Blogs in November 2021

A Bear Called Paddington 6th November 2021

“A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.” Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then...

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Elsetime 5th November 2021

It’s January 1928, the day before the great flood. There’s a snowstorm and the river is about to burst its banks-fourteen souls will be lost. Can Glory an orphan with only one hand and her time-travelling friend Needle and...

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The Umbrella Mouse 5th November 2021

A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury’s Book Prize for Fiction and selected...

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John Diamond 5th November 2021

‘My father, that stern and upright man, was nothing but a swindler and a thief!’ What is the matter with old Mr Jones? Endless footsteps and low groans can be heard from his room in the dead of night....

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The Silent Mother 1st November 2021

Everyone thinks I’m a quiet, ordinary woman, moving into this apartment for a new start. But they don’t know my secret… My new apartment is in an unfamiliar city. My neighbours are always busy, coming and going at all...

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