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Donna David Books

We all know that librarians are superheroes, but does anyone know what they really do when the library lights go out and the readers have gone home?

In Sleepy Creek Library, living and breathing stories have to be retrieved from the Land of Books.

Rida loves helping her grandad in the Sleepy Creek Library.

She makes a list of all the readers’ requests and passes it to Grandad to retrieve them.

But when Arun asks for a book so adventurous no one has ever been able to catch it, Grandad says he can’t help.

Can Rida secretly journey to the Land of Books and find the story herself?

This action-packed adventure is perfect for inspiring a new generation of book-lovers!

I’m a little bit biased with this one as I wrote it but I really wanted to include a picture book that gently introduces consent. I believe all children should have autonomy over their bodies and be encouraged to express it. If they don’t want to kiss someone goodbye, so be it; if they don’t want to be tickled then that’s OK.

Bobo, an orangutan, romps through the jungle cuddling animals without asking. It’s not until the very end, when Elsie the elephant does the same to him, that he realises the errors of his ways.

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Stone Girl Bone Girl

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