Looking for some new books to read with your little ones? Take a look at our brand-new children's titles for August! All of these books and more are available to borrow for free with your library card.
Grandpa, tell me the story again of when we went to sea. And so Grandpa tells the story of how he and One-Button and their whole community were uprooted from their everyday lives, and how they all had to take to sea in different boats. Until one day everything changed, and they were able to return home and resume their previous lives - different, but the same.
Gina Kaminski is back in this empowering retelling of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' that challenges the traditional narratives we are told, with a confident, autistic character at its heart. Meet Gina Kaminski. She's here to tell you three facts. 1. The story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is FULL of BIG mistakes. 2. She has a plan to fix them. 3. Her plan does NOT involve magic beans (but there will be cake). Gina is off to fairy tale land again, and this time she's rescuing the giant! Just like the first book in this series, this is not your typical fairy tale as Gina takes the narrative lead and tells the story in her own distinctive way.
Every day, Lucy goes to school and leaves her puppy at home. But today, determined to find out what school is, he sets off on an adventure to go to Puppy School! The young dogs learn important skills such as scratching behind their ears, learning to sleep wherever they go, and most importantly, how to leave a scent trail - which comes in handy when our puppy finds himself separated from his friends. Can he follow the trail that'll lead him back home to Lucy?
There's evil afoot in the form of the rich but bored architect, Mr Big the pig. He has plans to steal Peng's superhero gadget collection. When half of Spanners' latest inventions go missing and he and Peng get blamed for several dastardly crimes, the superheroes realise they need to kick into action. But are they all about to be out gadget-ed and can they stop arguing for long enough to find out?
Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet. Bun is a bun. Bun loves EVERYTHING! And together they are unstoppable! SOMETIMES Murray's enchanted cat flap leads to the garden, but mostly it leads to ADVENTURE! And when Murray and Bun travel through the cat flap and find themselves in a land of KNIGHTS, they are given a VERY IMPORTANT MISSION: to defeat Sir Nasty in a jousting competition, rescue Princess Rubytoes. and try not to get lost in the maze.
Trainee meadow witch Anwen is having a bad day - which gets much worse when a dead giant falls from the sky and destroys her village. But when she examines the body she discovers something interesting. This giant was murdered, which means a killer is on the loose! Tasked with sending a message to the giant kingdom via beanstalk, Anwen and her nemesis, trainee sorceress Cerys, accidentally find themselves whipped up into the sky and deposited in the giants' royal palace - where the king is missing. Using their perfect spy-size and witchy skills, the girls must track down his killer. But how can you investigate a murder mystery when you risk being stepped on by your suspects?
From former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, comes a new collection of poetry. A collection of poems to take the reader out of this world and go on a journey of imagination and time travel, through history, geography and beyond!
From the long lost city of Atlantis to the mischievous eight-legged god Anansi, get ready for a world of adventure and magic. Read about heroes and vicious beasts from Japanese Susano-o to the Lumaluma from Australia. Plunge into dark waters to find the long lost city of Atlantis, then take to the skies to meet Chinese dragons and the powerful Thunderbird from Native America.
Meet the magical, mystical, and miraculous! This visual guide is not for the fainthearted, bringing you up against fire-breathing dragons, shapeshifting beasts, and much more. How do you create a chimera? Can you spot a kappa from a kraken? Why do banshees scream at night? And where do real dragons live? Everything you ever wanted to know and more is covered in this introduction to supernatural creatures of myth and legend from every corner of the globe.
