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Car Wash Wish

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Queen of Darkness

Rhianna and her sister Eleri are taken under the protection ...

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Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World

Following her book about Black women in history, Vashti ...

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Koshka's Tales: Stories from Russia

The story of a Tsarita wronged by her husband and wicked ...

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Runaway Robot

Alfie is getting used to having a detachable hand but ...

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The Dictionary of Difficult Words

This is a book to create logophiles! Written and compiled by ...

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Snow Leopard

The author, a zoologist who filmed snow leopards for the TV ...

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How the Stars Came to Be

Poonam Mistry has invented her own ‘pourquoi’ or origin tale ...

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Quill Soup

This picturebook is one of a series One Story, Many Voices ...

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Sulwe

This beautiful picture book tackles the issue of colourism ...

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Child of St Kilda

An atmospheric and unusual picture book describing life on a ...

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Tales from the Caribbean

A terrific collection of tales from all over the Caribbean ...

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