh Mann in the Company of Monsters
David Barrow	Thiago de Moraes	Ciannon Smart
A little boy, his dog and his friend Elephant decide to go looking for dinosaurs in a city that looks remarkably like New York. They try the museum, the underground train, the skate park, but the trio find it very hard to spot any at all! Finally, when they rest at the top of a rather comfy green hill, they realise what they’ve been overlooking.	It might feel as though humans have lived on earth forever, but we are in fact a relatively new development in the earth’s history: modern humans have only been around for approximately 300,000 years, which isn’t very long at all, if you remember that our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago.	A complex and sinuous fantasy adventure set in a world of monsters where being bad isn’t just good, it’s compulsory.

Zoom!	A World of Dogs	Foxlight
Sam Usher	Carlie Sorosiak	Katya Balan
A heart-warming adventure tale, this picture book sees a young boy and his Grandad take to the skies to rescue the stranded astronauts spotted through their telescope	A fascinating non-fiction book that details everything on dogs!	Fantasy about sisters in a children’s home who go in search of their mother.