Little Tiger

Jelly and Lincoln are setting off on their first secondary school trip to the rainy forests of West Yorkshire. Jelly’s anxious about being in close proximity to her former best friend, who’s been mean to her since the beginning of the school year, while Lincoln is just happy to relive some of his better memories of being in the forest with his brothers. When Jelly and Lincoln find themselves the only students not participating in an outdoor activity, they soon discover the relentless rain is not just an inconvenience – it’s a disaster …

This delightful boardbook invites very young readers into a gentle woodland game of hide-and-seek with baby animals.

With this enchanting picturebook, Elizabeth Wathuti transforms her childhood connection with nature into a story about belonging, responsibility, and the power of one action. Opening with a seven-year-old girl planting her first tree, the narrative traces how a childhood act of care can grow into a lifelong commitment to protecting forests and communities.

Little Tiger never fails to disappoint. Each page of Halloween Journey contains a four-line narrative in verse as it takes the reader on the ghost train, showing them all the sights along the way, including a witch’s shack deep in the woods, and a town full of children dressed up for trick-or-treating.

From cars and buses to boats, submarines and soaring aircrafts, this innovative board book is packed with vehicles of every kind.

Being a newcomer can be tough, especially at a new school. Here, we explore the difficult emotions that accompany that first day, in a compassionate and supportive way. Without minimising the fear and apprehension a child may feel, pastel shades, simple design and a gentle rhythm in the text provide a comforting exploration of what to expect. Emphasis is placed on the faces and body language of a diverse cast of characters throughout. Each character is expertly illustrated to convey the emotional tone, making the shifts understandable to younger audiences.

The explosive third instalment in Dungan’s series plunges readers straight into the chaos left by book two’s revelations. Alex Wintour, already stretched to her limits, now finds herself imprisoned in a timeless underground cage built to disorient and erode identity itself. Cut off from the flow and surrounded by other captive temporals losing their grip of where and who they are – Alex is forced to confront a new kind of hell.

Annie Armani is a high school student in Philadelphia who is thrown into the limelight when she unexpectedly wins her first ever MMA title fight with a knockout punch. She has mixed emotions about the victory, partly because she thinks the winning punch was a fluke but also because her older brother and fellow fighter Marc has only recently died in a motorcycle crash.

Sisters Emmie and Paige are delighted when their parents agree to finally allow them to have a puppy each – Loki and Star. When the sisters’ uncle tells them he is getting married to his partner, Emmie has the bright idea of Loki being the ringbearer at the wedding. It soon becomes apparent that Loki is not quite ringbearer material, but Emmie is determined to keep training him to make the wedding extra special.

This is an emotional and beautifully written story of a young man’s struggle to find his way.