Otto lives in a village beyond which lies only darkness. Rarely does anyone brave the treacherous trail that leads there. However, one day Otto is awakened by the rumble of vast beasts drawing wagons belonging to the Circus of Dreams. Boasting performances to delight and thrill, the circus’s crowning glory promises to unveil a Monster of Dreams. Intrigued, everyone rushes to see it.
In the middle of the night, three unusual strangers appear outside Mr and Mrs Li’s house. They are blue, oddly shaped, and their ‘car’ has crash landed in the garden – but make no mistake, they ‘are DEFINITELY human.’ So, Mr Li ‘does what kind humans do’ and offers them shelter for the night and helps them fix their ‘car’. A hilarious picturebook about the importance of showing kindness to strangers.
A début graphic novel, this is a gentle story about loss, reconnecting with the natural world and the ability of nature to heal if we are open to it.
Drinn is cursed. She’s not the only one: in her world, many girls are damned with curses that make them social outcasts. Isolated for most of her life, The Dandelion Riots follows Drinn as she unites other cursed girls to rally against their society.
Kick is our energetic chaperone through this comprehensive guide to all things gnome. Ear shape, choice of home, naming traditions, belly buttons: everything you’ve ever wanted to know about gnomes– Kick is here to share with you!
This sweet and charming LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age story shows us that we can discover the most about ourselves in the unlikeliest of places, such as a weekly game of Secrets & Spells (the in-book version of Dungeons & Dragons), as in the case of high-schooler Hollis Beckwith.
Stevie and her father are fidders: tiny people who work with animals and humans to help them with their problems. Fidders can help humans with anything, from making friends to encouraging them to overcome their fears, so Stevie and her father are very busy. When they team up to help Sandra May and her best friend, Charlie, Stevie and her father need to use a combination of patience, creative problem-solving and convincing to help Sandra May navigate her big emotions and translate her feelings into more compassionate actions.
This book deals with a lot of big topics in a very sensitive way. It touches on the themes of bereavement, unemployment, moving home and is ultimately a book about friendship, navigating making new friends under challenging circumstances and maintaining existing friendships through periods of change.
This colourful picturebook invites readers to ‘take a peek inside your mind’ and that is exactly what it does. The very first illustration literally lifts the lid on the subject of brains, showing us what we would see if we took off the top of our skull.
