The Browns Books website includes a plethora of information about books for children and adults. Book lists are also separated into subjects, such as Black Lives, Black History, Diversity Matters, Fantastic Females, LGBTQ +, Mental Health Awareness and Looking After Our Planet.
There is also a regular blog on a variety of topics such as …
Browns Books are also currently advertising new titles for 2025…
“Every month we carefully select our favourites from the fabulous new titles on offer. Happy New Year! Winter festivities have come and gone and we hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating. January can feel like a long month for some with cold, dark evenings and all the fun of December feeling like a distant memory. There can be lots to love about January however, not least reading some of the brilliant books you may have received as gifts and looking forward to all the fantastic new books that will be published in the coming months (and 2025 really does have some great titles to get excited about!). To start the year here are some of the new books for January we are enjoying the most.”
Best New Books Jan25
Charting 400 years of history, this is the astonishing true story of the Anne Frank House, beautifully illustrated by Britta Teckentrup. In the middle of Amsterdam, stands a tall, narrow house on a canal.
Over the course of four centuries the house has been a home to many – from poor families to wealthy couples, and those hiding from persecution. Browns Books
G. Leonard. Perfect for children of 8 to 12 and fans of Adventures on Trains, Beetle Boy and Twitch.
Illustrated in black and white throughout by Manuel Šumberac. Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why.
His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time. Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwit the sinister Council of Keys and be the first to find Nefertiti’s lost tomb and a powerful door to Ancient Egypt.
They must piece together long-hidden clues if they are to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab.
Can they find it before the Council finds them? Browns Books
What is Everyone talking About?
We will be acquiring many of these titles for the Senior Library. We are also introducing a new scheme whereby flashcards with staff book recommendations will be placed next to the books on the shelves and this will hopefully promote wider reading and discussion.
