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Our two middle grade novels for 8-12 year olds this month were about the special relationship between a child and an animal. Storm Horse, about a boy who saves a horse after a shipwreck and One Dog and His Boy, about a boy who will do anything to keep his dog. 

We have two wonderfully illustrated picture books for our readers this month. Epossumondas, an old favourite finally published in paperback and Happy Dreamer, a new book from genius Peter H. Reynolds.

Tigers, bears and bunnies oh my, are just some of the adorable creatures in this month’s baby books box. One Happy Tiger by Catherine Rayner from Edinburgh, Scotland. The Daily Telegraph says that Catherine “has the marvellous gift for capturing the souls of animals in a few, rich washes of colour.”

We had two exciting middle grade novels for 8-12 year olds this month. Dominion is a new sci-fi series and The Sign of the Cat, a high seas adventure of bravery. Dominion is Shane Arbuthnott’s debut novel. A fast-paced steam punk adventure that reminded me of Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn. Molly is a highly skilled engineer on her family’s airship; the Legerdemain, which sails in the skies above the New World, in the British Dominion of Terra Nova.