Looking for new and exciting stories for your little ones? Take a look at our new children’s book picks for May! All free to borrow with a library card.
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The Party Pickle
Rong Rong
Twiggy the Log Monster is so excited for her sleepover party. She wants everything to be perfect. And she definitely doesn’t need anyone else’s help – or does she?
Join her in Jolly Monster Town for an adventure unlike any other! Spot Twiggy’s friends Ralph the Pufferfish Monster and Uno the Cyclops Cat, and help discover what happened at the turnip farm. Will the sleepover party be saved?
Broken
X. Fang
When Mei Mei accidentally breaks her ama’s favourite cup, she’s convinced it’s the end of the world!
What if Ama gets angry? What if she yells? What if she kicks Mei Mei out of her house?
So Mei Mei decides not to say anything…
But when Mimi – her ama’s innocent cat – gets blamed, the guilt is too much! And as hard as she tries to hide from it, Mei Mei can’t stop the truth from rushing out.
Room For Us All
Lu Fraser and Sarah Warburton
Today is Pamela the squirrel’s BEST day! She is finally off to The Big Tree to play. Pam can bounce! She can pounce! Yes – she’s ready to JOIN IN.
But what will Pamela do when the other squirrels say there’s NO ROOM for her?!
Seahorse is Furious: And There is Nothing You Can Do About It
Morag Hood
Seahorse is having a bad day, in a terrible week, in an awful ocean. He woke up wrong and stubbed his tail and everything is wet!
So don’t tell him funny stories or give him a hug, and DEFINITELY don’t give him his favourite snacks on his special plate.
Because Seahorse is furious and there is NOTHING you can do about it. Or is there?
Unfairies: Death by Toad
Huw Aaron
The Treefairy stronghold of Oakhold has a new ruler. Yay! But there’s already trouble. Boo! Something sinister is stirring in The Garden. And Pip could not give two hoots about it.
That is, until best buddy Twig is KIDNAPPED. Now it’s up to Pip and a most unlikely ally to set off on an epic rescue mission.
Along the way, they will face ferocious squirrels, leeches, shocking betrayals, angry ladybirds, fairy enemies old and new, MORE leeches – and try their best to avoid.
Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time Traveller
Amelia Tait
Every New Year’s Day, Lily Tripp time travels and wakes up in a new century. She’s lived in Roman times and the Victorian era and never knows where she’ll end up next. Thank goodness her bestie, family and secret crush all time travel with her too – even if they don’t know it.
But how will she live in a time before chicken nuggets were invented? Why are her brother’s clothes so ridiculous in every era? And how on earth can she cope with being mean girl Georgia’s servant?
Birdlands
Anthony McGowan and Keith Robinson
Life can be tough when you’re a bird, and is especially tough for Herman, Beaky and Pidge.
But when the cantankerous crow, young jackdaw and flighty pigeon band together as an unlikely flock, they set off for a place where they are promised shelter and food aplenty.
As they set out into the wild, the trio find themselves facing a series of threats both human and animal. Will the three birds survive to make it to their final destination?
And if they do, will it be everything they are hoping for?
The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia
Leia Ham
The pressure is on for Sparrow Xia to develop her pitifully limited fire mage abilities at Zenith Academy. It doesn’t help that expectations are extra high for her because her older brother Ainsley’s magic is exceptionally powerful – the burn scar on Sparrow’s cheek is proof of that.
Sparrow can only hope that her studies will help her discover her fire and finally make her family proud. At Zenith, Sparrow does indeed gain magical strength – and new friends – but her life at school raises more questions than answers. Should she risk her own future in order to help others? And is Sparrow’s magic the most important thing about her?
Then a mysterious illness breaks out at school, draining students of their powers. Sparrow and her friends are drawn into the search for the cause, but they need to be careful: in a world where magic means everything, some people will go to terrible lengths to try to keep it.
K-Pop Spirit Academy
Joheun Lee and Silvia Brunetti
Welcome to Spirit Academy – the ultimate Idol training academy for future K-Pop superstars.
Class has just started, and shy Sanha has no idea why she’s here. She loves singing, but only on her own in the mirror, and she is permanently in the shadow of her sister – the school’s most legendary K-Pop superstar.
Sanha retreats to the bathrooms to eat her lunch, where she meets three other girls hiding for different reasons – Kenny, Jo, and Lia. Only to be rudely interrupted by the appearance of a wild bog monster!
After accidentally defeating it, the group discovers the real secret of the school – it’s a training ground for young monster-slayers, teaching magical skills to take down the terrifying network of underground spirits trying to take over the world.
The Miniverse: A Microscopic Journey into Hidden Worlds
DK
What would everything look like if you shrank to the size of an ant? ‘The Miniverse’ takes you on a mind-boggling journey into the world of the teeny tiny.
Discover how zips, paper, ballpoint pens, and velcro work by seeing them enlarged hundreds of times. Watch dust mites clambering through the jungle of fibres in a carpet and eyelash mites burrowing into the roots of human hairs. See how toxic venom squirts from the stings of hornets and nettles.
The World According to Sharks
Christian Talbot and Sophie Hodge
This is a laugh-out-loud guide to the weird and wonderful world of sharks – from sharks that can walk on land, to sharks that glow in the dark, to sharks that fart to swim deeper (yes, really).
From the creators of popular webcomic The Life of Sharks, this is a funny and almost 100% factual guide to the ocean’s most misunderstood creature.