A mystical, mythical story about story. A tale of a young man repositioning himself, becoming the narrator of his life story. A masterclass in the art and craft of the storyteller. An unflinching consideration of everyday horrors and truth. Deeplight is many things, and all of them are true.
Join young naturalist and author Dara McAnulty on a nature walk and experience the beauty and mysteries of the natural world that exist on your doorstep. Wild Child encourages young people to look out of their windows, venture into their gardens or woods and wander the local lands and riverbanks to connect with the natural world.
In this creative collaboration, six wildly different teens become unlikely friends after destiny brings them together one day in an elevator and a certain incident cements their fates as forever-entwined.
Into the Jungle by Katherine Rundell is a collection of short stories that serves as a companion to Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book. Mowgli’s ravenous appetite for stories takes him all over the jungle, seeking out his animal friends who relay to him tales from their past.
Never happier than when you have your nose stuck in a book? Then you will certainly appreciate the bibliophile nature of the black cat in The Bookshop Cat by Sindy Wume.
This black cat comes from a long line of high-achieving, career-driven felines—pastry chefs, dancers, mechanics, and everything in between. However, he loves nothing more than nestling down with a good book, and not much else aside from that other than exploring.
Before Katherine Johnson inspired the hit film ‘Hidden Figures’, before she won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for smashing through gender and race barriers to play a critical role in one of her country’s proudest achievements, and before she was so respected as a human computer that astronauts requested her by name to double check the maths for their space flights, she was just a little girl who loved to count.
Gita Trelease’s début novel, Enchantée, transports the reader to the world of pre-revolutionary France, where uncertainty and possibility linger in the air, and the lives of the people are about to be changed forever. Camille Durbonne, an orphan at the age of seventeen, struggles to care for her siblings and tries as hard as she can to keep the family from succumbing to the harsh streets of Paris as their money dwindles. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and Camille has a secret which could save her life, though it will cost her greatly.
This is picturebook legend Julia Donaldson’s latest rhyming text for young children and her first partnership with illustrator Catherine Rayner. The Go-Away Bird just wants to be left alone. So, as a colourful array of feathered neighbours drop by her nest to say hello, they each are sent on their way with a very honest ‘go away!’ However, when a large bird of prey won’t go away, the Go-Away Bird learns very quickly that it helps to have friends around. Side by side she and her neighbours team together to scare away the predator.
The book’s dedication reads ‘For Vinaya, thank you for putting up with me on my Gus days’. Gus is a grumpy dog; he ‘doesn’t like much of anything’. In fact, the only thing this old crank seems to want is a big plate of sausages. We all have days like Gus.
Julia Donaldson’s indomitable ladybird pays a visit to the seaside in this charming picturebook. And who do you think she sees there, planning yet another criminal endeavour? None other than her old adversaries Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len! This time the dreadful duo have designs on the mermaid’s beautiful hair. Once again (and luckily for the mermaid) the tiny spotty adventurer sees all, hears all and rallies the sea creatures to come up with an idea to play a trick of their own and outwit the terrible thieves.
