Children 6-9

Kid Normal (series), by Greg James and Chris Smith (paperback)

£7.99

The Kid Normal series, books 1 - 4 : 

Kid Normal 1

Rogue Heroes 2 

Shadow Machine 3 

The Final Five 4 

Murph Cooper has a problem. His new school is top secret, and super weird. His classmates can all fly or control the weather or conjure tiny horses from thin air.

And what's Murph's extraordinary skill? Um, oh yeah – he hasn't got one. Just as well there are no revolting supervillains lurking nearby, their minds abuzz with evil plans. There are!? Right.

Ok, then... It's time for Kid Normal to become a hero!

Suitable for boys and girls 8-11. Surprising good range of vocabulary in this one!

The Nothing to See Here Hotel, by Steven Butler ( paperback)

£7.99

A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel. ‘This hotel gets five stars from me’ Liz Pichon

Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! A hotel for magical creatures, where weird is normal for Frankie Banister and his parents who run the hotel. When a goblin messenger arrives at The Nothing to See Here Hotel, announcing the imminent arrival of the goblin prince Grogbah, Frankie and his family rush into action to get ready for their important guest.

But it soon becomes obvious that the Banister family are going to  have their work cut out with the demanding prince and his never-ending entourage, especially when it turns out the rude little prince is hiding a secret... The first book in a fabulously funny series by bestselling author Steven Butler,