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Winnie and Wilbur: Winnie’s Best Friend by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul

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This is the story of when Winnie first met Wilbur.

When Winnie moves in to her big house, it’s much too quiet. Winnie invites her sisters to stay, then some unusual companions – and chaos ensues! Winnie wonders if she’ll be alone forever – until she spots a scruffy black cat… A heart-warming and hilarious tale revealing the origins of a truly magical friendship. Korky Paul’s intricate and spellbinding artwork is full of fun, mischief and mayhem! The best-selling Winnie and Wilbur series has been delighting readers both young and old since 1987 and Winnie and Wilbur have become favourite characters in homes and schools all over the world.

Asterix: Asterix and the Griffin: Album 39 – Asterix by Jean-Yves Ferri ill. Didier Conrad

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Follow Asterix and Obelix as they set out on their 39th adventure on a long journey in search of a strange and terrifying creature. Half-eagle, half-lion, and idolised and feared by ancient peoples, this creature is the griffin.

How will Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, along with the Druid Getafix, get drawn into the epic, perilous quest to find this fantastical animal? Find out in the next instalment of this multi-million bestselling series.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot (Book 16) by Jeff Kinney

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In Big Shot, book 16 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestsetlling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don’t mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he’s officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won’t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg’s hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot?

Uki And The Ghostburrow by Kieran Larwood ill. David Wyatt

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 5 Oct 2021

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“Kieran Larwood is a genuinely wonderful storyteller.” Just Imagine

The best children’s fantasy series of recent times has undoubtedly been The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. A worthy successor, with a rapidly growing number of avid admirers (although it deserves to be even more widely known), is The Five Realms series by Kieran Larwood and illustrated by David Wyatt. If I were a book collector I would want all of the titles—this is the sixth—in their first-edition hardback formats. The series is published by Faber and printed in England. Wyatt’s double-spread illustrations are densely detailed and darkly atmospheric. The coloured cover illustration is by Fernando Lopez Juarez, an art supervisor at a Spanish animation company. The frontispiece maps in all the books are drawn by the author himself.

This is the sixth adventure set in the world of Podkin One-Ear. After capturing Charice, there is only one spirit left for Uki to find: Mortix, the most dangerous of all. With his friends Jori, Cole and Kree, Uki heads to Eisenfell – the greatest city in Hulstland – only to find that Mortix has taken control of Emperor Ash and is plotting to conquer the whole Five Realms with her terrifying army. Uki must dodge the Endwatch, the Shrikes, Clan Septys and the guards and find a way to complete his quest before all is lost.

“Uki is an unusual rabbit. A chimera. A double-soul. Two halves born as one: white fur on one side, black on the other.”

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Kevin vs the Unicorns by Sarah McIntyre & Philip Reeve

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New book in the Roly-Poly Flying Pony series…

Max and his best friend Kevin, the only roly-poly flying pony in Bumbleford, decide to enter the Magical Pony Club Steeplechase. Kevin is not particularly keen, as the other participants are all unicorns, and everybody knows that unicorns are quite snobby. But biscuits are promised, and Kevin wants to make Max proud. As the competition heats up, our inseparable duo uncovers a conspiracy to steal the precious Periwinkle Cup. Max and Kevin will have to intervene to stop the thieves and retrieve the stolen trophy.

Shadowghast – An Eerie-on-Sea Mystery by Thomas Taylor

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The third book in this MG mystery series.

A creepy magician with a shadowy act. A legend that goes back to the dawn of time. Eerie-on-Sea just got stranger. And darker…

A mysterious stage magician has set up in the theatre at the end of the pier, with an act so hypnotic and strange that Herbie Lemon and his friend Violet Parma suspect dark forces are at work. Meanwhile, folk are disappearing from Eerie-on-Sea, and no one knows why. There is an Eerie legend that goes back to the dawn of time, about a creature made of darkness that devours the shadows of the living. But could the Shadowghast really have returned?

Mr Penguin and the Tomb of Doom: Book 4 by Alex T. Smith

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Follow Mr Penguin and his trusty sidekick Colin (the spider) as they head into the desert! When their good friend Edith is kidnapped, they’re on their most important mission yet. Can they survive a perilous train journey to the great pyramids? Will Mr Penguin complete the three impossible tasks – and get home in time for a fish finger sandwich …?

Find out in the fourth Mr Penguin book with plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure.

Robin Hood 3: Jet Skis, Swamps & Smugglers by Robert Muchamore

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Robin and Marion are taking on the authorities again in the third action-packed adventure from international bestseller Robert Muchamore.

There’s a price on Robin’s head, one that has attracted a gang of ruthless mercenaries who are determined to track him down and hand him over to Guy Gisborne. So Robin is hiding out by the sea, but trouble has a way of finding him. Before long he is helping to rescue refugees and trying to avoid the attentions of Customs and Immigration officials. Then he and Marion discover a people-smuggling operation: desperate people brought into the country to work in slave-like conditions making cheap goods. It’s only a matter of time before the two of them are trying to find out who is behind it – and Robin is again making the headlines with spectacular raids on the rich and powerful.

Nightfall in New York – Taylor and Rose Secret Agents by Katherine Woodfine ill. Karl James Mountford

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The fourth and final adventure in the action-packed Taylor & Rose series by bestselling author, Katherine Woodfine.

Top secret agents, Sophie Taylor and Lil Rose have set sail to New York City on an elegant ocean liner, ready to face their enemies and settle old scores. These two brave friends will need all of their detective skills, courage and derring-do as they race against time to rescue a beloved friend …

The Tindims and the Floating Moon by Sally Gardner ill. Lydia Corry

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In the fourth adventure from mother-daughter writer-illustrator team, the Tindims can hardly see each other! A grumpy Gupper fog is swirling all over Rubbish Island and it won’t leave the Tindims alone. And now their world has turned upside down as Ethel B Dina thinks the moon has fallen into the sea! Scrunch me a teabag, how are they going to get out of this pickle?

Printed in dyslexia-friendly font with pictures on every page and perfect for the reluctant reader, the Tindims show keen young ecologists how to help protect our planet for the future.

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Look out for her latest picture book Mooncat And Me