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📚 World Book Day® - Thursday 5 March 2026 📚 World Book Day is a charity, sponsored by National Book Tokens. Follow here for news, bookish fun and more!

Congratulations to Gloam, written by Jack Mackay, illustrated by Ben Joel Price and published by Rock the Boat, which won the Breakthrough Category at The Week Junior Book Awards! We're proud to support this category, celebrating brilliant books making their mark with young readers.

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🏰 Artair has never liked school, and exciting things never seem to happen to him. But when a school trip to Gloomy Castle takes a terrifying turn, he’s swept into a spine-tingling adventure filled with secret passages, hidden rooms and sinister strangers. 🔍

📚 Mae Clio’n byw mewn tŷ hynod o anarferol. Mae ei thŷ wedi’i wneud o lyfrau! Mae Clio’n llenwi pob twll a chornel â straeon; yn wir, mae ganddi stori ar gyfer pob rhan o’r tŷ, gan gynnwys y cwtsh dan staer! Mae ei chartref yn lle hudolus ac mae’n ysu i’w rannu â phawb yn ei phentref. ✨

When Molly Flynn accidentally unleashes the spirit of a Norse god from a museum, one magical mishap sparks a whole lot of mayhem. Can Molly and her goblin mentor, Frank, save the day before things get completely out of hand? Discover Small Magics Spellbound by Alex Dunne. ✨

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🏆 On your marks... get set... BREAK A RECORD! Think you've got what it takes to become a record-breaking champion? Guinness World Records: How to be a Record Breaker is packed with 50 brand-new record challenges to try!

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Discover Jamaal Target: Mission D.N.A. by Isaac Hamilton-McKenzie, illustrated by Bea Jackson and published by Puffin. Jamaal Target may look like an ordinary 12-year-old, but when he uncovers a sinister plot involving dangerous clones, he'll need all his superpowers to save the world! 💥

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🧁🔍 A sprinkle of chaos, a drizzle of mischief and one BIG baking mystery... Discover Mina Mahmood: Bake It Till You Make It! by Farhana Islam, illustrated by Simran Diamond Singh and published by Farshore .

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🌿✨ Welcome to the Greenwild, where magic sparkles from every root, leaf and stem. When 12-year-old Fen discovers a hidden door in a mountain, she tumbles headfirst into a breathtaking new world. Discover Greenwild: The Castle Under the Mountain by Pari Thomson, illustrated by Elisa Elisa Paganelli.

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Who's moved in next door? Grumpa isn't impressed... 😠⚽🌱 Calum just wants someone to play football with, but Grumpa has already decided the new neighbours aren't welcome. Could they both be in for a surprise? And what's Grumpa been making in his shed? 👀

🚀 🦖Blast off with Astrosaurs: Turbo Time Twist by Steve Cole, illustrated by Alex Lopez and published by Picadilly Press! When a time machine sends Teggs and his crew hurtling back to prehistoric Earth, they'll need all their wits (and some dung-powered gadgets!) to save the future!

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Get ready for a s-MASH-ing good time with Kid Potato: Chip-tastic Tales by Neil Coslett, published by Hachette Children's Group ! 🥔✨ Join Kid Potato and his pals for two super-silly adventures, packed with go-karts, mutant pet birds and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.🤩

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Did you know ducks wag their tails when they're happy? Or that Scotland's national animal is the unicorn? 🦄 Discover Happy Times by Emily Coxhead, published by Walker Books – 50 joyful facts guaranteed to brighten your day! 💡📖

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🌙 Níl an buachaill beag seo réidh le hoíche mhaith a rá! Tá sé fós geal amuigh agus déanann sé gach rud is féidir leis chun fanacht ina shuí. An éireoidh le Mamaí é a chur a luí? Faigh amach faoi Oíche Mhaith, a Ghrá le Sadhbh Devlin, maisithe ag Brian Fitzgerald.

Next up! The New Adventures of Disney Agent Stitch published by DK. An exciting graphic novel for fans of Lilo and Stitch 🔎 Join Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, and Pleakley on an epic adventure, then unlock their top-secret “Bonus Joke Files” for maximum laughs!

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Get ready for a paw-some adventure! 🐾 When Nestor loses his toy lion in the park, Norton follows his nose to sniff out the clues. Can he find Lion? 🦁 Find out in Norton Follows His Nose by Ken Wilson-Max, published by HarperCollins.

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It’s time for the Big Blocks Party, but Numberblock Ten is missing! Can you help the Numberblocks count to 10 and find their friend before the party starts? Find out in Numberblocks: The Big Blocks Party (A Symbolised Story) by Every Cherry Publishing , Blue Zoo Licensing and Blocks Universe Ltd.

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