A witch’s guide to love and poison
Hachette, 2025
By author Aamna Qureshi.
"Since finding a home in the Enchanted Forest, Bisma—a garden witch with a penchant for potions—has always been protective of other runaways. So, if a drop of one of her poisons finds its way into the porridge of those who have hurt them . . . that's none of her business.
But Xander, the charmingly handsome son of the apothecary, sees things differently and is fast becoming known for creating cures—much to Bisma's annoyance.
When her sisters are poisoned themselves, Bisma will need to put her feelings aside and enlist Xander's help to find out who is responsible and save the only family she has, before it's too late.’’
The Green Kingdom
DK, 2025
By award winning author Cornelia Funke.
"Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially New York. So, she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to Brooklyn for the whole summer.
But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, written by a blind girl many years ago, and hidden in an old chest of drawers. Each letter contains a 'green' riddle, with clues leading to a different plant.
Caspia sets out to solve the riddles and, as she does, she meets friends she could never have imagined and finds, to her surprise, that sometimes you can put down roots where you least expect it.’’
Hidden Treasure
Bloomsbury, 2025
By award winning author Jessie Burton.
"When Bo Delafort finds treasure on the muddy bank of the River Thames, her life turns upside down. A solid silver circle, encrusted with pearls and edged in rubies, the jewel is worth more security and comfort than her family has ever known. The magic of the river runs in this treasure, and Bo wonders why it chose her to find it.
But when its reappearance is discovered by someone who knows its hidden power, Bo is plunged into a centuries-old mystery with a dark secret at its heart.’’
The Snow Girl
Usborne, 2024
By award winning author Sophie Anderson.
"I wish the snow girl would come to life. Then I would have a friend, a real friend I could trust, and I wouldn't feel so alone.
When Tasha builds a snow girl with her grandpa, all she wants is for her to be real. If only wishes on snow could come true. Then Tasha meets Alyana, a friend made of wishes, starlight, snowfall, and magic. But when your best friend is made of winter, what do you do when spring comes?’’
Leaning Toward Light, Poems for gardens and the hands that tend them.
Storey Publishing, 2023, edited by Tess Taylor.
This beautiful poetry anthology offers a warm, inviting selection of poems from a wide range of voices that speak to the collective urge to grow, tend, and heal-an evocative celebration of our connection to the green world.
Acclaimed poet and avid gardener Tess Taylor brings together a diverse range of contemporary voices to offer poems that celebrate that joyful connection to the natural world. Several of the most well-known contemporary writers, as well as some of poetry's exciting rising stars, contribute to this collection
Les Filles de la Foret
Editions Magnard Jeunesse, 2022
By Minuit.
‘When her mother is transferred abroad for a year, Chloé moves in with her father in the Alps. A father who lives among books, with whom she has difficulty communicating, she who does not like reading.
Having gone to explore the forest, she notices a gigantic weeping willow in the middle of a clearing. Attracted by its mysterious aura, she discovers under the branches a place inhabited by Louve, a somewhat wild girl, whom she manages to tame. Louve makes her discover the unsuspected treasures of her territory, and soon, they will meet two other girls, Luciole and Rainette. It is the birth of a deep friendship, at the heart of a generous and benevolent nature, which they solemnly promise to protect. Between them, they become “the girls of the forest.’
Cartwheeling in thunderstorms
Simon & Schuster US, 2016
By Award winning author Katherine Rundell.
‘Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can't prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this "gripping, magical, and heartwarming tale of resilience, friendship, and hope’
Winter Magic
Simon & Schuster, 2017
Curated by Abi Elphinstone
‘A gorgeous collection of wintery stories, featuring snow queens, frost fairs, snow dragons and pied pipers . . . from classic children’s writers Michelle Magorian, Geraldine McCaughrean, Jamila Gavin, Berlie Doherty, Katherine Woodfine, Piers Torday, Lauren St John, Amy Alward, Michelle Harrison and Emma Carroll.’
Mary Anning’s Curiosity
Groundwood Books, 2017
Written by Monika Kulling
‘Mary Anning, considered the world’s greatest fossilist, discovered her first big find at the age of twelve. This novel is an imaginative recreation of her childhood in early nineteenth-century Lyme Regis.’
Includes 4 full page illustrations
The Marvellous land of Snergs
Chicken house books, 2019
By Veronica Constanelli, original 1915 story by E.A Wyke-Smith.
‘At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora are in trouble. Running away with their dog they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs.’
The story which inspired J.R.R Tolkien’s The hobbit, This new re-vamped edition also contains 9 full page illustrations.
Northern Lights
Scholastic, 2019
The first book in Philip Pullmans ground breaking trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS. This new edition coincided with the BBC/HBO series which aired December 2019.
The Subtle knife
Scholastic, 2019
The second book in Philip Pullmans ground breaking trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS. This new edition coincided with the BBC/HBO series which aired December 2019.
The Amber Spyglass
Scholastic, 2019
The third book in Philip Pullmans ground breaking trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS. This new edition coincided with the BBC/HBO series which aired December 2019.
A Pinch of Magic
Simon & Schuster, 2018
The first book in Michelle Harrison’s WINDERSHINS SERIES.
‘The Widdershins sisters, Betty, Fliss and Charlie are trapped, prevented from leaving their home on Crowstone by an ancient family curse. When they inherit three magical objects with the power to change their fate, adventure beckons. But are they being led into even greater danger?’
Thirteen Treasures
Simon & Schuster, 2019
The first book in Michelle Harrision’s award winning 13 TRILOGY.
‘While visiting her grandmother's house, an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods nearby – a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of….’
Thirteen Curses
Simon & Schuster, 2019
The second book in Michelle Harrison’s award winning 13 TRILOGY.
‘When fairies stole her brother, Red vowed to get him back. Now trapped in the fairy realm, she begs an audience with the fairy court where she strikes a bargain. Her brother will be returned - but only if she can find the thirteen charms of Tanya's bracelet that have been scattered in the human world.’
The girl with the broken wing
Chicken House Books, 2017
‘The twins are in bed when it happens: they hear a sound like a wet cabbage hitting the wall, a clattering on the roof tiles, then a tapping at the window. It's a girl with a broken wing - and she's come to stay. Who is she? Where has she come from? And more importantly, what does she want? Perhaps she's their guardian angel ... but would an angel snore and have filthy feet?’
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Bone Gap
Faber & Faber, 2016
Written by award winning author Laura Ruby
‘Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps - gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza goes missing, the people of Bone Gap aren't surprised. After all, it isn't the first time someone's slipped away and left Finn and Sean O'Sullivan on their own….’
The Kite Rider
Oxford University Press, 2019
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean
‘Haoyou knows that his father's spirit lives among the clouds above Ancient China. He also knows that to save his mother from being forced into a new marriage he must now follow in his father's footsteps and take to the skies, riding a kite through the clouds and the spirits of the dead.’
The house with chicken legs
Usborne, 2018
Written by Sophie Anderson
‘Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning. For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas...’
Tuck Everlasting
Bloomsbury, 2018
Written by Nathalie Babbitt and Originally published in 1975 it has since become an American Classic.
‘Winnie Foster is in the woods, thinking of running away from home, when she sees a boy drinking from a spring. Winnie wants a drink too, but before she can take a sip, she is kidnapped by the boy, Jesse Tuck, and his family. She learns that the Tuck family are blessed with - or doomed to - eternal life since drinking from the spring, and they wander from place to place trying to live as inconspicuously as they can. Now Winnie knows their secret. But what does immortality really mean? And can the Tucks help her understand before it's too late?’
WONDER: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book
Macmillan, 2021
Curated by Anna Sampson
‘Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Anthology is a beautiful hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum. It covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth - there are poems about the solar system, planet earth, oceans and rivers, birds, dinosaurs, fossils, wildlife, flowers, fungi, insects, explorers and palaeontologists’
