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  This Is Not a Valentine

  Carter Higgins

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  In this picture book, a girl’s gift of a Valentine to a boy prompts a tale with an enduring message of friendship. This book is not a valentine. It doesn’t have lacey edges or sugary hearts. But it is full of lucky rocks, secret hiding spots, and gumball machine treasures. This is a book about waiting in line and wishing for cinnamon buns. About recognizing that if you care so much about someone not thinking you care, maybe you really do. But wait—isn’t that exactly what love is about? Maybe this book is sort of a valentine after all. A testament to handmade, wacky, bashful, honest love—sure to win over the hearts of all readers—this offering from debut picture book author Carter Higgins and children’s book veteran Lucy Ruth Cummins is the perfect gift to celebrate every relationship, from parent to child, sibling to sibling, partner to partner, crush to crush. Praise for This Is Not a Valentine “A perfect book for kids who find the whole Valentine's Day holiday icky and overrated.” —Book Riot“A beautiful celebration of love and how different that may look to others celebrating Valentine's Day.” —ReaderTotz“[Cummins’s] cartoon cast is a diverse one, and refreshingly, this is more about deep friendship than romantic love; her kids are definitely just that: kids. . . . A sort of anti-valentine for those who want to show the ones they love they care without being all mushy (or spending any money).” —Kirkus Reviews

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  Dad You've Trumped!

  Andrew Rogerson

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  This is the story of how a dad tries to explain away his moments of flatulent indiscretion to his daughter Poppy who is five. These are real moments. They are real excuses!

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  Living in the Tall Grass - Poems...

  R. Stacy Laforme

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  In Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation audiobook, Chief Stacey Laforme performs his poems that tell a history of his people and let people see through the eyes of Indigenous people. In it, he hits hard on matters of residential schools, the environment, suicide among Indigenous youth, domestic abuse, and so on, but also writes poems of love and hope.

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  A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch!

  Pamela Butchart

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  Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to DRAMA and RUNNING AROUND and even some FAINTING!
  
  Winner of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2023!
  
  Izzy and her friends are on a school trip to a big lake. Gary Petrie is excited because the lodges where they're staying have ROBES AND SLIPPERS! The lake is dark and deep and a bit scary. But it's when they open their packed lunches that they know! There's a MONSTER in the lake and it's coming for their CRISPS!
  Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham.
  Read more of Izzy's adventures!
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  The Spy Who Loved School Dinners
  My Headteacher Is a Vampire Rat
  Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies
  To Wee Or Not To Wee!
  There's a Werewolf In My Tent!
  The Phantom Lollipop Man!
  There's a Yeti in the Playground!
  Icarus Was Ridiculous
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  Bo and the Christmas Bandit

  Lynn Sheffield Simmons

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  “Lynn Sheffield Simmons writes wholesome fiction for children, hoping to stir their imaginations and teach valuable lessons in civic responsibility.” —Argyle (TX) American “The dog’s hilarious antics and loveable nature are both entertaining and educational for the young reader.” —Adelphean magazine  Mrs. Barnett and her crime-busting canine, Bo, are back for another adventure. With Christmas only a week away, the pair stops in Salado, Texas, where a sneaky thief is stealing presents straight from under the tree. Bo and Mrs. Barnett know they must act fast to catch the culprit, but there is a tricky problem: the bandit is disguised as Santa Claus.  After untangling himself from the Christmas lights and overcoming his fear of cats, Bo and Mrs. Barnett become sleuths in an attempt to save Christmas for the citizens of Salado. The lovable Labrador’s antics add humor to this festive read, and the small dose of suspense will keep kids on edge until the surprise ending.

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  The Potion Diaries: Going Viral

  Amy Alward

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  The thrilling final instalment in Amy Alward's magical POTION DIARIES series!  'THIS SERIES IS MAGICAL' - Zoe Sugg aka Zoella 'INVENTIVE, ROMANTIC AND DOWNRIGHT DELIGHTFUL’ - Sarah J. Maas, bestselling author of Throne of Glass   After finding her great-grandmother's potion diary, escaping the clutches of Emilia Thoth, saving her grandfather's memories AND become a Master Alchemist, surely it's time for Sam Kemi to have a good, long rest? And maybe, just maybe, a proper date with her boyfriend Zain? But now that Princess Evelyn is married to the sinister Prince Stefan and showing symptoms of the Gergon illness, it looks as though Sam's adventures are just beginning. The GOOD news: there might be a cure for the virus spreading like wildfire through the city. The BAD news? It’s buried in a remote village in a far-flung country next to an active volcano – and Sam’s not the only one after it.   With a TV crew trailing Sam’s every move and time fast running out, it looks like things are about to…   GO VIRAL  

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