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  Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish...

  Lara Hawthorne

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  A brilliant collection of beautiful stories by exciting artist Lara Hawthorne. Brought to life by the melodic voice of Roisin Rankin.The collection includes four stories. Alba the Hundred Year Old Fish gently highlights the issue of pollution through the eyes of an old fish trying to teach the world how to bring colour back to the ocean.In the garden-inspired tale of Herbert's Garden, Herbert realises that each creature in the garden has something special to offer, even a slow, slimy, and greedy slug like him.The third tale, The Night Flower, takes us on a rhyming journey all the way to the Arizonan desert, where wildlife gathers to witness the special annual event of a night flower blooming.The final story, Ratty's Big Adventure, seamlessly combines story and fact and celebrates the diversity of life deep in Papua New Guinea. It is a lesson in being thankful for what you have!This collection of gentle lyrical stories includes music and nature sound effects, creating the perfect listening experience for young listeners before bedtime, or any time of the day!

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  One Big Open Sky

  Lesa Cline-Ransome

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  A Newbery Honor Book & 2025 Audie Award® Finalist
   
  Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they have—in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement. 
  1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her father, Thomas, promises that Nebraska will be everything the family needs: an opportunity to claim the independence they’ve strived for over generations on their very own plot of land.
   
  But Thomas’ hopes—and mouth—are bigger than his ability to follow through. With few supplies and even less money, the only thing that feels certain is danger.
   
  Right after the war ended/and we were free/we believed/all of us did/that couldn’t nothing hurt us/the way master had when we were slaves/Couldn’t no one tell us/how to live/how to die.
   
  Lettie, her mother, Sylvia, and young teacher Philomena are free from slavery—but bound by poverty, access to opportunity, and patriarchal social structures. Will these women survive the hardships of their journey? And as Thomas’ desire for control overpowers his common sense, will they truly be free once they get there?
   
  Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome’s striking verse masterfully portrays an underrepresented historical era. Tackling powerful themes of autonomy and Black self-emancipation, Cline-Ransome offers readers an intimate look into the lives of three women and an expansive portrait of generations striving for their promised freedom.
  
   
  A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
  A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

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  STUCK 1966 - No Time to Groove

  Dave Johnson

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  They expected a fab time—but the '60s weren’t all peace and love! 
  Stuck 1966: No Time to Groove is a thrilling time-travel novella set in England during the height of the swinging sixties. The adventure begins when the Baxter children and their Uncle Archie attend a concert by the most famous band of all time—The Beatles—in London. 
  But the excitement doesn’t end there. Their journey takes them to rural England, where they befriend a group of free-spirited hippies running an experimental school. However, things quickly take a turn for the worse. Robert, James, and Lucy find themselves back in London—only to face a life-threatening crisis. This time, Uncle Archie isn’t the one who can save them. In fact, he’s the one who’s stuck! 
  As the danger escalates, they realize it’s not just their own survival at stake—two other children’s lives hang in the balance. Can they find a way to help Uncle Archie, save their new friends, and make it home before time runs out? 
  Stuck 1966: No Time to Groove is a gripping standalone adventure and the fifth book in the Stuck series. Blending real historical events with fast-paced fiction, this book is packed with drama, adventure, and a touch of humour. 
  Perfect for readers 8+, but adults will be captivated too! If you love The Secret Lake by Karen Inglis or Twilight Robbery by J.M. Forster, you won’t want to miss this exciting time-travel story.

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  Tippie-Doo Mama Always Has The...

  Nyx Nightshade

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  With TIPPIE, everything is always an “ADVENTURE.” 
  He’s a funny little DONKEY that LOVES playing TRICKS and is always very CURIOUS. 
  Tippie and Daisy try to play a trick on MAMA this time, but…. things don't go quite as planned! 
  Read more inside… 
  Based on a true story. 
  In The Adventures Of Tippie-Doo, a silly little donkey discovers the world around him. This is a true story about mischievous donkeys who like to play tricks on their mama. 
  Sharing and thinking of others are key life lessons taught in the book.

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  Mishka

  Edward van de Vendel, Anoush Elman

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  Roya has a new home and a new little bunny to take care of … 
  Roya and her family have made the long journey from Afghanistan to the  
  Netherlands. But Roya was too young then to remember much—and her older  
  brothers and parents don’t really like to talk about it. 
  It’s only when the family welcomes a new member—Mishka, a little bunny  
  rabbit—that they are all finally able to open up. Together Roya and Mishka listen  
  to big Bashir, gentle Hamayun, tough Navid, and sometimes even Mom and Dad  
  tell their story of how they got here. 
  This tender chapter book—based on Anoush Elman’s own family’s experience—is  
  a story about being there for the ones you love, bunny escapes, and the meaning  
  of home. Young readers and their families who welcome in Mishka will treasure it  
  forever.

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  A World To Die For

  Sam Carson

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  A World To Die For by Sam Carson - Titans respect men who create, and add to the betterment of others. Surely it is brave to be a Titan and muchly in love. 
  They cut the Markab out of hyper space three parsecs from Deneb, on the North Galactic Polar course. Three men were aboard the space yacht. The alien ship they expected to find was a thousand times greater. By standards of the Galactic Service, the Markab was on a suicide mission. 
  Rik Guelf, the Markab's pilot, conned sync parallax tapes, the robot master controls and set the screen charts. In came Captain Rodolph, stout and weary from twenty years of patrol service. Behind was Pere Danold, thin and lithe, with feral eyes and tight lips. 
  "I'm tossing out telar screens. If they're breaking out of hyper, as the outposts charted, we won't wait long." 
  "You hope," Danold's sardonic voice jeered. "Your phantom ship paralyzes five ships of the line beyond Altair, so they send for us to blast it." 
  Captain Rodolph looked the younger man over thoughtfully. "You volunteered back at Fleet Base Eighty." 
  Danold settled to a bench, legs outstretched. "Why not? When the brass installs the newest trinogen gun in this dinky yacht," he laughed mirthlessly, "one that can blast the ears off a cruiser at a thousand miles—well, I wanted a crack. Trouble was," he added, "I thought we were after a Vegan, making a sneak attack." 
  "You were told it was a mission beyond the call of duty," Rodolph said sternly. "None of the ships meeting the alien had a trinogen battery. We can't carry but one. We've got the fast drive. They figure we can get in one shot and duck." 
  "I still say it would make sense to arm a fleet with trinogens," Danold grumbled. "If that alien has a transparent ship five miles long, which I gravely doubt on both counts."

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