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Rashmi Sirdeshpande

An introduction to: Yes You Can, Cow
Suitable for ages 5-7

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A gorgeous, heartwarming story about believing in yourself and doing your best based on the ever-popular nursery rhyme ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’.
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
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A.M. Dassu

An introduction to: Fight Back
Suitable for ages 7-11, 11+

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An empowering story about finding your identity and the courage to fight for it.
A.M. Dassu
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Lisa Thompson

An introduction to: Sidney Makes A Wish
Suitable for ages 5-7, 7-11

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When Sidney spots a wishing well in the long grass on his way to school, he thinks he might have found the answer to the problems he’s having with his friend Billy.
Lisa Thompson
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Ian Eagleton

An introduction to: Rory’s Room of Rectangles
Suitable for ages 5-7

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Rory loves his Dad, but he also really likes his Step-dad, Tony. He has weekends with Dad in the park and makes imaginary dens with Tony, so when Father’s Day comes, who should he make his card for at school?
Ian Eagleton
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Laura Naokes

An introduction to: Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star
Suitable for ages 7-11

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When Cos finds out that Lord Francis Fitzroy, the explorer behind the Empire Exhibition, is planning to adopt them, she and her friends plot the biggest heist of their life.
Laura Naokes
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Chris Smith

An introduction to: Clarity Jones and the Magical Detective Agency
Suitable for ages 7-11

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When Mutt gets a job as an apprentice at the leading detective agency in the realm of Rillia, he’s not expecting to work with ex-princesses, snow gnoblins and the most notorious assassin of the White Hand Clan. And he’s definitely not expecting to be thrown in the deep end on the agency’s toughest and most dangerous job yet . . .

Chris Smith
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Clare Helen Welsh

An introduction to: Sunny Side Up
Suitable for ages 5-7

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When you put on your sunny-side specs a bad mood can become a good mood, a goodbye can become a hello, and even the impossible can become possible!

Clare Helen Welsh
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Joanna Nadin

An introduction to: A Calamity of Mannerings
Suitable for ages 11+

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Take a peek into the diary of Panth (never enquire as to her given name), a young woman knocking on the gilded door of adult life and high society. But kicking up one’s heels at the Café de Paris does not come easily . . .

Joanna Nadin
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