Book Recommendations

Please enjoy browsing this selection of book recommendations. There are a variety of choices and many of them newly published.

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A beautiful book for all of us!

A River Running Through by Amy-Jane Bear

Have you ever lingered on a riverbank watching the water flow, and wondered where it comes from or where it might be going?

Embark on a never-ending voyage in which young readers explore some very old questions - questions so old that they have stories for answers.

This mesmerizing journey through mountain springs to vast oceans, from rivers in the sky to streams within our own bodies, guides readers through reflections on nature, life and our place within it.

Written by bestselling nature writer Amy-Jane Beer, this enchanting book spirals through time and space to remind us that water is more than just a resource - it is part of who we are.

Recommended for EYFS and KS1

The Ice Cream Crocodile by Mariesa Dulak

A fabulously winning story about a crocodile who will not be sidelined, from the extraordinary team behind There's a Tiger on the Train.

Elvis loves the circus life -

The thrills, the skills, the treats,

The wide-eyed crowds that cheer out loud,

The rows of polished seats.

BUT . . . Sidney, the ringmaster, only lets fluffy and feathery animals perform on stage. Can Elvis the crocodile show his STAR potential?

an interesting fiction choice for UKS2

The Ministry of Manners

By David Solomon

Alfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn't a choice - it's the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but she has never been one for quiet obedience.

When the Ministry takes Margot, everything changes. Inside the Manners Retreat, she fights to stay herself in a place built to erase her. Meanwhile, Alfie falls in with the Unsilenced - those who still dare to speak. But the Ministry has plans of its own. And if they succeed, rebellion won't just be punished. It'll be impossible.

Recommended for KS1 and LKS2

Buck & Ears: Pirate Detectives

by Jennifer Bell

Two terrible pirates ... two brilliant detectives! The first book in a hilarious illustrated pirate mystery series for readers 6-9, crammed with puzzles and clues for the reader to solve.

Buck and his loyal rabbit, Ears, are officially the WORSE PIRATES on the Seventy Seas! When they bump into the terrifying CAPTAIN BLOODFANG, she gives them an ultimatum: follow CLUES to find her missing chef, or else be turned into pirate stew!

Along with their MISFIT CREW, can Buck and Ears SOLVE THE CASE and save themselves from a horrible fate?

Recommended for KS2

Squirrel and Duck Quack to the Future

by Tom Percival

Squirrel and Duck can't remember where they first met, but Duck is having some strange flashbacks to a secret underground science lab. Trying to find it again, they meet a friendly ferret, a distinctly UNfriendly scientist and uncover some shocking secrets behind their own existence! Packed full of pictures and laugh-out-loud scenes, this is a zanily entertaining story from a bestselling author/illustrator.

a lovely choice for our little readers

Free to be Me

by Smriti Halls

Young children will love joining in the all the action words and alliterative sounds, as the adorable hero Elbert goes trumpety trumping , bumpety bumping and stompety stomping through the jungle. He wants to have fun, but everything he tries to join in with, ends with him being told ‘Why don’t you try something else for today?’ This leaves him down in the dumps, until he hears an irresistible tune and finds a marching band that actually want him to join in because his trumpet is the best!

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