Take a look at our new children’s book picks for October! All free to borrow with a library card.
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Mullets
Nick Sharratt
A HAIR-larious rhyming celebration of the iconic hairstyle.
Let’s spend a while on Mullet Isle! Everyone there has SPECIAL hair!
From the illustrator of the multi-million-copy bestselling You Choose series, and creator of the bestselling Shark in the Park series, Mullets is brought to life in Nick Sharratt’s vibrant illustration style.
With its bold characters and surprise twist at the end, this brilliantly fun picture book is sure to delight readers of any age, from 0-100+!
My Small World: Frozen
Caryl Hart and Harry Woodgate
Discover a world full of ice, snow and sea, and meet the magnificent creatures who live on our frozen planet. From cuddly polar bear cubs playing in caves, elegant reindeer galloping across the snow and narwals and orcas who splash in the waves to the families of penguins who march across the South Pole, there is so much to see.
The Golden Heart
Jamie Smart
Flember Island is in grave danger, at the mercy of the evil Lola and her sinister plans. The only hope is young inventor Dev, and his loveable giant red robot bear, Boja.
Can they bring the magic flow of Flember back to the island?
Has Dev got the tools to restore peace to every inhabitant’s life?
The answers lie in this thrilling series conclusion…
Hilda and Twig: Wake the Ice Man
Luke Pearson
Hilda and her new friend, Burku the giant are enjoying playing together in the Wilderness.
There is just one thing that would make everything more fun… snow! It just so happens that Twig has accidentally woken the Ice Man, unfortunately, that means there’s a lot more than a snow flurry headed straight for Hilda!
Can Twig save the day?
My Cat is Called Odin
Francesco Bedini and Stefano Tambellini
Aldo’s cat is called Odin. He has only one eye, like the Norse god of poetry and war. In fact, he IS Odin!
Aldo and his two best friends from Comics Club have been training to save the world. They’ve mastered fighting battles (with wooden swords), Morse code, and superhero skills, despite the annoying antics of Aldo’s little sister, Petra. The day Odin suddenly appears, they are swept up in a truly epic adventure. Yggdrasil, Tree of Life and Death, has mistakenly opened its portal and unleashed Fenrir, the gigantic, evil wolf from Norse mythology, into the world.
Can Aldo, his friends and Odin’s cat army defeat the Beast before the next full moon, saving kidnapped Petra, themselves and the world?
Snow
Meera Trehan
Every day, a lonely princess digs through the snow in search of a way to undo the terrible wish she made – one that has left her with an empty kingdom. But one day, a mysterious girl named Ela tumbles through the kingdom’s protective mist barrier. The princess is determined to bring Ela to her father, the king, as proof that her wish can be undone. Meanwhile, Ela is shocked to discover she’s stumbled upon the very Snow Princess whose picture graces the cover of the locked book that Ela’s mom won’t let her read.
Can these two brave girls from different worlds come together to set things right? This magical fairy-tale adventure of courage and belonging is the perfect book to curl up with on winter nights.
Remarkable Animals: 1000 Amazing Amalgamations
Tony Meeuwissen
Remarkable Animals is one of the most ingenious mix-and-match books ever devised. Based on ten real-life animals, each described in words as well as pictures, it offers 1,000 fantastic variations.
Just flip the pages and see ten remarkable animals become 1,000 crazy creatures, taking on new names and astonishing new identities as their heads, bodies and tails are swapped around.
Minecraft Escape Rooms
Mojang
This volume contains 13 incredible builds to inspire you to construct the most inventive maps in Minecraft. Each one brings unique ideas and contraptions designed to test players and make it hard to escape! There’s a zombie prison break, pirate island, haunted house and an underground science lab, plus many more original builds. Each one is presented to you by its builder – experts eager to share their tips with you.
As well as learning how to choose blocks and construct amazing builds, you’ll also learn some excellent pro builder tips like how to terraform the landscape, use redstone and create memorable builds on an epic scale.
Quantum!: The Strange Science of the Smallest Stuff in the Universe
Christopher Edge and Paul Daviz
Are you ready to take a rollercoaster ride through the impossibly weird world of the incredibly small?
Learn about the building blocks of our universe through the eyes of a quark: the smallest particle to exist! From the Big Bang to how stars are made; from gravity to black holes, this stunning, full-colour illustrated picture book will inspire and awe any reader. With mind-boggling facts and funny illustrations, Quantum! is a book for the curious, the dreamers and the science-mad!
Dinosaur Dynasty: Discover the Rise of the Ruling Reptiles
Jack Tite
Throughout the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, the world was constantly changing, bringing a huge diversity of creatures and habitats.
Spanning an incredible 180 million years, compare the biggest, smallest, fastest and fiercest creatures that took to our lands, seas and skies. From the fearsome Tyrannosaurus to the tiny speedster Compsognathus, children will learn all about when different dinosaurs lived, what they looked like, what they ate and how they were built, or evolved, to survive.
What If… Every Volcano Erupted at Once?: And Other Amazing Earth Questions
Emma Young and Super Freak n
What if the Earth’s core was made of polystyrene? Or every tree vanished overnight? Or clouds were made from candy floss? Find out the answers to these questions and many more with science author Emma Young!
Prepare to learn all about the Earth from rocks to rivers and clouds to climate. However, this isn’t another dry textbook. You’ll be drawn into each topic with one of 33 amusing questions that are guaranteed to make you think about our planet in a whole new way.
Author Emma Young explains the answers with humour and plenty of science facts that you’ll be racing to share with your friends and family.
Amazing Shark: Guardian of the Seas
Michael Stavaric, Michele Ganser and Oliver Latsch
In this book, youngsters aged 8-12 will learn all about these fascinating and misunderstood creatures:
Did you know that there are over 520 species of shark? Do you know what the biggest, or oldest, or most powerful shark is? You will even learn about the cultures that, rather than fearing sharks, worship them as gods!
Featuring interactive elements throughout, this entertaining, fact-filled guide has everything from search and find spreads with hidden pictures, quizzes to test your knowledge of shark facts and lore, and even pages to bring to life with your colouring pencil and deeper dives for bright and curious minds.
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