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Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice by Lauren St. John

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 Feb 2021
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 28 Mar 2021

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“A fun, socially conscious mystery that continues to take the series in new directions.” KIRKUS

A wintry third adventure in this well-received series.
See also Kat Wolfe Investigates and Kat Wolfe Takes The Case.

Kat and Harper can’t wait to join their parents on a winter vacation in a mountain cabin in the US. But a series of misadventures result in them being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alone.

When Kat discovers that an argument she witnessed in New York City holds the key to a major crime, she’s certain that it’s only a matter of time until the culprits come looking for her.

With a snow storm moving in and no way out, all that stands between the girls and disaster are a team of eight huskies and one impossible raccoon.

The Big Freeze by Pippa Curnick

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Feb 2021

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Shama and Bahama Llama can’t wait for winter – skating, snowballs, hot chocolate . . . and best of all, the Winter Woolly Party! But when The Big Freeze suddenly arrives they discover that their jumpers are in a sorry state! Cue a MAJOR PANIC as everyone sets out on a wild race to Granny Brock’s Jumper Shop to nab the perfect woolly jumpers. Will they make it to the top of the queue before she sells out? Or will they learn that sometimes the only way to get what you want is to work together?

A laugh-out-loud funny, gloriously illustrated tale with a gentle message about learning to work as a team.

Follow Pippa Curnick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pippa_curnick_illustrator/

The Snowflake by Benji Davies

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ACHUKA Book of the Day Tue 3 Nov 2020

High, high up in the clouds a tiny snowflake is made. Perfectly small, fluffy, crystal and white, it tumbles and bounces inside the cloud. But then she begins to fall…

Exquisitely told and beautifully illustrated, The Snowflake tells the tale of one snowflake and one little girl – both longing for something and looking for their own special place in the world. The Snowflake is an utterly unforgettable and classic picture book from the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling picture-book creator, Benji Davies.

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The Good Bear by Sarah Lean ill. Fiona Woodcock

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A wintry animal story for readers aged 9+

It’s the Christmas holidays and Thea is looking forward to spending them with her father. She can tell him all about her plans to become a writer, and maybe he’ll buy her the typewriter she’s been dreaming of. But when Thea arrives in Norway, everything feels . . . wrong. Her father is as distant as ever and now she has to share him with his new family: his girlfriend Inge and her children.Then Thea makes a surprising discovery. Deep in the snowy woods by the house, is a bear. He’s scared and hungry and he desperately needs Thea’s help. When the town hears about a bear living in the woods, Bear’s life is in even greater danger. Thea needs to show everyone that he’s not dangerous – he’s a good bear – if she’s to save him.

Beautifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator Fiona Woodcock, the artist behind Abi Elphinstone’s The Snow Dragon.

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How About: Dance of the Dark Heart by Julie Hearn

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This historical tale has a magnficently wintry opening:

The snow had come early, blanketing the land on All Souls’ Eve and re-covering it at regular intervals, up to and beyond the Solstice. Old Scratch had never known such a persistent piling up of the stuff. Day in, day out it came, with drifts touching what passed for his roof and no respite, not even on melt days, because the melting only went so far before the sky turned goose-grey again and down came another load, white upon white upon white.

When Tony Bradman reviewed this novel for The Guardian he said of it:

Julie Hearn writes with real skill, her style equally at home with the natural and supernatural, with rude mechanicals and over-reaching Tudor courtiers, with fairy-tale tropes and psychological realism. All the elements are familiar, but the final result is one of genuine originality.