An hilarious read, laugh-out-loud, humour for young and old(er) to enjoy. Embracing teamwork, community, friendship, recycling, awareness of our smaller earth-bound neighbours, and some STEAM invention fun… ‘Beastie Bros : The Cabbage Juice Crime’ is a bugtastic top pick from me!

Set in an eerie, fog-drenched house in England, Lucy Strange’s newest novella explores wartime grief and loneliness in a Victorian historical setting. Published by Barrington Stoke for ages 9+ (with a reading age of 8+), this dyslexia-friendly book delivers a supernatural tale with an unexpected twist.

Every parent’s nightmare when their child goes on their first ‘away’ school trip… Mirabelle and Carlotta get separated from their teachers and classmates on their way to the Museum of Magical History in Witch City! But, if anyone can think of a way to get out of a tricky situation, it’s Mirabelle.

I loved meeting teacher Mrs Adisa and her class - a group of children with diverse representation that will delight teachers, parents and carers to know. A must-have for school libraries, book corners, PSHE lessons, and wellbeing rooms.

Book 6 in this super fun adventure series! It’s super-suit time!! Marv’s friends still have no idea that together with his robot friend Pixel, he’s the awesome superhero that saves the day - it’s time to shrink that hamster back to it’s normal size and save everyone from Dr Boom!

A new tale in the wonderful Isadora Moon series! In this latest story, Isadora (half vampire, half fairy and who celebrates her uniqueness) plays nurse maid to a poorly fairy mummy - sick with the fairy flu. What can she do to help?

Another fabulous early reader illustrated chapter book series from Isadora Moon creator, Harriet Muncaster. During an ocean clean one school morning, mermaid Emerald discovers a lost teddy bear! Maybe her friends Isadora Moon and Mirabelle help her return it?

Katherine Woodfine retells Lottie's true story with a delightful narrative. The reader is given a little background to Lottie's early life in the 1870s. It was when she was a little girl that lawn tennis became a new craze and their family had a court set up in the gardens. Was this a sport for girls though? Her Mother gave her some great advice: “Girls can’t play tennis as well as boys? What a load of nonsense!…You can do anything you want if you set your mind to it.” Go Mrs Dod!!

Literally the most comedy you’re going to find in a chapter book for young readers!! In this latest Grimwood adventure, it all starts with a dream. Many dreams, but one in particular - Nancy’s dream. She is having a recurring dream, a memory trying to resurface according to Dr Khan (highly recommended pigeon psychologist over in Twinklenuts). Could it be that she’s finally remembering what happened to her parents?

An hilarious seaside caper for the sunshine season that will be enjoyed by both confident and reluctant readers. Wonderful 'guide' for empathy, and I'll try thinking of gerbils in egg cups next time I need a zen moment! Probably in 5 minutes...

Meet Charlie and his dads!! They're about to adopt a little sister for Charlie, but Charlie's not sure he's going to be the best big bro!! He had no idea how brave and awesome a kid he was until he met magical fox, Cadno, and had to go on adventure to save him from some rather otherworldly baddies!! Exciting adventure set in Wales.