Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Virus? Maya Oakley What is a virus? What happens inside your body when you get sick? Why can’t we see our friends and family right now? During this global pandemic this little book is a tool to help children and parents talk about tricky subjects and understand what our wonderful immune systems are doing to protect us and […] Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fear, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Illness / Hospitals, Learning, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Non-fiction, Personal/social issues, Picture Books, Survival AGES: All-Ages Wolf Brother Michelle Paver Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told adventure story, Torak and Wolf are joined by an incredible cast of characters […] Adventure, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Identity, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Survival AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 The Stone Age: Hunters Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths Marcia Williams Join Marcia Williams on a journey to the Stone Age. Meet the people of Clan Woolly as they hunt mammoths and reindeer, learn how to make fire, invent stone tools and turn wild wolves into tame dogs! Full of facts, jokes and colourful comic strips, this is the perfect introduction to the Stone Age – […] Adventure, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Historical, Non-fiction, Picture Books, Survival, Time Travel AGES: 10-12 AGES: 7-10 Breakdown Sarah Mussi It is 2084. Nuclear radiation has poisoned the country. Society has fallen apart. Starvation is rampant, and power shortages have resulted in piles of obsolete gadgetry. Necessity has driven those who’ve survived to complete self-reliance, if they have the means to do so. For Melissa and her Nan, survival is just about possible, so long […] Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Dystopian Fiction, Environment/Climate Change, Government, law and crime, Romantic, Science Fiction, Survival AGES: 14+ The Survival Game Nicky Singer In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and hope defy the borders? A searing, timely story, as arresting as it is beautiful. Imagine a world … Where there are too many people on a too-hot earth and your only chance of salvation is to journey north. Where you must prove […] Environment/Climate Change, Science Fiction, Survival AGES: 10-12 AGES: 12-14 AGES: 14+
