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Watts & Whiskerton: Mischief on the Midnight Express
Meg McLaren
Piccadilly Press

Excitement is high as Watts and Whiskerton begin their trickiest case yet – their first solo assignment – accompanying the gold stolen from Watts senior’s important client back to its owner via the Midnight Express, reputed...


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Journey into the Jungle
Nat Harrison
Piccadilly Press

Passports at the ready if you want to join Maggie Appleton, the girl who raced around the world with Phileas Fogg and his expedition team in another thrilling adventure.

It’s now 1873 and a stranger to Maggie (a Mr West) appears at her door ask...


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I Wonder If I’m Growing
illustrated by Jon Klassen
Walker Books

In his signature style, using minimal colours, Jon Klassen visualises a song from musician Raffi’s catalogue.

It begins with the lines: ‘I wonder if I’m growing / I wonder if I’m growing’ and opposite the second line we see the upper part of a ...


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Lulu’s Perfect Hideout
Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw
Alanna Max

Lulu seems to become more adorable with every new book. Herein, she has a new baby sister whom she loves very much. She shares baby books with her and she and little Zeki sing and play baby songs with her. Like everybody – young and adult – though, ...


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Arlo and the Raven
Lucy Fleming
Walker Books

On a craggy clifftop high on a rocky islet lives a teeny tiny boy with wings of midnight blue; his name is Arlo and his home a cave. He lives a lonely existence with only bottles of lightning for company. Arlo’s favourite activity is flying which, he finds calms his mind as...


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